KATHMANDU: Newly elected Speaker to the House of Representatives, Dol Prasad Aryal, has assumed the office at Singh Durbar-based Federal Parliament Secretariat.

After taking the oath of office and secrecy before President Ramchandra Paudel this afternoon, Speaker Aryal assumed the office.

On the occasion, General-Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Padma Prasad Pandey, as well as other high-ranking officials had welcomed Speaker Aryal.