Government announces public holiday for Thursday to mourn death of Nembang

KATHMANDU: The government has announced a public holiday for Thursday to mourn the death of Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman and CPN-UML Vice Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang.

The Ministry of Home Affairs informed about this by issuing a notice.

Nembang, who was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Ilam-2, died of a heart attack on Tuesday at the age of 71.

The government has decided to lower the national flag to half-mast in the entire government offices and Nepali diplomatic missions abroad on Thursday.