<span style="color: #222222;">President of Nepal Bidhya Devi Bhandari has, on the recommendation of the government, called the new session of both Houses of Parliament at 1:00 pm on the 9th of January.<br />''<br />''The Parliament Secretariat has issued a notice urging all lawmakers to be present at the Parliament building in Baneshwor at the designated time.<br />''<br />''The senior-most member of the House of Representatives (HoR), Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana, who administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-elected HoR members, will chair the House meetings until the Speaker is elected.<br />''<br />''As per Article 91 (1) of the constitution, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should be elected within 15 days of the first meeting of the HoR. An all-party meeting will decide when to conduct the election for the speaker and deputy speaker.<br />''<br />''The constitution says that the speaker and the deputy speaker should be from different political parties and one of them should be a woman. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will take the vote of confidence in the new Session.</span><br />''<br />