Government slates June 25 as date for conference of international donors; Rs. 8 billion, 400 million disbursed to Home Ministry from PM's Relief Fund

The government has made an official announcement of the date for conference of international donors for reconstruction programmes in the post phase of the massive earthquake. The meeting of Council of Ministers held at the PM's official residence today decided to hold the conference on June 25. The government has also decided to honour individuals and organisations who played their part in the rescue and relief operations of the earthquake victims in a time of a great disaster. The meeting has also decided to suspend the recommendation for honourary accreditation on the occasion of Republic Day for the time being. BITE... It was also made public that Rs. 8 billion, 400 million had been disbursed to the Home Ministry from the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund. To make the PM's Relief Fund more effective, the government has designated artistes Manisha Koirala, Haribansha Acharya and Madan Krishna Shrestha as goodwill ambassadors. Similarly, the government has decided to provide Rs. 600 thousand as compensation to the family of Puja Shah, who passed away after being raped. Appointments made by the cabinet today include Dilipraj Regmi as Chief Investigation Director at National Investigation Department, Sanjib Gautam as director general at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal CAAN and Sugat Ratna Kansakar as general manager at Nepal Airlines Corporation.