Chief secretary Karki suspend

The government has suspended chief secretary Lok Man Singh Karki from his post.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s residence at Baluwatar Friday evening decided to remove Karki along with nine senior security officials including the chiefs of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF) and National Investigation Department (NID).

The decision was taken after recommendation from the high-level judicial probe commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice Krishna Jung Rayamajhi.

Mainwhile ,Breaking the tradition, the newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Subash Nemwang, took oath of office and secretary in the parliament on Saturday.

In the past, the Speaker of the HoR would be sworn in by the King at the Royal Palace even as the constitution of 1990 does not specifically mention by whom the Speaker should be sworn in.
Nemwang was elected unopposed to the post of Speaker of the reconvened parliament this morning. Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav announced that Nemwang had been elected unopposed to the post.