Kathmandu, July 25 -- The House of Representatives on Friday extended the term of a special parliamentary committee investigating tampering with the 'cooling-off period' provision in the Federal Civil Service Bill.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire tabled the proposal to extend the committee's mandate by seven days during the House meeting, which lawmakers approved unopposed.

The seven-member committee was formed on July 7 under Rule 180 of the House of Representatives Regulations, which allows the formation of a special panel to address sensitive or serious matters.

It is tasked with investigating changes made to a key provision in the bill after it had been endorsed by the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee but before being passed by t...