Days after Yubaraj Khatiwada resigned as finance and communication minister, the government appointed him as a special economic advisor to the prime minister.

“The government has decided to appoint Yubaraja Khatiwada as the prime minister’s special economic advisor with benefits on par with a minister,” Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali, also the government spokesperson, said during a press briefing organised to make public Monday’s Cabinet decisions.

Khatiwada resigned as a minister on September 4 after he completed his six months in the Oli Cabinet after his reappointment on March 4, as his two-year tenure as the National Assembly member ended on March 3.

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