$user = $this->Session->read('Auth.User');
//find the group of logged user
$groupId = $user['Group']['id'];
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Articles/view.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$image = 'https://old.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/news/20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg'
$user = null
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 115
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
Notice (8): Trying to access array offset on value of type null [APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 115]
$user = $this->Session->read('Auth.User');
//find the group of logged user
$groupId = $user['Group']['id'];
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Articles/view.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$image = 'https://old.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/news/20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg'
$user = null
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 115
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
Notice (8): Trying to access array offset on value of type null [APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 116]
//find the group of logged user
$groupId = $user['Group']['id'];
$user_id=$user["id"];
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Articles/view.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$image = 'https://old.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/news/20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg'
$user = null
$groupId = null
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 116
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Articles/view.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$image = 'https://old.newbusinessage.com/app/webroot/img/news/20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg'
$user = null
$groupId = null
$user_id = null
$date = '2023-01-18 12:23:38'
$dateFromDatabase = (int) 1674023918
$newDate = 'Jan 18, 2023'
$articleView = array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
$word_count = (int) 1101
$time_to_read = (float) 5.51
$time_to_read_min = (float) 5
$time_to_read_second = (float) 31
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 241
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.
Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.
The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.
The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from
CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.
The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners.
The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.
As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.
The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:
Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports
Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance
Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs
Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology
Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development
Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development
Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply
Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs
Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population
Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence
Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration
Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology
Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security
Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population
Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
FormHelper::create() - CORE/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php, line 383
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 273
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
Warning (2): simplexml_load_file() [<a href='http://php.net/function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "" [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60]
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
simplexml_load_file - [internal], line ??
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
file not found!
Notice (8): Undefined variable: file [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133]
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
Warning (2): simplexml_load_file() [<a href='http://php.net/function.simplexml-load-file'>function.simplexml-load-file</a>]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "" [APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133]
$viewFile = '/var/www/html/newbusinessage.com/app/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp'
$dataForView = array(
'article' => array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
[maximum depth reached]
)
),
'Slider' => array()
),
'current_user' => null,
'logged_in' => false
)
$article = array(
'Article' => array(
'id' => '16771',
'article_category_id' => '1',
'title' => 'PM Dahal Expands Cabinet',
'sub_title' => '',
'summary' => 'January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet.',
'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">January 18: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday expanded the Council of Ministers, inducting 12 new ministers in the cabinet. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dahal also inducted three state ministers from the parties that backed him as the prime minister. However, Janata Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party, which supported Dahal’s bid to become the prime minister, opted to stay out of the government.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Council of Ministers now has 23 ministers, including four deputy prime ministers (DPM) and three state ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The newly-appointed DPMs, ministers and state ministers are from </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the cabinet ministers amid a function at Shital Niwas on Tuesday.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The prime minister has kept two ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Forest and Environment with himself in order to hand over those ministries to other coalition partners. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The cabinet has eight ministers from UML, six from Maoist Centre, four each from RSP and RPP and one from Janamat Party.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">As per the constitution, the cabinet cannot have more than 25 ministers.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The members of the Council of Ministers is as follows:</span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Puspa Kamal Dahal: PM, Minister for Forests and Environment and Minister for Youth and Sports</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bishnu Paudel: DPM and Minister for Finance</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Narayan Kaji Shrestha: DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rabi Lamichhane: DPM and Minister for Home Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Lingden: DPM and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rekha sharma: Minister for Communications and Information Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bikram Pandey: Minister for Urban Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jwala Kumari Shah: Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Damodar Bhandari: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rajendra Rai: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Abdul Khan: Minister for Water Supply</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Bimala Rai Paudyal: Minister for Foreign Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Padam Giri: Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bhagawati Chaudhari: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hari Prasad Upreti: Minister for Defence</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sudan Kirati: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Aman lal Modi: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Shishir Khanal: Minister for Education, Science and Technology</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dol Prasad Aryal: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dhruba Pradhan: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sushila Sirpali Thakuri: State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dr Toshima Karki: State Minister for Health and Population</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Deepak Singh: State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Re</span></span></span></p>
<p> </p>
',
'published' => true,
'created' => '2023-01-18',
'modified' => '2023-01-18',
'keywords' => '',
'description' => '',
'sortorder' => '16512',
'image' => '20230118122436_PRO_KTM-6F8A0052.jpg',
'article_date' => '2023-01-18 12:23:38',
'homepage' => false,
'breaking_news' => false,
'main_news' => true,
'in_scroller' => null,
'user_id' => '34'
),
'ArticleCategory' => array(
'id' => '1',
'name' => 'NEWS',
'parentOf' => '0',
'published' => true,
'registered' => '2015-07-20 00:00:00',
'sortorder' => '158',
'del_flag' => '0',
'homepage' => true,
'display_in_menu' => true,
'user_id' => '1',
'created' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
'modified' => '2018-11-22 11:58:49'
),
'User' => array(
'password' => '*****',
'id' => '34',
'user_detail_id' => '1',
'group_id' => '1',
'username' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'name' => null,
'email' => 'neeraj.roy@newbusinessage.com',
'address' => null,
'gender' => null,
'access' => '1',
'phone' => null,
'access_type' => null,
'activated' => true,
'sortorder' => null,
'published' => null,
'created' => '2020-07-19 16:40:23',
'last_login' => '2024-08-13 13:55:06',
'ip' => '172.69.41.137'
),
'ArticleComment' => array(),
'ArticleFeature' => array(),
'ArticleHasAuthor' => array(),
'ArticleHasTag' => array(),
'ArticleView' => array(
(int) 0 => array(
'article_id' => '16771',
'hit' => '626'
)
),
'Slider' => array()
)
$current_user = null
$logged_in = false
$xml = false
simplexml_load_file - [internal], line ??
include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224
View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418
include - APP/View/Articles/view.ctp, line 391
View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971
View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933
View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473
Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167
[main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
