INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 6
The government has decided to observe the upcoming Republic Day for three days, and has formed a committee to facilitate
the celebrations.
A assembly held nowadays at the home ministry formed the Republic Day Main Celebrations Committee under the chair of Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli and decided to observe the Day for three days from May 28 to 30 by organising various programmes at home and Nepali
Missions abroad.
Nepal celebrates Republic Day on 15th of Jeshtha in the Nepali calendar every year
This year, the day falls on May 29.
The committee comprises Chief Justice Cgapndra Shumsher JB Rana; Speaker of the Home of Representatives
Krishna Bahadur Mahara; National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina; former president Ram Baran Yadav; sitting ministers and former
prime ministers, among others.
Similarly a publicity sub-committee has been constituted under the coordination of Minister of Communications
and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota
The main celebration committee sub-body comprises chiefs of District Coordination Committee of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur; secretary
at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; general manager of Rastriya Samachar Samiti; chairs of Nepal Television and
Gorkhapatra Sansthan; and Radio Nepal executive director, among others.
Similarly, other various sub-committees have been formed for the
celebration.
The main celebrations take place on May 29
The main celebration committee chair and members and people from different walks of life including civil service employees, government
employees, security personnel, political party leaders and cadres, athletes, workers and the common people shall be assembled to observe the
main celebration scheduled to take place at 7:30am
The president, vice-president, chief justice, speaker and other high-ranking personalities shall be there to grace the moment.
Cleanliness
and decorations of public offices from the centre to local levels, publication of related souvenirs, blood donation programmes, and so on
are part of the three-day celebrations.
