The government on Wednesday appointed Kamini Rajbhandari as the Managing Director of Nepal Telecom.

A Cabinet meeting held at Singha Durbar decided to promote senior Deputy Managing Director Rajbhandari to the post of MD.

Rajbhandari was appointed for the top post of state owned telecommunication service provider based on the recommendation of the government selection committee headed by Secretary at the Ministry of Communications Dinesh Thapaliya, government spokesperson Surendra Karki said.

The seleciton committee had picked Engineer Rajbhandari from among three shortlisted names including Madan Kharel, and Sunil Pokharel.

Also, the government has decided to form the office of attorney in all seven provinces where the high courts  were formed.

The government has also decided to end the Haliya tradition within the next two years, Karki added.