KATHMANDU: Chief whips from a number of political parties have conferred with the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) about the HoR Calendar. The main goals of today's meeting, according to the top whip of the ruling CPN-UML Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, were to finalize the HoR Calendar and schedule the vote of confidence for recently elected Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the House of Representatives.

Bartaula mentioned that the parliament will follow a bi-weekly calendar, detailing session days and committee meetings. He added that there would be a live Q&A session between Prime Minister Oli and Parliamentarians on July 22 in addition to the HoR sessions on July 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30.