Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The government has formed a three-member recommendation committee to appoint the Chairperson of the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon).
A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar decided to constitute the committee under the coordination of National Planning Commission (NPC) Vice Chairperson Dr Gunakar Bhatta, according to Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dr Bikram Timsina.
Finance Secretary Dr Ghanshyam Upadhyaya and former banker Bhuvan Kumar Dahal are the other members of the committee.
The position has been lying vacant since April 17, when Santosh Kumar Shrestha tendered his resignation.
The cabinet also decided to appoint Dilliram Acharya as Chairperson of the Problematic Cooperatives Management Committee. Navaraj Simkhada and Roshan Bahadur Shakya have been appointed as members of the committee.
Likewise, the meeting decided to table separate bills to amend the Nepal Special Service Act, 1985, and the House of Representatives Election Act, 2017, in the federal parliament.
