KATHMANDU: The Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has appointed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai as a new Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on Wednesday after a long wait.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed minister amid a ceremony at the former’s office in Sheetal Niwas at 4:20 pm.
The Ministry was sans leadership since the then minister Rabindra Adhikari was killed in a chopper crash in Taplejung district on February 27, 2019.