Decisions of Thursday's Cabinet meeting

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: The government has transferred Secretary Narayan Prasad Sharma to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply. Sharma, who was working as the Chief Secretary of the Office of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers, was transferred to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply by the Cabinet meeting held on Thursday.

The government has also accepted the loan of 100 million American dollars that will be provided by the Asian Development Bank. The meeting has also decided to revise the standards related to the rescue and relief of disaster victims.

The meeting on Thursday also decided to approve the memorandum of understanding between Nepal and Qatar regarding youth and sports, while the notification regarding banning the collection, cutting, consumption, transportation, sale, distribution or export of other herbs and tree species, including the Panch-aunle, that are important from the point of view of biodiversity and species conservation, was permitted to be published in the Nepal Gazette.