Nepal, Feb. 7 -- For those believing in the government's repeated claims that the new session of the federal parliament would be productive, the calendar for the winter session could disappoint.

The House of Representatives calendar for February shows it will sit only seven times in the month, including the inaugural meeting on Monday. Six other meetings-on February 7, 18, 22, 23, 25 and 26-will be held over the next three weeks.

Except for the anti-money laundering bill, no other bills will be endorsed by the lower house this month. The winter session, also called the bill session, will last a maximum of three months.

If the meetings are held at the present pace, only 20-21 meetings will be held in the entire session which wouldn't be...