Kathmandu, April 10 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Friday recommended appointing two ministers to fill vacant portfolios.

According to the Prime Minister's Secretariat, Ramjee Yadav has been assigned the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, which fell vacant after Deepak Sah was dismissed.

Similarly, Gauri Kumari Yadav has been recommended for the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, a portfolio the prime minister had been overseeing since the beginning.

Ramjee is a member of the House of Representatives elected from Saptari-2, while Gauri Kumari represents Mahottari-4. Both ministries had been under the prime minister's charge until now.

The two are expected to be sworn in later today after their formal app...