Kathmandu, Apr 17
Mahendra Bahadur Pandey has been appointed Nepali ambassador
to the People’s Republic of China.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari Friday appointed him as the
envoy to China as per the Article 282 of the Constitution.
Pandey is a leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP)
and had served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2014 under the Sushil
Koirala-led government.
He also had been the associate professor of English at the Tribhuvan
University.
He also served as the Chief Whip of the then CPN (UML) and
member secretary of the Social Welfare Council.
Meanwhile, the Office of the President Friday announced to
deposit Rs. 95 million to the Federal government’s reserve fund.
The office has decided to deposit the money from the budget allocated
to the Office of the President for the current fiscal year 2019/20, considering
the difficult situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 18 April 2020.
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