Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed his secretariat to make preparations for the oath taking ceremony of the newly appointed ministers at 4 pm on Thursday.

CPN-UML, however, has not made public the names of the ministers from the party.

As per the sources, new ministers from other parties will be taking the oath of office and secrecy today.

Earlier, UML standing committee meeting had given, party Chairman and PM Oli, the responsibility to appoint ministers from the party.