After defeating the Maldives by 4-0 and Sri Lanka by 3-0 in the first two matches, Nepal lost to India by a wide margin of 8-0 in the third match of the SAFF U-20 Championship.
After scoring 1 goal in the first half of the game, India scored 7 consecutive goals in the second half of the game. With today’s match, Nepal’s goal of playing the final has been added to the challenge. After winning three matches, Bangladesh is at the top of the league with 9 points, while India is at the second position with 6 points. Nepal has managed to collect 6 points from three games, but Nepal is behind India in terms of goal difference.
In order to play the final match, Nepal has to win the next match with Bangladesh, while India has to lose in the next match with the Maldives or the match has to end in a tie.
CPN Maoist Center leader Janardan Sharma has been re-appointed as Finance Minister.
Sharma, who resigned after becoming controversial in the budget issue of the financial year 2079/80, will take charge of the finance minister again after being cleared by the parliamentary investigation special committee.
It is said that on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Sharma as a minister to take charge of the Ministry of Finance again. It is also said that Sharma will take the oath of office and secrecy today.
The agitating squatters, who have been demanding the protection of the Chure area and the provision of land to the squatters, have protested by sleeping on the road in front of the office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in Janakpurdham on Sunday.
Protesters demand that land should be provided to the squatters, and the investigation report made by the government on encroached forest areas should be made public.
They said that the land has been provided to other people without giving land to the real landless and they have said that there should be an investigation on the matter and that land should be provided to the real landless people.
Dang, local residents and public representatives have locked the gate of the aviation fuel depot at Tarigaon Airport in Tulsipur.
Locals and public representatives locked the gate of the air-fuel depot at Tarigaon Airport in Tulsipur saying that the Bowser machine used for filling the aircraft is going to be taken back. After a long time, only Nepal Air Service Corporation’s aircraft have been taking flight at the airport. There have been difficulties for other airlines to start a flight in Tarigaon due to the lack of a fuel depot. The locals with the Deputy Mayor of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan Syani Chaudhary have jointly locked the gate of the air-fuel depot at the airport, saying that the government is trying to shut down the airport by taking back the Bowser machine.
It is said that the president of the Tulsipur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has sent a letter to all the relevant agencies on the matter and has also warned that if their demands are ignored, they will conduct a strong agitation program.
Applications for secondary education examination SEE grade enhancement supplementary examination have been started.
According to the Examination Control Office, the supplementary examination will be conducted on August 27 and 28. The Examination Control Office said that students who want to take the exam for grade enhancement should apply by August 21.
Students will be allowed to give supplementary examination for maximum two subjects only.To participate in the exam, students have to pay Rs. 500 and fill the form in the concerned school. According to the Examination Control Office, on August 27, there will be an examination of compulsory English and only one subject, while the students who will take the exam of two subjects will be allowed to take the examination of the subject with a small code. Similarly, on August 28, the students who will take the exam for two subjects will take the exam for the subject with big code, according to the examination control office.
An earthquake occurred in Khotang at 8:13 am on Sunday.
The National Earthquake Measurement and Research Center has reported that an earthquake of 6 magnitudes occurred with the epicentre around Martimbirta in Khotang.
The shock of the earthquake was also felt in districts around Khotang and Kathmandu. An earthquake destroyed 2 houses in Bhojpur Municipality-12 Taksar and one house in Sakela Rural Municipality. The exact details of what other damages were caused by the earthquake have not yet been confirmed.
Beijing has begun military exercises near Taiwan as US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi began her controversial tour of Asia.
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has begun military exercises off the coast of Fujian province, which lies between the mainland and Taiwan. China publicly announced the military drills amid rising tensions with Washington over the self-governing island.
Xinhua news agency reported that the military exercise was held near the Pingtan Islands off the coast of Fujian from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping also reportedly warned US President Joe Biden by telephone on Thursday that Beijing would not tolerate “external interference” in China’s dealings with Taiwan.
The parliamentary special investigation committee constituted to investigate the then Finance Minister Janardan Sharma on the charge of unauthorized persons entering the Ministry of Finance and changing the rates of taxes and customs during the preparation of the budget for the financial year 2079/80 has submitted its report to the Parliament today.
In the 129-page long report prepared by the 11-member parliamentary special committee led by MP Laxmanlal Karna, it has cleared Sharma saying that no such concrete evidence has been found against him.
According to paragraph 4 of the report published by the committee, It has been concluded that Sharma is set to be free of all charges.
Regular flights of 2 planes of Yeti Air have been cancelled due to malfunctions in the aircraft.
ATR 72 flight number 672 of Yeti Airlines, flying from Pokhara to Kathmandu, was returned to Pokhara after about 6 minutes of takeoff after the left engine of the plane showed signs of malfunction. The plane carrying 45 passengers made an emergency landing at Pokhara airport.
Similarly, YT 786 flight with 60 passengers from Biratnagar to Kathmandu was also cancelled due to an engine malfunction. There was a problem with the engine when the plane was about to take off. The airline cancelled the flight after the incident.
The 48th meeting of the eleventh session of the House of Representatives is being held today.
In today’s Parliament sitting to be convened at 11 am, the Parliament Secretariat has published a 5-point agenda for discussion. Industry, Commerce and Supply Minister Dilendra Prasad Badu is scheduled to submit a proposal to consider the Standard Measures and Weights (Fifth Amendment) Bill 2076. Similarly, a proposal to consider the Accreditation Bill 2076 is also included in today’s agenda.
In today’s House of Representatives meeting, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to submit the Nepal Service Special Bill 2076 to Parliament for discussion. In addition to these, it has been mentioned in today’s agenda published by the Parliament Secretariat that 3 other bills will be discussed in today’s Parliament meeting.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 has also been passed by the National Assembly.
The Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 was passed by the majority of the parliamentarians present in the National Assembly after the discussion held on Thursday. The Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina announced that the bill was passed by the majority.
The Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly will now be sent by the National Assembly to the House of Representatives and the House of Representatives will send it to the President. It will come into effect after the President authenticates it and publishes it in the Gazette.
Biplava-led CPN has shown a black flag to American Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu, who arrived in Kathmandu today for a three-day visit to Nepal.
Biplav cadres showed a black flag to Lu and his team at Gaushala. Demanding the cancellation of MCC and SPP, they showed a black flag to Foreign Minister Donald Lu. The police have arrested the cadres who showed the black flag to Foreign Minister Lu.
It is said that the arrested are Prakash Shahi, President of All Revolutionaries, General Secretary Lalit BK, Secretariat Member Tara Sanjel, Central Members Prem Sijapati, Lalit Bam, Ramesh Rawat and Bhaktapur Coordinator Ashok Mahatara.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has arrived in Nepal.
Lu, who arrived in Kathmandu today for a three-day visit to Nepal, is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Friday. According to the US embassy in Nepal, there is a program to present an award for corporate excellence to Poorna, an American manufacturing company based in Nepal.
Lu is believed to have played an important role in getting the MCC approved by the Nepalese parliament. At a time when the Nepal government has decided not to proceed with the disputed US State Partnership Program (SPP), Lu’s visit to Nepal has been taken very seriously in the Nepali political circle.
The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda have announced that they will not allow garbage to be thrown in Sisdol and Bancharedanda from August 17.
The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda said that the garbage from Kathmandu Valley will not be allowed to be dumped in Sisdol and Bancharedanda from August 17, saying that the agreement made with the locals of Sisdol and Bancharedanda has not been implemented.
The local residents of Sisdol and Bancharedanda organized a press conference at Kathmandu today and said that the government and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City have not taken any steps to implement the agreement.
Gas prices rose after Russia cut gas supplies to Germany and other Central European countries.
European gas prices rose 2% to an all-time high after Russia invaded Ukraine. Critics have accused the Russian government of using gas as a political weapon. Similarly, Ukraine has accused Moscow of cutting gas supplies to spread terror among people.
On the other hand, Russian energy firm Gazprom has said that the gas supply has been reduced due to maintenance work on turbines.
A few weeks after Nepal’s rejection of the State Partnership Program (SPP), US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu will be in Nepal on Thursday.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu will be arriving for two days visit to Nepal. He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka during his visit. Yet, no other detailed information has been disclosed about his visit to Nepal.
Previously, it was said that he played an important role to ratify the MCC agreement from the parliament. He was even highly criticized after his separate telephone conversations with Nepalese leaders to ratify the MCC agreement by February 28 and a threat saying, ”Washington would review its relationship with Nepal and understand that China is behind Nepal’s failure to ratify the compact. This incident was later disclosed by Maoist leader Prachanda.
Former US President Donald Trump said that America has become a beggar nation while addressing the America First Agenda Summit. Trump has also accused the Democrats and the Biden administration of bringing America to its knees.
He also said that inflation has gone to the highest in 49 years and the price of oil has hiked. Referring to President Joe Biden’s request during his visit to Saudi Arabia with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman to increase oil production and reduce global dependence on supplies from Russia, Trump said that America has also lost its energy independence.
In the world, America is facing historical humiliation one after another, he said that the series of murders and crimes in cities governed by Democrats has also increased. Trump said that in the upcoming midterm elections, the American people will “reject the failed regime of Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the radical left,” and that the Republican Party will win the next presidential election.
The International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives has demanded a reason for not sending the decision not to participate in the State Partnership Program (SPP) to the US.
The government had decided not to participate in the SPP and said that it would write to the US through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accordingly, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sent the decision of the Council of Ministers to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet sent a letter to the US.
The meeting of the International Relations Committee held on Wednesday to discuss the issue questioned,” why the government’s decision not to participate in the SPP was not sent to the US?”
Chief of the committee, Pavitra Niraula Kharel informed that the meeting decided to write a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense demanding the reason for not writing to the US. The committee has also demanded all the documents shared about the SPP from the Ministry of Defence.
China has opposed a bill introduced by US Senator Marco Rubio to punish Beijing for buying oil from Moscow.
Beijing opposed a proposal by US Senator Marco Rubio to ban any entity that buys oil or other energy supplies from Russia and delivers them to China. Speaking at a regular press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, “China has always been against unilateral and illegal sanctions that have no basis in international law.” He also said that the general economic and trade cooperation between China and Russia is not against any third party and it will not be affected by any kind of external interference. He also said that Senator Rubio, who knows no political ethics, wants to blame China for everything.
The anti-China proposal, introduced by Rubio along with fellow Republicans Rick Scott and Kevin Cramer, aims to punish any entity that insures or registers tankers carrying oil or liquefied natural gas from Russia to China.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a statement today, asking citizens not to go abroad to work on a visit visa.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has requested Nepali citizens not to go and work on visit visas as there is no legal basis to provide insurance, compensation and relief during the rescue and return of such citizens.
It has been mentioned in the statement issued by the ministry that even Nepalese who go abroad for employment must complete the process of labour approval and other procedures as per the prevailing laws from the relevant agencies.
In the statement issued by the Ministry, even the local level has been requested to keep records of such persons when the citizens within their area go abroad for travel or employment. In the statement issued by the joint secretary/spokesperson of the ministry, Fanindramani Pokhrel, it is requested to use the visit visa only for tourism and not to be tempted to go abroad for employment on the visit .
Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala has said that only if the three conditions of the Congress are met, it will be possible to coordinate in the election with the coalition parties.
While speaking at a press conference organized by Nepal Press Union in Birgunj, leader Koirala said that electoral coordination with the coalition parties in the upcoming elections would be possible only if economic policy, foreign policy and a permanent government under the leadership of the Congress for 5 years will be accepted. He also said that discussions are going on between the coalition parties on this matter.
In addition, Koirala also said that it is impossible to go to the elections by distributing the seats per the demand of the Maoist Center. Pointing to the party president, he has also claimed that Congress will win the next election if the party gives tickets to qualified candidates without dividing tickets on a factional basis.
The Judicial Council has decided to transfer 224 district judges.
The council meeting held on Tuesday decided to transfer 224 district judges. Similarly, the council meeting held today also decided to publish notices for the appointment of 27 vacant judges in the High Court. List of Judges being transfer:
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has appointed ambassadors for Spain, Russia and Denmark.
On the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, President Bhandari has appointed ambassadors for Spain, Russia and Denmark. Among the newly appointed ambassadors, Sharmila Parajuli Dhakal for Spain, Milanraj Tuladhar for Russia and Prof. Dr. Ramswarth Rai has been appointed.
Similarly, the Nepali Ambassador to India Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma has been appointed as Non-Resident Ambassador to Bhutan.
The report of the CCTV footage of the Ministry of Finance has been submitted to the Parliamentary Special Investigation Committee by the police forensic team. The meeting of the committee held at 8 o’clock in the morning opened the sealed report, but it was said that it should be analyzed by the experts of the laboratory. Secretary of the committee Surendra Aryal said that the Sealed forensic report given by the police was opened, but since it is a technical matter, it has to be discussed with the experts, and then the detailed information about it will be released only after getting information from the experts of the laboratory.
After the CCTV footage was deleted from the Ministry of Finance, the investigation committee sent the forensic lab of the police to recover the footage. After the investigation committee did not find any concrete evidence during the investigation, it has been demanding that the facility of tracking the call details and location of the then Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma should be provided. However, members of the ruling party protested against providing the call details to the committee saying that it would violate the right to privacy.
In today’s match under SAFF U-20 Championship, Nepal defeated the Maldives by 4-0.
Dipesh Gurung, Sugam Suwal, Kritish Ratna Chunju and Mangya Nakarmi scored 1-1 goals for Nepal in the match at Kalinda Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India. Nepal scored 1 goal in the first half of the game and scored 3 goals in the second half of the game.
Nepal will play the second match of the tournament against Sri Lanka on Wednesday and the third match will be played against India on 31 July.
At the program of the National Vibhuti Bhimsen Thapa Memorial Foundation attended by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, slogans were raised demanding the repeal of the Citizenship Bill.
Slogans were raised against Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in a program organized by the Rastriya Bibhuti Bhimsen Thapa Memorial Foundation at Pragya Bhawan in Kamaladi. When Prime Minister Deuba was about to get on the stage to give his speech, a group of people present there chanted slogans against the Citizenship Bill, MCC and Sher Bahadur Deuba, demanding to protect the Nation.
After the incident, security personnel escorted Prime Minister Deuba to the stage, while the police escorted the protestors out of the venue.
After the announcement of the monetary policy for the financial year 2079/80, the stock market increased by 61.05 points on Sunday and increased by 54.45 points to 2132.96 on Monday.
NEPSE index increased by 2. 62% While the sensitive index measuring the turnover of ‘A’ class companies has also increased by 9.05 points to 407.38 points.
Along with the NEPSE index, the trading amount has also increased to 4,106,818,941 rupees. All the sub-indices went green with 7 companies trading in a positive circuit while 9,944,048 shares were traded of 214 companies.
Today’s meeting of the National Assembly has unanimously approved the proposal to consider the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 received with a message from the House of Representatives.
After the proposal is approved unanimously, according to rule 106 of the National Assembly Rules 2075, the parliamentarians can register the amendment proposal in the bill branch under the National Assembly.
The next meeting of the National Assembly is scheduled to be held on Thursday 28th July at 11 am.
The police have arrested 4 people on the charge of murdering a 4-year-old girl after rape.
A 4-year-old missing girl from Birgunj Metropolitan City-2 Chhapkaiya was found dead in a bush of empty land in Birgunj-2 Chhapkaiya on 23 July. During the investigation, the police arrested the 12-year-old youth who first reported that the body had been found, and when the involvement of 3 other people including the same child was found, the police arrested the other 3 accused and started further investigation.
In the preliminary investigation of the police, it has been revealed that the murder took place after forced coercion. The police have said that they are conducting a further investigation against the 4 accused persons for the crime of rape and murder.
Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India today. She was escorted by Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the Central Hall.
She was administered oath by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana at a ceremony that was held at Parliament’s Central Hall in the presence of former president Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In her first address as President, Murmu said that her election to the top constitutional post proves that in India, the poor can not only dream but also fulfil those aspirations.” I have been elected during an important time when the country is marking 75 years of Independence,” she said. Droupadi is the youngest person to take oath as the President of India.
More than 15 houses have been damaged due to floods and landslides in Tamakosi rural municipality-4 Malukhola Bazar of Dolakha.
The affected people have been rescued from the houses damaged by floods and landslides with the help of police and local residents. Due to floods and landslides, transport services have been blocked in the Malukhola road section and electricity supply has also been stopped in the area.
Similarly, more than 30 families have been displaced in Shailung Rural Municipality-8 due to the landslides that came with the incessant rains. More than 25 households of Bigu Rural Municipality-4 Singti Bazar have been affected by the landslide, while Bhimeshwar Municipality-2 Dakthali has also been affected by the landslide.
Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill 2079 has been tabled in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079, received with a message from the House of Representatives, was presented by Rajendra Phuyal, Secretary of the National Assembly, in today’s meeting.
Similarly, the message from the House of Representatives regarding the Nepal Engineering Council (First Amendment) Bill 2076 and Senior Citizens (First Amendment) Bill 2075 was also presented in today’s meeting.
A team of police today raided the Blue Sky Call Center in Tilottama Municipality Jankinagar and arrested more than 150 employees including 7 operators.
It is said that they were arrested on the basis of a preliminary investigation of the police that they were active in online fraud business and were scamming people by saying that they had won the lottery on WhatsApp and Facebook.
According to the preliminary investigation of the police, the call center, which is also believed to be owned by foreign nationals, used to scam citizens in Nepal and India by sending various tempting and spam messages.
Three people were killed and 12 people were injured when a falling tree hit a moving bus and a scooter in Bhaktapur.
According to the police, 3 passengers were killed and 12 were injured when a falling tree hit the Ba 2 Kha 3584 numbered bus and Ba 61 Pa 3978 numbered scooter going from Kathmandu to Dudhpati in Bhaktapur. The injured have been taken to the hospital for treatment .
July 24, Jhapa: Three teenage girls were found hanging dead on a tree in Bellegaon of Kachankawal-5 Pathamari Jhapa.
Three teenage girls who had gone out for a walk since 11 o’clock on Saturday were found hanging on a tree in the Sunkosi tea garden. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as 16-year-old Kareena Ganesh, Kalpana Ganesh and 17-year-old Anjali Ganesh.
The police have prepared to send the bodies for post-mortem, and in the preliminary investigation of the police, it is suspected that they may have committed suicide.
The main opposition party CPN-UML has said that it will protest against the Citizenship Bill.
Speaking at a press conference organized by Press Chautari Karnali in Birendra Nagar, Surkhet, CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel said that UML will hold a protest against the Citizenship Bill on 1st August.
General Secretary Pokharel has also criticized the government saying that the Citizenship Bill was passed by the Parliament to maintain the power and alliance and this is the government’s unworthiness. Pokharel has also commented that it is doubtful that the Citizenship Bill passed rigt after Prachanda’s visit to India.
A meeting of the House of Representatives will be held today at 1 pm at the Federal Parliament Building.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Education and Health Committee, Jaipuri Gharti, will submit the report of the Education and Health Committee on the Yogamaya Ayurveda University Bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
Similarly, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand will present the Prisons Bill, 2076 with the report of the State Order and Good Governance Committee for discussion and propose that the Prisons Bill 2078 be passed. In today’s meeting, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology Devendra Poudel will submit a proposal to consider the amendment made by the National Assembly on the Madan Bhandari Science and Technology University Bill 2076, according to the Parliament Secretariat.
The meeting of Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly will be held today at 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
The State Assembly Secretariat has informed that the meeting of the State Assembly, which was postponed on July 3, will begin today as the budget session continues.
In Province 1, a dispute has arisen regarding the naming of the province.
There is no concrete definition of social rights, but they can be called subject rights because social rights are the rights of subjects or the people under the constitution arising from the social contract. In other words, these rights are different from natural rights deriving from the natural law. It is said that the state is built by the people. No supernatural or divine power has created or built it. Therefore, every state must protect its citizens, particularly those destitute individuals, groups and communities. In this 21st century, almost all states are considered public welfare states (states supposed to guarantee the social rights of their people in their respective countries) in the world. However, all these social rights are closely connected to human rights and are important to everyone. Strictly speaking, social rights are connected to the right to life of every individual. When a child is born, he/she becomes a member of society and as a social member; he/she gets social rights.
Although social rights are closely related to human rights and the right to life of every person, the history of these rights doesn’t seem to be very old nor do the states mention clearly that these rights are the social rights in their respective constitutions Acts. This doesn’t mean that social rights have not been addressed by any countries. These rights are addressed by many countries for many years but not in the concrete or codified form, in conjunction with other rights i.e. human rights, fundamental rights, civil rights, political rights etc. These rights were not codified for a long time till the European Council issued a policy recommendation for its member states to promote access to social rights for young people from destitute neighborhoods in 2015. If we study it, we can firmly say that social rights are based on the ideas of equality and guaranteed access to essential social and economic goods, services, and opportunities to every individual irrespective of one’s religion, opinion, caste, race, or gender and so on. Additionally, these rights can be taken as an understanding of what is required to satisfy people’s social needs by promoting social inclusion and social solidarity. In this way, social rights are not only moral and social rules but legal rules too. But many analysts have distinguished these rights from civil rights. According to them, civil rights are absolute and must be provided in any civilized society whereas social rights are relative or are necessarily contingent on a society’s level of economic development.
What Kinds of Rights come under Social Rights?
As a member of society, all the rights of people related to food, shelter, cloth, health, education, social security, etc. belong to social rights. However, we should keep in mind that these rights tend to promote social inclusion and social solidarity. It means people from destitute and marginalized communities are given priority to get access to quality education, secure employment, health care etc. Primarily, access to food, health, shelter, education, employment and public services could be taken as social rights.
Significance:
Social rights are as important as a society. Just as it is difficult to imagine a person without society, so it is difficult to imagine a person without social rights. It means social rights are closely connected with the life of a person living in a society. They are very important to everyone, particularly to destitute, minority and marginalized individuals, groups or communities. Since these rights include the above-mentioned things i.e. From access to adequate food to social safety or protection; equality, well-being and dignity of any person are the hubs of these rights. Without social rights, no one can survive or live peacefully. Any person is like a paralyzed patient in absence of social rights and we know that the paralyzed person can’t move his/her body despite having full body parts. Let’s clarify it with some examples. If a baby is born in a poor family then obviously, he/she becomes poor & he/she won’t have proper foods to eat. In that case, he/she has a right to adequate food which is one of the social rights. Getting food to survive is his/her social right that a state must fulfil because the state is like a guardian of the people and the people are like offspring. So, the state has to guarantee the social right of the people in a public welfare state. Similarly, every single baby gets the right to life after birth, regardless of gender, family status or economic condition. If the child is deprived of any of its rights then the state must take stern steps through its various mechanisms against the wrongdoer and should make every effort to compensate the victim and save his or her life.
The significance of social rights is increasing day by day all over the world. On the one hand, these rights are incorporating core values of every society such as equality, dignity, fairness, freedom etc. by providing detailed guidance for policy and practice. On the other hand, these rights are establishing a culture of accountability for social policies. Here, accountability is to be understood in many forms ranging from the ballot box to the media to the court premises. Social rights are considered emancipatory, empowering, and transformative for people to bring happiness and peace to society and are widely relevant to the “everyday lives” of millions of people.
Social Rights in Nepal:
Social rights in Nepal have been addressed in the constitution of 2015 A.D. since its preamble. Most of the social rights are addressed under or in the name of the fundamental rights and duties. The major social rights mentioned in the constitution are the right to freedom, equality, discrimination, religion, culture, education, employment, health, food, shelter, social security, justice, rights of the child, Dalit, women, senior citizens and consumer.
“our problems stem from our acceptance of the filthy, rotten system.”
Dorothy Day
Out of these rights, some rights such as the right relating to education, the right to employment, and rights relating to health, food, and shelter are very serious and sensitive matters in the current situation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that these rights are only confined to the piece of paper. Today, thousands of people are dying due to starvation, and thousands of children are illiterate or are deprived of going to school. Many peoples are dying from not getting treatment on time. Millions of citizens of this country are bound to leave for foreign employment. But the state or government has done nothing to address such burning issues despite it being mentioned as fundamental or social rights in the constitution.
The way forward:
To advance and protect social rights, first, the legislature should make laws addressing the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution. In the absence of law, no case is generally allowed to enter the ordinary courts and cannot be enforced or executed accordingly. Due to a lack of adequate resources and means, Nepal cannot guarantee all the mentioned fundamental rights (social rights) in practice, but the state or government can guarantee the social rights of the people in general by controlling widespread stinking and tragic corruption. To promote and protect the social rights of the people, executive and legislative determination is urgently required. The pressure from civil society advocating the social rights of the people is also needed. Social rights literature should be written effectively and broadly by addressing many issues including health, education and work. Also, judicial determination or the role of the court should be crucial and active so that social rights can be strongly advocated and argued before the courts. For this, first, the judges should have the appropriate expertise, and secondly, they shouldn’t be conservative.
Conclusion:
Social rights are often viewed and analyzed by linking to human rights, fundamental rights, legal rights, political rights, civil rights, etc. Except for a few countries including the revised European social charter, most countries have incorporated social rights into their constitution and laws without naming their social rights. And the importance of social rights is expanding across the world. People started to say housing is a social or human right and education is a right not a commodity, etc. As social rights deal primarily with how people live and work together and the basic needs of life, they are gaining momentum. It is not difficult to implement explicit social rights in practice, but to implement implicit social rights, the door of the court must be knocked on eventually depending on the systems of the concerned country. In this regard, Ms. Dorothy Day said, “our problems stem from our acceptance of the filthy, rotten system.” But at last, we shouldn’t forget that social rights are not a panacea.
The controversial Citizenship Bill has been passed by a majority in the Parliament session held today.
The bill to amend the Citizenship Act 2063 presented by Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has been passed by the majority of the Parliament meeting today.
Nepali Congress, CPN Maoist Centre, United Socialist Party and Janata Samajwadi Party were in favor of the Citizenship Bill, while CPN UML, Rashtriya Janamorcha and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party were against saying that foreign women who marry Nepalese men should not be granted citizenship immediately.
However, they did not object to other aspects of the bill to amend the Citizenship Act 2063.
Nepal Rastra Bank today announced the monetary policy for the financial year 2079/80. Nepal Rastra Bank’s Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari announced the monetary policy today through a press conference.
The announced new monetary policy has increased the bank rate from 7% to 8.5%.Similarly, the minimum limit of 40 million has been removed in share mortgage loans while the maximum limit of 120 million has been maintained .
Congress President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said the journalism sector should be more responsible for the country and the people.
During the opening ceremony of the 9th Convention of Nepal Press Union in Hetauda, PM deuba urged the journalists to be responsible and accountable refining itself with the help of advanced technology.
Addressing the ceremony he also said that the journalists should not forget their responsibility under the guise of press freedom as press has an important role to strengthened the democracy.
Soon after addressing the ceremony he returned back to Kathmandu.
Dinesh Gunawardena has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Gunawardena, a veteran member of the ruling Sri Lanka People’s Front and an ally of the Rajapakse political family, took the oath of office and secrecy today.
Gunawardena became the Prime Minister after Ranil Wickremesinghe became the President. 73-year-old Gunawardena had previously served as Foreign Minister, Education Minister and Home Minister.
The ninth convention of Nepal Press Union, a journalist organization close to the Nepali Congress, has started today in Hetauda.
Anita Bindu and Shiv Lamsal are competing for the post of president in the ninth convention of Nepal Press Union inaugurated by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
A faction of the party has been seen in the convention of Nepal Press Union, where Anita Bindu from the Deuba-led founding party and Shiv Lamsal from other groups are competing with the panel.
From the Deuba panel, Saroj Adhikari is contesting as Senior Vice President, Jagannath Dulal as General Secretary, Keshav Sawad as Deputy General Secretary, Khagendra Bhandari as Secretary, Menuka Dhungana as Women’s Secretary and Madhav Dhital as Treasurer.
Dilip Poudel as General Secretary, Vishnu Chhetri as Deputy General Secretary, Prem KC as Senior Vice President and Nakul Aryal, Bhishmaraj Ojha and Shekhar Regmi as Open Vice Presidents are seen in the competition from the other panel.
More than 1,600 convention delegates from all over the country will participate in the convention.
The government is preparing to pass the disputed citizenship bill in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, it has been mentioned in the agenda that Home Minister Balkrishna Khand will submit a motion to pass the Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill, 2079 in today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, which will be held at 1:00 PM.
Coalition government withdrew the previous citizenship bill prepared by the then Oli government and registered a new bill.
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi submitted his resignation to Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome on Thursday.
Draghi’s resignation comes after several key parties in his coalition boycotted a confidence vote in the government .After the resignation of the Prime Minister, Italian President Sergio Mattarella is now said to start the phase of consultation to get another majority between the parties in the Parliament or call for immediate elections.
Draghi’s resignation comes despite his popularity within the country and support from world leaders.World view him as an important European voice in standing up against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a fear has been raised that Draghi’s resignation may destabilize the European Union’s third-largest economy.
Student organizations belonging to the ruling coalition party have demonstrated at Maitighar Mandla demanding the dismissal of Nepal Rastra Bank’s Governor Mahaprasad Adhikari.
Today, on the third day of the demonstration students staged a cartoon demanding the dismissal of the governor at Maitighar Mandla. Student organizations protested against the governor saying that, Governor Adhikari so called M Adhikari has violated the Rastra Bank Act 2058 and has flouted the law and is active in destroying the country’s economy by being a member of the opposition party.
Under the pre-announced program, the Student Organizations have said that they will organize a protest program in colleges across the country tomorrow.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has instructed the government to provide information about the US military partnership program SPP after the lawmakers of the ruling party and opposition raised questions in the parliament.
Speaker Sapkota ruled on this after the lawmakers raised a questions saying,” why Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet sent any correspondence to the US almost a month after the cabinet meeting decided to write a letter saying that Nepal will not participate in the SPP?” soon after Sapkota said,”My attention has been drawn to what honorable members of the parliament have raised about the SPP agreement. In this regard, I instruct the Government of Nepal to inform about the decision and the status of its implementation.
In today’s Parliament meeting, Maoist Chief Whip Gurung raised a question saying that the government is in the process of passing the SPP under two different names.
Similarly, CPN-UML MP Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal also objected to the fact that the ministry of foreign affairs did not wrote a letter to US saying that the SPP would not be implemented despite the decision of the Cabinet.
The deadline of the Parliamentary Special Inquiry Committee formed to investigate Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma has been extended by 7 days.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota extended the term of the parliamentary special investigation committee by 7 days after the meeting approved the proposal made in the House of Representatives. Earlier, a 10-day deadline was given to the committee formed to investigate the matter of unauthorized persons entering the ministry and changing the tax rate to benefit limited individuals and organizations during the preparation of the budget for the financial year 2079-80.
Earlier,Secretary of the committee Surendra Aryal requested to extend the deadline as the investigation was not completed.
The process of extending the deadline of the parliamentary special inquiry committee has been initiated which is investigating the alleged involvement of unauthorized persons in the preparation of the budget
As the parliamentary special inquiry committee has not been able to complete the work within the specified period, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota is likely to provide more time to the committee in today’s Parliament meeting. Earlier, 10 days time was provided for the investigation. Surendra Aryal, secretary of the committee have requested that the required time be extended.He also said that the CCTV footage has been sent to the police to recover it and it is not yet decided when the report will come.
During the investigation, the committee questioned the outgoing Finance Minister Sharma for about 3 hours today. He has denied the allegation that other than the concerned officials of the Ministry of Finance were involved in the budget preparation.
Almost a month after the cabinet meeting decided to write a letter to the US saying that it will not participate in the SPP, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet sent any correspondence to the US in this regard.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet written to the US to provide the information regarding the government’s decision not to participate in the US State Partnership Program (SPP) .While the leaders of various political parties are questioning the fact that the letter has not been sent to the US according to the decision of the Council of Ministers , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that it is only doing homework with the relevant agencies.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a regular press conference on Wednesday and informed that there is a need to discuss the matter with the Ministry of Defence, the Nepali Army and other agencies and that the homework is being done.
”We will correspond with the United States through the diplomatic mechanism at an appropriate time regarding the decision of the Nepal government,” said the Ministry of Foreign affairs.
Pubudu Dashanayak, head coach of the Nepali national cricket team, has resigned from his post.
While saying that Pubud has resigned from the coach due to personal reasons, cricket fans have been demanding the resignation of the coach and captain Sandeep Lamichhane due to the declining performance of the national team. Pubud sent his resignation to CAN via email about a week ago. Pubudu, who signed a two-year contract with CAN last November for a second term, submitted his resignation within 8 months.
Pubudu was the coach of the Nepali team for the first time from 2011 to 2015.
Nepali Congress has appointed Chitralekha Yadav as the party’s chief whip and Meen Bahadur Vishwakarma as the whip.
Nepali Congress Party Chairman and Parliamentary Party Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday appointed Yadav and Vishwakarma as the chief whip and whip of the party. Yadav and Vishwakarma have been appointed to fill both the vacant posts after Balkrishna Khan, who was the Chief Whip before, became the Home Minister and Pushpa Bhusal, who was the Whip, became the Deputy Speaker.
The Special Investigation Committee of the House of Representatives is going to take a statement from Janardan Sharma, who resigned after it was revealed that unauthorized persons were involved in the budget preparation.
The parliamentary special committee formed to investigate the involvement of unauthorized persons in budget preparation has already taken statements from 10 officials under the Ministry of Finance. During the statement, the officials of the ministry has denied that unauthorized persons had entered during the budget preparation.
Before the statement, the committee requested to provide the CCTV footage , but the Ministry of Finance did not provided the footage saying that, the footage will remain only for 13 days and the others will be deleted automatically. Amid various discussions and debates that the CCTV footage may have been deleted to destroy the evidence, the investigation committee is going to send the CCTV footage to the forensic lab under the Nepal Police to recover it. However, the police said whether the CCTV footage can be recovered or not depends on the condition of the hard disks.
Amid all these incidents, the investigation committee will take a statement from Janardan Sharma today. According to the course of events, the committee has not been able to gather any such concrete evidence against Sharma even if the statement taken with the officials of the Ministry of Finance is to be considered as the basis. However, what Sharma will say in today’s statement has become a matter of interest.
Russian President Putin has said, Ukraine has shown no desire to meet the terms of what he described as a preliminary peace deal reached in March.
Speaking on television after his visit to Iran, Putin said that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. However, when asked about a possible meeting with Zelensky, he said Ukraine is not sticking to the terms of the initial peace deal that was “practically achieved” in March.
“The final outcome, of course,” he said, “depends on the will of the contracting parties to implement their agreement.” But Kiev seems to have no desire for a peace deal .”
Forest fire in France, Portugal, Spain and Greece have forced thousands of people to leave their homes.
Two people have died in a forest fire in the north-western Zamora region of Spain, and train services have been disrupted due to a fire near the railway track. Wildfire have displaced more than 30,000 people.
The Gironde, a popular tourist region in the south-west of France, has been particularly badly affected by the fire. Firefighters across France are struggling to contain two blazes that have destroyed 19,300 hectares of land in the past week. The city of Bordeaux was shrouded in smoke on Tuesday morning after the wind changed direction. Hundreds of people left their homes in the far north-west of Brittany, and fire has destroyed 1,400 hectares of vegetation.
Several villages have been evacuated after a fire broke out in the Murca region of northern Portugal, while at least 20 fires have burned out of control in Spain.
Temperature hits record high Meteorologists say the heat wave is heading north, with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in the far south of Belgium as well as western and southwestern Germany. Western Europe faces further rising temperatures on Tuesday as heat moves northwards.
A record high of 39.1 degrees Celsius has been recorded in the UK and temperatures are expected to rise further. On Monday, the Netherlands recorded its hottest day of the year at 33.6 degrees Celsius.
In Portugal, the June-July record temperature reached 47 degrees Celsius.More than 1,000 people have died in recent days due to heat in Spain and Portugal.
The temperature in the western French city of Nantes was 42 degrees Celsius, according to the French National Meteorological Office.
Heat waves are projected to become more frequent, more intense and longer due to human-induced climate change. Global temperatures are said to have increased by 1.1 degrees Celsius since the inception of industry.
Student organizations belonging to the ruling coalition party have announced a five-days protest demanding the dismissal of Rastra Bank’s Governor Mahaprasad Adhikari.
In a joint statement the students union has demanded the dismissal of the governor saying that, Governor Adhikari so called M Adhikari has violated the Rastra Bank Act 2058 and has flouted the law and is active in destroying the country’s economy by being a member of the opposition party.
As part of the strike they have announced five days continuous protest in various form demanding the dismissal of the governor.
Iran’s foreign currency exchange starts trading in the riyal-ruble currency pair.
Iran’s official foreign exchange has listed the Russian currency and said it will begin trading in the ruble-riyal currency pair. The listing came ahead of President Putin’s visit to Tehran, and the head of Iran’s central bank described it as “an important step in the development of economic relations between Iran and Russia.”
Moscow had previously promised to phase out the use of the US dollar in its trade with Iran. Trade between the two countries has grown by 31% in the first four months of this year.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow and Tehran are preparing a major new cooperation agreement, saying that Russia and Iran are among the most sanctioned countries in the world and that both countries will work together to reduce the impact of international sanctions on the economy.
Beijing has vowed to defend its ‘territorial integrity’ after the US approved a major arms deal with Taiwan, warning the US to cut military ties by halting the arms deal with Taiwan.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense issued a statement in Beijing condemning the Biden administration’s deal to sell new US arms to Taiwan.The $108 million deal includes armored vehicles and technical support.
Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, said that if the US immediately does not withdraws the arms deal with Taiwan and breaks military ties, it will weaken the relationship between China and the US and the military of the two countries and the peace and stability of Taiwan.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has further increased its maritime and air military activities around Taiwan, warning that it will take all measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolutely thwart any external interference and separatist efforts for ‘Taiwan independence’.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned to freeze the NATO expansion in Sweden and Finland if they fail to fulfill their agreement. Turkey has demanded that Sweden and Finland end the embargo on arms sales to Turkey and punish the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, taken refuge in Sweden and Finland who have been declared terrorists by Turkey. Until the end of June, Turkey blocked the invitation of Sweden and Finland to become NATO members, but after the trilateral memorandum signed in Madrid, it allowed Sweden and Finland to be formally invited to the summit in Spain. However, Erdoğan has been saying that he will stop both countries from joining NATO until the demand is met, saying that Turkey’s stance on it’s demand remains.
Although Finland and Sweden remained neutral during the Cold War, both countries applied to join NATO on May 18 amid security concerns following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. They can only be the members if approved by the parliaments of the 30 NATO countries.
After the US House of Representatives adopted the text of the National Defense Authorization Act that would require Turkey to submit additional certifications before buying F-16 fighter jets, Erdogan is said to have issued a conditional warning to Sweden and Finland to join NATO Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has said that Turkey should not play the F-16 “quid pro quo” for the Nato expansion in Sweden and Finland . He also said that said he could get congressional approval for it.
In the meeting of the central working committee held at the party office, SANEPA, the Nepali Congress has decided to move ahead with electoral coordination with the parties in the ruling alliance in the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.
Party spokesperson Dr. Prakasharan Mahat said that after the discussion and agreement with the top leaders, it was decided to continue the alliance by approving the proposal of electoral coordination.During the electoral coordination of the parties in the coalition, a proposal has also been put forward to create a minimum common opinion on the implementation of the constitution, economic social transformation and foreign relations.
Announcing the party’s decision, spokesperson Dr. Prakasharan Mahat has also said that it has been decided to complete the fraternal organization by the mid August and to form the membership management central committee, central disciplinary committee and central audit committee.
The meeting held on Monday of the Promotion Committee of the Police Head Office has recommended the promotion of 34 Police Inspectors (Inspectors) to Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) of Nepal Police.
It is said that 34 police inspectors have been recommended for promotion according to sub-rule 4 of rule 27 of the police regulation 2071 (with amendments). List of police inspectors recommended for promotion:
Elections have started today in India to elect the President.
The election for the 15th President of India has started from 10 am today. Draupadi Muram from the ruling party National Democratic Alliance and Yashwant Sinha from the opposition party are contesting in the election.
Due to the support of other parties, Murma is seen as a strong candidate. It is said that both houses of India, Rajya Sabha and Assembly members will vote in the election and the results of the election will be announced by Thursday.
Along with the decline in the price of crude oil in the international market, the price of petroleum products purchased by Nepal Oil Corporation from India has also decreased.
According to the reduced prices, since Saturday, the Oil Corporation has purchased petrol at a lower price of Rs 15.76 per liter and diesel at a lower price of Rs 16.56 per liter.
Even though Nepal Oil Corporation purchased petroleum products from India at a reduced price, due to the arrears that the corporation has to pay to the IOC and the long-standing losses, the price of petroleum products will not be adjusted according to the new prices.
Due to pressure on foreign exchange reserves, the government has banned the import of motorcycles above 150 cc and mobile phones worth more than 300 US dollars until August 30.
Earlier, the government had banned the import of motorcycles above 250 cc and mobile sets priced above US$ 600 in April.
According to the government, it is said that the current system will not be applicable in case of those who have completed the process of import through banking before 17 July 2022. After the decrease in foreign exchange reserves, the government has been tightening the import of luxury goods.
According to the Department of Water and Meteorology, Weather Forecast Division, there is currently a general effect of Monsoon air across the country.
According to the Meteorological Department, there will be partly to normal weather changes across the country this afternoon. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some places in the hilly areas of the country and few places in the rest of the country.
Similarly, the hilly areas of the country will have partial to normal weather changes tonight, while the rest of the country will have clear weather. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain at a few places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and one or two places in other provinces.
US President Joe Biden, who arrived in Saudi Arabia to rebuild the Saudi-US relationship, has said that he raised the issue of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
After the October 2018 murder of journalist Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, US intelligence agencies accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman with murder.
Aside from Khashoggi’s murder, President Biden discussed increasing oil supplies to the market and announced that Saudi Arabia would open its airspace to the aircrafts flying to and from Israel, which was previously banned.
The Chinese embassy in Nepal has retaliated by denying the statement made by US Ambassador nominee Dean Thompson at a hearing of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the MCC had been passed by the Nepali parliament despite the China’s disinformation.
A statement issued by the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Nepal said that the remarks of the US side were completely baseless and they not only condemned China but also insulted Nepal and its people.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact has been hotly debated between Nepal and the United States, and the Nepali Parliament has passed a “explanatory declaration” specifically stating that Nepal’s constitution will be above the Compact and other related agreements. The declaration states that Nepal will not be part of any US military alliance, including the Indo-Pacific Strategy. It is also said that the government of Nepal and the people of Nepal have done legitimate work in favor of the national interest to protect their sovereignty and independence.
China firmly believes that in pursuing international development cooperation, the principle of mutual respect and equality should be maintained, the sovereignty and people’s will of the relevant countries should be fully respected, and the internal affairs of any country should not be interfered with, and no coercive diplomacy, and certainly the sovereignty of other countries for selfish gains. And the statement states that there should be no violation of interests.
The statement said that as Nepal’s friendly close neighbor and development partner, China would protect Nepal’s sovereignty, independence and national interest and help the Nepalese people to choose their own path of development freely and contribute to Nepal’s socio-economic development.
Pushpa Bhusal has been elected for the position of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Pushpa Bhusal, who received 148 votes out of the total of 242 MPs present in the Parliament, has been elected to the post of Deputy Speaker by the majority of the existing members. There were 93 votes against Bhushal and one vote in favor of not voting.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the Interim President of Sri Lanka. Wickramasinghe has said that he will maintain peace and security in the crisis-stricken country by following the constitutional process.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Acting President after the Speaker of Parliament accepted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation.
Wickramasinghe on Friday urged lawmakers to work towards a consensus to form an all-party government, saying he would follow the constitutional process and restore peace in a country that has been reeling from months of fuel shortages and price hikes.
Voting for the post of Deputy Speaker of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives) is scheduled at 3 pm today.
Pushpa Bhusal of Nepali Congress and Bidya Bhattarai of CPN-UML have registered their candidature for the post of Deputy Speaker, which is vacant after the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shivmaya Tumbahangfe.
Based on the current number of 271 MPs in the House of Representatives, it seems that a majority of the existing number, i.e. 136 votes, is required to be elected as the Deputy Speaker. In the ruling coalition, there are 61 MPs from the Nepali Congress, 40 from the Maoist Center, 23 from the United Socialist Party, 20 from the Janata Samajwadi Party and 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha, while there are 98 MPs from the CPN-UML.
The Upendra Yadav faction of the Janata Samajwadi Party has dismissed 9 central leaders including Federal Council Chairman Baburam Bhattarai. Accusing him of playing a role in dividing the party, the central committee meeting held in Birgunj decided to remove Bhattarai and the leader of his faction on Thursday.
According to JASAPa executive member Prakash Adhikari, Federal Council Chairman Bhattarai, executive members Mahindra Yadav, Hisila Yami, Ganganarayan Shrestha, Prashant Singh, Durga Shob, Ramesh Yadav, Bhakta Bahadur Shah and Dan Bahadur Chaudhary have been relieved of their posts.
The extended meeting of the Bhattarai faction held in Kathmandu on Tuesday and Wednesday decided to separate from the JASAPA and form a new party.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government has no plans to buy weapons for the police.
Deuba said this while answering the questions raised by the leaders at the meeting of the Congress Central Working Committee held in Sanepa on Thursday.
Congress leaders has suggested Deuba ,that it would not be right to buy arms when the country is facing an economic crisis.
During a meeting held in Baluwatar on Thursday morning, Prime Minister Deuba urged to bring a policy to improve the current economic situation. While the NRB is preparing to bring monetary policy, Prime Minister Deuba discussed the recent economic situation of the country with Governor Adhikari.
Governor Adhikari had replied to Prime Minister Deuba that the monetary policy has been prepared to address the current problems in the country’s economic sector. Governor Adhikari briefed Prime Minister Deuba on the economic situation in the country.
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu and Minister for Communications and Information Gyanendra Bahadur Karki were present at the discussion. NRB is preparing to bring monetary policy in the first week of Shrawan.
Prime Minister Deuba is also handling the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance. Deuba has taken control over the ministry after Finance after Minister Janardan Sharma’s resignation, who was dragged into the investigation into irregularities in budget formulation.
A fire has broken out at Nanglo Restaurant at Tinpaini Chowk in Biratnagar. A fire broke out in the restaurant on Thursday afternoon.
Police said that the restaurant was completely burnt down due to the fire. The fire also damaged the house of Moti Dugad, a member of the House of Representatives, near the restaurant. The cause of the fire has not been identified yet.
Member of the National Assembly and former Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam has requested the Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina to hold the election of the Vice President of the National Assembly within a week.
MP Gautam once again drew the attention of Speaker Timilsina to immediately decide the Chairman of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee, Legislation Management Committee and Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee under the National Assembly.
Mentioning that 3 of the 4 committees of the National Assembly are leaderless, he also warned that if Chairman Timilsina does not pay attention to their immediate arrangements, they will be forced to go on strike.
MP Gautam, as a senior member, presented the annual report of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee in the assembly.
On behalf of the ruling coalition, Nepali Congress Whip Pushpa Bhusal (Gautam) has nominated for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Bhusal registered the candidature with the support of Devprasad Gurung, the chief whip of the Maoist Center and Laxmikumari Chaudhary of the United Socialist Party.
After the nomination, the final list of candidates will be published today at 1:30 pm and the election will be held tomorrow at 3 pm.
Pushpa Bhusal, who was elected as a proportional MP from Arghakhanchi in the 2070 election, has been involved in the active politics of the Nepali Congress for a long time.
Bhusal, who has a bachelor’s degree in law and a master’s degree in political science, has also become a central member of the Nepal Bar Association. She is the daughter of Kashinath Gautam, who was the health minister in BP Koirala’s cabinet in 2015 BS.
Nepal has defeated Scotland by 5 wickets in the triangular series of ICC Men’s World Cup League Two.
Batting first after losing the toss, Scotland managed to add 144 runs in 42.5 overs in the stipulated 50 overs game.
The Nepali team, which entered the field with a target of 145 runs, lost 5 wickets in 25.1 overs and won the match. In the first match, Nepal lost to Namibia by 40 runs and registered its first victory of the series by defeating Scotland.
Liu Jianchao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, who arrived in Nepal on Sunday, returned home at 10 pm on Wednesday after a four-day visit to Nepal.
During the visit, Jianchao met with the President, Prime Minister and leaders of various political parties. During the meeting, Jianchao expressed the view that anti-China activities should not be allowed on Nepali soil, while Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepal is committed to the one-China policy.
During the meeting, Liu Jianchao said that China’s relations with any country would not be guided by ideology and adding to that he said,”China will always cooperate with all political parties in Nepal and support the government of Nepal.”
Similarly, issues of mutual interest including Nepal-China relations were discussed during the meeting, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Office of the Auditor General (OAG) has submitted the annual report for the fiscal year 2077-78 BS (2020-21) to the President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today.
Auditor General Tankamani Sharma Dangal submitted the organisation’s 59th annual report to President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a programme at the Presidential Residence, Shital Niwas.
A fire has broken out at Bhrikuti Mandap in Kathmandu.
The fire broke out in a wheelchair warehouse at Bhrikuti Mandap, police said. The fire brigade of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is trying to control the fire and fire brigade has also been called from Lalitpur Metropolitan City.
Efforts are being made to put out the fire with the help of police and locals. The cause of the fire has not been identified yet.
President Bidhyadevi Bhandari and Liu Jianchao, head of the International Relations Department of the Chinese Communist Party, held a courtesy meeting at the President’s residence today.
On the last day of his four-day visit, Jianchao arrived at Shital Niwas today for a courtesy call on the President. During the meeting, President Bhandari said that the relations between Nepal and China were historic and that Nepal would move forward in its development process with its neighbors and allies.
Chinese leader Jianchao, on the other hand, said that he had come to Nepal to expand relations between all political parties of Nepal and that China-Nepal relations were developed on the basis of friendship, and mutual benefit.
Earlier, Jianchao met with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and leaders of other political parties.
Maoist central lawmakers have demanded an investigation into NRB Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari.
Maoist lawmakers have demanded an investigation into the case of Governor Adhikari,being a member of the UML’s Finance and Planning Department. However, it is unknown at this time that if he is the M Adhikari, a member of the UML’s Finance and Planning Department or not.
A questioned has been raised that,does Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari implement the policy of the government or follow the policy of the opposition when he is a member of the Finance and Planning Department of the CPN-UML.
The lawmakers have accused him for helping the main opposition in a planned manner by staying in the party discipline committee and deteriorating situation of the economy.
After the resignation of the then Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe, the Federal Parliament, which has been vacant for almost four years, is going to hold elections for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
In today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, according to Rule 8 of the Rules of the House of Representatives 2075 BS, an agenda has been included for the Speaker to fix the date and time for the post of Deputy Speaker. According to the legal provision that the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should not belong to the same party, the Deputy Speaker should now be from a party other than the Maoists. Similarly, the constitution has also made provision for women to hold one of the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
The European Union has approved one billion euros infinancial aid to Ukraine.
EU finance ministers have approved one billion euros in economic aid to help Ukraine meet its immediate needs.The amount was approved as the first installment of the nine-billion-euro aid pledged to Kiev last May.
The Czech finance minister Zbynek Stanjura said the assistance would help Ukraine meet its needs and ensure the operation of critical infrastructure.
Sher Bahadur Tamang and Bhim Rawal of the CPN-UML and Prem Suwal of the Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party (NMKP) have registered notices of protest against the Citizenship Bill.
The lawmakers have registered a notice of protest even before the discussion on the citizenship bill in the parliament.
The lawmakers have opposed the new bill saying that it was the negligence of the State Management Committee to withdraw the bill and bring a new one after the State Management Committee had submitted its report after extensive discussions.
During a meeting between Liu Jianchao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today, Jianchao expressed the view that anti-China activities should not take place on Nepali soil, while Prime Minister Deuba said Nepal is committed to the one-China policy.
Prime Minister Deuba reminded that he had closed the Dalai Lama’s office in Nepal and said that he would not allow any anti-China activities on Nepali soil.
During the meeting, Liu Jianchao said that China’s relations with any country is not guided by ideology and china will cooperate with all political parties in Nepal.
During the meeting between Jianchao and the Prime Minister, issues of mutual interest including Nepal-China relations were discussed, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ram Bahadur Baniya of the CPN-UML defeated Rang Bahadur Khati of Nepali Congress with 4777 votes for the post of mayor. His rival Khati received 3774 votes in the election.
Similarly, UML’s Mayakumari Khadka defeated Nepali Congress’ Rita Shahi for the post of deputy chief of the municipality with 4727 votes. Shahi got 3755 votes.
UML has won in wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of the municipality along with the panel while Nepali congress has won in wards 7 and 8.
The re-election was held in the municipality on July 7 after the election was rigged on May 13. There were 13,659 voters in Budhiganga and 9,128 votes were casted during the re-elction.
Liu Jianchao, the newly appointed head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, has arrived in Nepal.
Jianchao, who landed at Tribhuvan International Airport from an Air China flight at around 11 this morning, was welcomed by Deputy Chief of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rewati Poudel, leader of the major parties’ foreign departments.
It is said that the six-member Chinese delegation will discuss Nepal-China relations and issues of mutual interest during the 4 days visit.
Jianchao is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka today.
He is also scheduled to meet President Vidyadevi Bhandari, UCPN (Maoist) Central Committee Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli.
The United Kingdom has announced a new military program to train 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
In a statement, the UK said the first group of Ukrainian had arrived in the UK.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said the use of world-class expertise by the British military would help Ukraine rebuild its military and increase resistance to defend its sovereignty and the right to choose its own future.
The training will also provide volunteers with no military experience to be effective in front-line combat. The training, based on basic British military training, will teach weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the rules of armed conflict.
Leaders of Sekhar Koirala’s panel have called a meeting at Koirala’s liaison office in Baluwatar at 1 pm today who has been accusing Nepali Congress party president Sher Bahadur Deuba of running the party in an arbitrary manner and not following the constitution.
Before the meeting of the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress starting from Monday, Dr. Koirala’s panel have called a meeting to form a unified view of the suporting leaders .
Even before this, the leaders of Koirala’s panel have been opposing the party president saying that the party president Deuba has run the party in an arbitrary manner and has engaged in factional politics.
Protestors in Srilanka stormed a rally on Saturday smashing the police barricades and took controlled over the presidential residence.
President Rajapaksa flee after the prtoestors took controlled over the building.His whereabouts remain unknown, although police say he was escorted to a safe place.
People of Srilanka have been staging anti-government protests in Srilanka, saying the political leaders is not doing well for the country amid economic crisis. Protesters had earlier surrounded the residences of leaders of various political parties and set fire to their homes.
Pictures and videos of black-clad protesters carrying Srilankan flags entering President Rajapaksa’s residence in the capital Colombo have gone viral on social media.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has called an emergency meeting of party leaders amid crisis.
The Home Ministry has recommended 32 Superintendents of Police (SPs) for promotion to Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP).
Pursuant to sub-rule 4 of rule 27 of the Police Rules 2071, the promotion committee meeting held today has recommended to promote 32 Superintendents of Police to the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police from the same group.
According to the Meteorological Department, Department of Water and Meteorology, the monsoon is currently having a general effect across the country.
At present, Gandaki, Lumbini and Far-Western provinces are experiencing normal to full-scale changes, while the rest of the country is experiencing partial to normal changes. Most parts of Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Far-Western states are receiving light to moderate rains with thunderstorms and heavy rains in one or two places and light to moderate rains in one or two places in the rest of the country.
July 9 (Saturday)
Afternoon: There will be normal to full cloud cover in the hilly areas of the country and there will be partial to normal cloud cover in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunderstorms / thunderstorms in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and many places in the far western states and some parts of the rest of the states. Heavy rains are expected in Lumbini and a few places in the far western region as well as in Gandaki and Karnali.
Night: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in some parts of the country.
July 10 (Sunday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. Light to moderate rainfall is expected in some parts of the hilly terrain of the country and in the rest of the country.
Night: In the hilly parts of the country, the weather will be partly to moderately cloudy and in the rest of the country, the weather will be partly to normal. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in some places of Province 1, Gandaki and Karnali and one or two places in the rest of the country.
July 11(Monday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. Light to moderate rain with thunderstorms / thunderstorms is expected in some parts of the hilly terrain of the country and in the rest of the country.
Night: There will be partial to moderate cloud cover across the country. Light to moderate rain is expected in some parts of Gandaki and Lumbini provinces and a few places in the rest of the province.
Warning and counseling for the next 24 hours:
There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunderstorms / thunderstorms in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and many places in the far western states and some parts of the rest of the states. Due to the possibility of heavy rains in a few places in Lumbini and Far Western Provinces as well as one or two places in Gandaki and Karnali, there is a risk of erosion, landslides and drift in hilly areas. Everyone is requested to take necessary precautions as the transport sector may also be affected.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot . Abe died at the hospital while undergoing treatment.
Former Prime Minister Abe was shot twice while addressing a public event in the western Japanese city of Nara. Former Prime Minister Abe, who was admitted to Nara Medical University, died at the hospital while undergoing treatment. The assailant named Tetsuya Yamagami has been arrested by the police and kept at the Nishi Police Station. Abe served as Japan’s prime minister from 2012 to 2020. Abe, an influential leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, resigned as prime minister in 2020.
The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has changed the policy of 2071 BS to lease the government land.
Earlier, the legal provision of renting government land for only 30 years has been reversed and provision has been made to lease it for 40 years at a time.
Under the new policy, government land can be leased for 5 years in short term, 15 years in medium term and 40 years in long term. Although the government has extended the time limit for leasing, the minimum price for leasing has remained the same. There is no increase in the lease amount even in the new strategy issued after 8 years.
The Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the parliament has agreed to extend the time limit in rape cases. As per the agreement, the term will be one year for adults and two years for minors.
According to the agreement, any minor who has been raped will have to lodge a complaint three years after the completion of 18 years, i.e. till the age of 21, while in the case of an adult, a complaint has to be lodged within two years of the incident.
Provision has been made to file a complaint within two years and three months of being released from custody or abduction if raped while in custody or in abduction. Similarly, persons with disabilities, senior citizens and mentally disabled persons have to lodge a complaint within three years of the incident.
Bajura: The counting of votes in the election of Budhiganga Municipality Ward No. 1 and 10 has started according to the Office of the election Officer.
The election, which was suspended due to rigging in the May 13 was held again yesterday. In yesterday’s election, 66.83 percent of the votes had been cast. The Office of the election Officer has hold an all-party meeting this morning and agreed to count the votes by 2-2 wards at once. Police said that security has been tightened in Budhiganga Municipality during the counting period.
Ram Bahadur Baniya of UML and Rang Bahadur Khati of Nepali Congress are contesting for the post of mayor of Budhiganga Municipality,while Maya Khadka from UML and Rita Shahi of Nepali Congress from the coalition are contesting for deputy.
The meeting of the Gandaki Provincial Assembly has been postponed after the obstruction of the main opposition party CPN-UML.
The opposition party CPN UML has obstructed the meeting saying that the mid-term budget expenditure structure has not been brought, more internal debt has been mentioned in the budget than specified in the budget and real information about the infrastructure development budget should be given.
CPN-UML, has said that the budget should be reduced to the extent of error and plans should be cut and the meeting will not be held until a satisfactory reply.
The T20 Cricket World Cup trophy will be brought to Nepal for the first time. The trophy will be brought to Kathmandu during the T20 World Cup Trophy Tour.
T20 World Cup will be started from October 16 in Australia. According to the International Cricket Council (ICC), the trophy tour has started from today .
The journey to take the trophy to different cities of the world has started 100 days before the start of the World Cup. The ICC has stated that the trophy will will be brought to Kathmandu on August 30. The trophy tour will be conducted in 35 cities in 13 different countries.
Earlier, the trophy of the ODI Cricket World Cup in 2019 was brought to Nepal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is ready to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, but those who deny the possibility of talks and try to prolong the ongoing conflict will only make the situation worse.
President Putin has challenged those who say Russia has lost its grip on the Ukraine conflict can try and defeat us on the battlefield. He also said that those who think we are loosing our grip should know that we haven’t started anything yet.
Putin said it is a tragedy for the Ukrainian people that the West is willing to fight till the last Ukrainian. He also said that NATO had jeopardized Russia’s consistent efforts to create a fair international security system .
He said the West’s goal of provoking a conflict between Russia and Ukraine had clearly succeeded, but that Moscow’s launch of a military operation in Ukraine was a defeat of the West. He also said that the beginning of this war is the beginning of the complete dissolution of the American world order.
Liu Jianchao, the newly-appointed head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, is scheduled to visit Nepal next Sunday.
The visit of Jianchao in Nepal will be for 4 days.He is scheduled to meet the President and the Prime Minister as well as the top leaders of the CPN-UML and the Maoist Center during the visit.
He was formerly the chief spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the former director- general of its Information Department.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation after months of struggle to maintain his grip on power amid a series of controversies.
After the protest from the main opposition Labor Party and an internal revolt within his own party, he announced his resignation under a political pressure.Boris Johnson has said that he will remain in office as a caretaker until another prime minister is elected.
Meanwhile, former British Prime Minister John Major has said that Boris Johnson should not sit on Downing Street as a caretaker for the country’s overall interests.He also said that Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab could take over until a new leader is found.
The Election Commission has estimated that it will cost Rs 10 billion to hold the state and House of Representatives elections this year.
The commission estimates that the expenditure has been hiked due to the increase in salaries, allowances, daily allowances and travel expenses and other facilities. Increase in number of voters, increase in polling stations and polling booths, increase in use of information technology, cost of preparation of polling materials and voter education materials, current market price and transportation cost has made an election expensive compared to the previous election.
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has resigned from his post.
Finance Minister Sharma was sharply criticized for manipulating the tax rate in the interest of a limited number of individuals and organizations by taking unauthorized persons to the ministry during the preparation of the budget for the fiscal year 2079/80. Lawmakers from the main opposition and coalition parties have been demanding an investigation into the incident and the resignation of the finance minister. Sharma resigned as soon as the parliament formed a special parliamentary committee to investigate the incident.
An 11-member committee to investigate the incident The federal parliament has decided to form an 11-member parliamentary committee to investigate the incident of tax manipulation.
It has been agreed to form the committee with 4 members from UML, 2/2 from Congress and UCPN (M), 1/1 from loktantrik samajwadi, Janata samajwadi and Ekikrit samajwadi and the coordinator will be selected from among the 11 members.
Telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Putin has been leaked.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called the leaking of a telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin a “violation of diplomatic etiquette.”
Stating that such recorded talks should not have been unilaterally made public in the context of diplomatic dignity, Lavrov said there was nothing to embarrass Russia about the content of the talks between the two leaders.
Secret phone conversation between President Putin and President Macron, a day before the Military operation in Ukraine was revealed by broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president’s handling of the conflict.
Western Countries have called on international sports federations to remove Russians and Belarusians involved in the Ukraine invasion from the sports governing board.
The 35 nations of the West and Japan and South Korea have issued a joint statement saying not to hold any international sports events in Russia or Belarus and ban their citizens from international competitions.
The statement also called for the suspension of Russian and Belarusian governing bodies by international sports federations. Meanwhile, international governing bodies have banned Russia and Belarus from participating in the World Ice Hockey Championships.
The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament has asked to rescind a sea treaty that establishes the country’s maritime border with Norway.
Speaking to the parliament, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin asked the head of the chamber’s international affairs committee to scrap the treaty, as Norway has been blocking food deliveries destined for Russian-populated settlements on the Svalbard archipelago.
The treaty was signed in 2010, aiming to put an end to disputes between Russia and Norway in the Barents Sea, the part of the Arctic Ocean adjoining the northern coasts of Norway and Russia.
According to the Department of Water and Meteorology, Weather Forecast Division, monsoon wind is currently affecting the country. Currently, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Far Western Provinces have normal to full cloud cover while the rest of the provinces have partial to normal cloud cover. Light to moderate rains are falling in many places of Gandaki and Lumbini provinces as well as light thunderstorms in Bagmati, Karnali and far western provinces.
July 5(Tuesday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in many parts of the country. There is a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Far Western Province and Gandaki Province.
Night: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in most parts of Province No. 1, Karnali and Far Western Province and some parts of the rest of the province. There is a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Far Western Province and Karnali Province.
July 6(Wednesday)
Afternoon: There will be normal cloud cover across the country. Light to moderate rains are expected in many parts of the country, while heavy rains are also expected in Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and one or two places in the far western states.
Night: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in some parts of the country.
July 7 (Thursday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain in some parts of the country.
Night: There will be partial to normal cloud cover across the country. Light to moderate rains are expected in some parts of the country, while heavy rains are also expected in Lumbini and one or two places in the far western states.
Warning for the next 24 hours:
Light to moderate rains are expected in many parts of the country and heavy rains are also expected in Gandaki, Karnali and one or two places in the far western states. Everyone is requested to take necessary precaution as the water level may rise and daily life / transport sector may also be affected.
Nepal Oil Corporation has again increased the price of petroleum products.
Nepal Oil Corporation has stated that the price of petroleum products will be increased with effect from 12 midnight today. The corporation has announced a price hike of Rs 2 per liter on petrol, Rs 9 per liter on diesel and kerosene and Rs 5 per liter on domestic aviation fuel.
According to the price hike, the price of petrol has gone up to Rs 181 per liter, diesel and kerosene to Rs 172 per liter and domestic aviation fuel to Rs 190 per liter.
The stock market, which started rising on Monday morning, declined by 9.75 points in the last minute and stopped at 2076.67 points.
Despite the decline in Nepse, the transaction amount on Monday has increased as compared to Sunday. A total of 10,981,591 shares of 234 companies were traded with the total turnover of Rs. 4,349,273,593.
The meeting of the Madhesh Pradesh Sabha has been obstructed by the Loktantrik Samjwadi Party (LOSAPA) .
lawmakers from LOSAPA has obstructed the meeting, accusing Finance Minister Shailendra Sah of illegally allocating Rs. 200 million in his home district Saptari .But Finance Minister Sah said that he has allocated the budget for the flood-hit Saptari as per the decision of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.
However,The lawmakers of the LOSAPA had said that the statement of the Finance Minister is not satisfactory and the meeting would be adjourned until a parliamentary committee is formed to investigate the matter.
Deepak Singh, an Indian security guard working at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, has been shot dead. According to the embassy, Singh, who was on duty, shot himself and committed suicide.
Indian embassy has told that the investigation of the incident will be carried out by the embassy itself.
Locals have protested against the death of 15-year-old Binod Shahi of Panchadewal Binayak Municipality-4 in Achham saying that the government prosecutor’s office had played a role in saving the accused.
The situation in Achham district headquarters Mangalsen has become tense due to clashes between police and locals after locals tried to surround the district government prosecutor’s office and court during the protest. Police have also fired tear gas and aerial fire to control the situation.
Police had arrested seven people, including Mayor Ambika Chalaune during the investigation.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has reconstituted the cabinet after the Janata Samajwadi Party recommended the names of the three new ministers from of his party .
The Office of the President has informed about the reshuffle in the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba under Article 76, Clause 9 and Article 78, Clause 1 of the Constitution of Nepal. The swearing in of the newly appointed ministers will also take place at 4 pm today, according to the President’s Office.
Jaspa has recalled its ministers Renu Yadav, Mahindra Rai Yadav and Ram Sahay Yadav from the government and appointed Mohammad Istiaq Rai in the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development and Pradip Yadav in the Forest and Environment Ministry.
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has earned Rs 1.72 billion by selling electricity in the Indian market in the last one month(June 2-June 30) .
NEA, which has been allowed to sell 364 MW of electricity in the Indian market, has been selling the surplus electricity in the Indian market through six hydropower projects.NEA Executive Director Kulman Ghising also said that the export of electricity is projected to be around Rs 5 billion in the current fiscal year and Rs 20 billion in the coming year.
Less than a week after the unified socialist party reshuffled its ministers, Janata Samajwadi Party (JASAPA) is also preparing to recall its ministers and send new ones.
JASAPA Chairman Upendra Yadav has informed that he is preparing to recall the current ministers and appoint new ones. At present, the party is represented by Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration Rajendra Shrestha, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mahindra Rai Yadav, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Renu Kumari Yadav and Minister for Forest and Environment Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav. While preparing to recall the ministers in the government, it has been said that no decision has been made on who will be sent to the government as the new ministers.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has issued a notice prohibiting begging in public places within the metropolitan area.
In the information issued by the metropolis, begging in kathmandu public places by any means or in any way is strictly prohibited.However,sadhus, saints, monks or jogis are allowed to beg from house to house or in any religious or cultural function according to the tradition passed down from time immemorial .
It has been mentioned that within 10 days from the date of publication of the notice, action will be taken in accordance with Article 126 of 2074 BS, Local Government Operation Act 2074 BS and prevailing law if anyone breaks the rule.
The metropolis has also said that it will manage to help the helpless, sick, disabled and people in need of assistance.
A study conducted by the Health Office, Kathmandu, has found diarrhea and cholera bacteria in the jars and government tap water distributed in Kathmandu. The Health Office, Kathmandu, has urged the people to drink jars and bottled water only after boilling. Adding to the situation authorities has warned that if we are not careful in time, it will create a dire situation.
Monitoring by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control also found that the water from jar water distribution and treatment industries and companies are not suitable to drink directly . The health office has requested to drink only boiled or chlorinated liquid after finding diarrhea and cholera bacteria in the drinking water while testing the water sample distributed in the valley.
Bacteria of diarrhea and cholera in jars and government tap water distributed in Kathmandu
A study conducted by the Health Office, Kathmandu, has found diarrhea and cholera bacteria in the jars and government tap water distributed in Kathmandu. The Health Office, Kathmandu, has urged the people to drink jars and bottled water only after boilling. Adding to the situation authorities has warned that if we are not careful in time, it will create a dire situation.
Monitoring by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control also found that the water from jar water distribution and treatment industries and companies are not suitable to drink directly . The health office has requested to drink only boiled or chlorinated liquid after finding diarrhea and cholera bacteria in the drinking water while testing the water sample distributed in the valley.
South Korea’s immigration department has arrested 13 Nepalese working illegally.
The identities of the arrested Nepalese have not been disclosed. However, the Immigration Office has stated that all the arrested Nepalis will be repatriated to Nepal.
According to the Immigration Department, nine of the arrested were staying even after their visa expired and four others have been arrested for working elsewhere before the completion of contract without permission.
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