Kathmandu, Sept 18: Executive Director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), Gopal
Khadka, has been dismissed from his post.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers
held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha
Durbar today decided to relieve Khadka of his post after the Minister for
Supplies presented a proposal in the meeting that Khadka did not cooperate to
him, promoted groupism and committed financial irregularities.
Government spokesperson and Minister for
Information and Communications, Mohan Bahadur Basnet said that the Cabinet
meeting also decided to determine the constituency of the backward communities
and minority communities for the purpose of the election of the members of the
State Assemblies, and have that published in the Nepal Gazettee.
He said a
decision has been taken by the Cabinet meeting to constitute a high-level
organizing committee in connection with the Eighth Non-Resident Nepalis Association
(NRNA) Global Summit to be held in Kathmandu on October 14-16.
The government is
to delegate authority to Durga Bhandari for signing on the political
declaration on the reform of the United Nations.
Likewise, the
Council of Ministers today has delegated authority to Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, to sign on the Convention
on Banning Nuclear Arms.
The meeting,
bearing in mind the detection of facts that hospitals are recording increasing
incidents of (untimely) deaths due to negligence of doctors and as there are
cases of serious consequences on patients' health because of such negligence,
decided to direct the Health Ministry to prepare the required bill making sure
that the doctor responsible for neglectful death is made to pay the
compensation to the victim, and to present the document before the House.
Likewise, the meeting has decided to appoint
Chhakka Bahadur Khadka as the communications expert at the Ministry of
Information and Communications. As per
the meeting agreement, the bill relating to the Rapti Institute of Health
Science - 2074 BS shall be presented to the Legislature- Parliament, according
to Minister Basnet.
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