Kathmandu – The Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) reported that more than 9,000 people were subjected to human rights violations and abuses in 2023. In the Human Rights Year Book-2024 published by INSEC on Monday, it is mentioned that 9 thousand 388 people were victims of human rights violations and abuses in 2023.
In the one year period from december 2022 to december 2023 a total of 988 victims of human rights violations including 146 women and 842 men have been mentioned in the INSEC report.
Similarly, the report mentions that 7,716 women, 2 LGBTIQ and 682 men were victims of abuse. INSEC mentioned that 7 thousand 376 people were victims of human rights violations and excesses in 2022 and said that in 2023 this number was 2 thousand 12 more than in 2022.
In 2023, 6 people were killed by the state side. Similarly, INSEC records that 2 people were victims of torture, 240 people were arrested, 62 people were victims of racial discrimination, 414 people were beaten, 31 people were subjected to inhuman treatment, and 555 people were victims of the right to assemble and organize.
According to INSEC records, 2 people died in police custody and 51 people died in prison. It is also mentioned that 2 prisoners died due to police torture and beating in Sankhuwasabha prison. Similarly, the report of INSEC has mentioned that one person has gone missing from the state side and 2 people have gone missing by unknown groups.
Lalitpur: Chairman of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed his belief that the general committee meeting of the party will strengthen and unite the party.
Speaking at the general committee meeting of the party which started at Godawari in Lalitpur on Monday, he said that the program is eagerly being observed with the hope of making the Congress stronger and more united.
Deuba said that the party’s policy issues will be discussed in the meeting of the general committee and a document will be prepared including the suggestions made in the meeting. Nepali Congress has a long history of struggle for the establishment, restoration and protection of democracy in the country. Whenever there is a crisis in the country, the Congress has shown the way of leadership and solution. On the basis of democratic values, this party has succeeded in keeping its name at the national and international level,” he said.
Former Prime Minister and Congress President Deuba said that the most importanat thing to to do in the present scenario is the protection and effective implementation of the Constitution.
He clarified that the coalition government was formed not only for the formation of the government, but also to neutralize the attempts made by the previous government to dissolve the House of Representatives and lead the country towards political instability and to protect the constitution. He also said that competition between political parties is natural, but Congress is always in favor of dialogue, understanding and cooperation.
Kathmandu – Former President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed doubt that the victims of the armed conflict will get justice as those who pushed the country into violence are leading the power.
Speaking at the unveling ceremony of the book, ‘Nepal Human Rights 2024’ organized by the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) in Kathmandu on Monday, she said, “It is important to focus on completing the rest of the peace process as soon as possible, keeping the victims at the center.” But, what is ironic is that the people who led the country to the violence once, is now ruling the country, which undoubtly raise a serious question on serving justice to the country and the innocent victims.
Noting that even after 18 years of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the victims have not been able to get justice, she clarified that the sensitive issue of transitional justice should not be used by anyone as a means to achieve their own interests.
Parsa – District Administration Office Parsa has issued an indefinite curfew order in Birgunj.
District Administration Office Parsa has issued a curfew order in some places of Birgunj Metropolitan City from 5 pm today. The administration has issued an indefinite curfew order in the border areas of Nagwachok in the east of Bara, Tilawe bridge in the west, Parwanipur in the north and Miteri bridge in the south.
Chief District Officer of Parsa Dinesh Sagar Bhushal has informed that the local administration has imposed a curfew after clashes between the two different communities in Birgunj on Monday. Due to the dispute between the Hindu and Muslim communities that has been going on for five days in Bara district, Parsa has implemented a curfew order, aiming to uphold peace and harmony as a preventive measure to mitigate the potential repercussions of the demonstration spilling over Parsa.
Kathmandu – The Department of Mines and Geology has given permission to 156 mining companies of Nepal for mineral extraction.
According to the information provided by the Department of Mines and Geology, these mining companies have been given approval for mining after research and exploration of minerals across the country.
According to the Mines and Minerals Act 2042 and the Mines and Minerals Rules 2056, the department has given permission to 17 different types of 156 mining companies for mineral extraction, said Jayaraj Ghimire, the head of the Mineral Resources Division.
According to him, the department has given permission to three companies to extract termine, 13 companies to extract talc talc, two companies quartz, five companies kyanite, one company marble, two companies red oxide and one company iron, one company to extract zinc, 13 companies to extract quartzite, two companies to extract magnesite, three companies to extract dolomite and two companies h to extract copper.
Ghimire said that there have been many requests for limestone mining recently and accordingly 96 mining companies have been given permission to mine limestone.
The department has also been revoking the permits of some companies that could not operate mines immediately and did not meet the standards.
Jhapa – Finance Minister Dr. Prakasharan Mahat inspected Mechi Customs Office Kakadvita, Bhadrapur Customs Office and Internal Revenue Office in Bhadrapur of Jhapa and asked them to focus on fulfilling the target of revenue collection.
Minister Mahat, who came to participate in the opening session of the 15-day Fifth Damak Festival organized by the Damak Industry and Commerce Association, inspected the office and discussed with the local traders. After the inspection, he instructed the Customs Office to give priority to meeting its monthly revenue targets and emphasized the need for cooperation between the Customs Office, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the Revenue Office to control smuggling of goods across the border.
A decrease in revenue collection will result in a decrease in the nation’s income and will hinder government investment in public service sectors including education and health,” he said, urging everyone to contribute to prevent revenue leakage. In a program held at the Mechi Customs Office, he said that the importance of the office will increase further with the expansion of the Asian Highway.
KATHMANDU- President Ram Chandra Paudel has called for political resolution to curb corruption.
Addressing a program organized on the occasion of the 33rd establishment day of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday, President Paudel said that corruption and corrupt attitudes are hurdles to a nation’s development and progress. He added that corruption and a corrupt mentality have eroded moral values, weakening the foundation of the nation.
“The level of transparency and accountability of the government will have a role in the prevention of corruption. The more transparency and a sense of accountability in the governance, there are higher possibilities of corruption control,” said President Paudel. He drew the attention of all public entities to maintain transparency in each of their actions and decisions.Similarly, he urged the CIAA to ensure impartiality in its investigations and subsequent prosecutions.
Considering good governance as the lifeline of democracy, he expressed his belief that achieving economic prosperity and social justice is essential for preventing corruption. He urged the CIAA to address the public’s interest, ensuring that high-profile individuals are not exempt from accountability for abuse of authority and corruption.
An official of the Electricity Authority has said that India does not want to involve Nepal in the construction of two new international transmission lines.
As Nepal has proposed to construct 400 kV Inaruwa (Duhabi-Purnia, Bihar) and 400 kV New Lamki (Dodhara-Bareli, Uttar Pradesh) cross-border lines through joint investment between the two countries, Indian side has proposed to construct the Indian section by India itself and Nepal’s section by Nepal itself. The head of the Broadcasting Directorate of the Electricity Authority, Dirghayu kumar Shrestha said.
In the 11th meeting of the Joint Secretary-level Joint Working Group (JWG) and Joint Secretary-level Steering Committee (JSC), the discussions held by both sides ended without any concrete conclusion. It has been agreed between the two countries to complete the construction of Duhavi-Purnia by 2027-2028 and Dodhara-Bareli power lines by 2028-2029.
Authority officials said that it was not immediately clear why the Indian side did not want to jointly build the project.
400 KV Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line has been established in collaboration with the Authority and the Indian Power Grid Corporation of India to construct the Indian section.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the 400 KV inter-country power line during their visit to Delhi.
The two countries have agreed to build a 120-km power line by March 2025, but authority officials say it will be challenging to complete the task within the deadline. The Nepal section of this line, which is about 20 kilometers long, will be invested by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Nepal Compact.
Nepal also proposed the same modality for the construction of two other transmission lines.
After the Indian side rejected the proposal, Nepal informed the Indian side that it will not unilaterally book the capacity of this transmission line for 25 years as in the case of Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line.
Capacity booking forces Nepal to pay the minimum fee even if there is no power flow on the transmission line. “We proposed to the Indian side to pay the wheeling charge based on the power flow only if they do not adopt the Butwal-Gorakhpur power line modality,” said Shrestha.
Nepal had agreed to book capacity on the Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line as it needed this cross-border line to sell more electricity to its southern neighbour.
“Despite bearing certain financial burden due to capacity booking, in the case of Butwal-Gorakhpur transmission line, the profit of the joint venture will also be shared with the Authority as a partner”, said Shrestha.
Rautahat – District Court Rautat has ordered to presnet the witnesses in the case filed against Nepali Congress leader and former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, who is accused of the bomb blast incident in Rajpur village of Rautahat.
In the final hearing of the 16-year-old case,court ordered the witness to be present in the court along with the forensic examination report.
The court has set a deadline for the final hearing against 11 people including Alam in the case .
The Supreme Court has put a full stop to the attempt to sell the land worth billions of Giribandhu Tea Estate in Jhapa .
Supreme Court ordere to stopped the selling process of the land of the tea state, stating that the ammendment of the land reform acts made by the then KP Oli-led government were not favorable to the legal provisions.
In this case, which is considered to be political corruption, the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court has given an order to confiscate more land than the limit. The writs filed by Advocate Omprakash Aryal, Bhaktaraj Bharti and Omprakash Mishra on different dates were heard simultaneously by the Constitutional Bench and gave the verdict.
The bench headed by Chief Justice Vishwambhar Prasad Shrestha has quashed the government’s decision and all the actions taken in accordance with it. In the summary order issued by the bench of Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Prakashmansingh Raut, Sapna Pradhan Malla and Sushmalta Mathema, it is said that, ‘Controversial decision granting approval to Giribandhu Tea Estate Pvt. Ltd. to sell 343-19-12 bigha of land under Land Act, 2021 will be invalidated as it does not appear to be in accordance with the legal provisions including Section 12(c) and is of an immature nature.’
Kathmandu-According to the order of the Kathmandu District Court, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Police has released 3 people including businessman Arun Chaudhary.
CIB has said that according to the order of the Kathmandu District Court, the three person have been released on remand, but the investigation against them in the fraud case will continue.
The district court in Kathmandu allowed three people, including industrialist Arun Kumar Chaudhary, who were arrested on charges of misappropriating the land of the Bansbari Leather Shoe Company, to be detained for two more days for investigation.
The CIB arrested Ajit Narayan Singh Thapa, the then president of Bansbari Leather Shoe Company Limited, along with Chaudhary, and Sanjay Thakur, chairman of the board of directors, from Kathmandu on Thursday.
KATHMANDU – The Election Commission has requested Nepali citizens who missed out on registering their names in the voter list due to various reasons to register their names before the date of the by-election is announced.
The commission has requested the eligible citizens who missed out on registering their names in the voter list for various reasons to register their names in the voter list under the relevant local level, state assembly constituencies and HoR constituencies before the date of the by-election.
The Election Commission has mentioned that the by-election will be held by the mid-may as there are currently 25 vacant positions including one in the House of Representatives, one in the Far West Provincial Assembly, two heads of the District Coordination Committee, one municipal deputy mayor, one rural municipality chairman, two rural village vice chairman and 17 ward chairman of various local levels. .
Kathmandu- A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the ordinance issued to provide various facilities to the leaders of the ruling party and opposition parties in Koshi province.
Advocates Kapildev Dhakal and Rajendra Prasad Dangal filed a writ in the Supreme Court . They have demanded the repeal of the anti-constitutional ordinance.
The Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, issued an ordinance on January 20 to provide facilities including vehicles to the officials of the Provincial Assembly.
KATHMANDU – The government has presented an ordinance related to economic procedures and an order to remove difficulties in the meeting of the House of Representatives .
Finance Minister Dr Prakasharan Mahat presented the ‘Financial Procedures and Financial Accountability (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080’ in the meeting. The ordinance includes provisions such as extending the time period for pre-discussion of the government’s policies and programs and budget.
Likewise, the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dhanraj Gurung has submitted an order to remove the discomfort caused by the extension of two commissions related to transitional justice according to Section 42 of the Commission of Inquiry into Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation Act, 2071
KATHMANDU- Only 56 percent of those who have passed MBBS have passed the license examination conducted by Nepal Medical Council (NMC).
Under the 68th license examination conducted by NMC, only 56.68 percent of doctors have passed, including 55.96 percent in medical and 61.05 percent in dental.
A total of 1,737 medical candidates and 2,285 dental candidates participated in the examination. Only 46 percent of the examinees passed the 67th license examination held last year.
Candidates who are not satisfied with the results of the examination can apply for re-registration in the email of NMC by clearly mentioning their name and roll number within 35 days from the date of publication of the notice and such candidates have to pay a fee of Rs 1,500, NMC said.
Candidates who have passed the examination have to apply online to get registration certificate within 35 days from the date of publication of this notification. According to NMC, the certificate will be prepared after 15 days from the date of application.
The NMC said that the concerned examinees should be present to get the certificate as they have to submit biometric attendance, photo check and signature verification.
KATHMANDU – The Kathmandu District Court has extended the judicial remand of two days to three people arrested in the case of Bansbari leather and shoe factory land scam.However,the court has also ordered to release them on bail if the investigation is not completed within the extended period of time. Earlier, the court allowed them to be detained for four days.
The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested two people including the Chairman and Managing Director of CG Holdings Chaudhary involved in the land scam on Thursday.
Arun Kumar Chaudhary is accused of illegally converting 10 ropani public land of a government-owned shoe factory into private property.
Along with Arun Chaudhary, the CIB has also arrested Ajitnarayan Singh Thapa, the former executive chairman of the leather and footwear factory, and Sanjay Thakur, the director of the CG Chandbagh Residency and Champion Footwear Company established by the Chaudhary family on the said 10-ropani land.
King Charles III of Great Britain has been diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.The type of cancer has not been revealed yet but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
“Throughout this period, His Majesty will continue to undertake State business and official paperwork as usual”, said the statement.
King Charles, 75, had spent three nights in hospital last month after undergoing a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate, when a separate issue of concern was noted. The palace said that tests had identified a form of cancer.
The royal family usually does not share details about illnesses as they regard all medical issues as private matters.But the palace said Charles was eager to share his details “to assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer”.
The announcement from Buckingham Palace comes a day after World Cancer Day, when Queen Camilla opened Maggie’s Royal Free, a new cancer support centre at the Royal Free Hospital in the United Kingdom, seeking to raise awareness and provide expert care and support, for free.
Kathmandu: The Nepal office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has refused to recognize both the working committees of the Nepal Red Cross . IFRC has said that it will conduct all the humanitarian aid projects on its own until the legal ambiguity seen in the working committee dispute of Nepal Red Cross is resolved.
Currently in Nepal Red Cross there are two separate working committees under the leadership of Netraprasad Timilsina and Sudarshan Prasad Nepal . While both of them are claiming that they are official, the issue regarding officiality is pending in the Supreme Court.
IFRC’s office in Nepal has clarified that it will stop signing the project agreement with any group until the working committee of Nepal Red Cross gets the authorization and it will only bear the cost of the necessary human resources, monitoring and utilization in the office of Nepal Red Cross as well as the agreed national level activities.
IFRC and its members will approve and transfer only a certain amount of funds by setting a time limit and while transferring money to the branches of the Red Cross, full coordination with the technical staff of the central office will be ensured.
Kathmandu – The winter session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Seven possible agendas have been set for the meeting of the House of Representatives, which is scheduled for 4 pm.
At the beginning of the meeting, Speaker Devraj Ghimire will read out the details of the letter received from the President. After that, he will read out the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the President and the letter regarding assignment of duties received from the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
According to the Parliament Secretariat, the agenda for the Speaker to nominate the members who will preside over the meeting according to the House of Representatives Rules 2079 has been decided. Likewise, the Electronic Business Bill, 2080 and the National Dignity Bill, 2079 will be tabled in the National Assembly.
Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat will introduce the Financial Procedure and Fiscal Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2080 and Law Minister Dhanraj Gurung has issued an agenda to submit an order to remove obstacles according to section 42 of the Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 issued by the decision of the Council of Ministers.
KATHMANDU – The Special Court has sentenced former member of the Constituent Assembly and founder of Civil Savings and Loan Cooperative Limited, Ichcharaj Tamang, to three years in prison and a fine of 1.73 billion rupees.
The court also sentenced Tamang’s wife to one year and six months in prison and a fine of 1.36 billion. The court sentenced Keshavalal Shrestha, the then president of Civil Savings and Loan Cooperative Limited, to one and a half years in prison along with a fine of Rs 256.5 million.
The full bench of Special Court Chairman and Judge Teknarayan Kunwar, Judge Tejnarayan Singh Rai and Murari Babu Shrestha found them guilty and sentenced them. Three people including Tamang and his wife have been found guilty in the case.
The court decided to confiscate their property and said that the property will be used to return the money of the savers of the cooperative . A fraud case was filed against them on the charge of billions of rupees scam of the savers of the cooperative.
The United States and the United Kingdom have carried out strikes on Houthi-controlled positions in Yemen in a new wave of attacks against the Iran-aligned Yemeni group, which has been targeting US and Israeli interests in solidarity with Palestinians.
In addition to Saturday’s strikes, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) also hit a Houthi antiship missile that was “prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea” early on Sunday. Houthi attacks on Israel-linked ships in the narrow strait of Bab al-Mandeb in the Red Sea have disrupted global trade, drawing in the US and the UK response.
Since mid-November, the Houthis have launched dozens of missile, drone and boat attacks on commercial ships linked with Israel, in addition to US and UK military warships, with the stated goal of stopping Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. Houthis have also demanded that Israel allow delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, where nearly the entire population of 2.3 million faces hunger.
The wave of new strikes followed a US air assault in Iraq and Syria on Friday that targeted armed groups linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for the killing of three US soldiers in Jordan last week. The US has blamed the Jordan attack on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iranian-linked armed groups. Tehran has tried to distance itself from the drone strike.
The CENTCOM said it launched “proportionate” attacks with “support” from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Thirty-six targets were hit “across 13 locations around midnight Saturday”, the US, the UK and supporting countries said in a joint statement.
“These strikes are intended to degrade Houthi capabilities used to continue their reckless and unlawful attacks on US and UK ships as well as international commercial shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Aden,” it said.BBC
KATHMANDU- Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya held discussions with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka over the issue of the by-election to be held for 25 various posts that have fallen vacant.
During the meeting held at the Ministry of Defence in Singha Durbar Thapaliya and Khadka discussed the recently conducted National Assembly election and the upcoming by-election, according to the DPM’s Secretariat.There is a constitutional provision under which the Election Commission can consult with the government regarding the election to the Member of the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly as well as the by-election for the vacant posts in the local levels.The EC has already suggested to the government to hold the by-election within mid-May this year. It is conducting the election to fill up the posts that have fallen vacant due to various reasons.
The by-election will be held in Ilam constituency-2 for one member of the House of Representatives and in Bajhang constituency-1 for a member of the Sudur Paschim Province Assembly. The Ilam constituency-2 seat had fallen vacant following the death of Subas Chandra Nembang . Nembang was elected to the House of Representatives from the CPN-UML . Meanwhile, the Sudur Paschim Provincial Assembly seat of Bajhang constituency-1 had fallen vacant after the death of Nepali Congress Province Assembly member Prithvi Bahadur Singh in a road accident.
The EC stated that currently 25 posts have fallen vacant, including one in the House of Representatives, one in the Sudur Paschim Province Assembly, two chiefs of the District Coordination Committee, one deputy-mayor of a municipality, one chair of a rural municipality, two vice-chairs of rural municipalities and 17 ward chairs of various local levels.
Kathmandu- The election of the Speaker of the National Assembly will be held on March 12. The detailed schedule of the election prepared by the National Assembly Executive Committee will be announced on March 10.
The term of office of 20 MPs including Speaker Ganesh Prasad Timilsina of the 59-member National Assembly is expiring on the 3rd of March. 19 members have been elected from the election of National Assembly members held on January 25, while the President will nominate one member on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
In terms of numbers, the coalition government currently has a clear majority in the National Assembly . As per the coalition leaders, Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula might be the candidate for the Speaker of the National Assembly on behalf of the coalition.
KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Businessman Arun Chaudhary, who was arrested in connection with the embezzlement of land belonging to the Bansbari Leather and Shoes Factory, has vowed to return the land if the land acquisition is found to be illegal.
An investigation officer involved in recording the statement of detained businessperson Chaudhary made this revelation.
The statement is being recorded in the presence of the chief of the District Attorney Office, Kathmandu, Sandesh Shrestha, according to Superintendent of Police from the Central Bureau of Investigation, Nabaraj Adhikari.
Police had arrested Chaudhary; the then executive chair of Bansbari Shoe Factory, Ajit Narayan Singh Thapa; and proprietor of Champion Footwear Pvt and CG Chandbag Residency, Sanjay Thakur, in the same case.
SSP Dinesh Raj Acharya of the CIB, said, “The arrest was made after a long investigation. So, it is not a hasty action.”
Dhangadhi. CPN-UML leader Bhim Rawal has said that development and prosperity cannot be achieved in the country if politics is focused on self-interest.
At the closing ceremony of the Chief Minister’s Cup volleyball tournament at Mahendranagar in Kanchanpur , he commented that leaders should not focus only on changing the government, who will become the prime minister and minister.
He believes that while neighboring India and China are developing rapidly, Nepal is lagging behind in geopolitics due to its own reasons.
If Nepal, which has a very sensitive geopolitics between the two countries, becomes weak, if the governance system is focused on personal interests, when will we develop sports, agriculture, health and economy? When will we give jobs to the youth?’ Rawal said, ‘If we only decide when the government will change, who will be the minister, and who will be the prime minister, we will not be able to develop the country.’
Rawal said that improving the economy of the country, returning the encroached borders, developing the agricultural sector and employment are the main needs of the present time.
Kathmandu – UML President and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the bill related to transitional justice should be passed with the consent of all.
He expressed this opinion while talking to mediapersons after a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singhdurbar today.
He informed that there was a discussion with the Prime Minister regarding current issues and finalizing the rest of the peace process. President Oli said that he talked to the Prime Minister about finalizing the bill properly and quickly.
The bill is currently being discussed in the committee regarding the completion of the rest of the peace process. It was discussed that we should settle it well and finish it soon. UML’s stance on TRC remains the same. If it is done well, it will be passed by consensus,” said President Oli. President Oli also informed that UML’s position that the bill related to TRC should be victim-friendly remains the same.
Kathmandu: CPN-UML President KP Sharma Oli has said that the current government is undemocratic and corrupt. Inaugurating the National Convention of Bank, Insurance and Financial Sector Employees Association of Nepal in Kathmandu on Friday, Oli said that the current government is illegal, undemocratic and corrupt.
He claimed that the political, cultural, economic and social sectors were devastated because of the government. Likewise, Oli said that Pm Dahal intervened and instructed to stop the scout conference after being sure about the alliance will be defeated.He alleged that Congress is looting Scout’s property by force.
He says that the coalition government has also interfered in organizations such as Red Cross, Non-residential Nepal Association. Oli mentioned that the financial institutions have caused problems to the borrowers by unilaterally increasing the interest rates.
Kathmandu: A case has been registered against people involved in human trafficking in the name of visit visa f . Based on the police report, District Public Prosecutor’s Office Kathmandu has registered a case against 22 people, including 9 immigration officers, in Kathmandu District Court for offenses related to organized crime.
A case has been registered against 22 people, including immigration officers Tara Bahadur Kunwar, Kushal Baral, Shailendra Dhakal, Bimal Paudel, Bishnu Prasad Aryal, Vikas Dangol, Pitambar Rimal, Sujan Fago Limbu and Narvir Khadka, for illegally smuggling people on visit visas by using government documents.
Similarly, a case has been registered against Geeta Shah, Saroj Kumar Yadav, Padam Lama, Manoj Tamang, Ram Prasad Bhandari, Dinesh Gyawali, Ravin Aryal, Vinod Karki, Kaushila Magar, Lakshmi Rai and Rita Damai.
The police investigation revealed the involvement of the immigration staff in the process of taking money through the travel agency and making fake documents and sending them out of the airport. Earlier, Immigration officer Narveer Khadka was arrested by CIB on the same case.
Kathmandu – Managing Director of CG Holdings, Arun Chaudhary, has been arrested by the police from Lazimpat on Thursday afternoon.
He is the brother of Nepal’s only billionaire, Vinod Chaudhary, who is also a member of the federal parliament. Arun Chaudhary is accused of illegally converting 10 acres of public land of Bansbari leather and shoe factory into private property.
Chaudhary was arrested by the CIB on Thursday and brought to the Kathmandu District Court for permission to keep him in custody. According to Chandra Prasad Panthi, Information Officer of Kathmandu District Court, the bench of District Court Judge Madhav Prasad Ghimire has extended the deadline to keep Chaudhary in custody for four days.
The police also arrested Ajit Narayan Singh Thapa on the charge of misappropriating the land of Bansbari leather shoe company. Thapa was the then chairman of leather shoe company.
The Bansbari Leather and Shoe Factory was established in the 1960s as a state-owned enterprise with the support of the Chinese government. However, later the public company sold the factory to a private company saying that it was incurring regular losses.
Kathmandu – The Nepal government has started the final process of exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh from the coming monsoon.
The Economic Affairs Committee of the Bangladesh Council of Ministers decided to purchase 40 megawatts of electricity from Nepal on last December. According to the said decision, Bangladesh had sent a letter to Nepal to send a proposal for sale by prioritizing the price. After the correspondence from Bangladesh, the official of Nepal Electricity Authority has gone to Bangladesh with the tariff rate.”Bangladesh will send a reply based on our proposal,” Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet said.
Kulman Ghisingh, Executive Director of Electricity Authority, said that since the business is going to be done with Bangladesh for the first time, the reasonable price has been offered. “We have sent a proposal that is close to the rate we are doing with India,” he said. Ghising says that an engineer from the Electricity Trade Department sent from Nepal will register the sealed file with the price in the Power Development Board of Bangladesh within 4 days. If something has to be arranged, we will arrange it, otherwise there will be an agreement,” he said.
Bangladesh will take Nepal’s electricity using Indian transmission lines. In the Nepal-India secretary level meeting held last February, India has already said that it will send the name of the project and allow it. According to the authority, the power trading with Bangladesh will be done through the Indian power trading company NTPC Vidyut Vyar Nigam. Ghisingh, executive director of the authority, said that the necessary understanding for a tripartite agreement has been reached with NTPC Electricity Trading Corporation, Nepal Electricity Authority and Power Development Board of Bangladesh.
‘After the tripartite agreement, Nepal will export electricity to Bangladesh via India,’ he said, ‘Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Nepal’s electricity will reach Bangladesh from the coming monsoon.’ Electricity will be sold to Bangladesh by paying a ‘billing charge’ to India. The fee paid for using the transmission line is the ‘Billing Charge and the billing charge will be paid by Bangladesh. Recently, a long-term electricity trade agreement has been signed with India to export 10,000 megawatts of electricity in 10 years.
Kathmandu – Supreme Court has ordered to present the order passed by the Patan High Court in the marital rape case filed against the suspended District Judge Bhuvan Giri.
The bench of Chief Justice Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Judge Sunil Kumar Pokharel has ordered to present the documents in the case . The then judge of Rupandehi District Court, Bhuvan Giri, was ordered not to be detained by the High Court in the marital rape case.
Giri was ordered to be released on bail in the rape case filed in the Kathmandu District Court in that dispute. Against the same order, his wife filed a petition in the Patan High Court.Giri’s wife approached the Supreme Court after the Patan High Court upheld the order of the Kathmandu District Court.
Kathmandu – The Supreme Court has demanded a reason for entering into a long-term electricity trade agreement with India.
The petitioner Suryanath Upadhyay, the former Secretary of the Government of Nepal and a member of the Nepal-India Enlightened Persons Group (EPG), filed a petition demanding that the implementation of the agreement signed by the Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar during his visit to Nepal be stopped and that the agreement with India be taken to the Parliament and implemented only after the approval of the Parliament. . Judge Nahkul Subedi’s bench issued a show cause order on Upadhyaya’s writ.
The court also asked the government to clarify whether this agreement is a matter of distribution of natural resources and its use according to article 279 sub-section 2 of the Constitution of Nepal, and whether it should be approved by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members in both houses of the federal parliament. In Article 920 of Article 279 of the Constitution, there is a condition that if there is a treaty or agreement related to peace and friendship, security and strategic relations, the borders of the state of Nepal and the distribution of natural resources and its use, it must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the total number of members immediately existing in both houses of the Federal Parliament.
The Supreme Court has said that since the writ petition claims that the power trade agreement should only deal with the sale of produced electricity, the nature of an agreement claims from the construction of structures to production and even water.
Kathmandu – Nepal Oil Corporation has increased the price of petroleum products. The corporation has increased the price of petrol, diesel,Kerosene and LP gas.
According to the decision of the board of directors meeting of the corporation, the price of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LP gas has been increased so that the new price will be effective from 1 am on february 1st.
According to the corporation, per liter petrol has been increased by Rs.4, diesel-kerosene by Rs.2 and LP gas by Rs.15.
According to the new purchase price received from Indian Oil Corporation, the price of petroleum products has been increased.
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, the second sentence in two days. Khan, who was ousted as prime minister by the opposition in 2022, is already serving a three-year prison sentence on corruption charges. He has said that all these cases are politically motivated against him.
Wednesday’s court case was about gifts he and his wife received while in office, while Tuesday’s trial saw him sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking classified state documents. The court also ordered the couple to pay a fine of around 1.5 billion Pakistani rupees (£4.2 million; $5.3 million). Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party also said the sentence banned Khan from holding public office for 10 years.
Khan’s lawyers said they would be launching an appeal to Pakistan’s High Court in both cases.His wife Bushra Bibi, who had been out on remand, surrendered at the jail on Wednesday. She has typically kept a low profile during their period in office. The two married in 2018, months before Khan was elected prime minister.
In the so-called Toshakhana (state treasury) case, both had strongly denied the accusations brought against them by Pakistan’s anti-corruption watchdog that they had sold or kept state gifts received in office for personal profit. Such gifts included a jewellery set from the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged the largest number of prisoners since the start of the war.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, 195 Russian soldiers have returned home from the Ukrainian-controlled territory under the prisoner exchange, while 195 Ukrainian soldiers have been transferred to Kiev.The released Russian soldiers will be taken to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed the transfer of prisoners and said that 207 soldiers have returned home. However, as the Russian Ministry of Defense said that only 195 Ukrainian soldiers were returned, there was no confirmation about how the other 12 prisoners were added.
The prisoner exchange, which was scheduled to take place last week, was postponed after a Russian Il-76 plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners was attacked. Russia has been demanding an investigation saying that the plane was attacked by Kiev.
Kathmandu – United Nepali Diaspora Organization (UNDO) has been registered as a parallel organization of Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA).
According to the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 14th Jan 2024, UNDO has been registered and granted a certificate in accordance with the Non-Resident Nepalese Act 2064 and the Non-Resident Nepalese Regulations 2066.
Sonam Lama, who is also the former vice-president of NRNA, applied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register the United Nepali Diaspora organization after the dispute in the NRNA election of 2078 Chait. After Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to register the organization, Lama filed a writ in the Supreme Court on 31 July 2023. Accordingly, the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Teel Prasad Shrestha ordered the registration of UNDO.
58 non-resident Nepalese from 28 countries jointly applied to register the United Nepali Diaspora Organization in accordance with the provision of non-resident Nepali association 2066 where it has been mentioned that 50 non-resident Nepalese in 25 countries should jointly applied for the registration of new organization related to Non resident Nepalese.
Kathmandu- According to the verdict of the Supreme Court, Bhatbhateni has to pay one billion 53 million 25 lakh rupees in the case of VAT evasion.
The full bench of the Supreme Court upheld the decision it had made earlier and held that Bhatbhateni had evaded taxes by creating a fake VAT bill.
The full bench of judges Kumar Chudal, Tek Prasad Dhungana and Balkrishna Dhakal has issued the final judgment on the issue of tax evasion by issuing fake VAT bills.
Bhatbhateni had issued a fake bill of tax VAT from July 064 to January 067 and the tax office had assessed taxes and fines on Bhatbhateni for evading VAT and income tax. Which was approved by the Internal Revenue Department’s Administrative Review and Revenue Tribunal Office.
According to the decision of the Department and Revenue Tribunal Office, Bhatbhateni appealed against it to the Supreme Court after having to pay tax and fines of more than one billion rupees. After many arguments and long debates, the joint bench of the then Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara and Judge Prakash Kumar Dhungana upheld the decision of the department and the tribunal office saying that Bhatbhateni’s plea was not enough .
Kathmandu – The government has prepared for the re-operation of the Hetauda textile industry. During the high-level discussion held at the Prime Minister’s and Council of Ministers’ office, Singh Durbar, Prime Minister Dahal advanced the discussion on the feasibility study conducted by the Nepal Army for the re-operation of the textile industry.
According to the policy and program of the Government of Nepal for the financial year 2080/081, the Nepali Army has studied the feasibility of re-opening the industries.
Hetauda Textile Industry Established in 2032 with the financial and technical support of the Chinese Government and the investment of the Government of Nepal stopped its production since 2056. The then royal government decided to close the industry in 2059. According to the study report presented by the Nepali Army after the government included the subject in the policy and program, It is estimated that the initial cost will be 1.93 billion to re-start the industry. In addition, annual operating expenses of Rs. 78 crore has been estimated in the report. The conclusion of the task force is that when the industry is re-operated, after 9 years the cost will be replaced and the industry will become profitable.
In the study report, it has been concluded that the industry has closed in the past due to lack of market management, timely modernization of technology, load shedding, financial burden due to excess manpower and lack of managerial capacity.
In the study report, some of the existing structures and machines of the industry can be repaired and put into operation and the budget of Nepal Army’s military welfare fund is sufficient for the operation of the industry. 166 ropani land is available in the ownership of the industry, the minimum infrastructure required for the industry is in place, most of the raw materials for the operation of the industry are available. It is mentioned that there is no problem for the market as the demand of clothing for government employees including the Nepali Army will be available within the country and the industry meets the demand.
The report has also determined the necessity and justification of the re-operation of the industry. According to which, re-operation of the industry will maintain the industrial sector of the past and will contribute significantly to the development of the country’s industrial sector and gross domestic product. It will also contribute significantly to job creation, so it is concluded that youth migration can be stopped.
Jhapa – The Struggle Committee of interest rate Victims is going to start “Mechi Mahakali Justice March” from today to put pressure on the government.
The Kisan Labor Struggle Committee Against high interest rate and Fraud is going to start a peaceful walk “Justice March” together from Mechi Bridge at Kakadvitta in East Jhapa and Mahakali in the West. The Committee said that the Justice March is a fight against the state power and money lender , saying that the law regarding high interest rate made by the government was not for the victim side but in favor of the money lender. It is said that the justice march, which will start simultaneously from Mechi and Mahakali in the west at 7 am on Tuesday, will reach Narayangadh in Chitwan and then depart for the capital Kathmandu.
The Committee has said that it started the justice march with 6 point demands where they have mentioned that, all fake documents related to high interest rate(Tamsuk, Drishti Bandhak ) should be declared illegal and compensation should be arranged for the victims by canceling the transfer of property rights of the victims at any level, registration of cases filed against the victims by the money lenders in different levels of courts should be brought to the Commission for review and the victims who are being punished based on fake documents (check bounces) should be released, the fines should be waived and since the government data of the applications related to high interest rate is incomplete, the registration of new applications should be opened immediately and the victims should be recorded.
Kathmandu – The committee formed to investigate the purchase and sale of shares of Ncell has submitted a report to the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The 5-member investigation committee formed under the coordination of former Auditor General Tankamani Sharma Dangal concluded that the purchase and sale agreement of Ncell cannot be accepted as it is.
Taking the report of the inquiry committee formed under the coordination of former Auditor General Tankamani Sharma Dangal, the Prime Minister said that the report will help the government to take the right decision.
It has been mentioned in the committee’s report that since Ncell started its business in Nepal, it has made 80 million foreign investments and 20 million domestic investments, and has earned more than one billion in profit annually and has taken more than 68 billion abroad under various headings. Similarly, it has been seen that the matter of more than 85 billion rupees that Ncell has to pay to the government of Nepal in taxes and non-taxes form is pending in different levels of courts.
The report says that the transaction mentioned in the Ncell Axiata share purchase and sale agreement between Axiata Group and Spectralite UK on 1 December 2023 is not based on the principle of equal commercial behavior and the seller side is dominant and has placed more than normal conditions on the buyer side. It has been mentioned in the report submitted by the investigation committee that the agreement cannot be considered as a favourable agreement as it is seen that conditions such as the right to sue, the company’s debt and liability are not on the seller.
The Secretary of the Government of Nepal Phanindra Gautam, Joint Secretary Baburam Bhandari, Joint Secretary Hrides Kumar Shakya, President of ICAN Sujan Kumar Kafle were in the investigation committee.
Lalitpur – The country’s oldest university, marking its 74th anniversary had launched the online services.Tribhuvan University (TU) has started providing exam-related services through the online system from Monday.
Prof Shivalal Bhusal, acting vice-chancellor of TU, launched the online service by clicking the mouse of the computer at the Office of the Controller of Examinations at Balkhu, Kathmandu.
Acting Chancellor Bhusal said that the university digitalized its services for every examination related process and expressed his confidence that it would be a success.
Earlier, students were compelled to visit the Balkhu-based office for obtaining mark-sheets. With the launch of the service, students can apply for admit cards, transcripts, provisional certificates, correction in the mark sheets among others from their home.
For that, students need to log onto www.tuexam.edu.np and apply for the services attaching the specified certificates and thereafter pay the prescribed fee via Nepal Bank or Global IME Bank.
Students will be notified in office hours whether their applications have been accepted or rejected. Acting Vice-chancellor Bhusal said that in case of rejection, the students will be asked to re-apply by correcting the errors or filling the missing details.
Kathmandu – The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has given permission to Himalaya Airlines to perform ground handling of its aircraft by itself .
With the Supreme Court granting the mandate, Himalaya will get the ground handling it demanded. The Bench of Justices Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma and Binod Sharma has issued an injunction to allow Himalaya Airlines to carry out self-ground handling.
The authority decided to provide ground handling services to Himalaya Airlines in 2077 but later on the authority did not allow Himalaya Airlines to do self-ground handling saying that there is insufficient space.Himalaya Airlines Pvt. Ltd and Vice Chairman of the company Bijay Bahadur Shrestha later on filed a case against the Civil Aviation Authority and Tribhuvan Airport Office on a basis of a provision in the ground handling and ground service operation guidelines.According to the provision,companies with 35 regular flights per week can do ground handling by themselves.
At Tribhuvan Airport, Nepal Airlines Corporation is currently handling the ground handling of the entire airport. Air India too has its self ground handling .
In ground handling, you can do things such as putting up ladders for boarding and disembarking passengers, taking and bringing passengers from the terminal to the ship, managing passenger baggage, etc.
Kathmandu – Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that there will be an investigation into the Durbar massacre in 2058. He said this while talking to journalists during a program held in Simara.
Mentioning that the former king is saying things that should not be said, Prime Minister Dahal said in a conversation with the media that the government will once again move towards an investigation into the Durbar massacre.
The Prime Minister has also said that although the Federal Democratic Republic gives freedom to everyone, no one has the right to stand against the system and do conspiratorial activities.
Kathmandu – Today onwards all the government offices across the country will be open till 5 pm. The government published a notice in the Nepal Gazette on 16th march 2023 and said that from 16th of magh the office hours will be from 10 am to 5 pm.
The government has said that from Kartik 16th to Magh15th, office hours will be from 10am to 4pm and from Magh 16th toKartik 15th, office hours will be open until 5pm.
On Friday, the office will be open from 10 am to 3 pm, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The government has fixed lunch time from 1:30 pm to 2 pm.
Kathmandu – Foreign Minister NP Saud has said that the border issue between Nepal and India should be resolved on the basis of political consensus.
Speaking at a program organized in Kathmandu on the occasion of India’s 75th Republic Day on Monday, he said that the administrative mechanism created to solve the border problem should find a political solution after technical work.
“When solving the border problem, there should be consensus politically, we also have a mechanism administratively. That mechanism should be active. After it is active, both the neighbors should solve this problem diplomatically, based on the facts. This matter has already started between the two countries, he said.
During the visit of Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar to Nepal, the representatives of both countries promised to solve the border problem through dialogue and discussion, Foreign Minister Saud said.
Biratnagar – The CPN-UML has asked the Koshi state government to withdraw the ordinance brought to make the leaders of the alliance happy. The Koshi Parliamentary Party of the UML held a press conference and warned that the Ordinance would be withdrawn and failed in the Parliament itself.
Rebathiraman Bhandari, chief whip of UML, has said that it is objectionable to amend the law so that even a party with only one MP in the state can be given vehicle facilities.
UML has objected to the fact that Chief Minister Kedar Karki has increased the number of officials of the Provincial Assembly through an ordinance to provide vehicle facilities to the leaders of the ruling party, and that the state government has opened the way for the additional officials to provide vehicles and other facilities.
Iran has denied any involvement in the drone attack on the US military base in Jordan. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said that Tehran was not involved in the drone attack on the American base in Jordan.
A drone attack on a US military base in Jordan killed 3 US soldiers and injured 34 others.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq – an umbrella group for Islamist Shia militias, has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has stated that Iran has no connection and concern with the attack.
In the attack on the American military base in the Middle East, 3 American soldiers died and the number of injured in the attack reached 34.
Al Jazeera reported that 3 people were killed and 34 injured in the attack on the American military base in Jordan. According to sources, Washington is working to identify the armed group that carried out the attack.
Earlier, in a statement by the US President Joe Biden published by the White House Press, it was mentioned that there was a drone attack on US troops stationed near the border of northeastern Jordan. The US has said the attacks were carried out by Iran-backed radical armed groups active in Syria and Iraq.
On the other hand, Iran has denied its involvement in the drone attack in Jordan. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has stated that Iran has no connection and concern with the attack.
Kathmandu: The Supreme Court acquitted Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in the contempt of court case and clarified that the court will not act with any prejudice or revenge.
After the Supreme Court acquitted the writ petition filed by senior advocate Dinesh Tripathi, the full text of the verdict has been made public. A joint bench of Judge Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada and Kumar Regmi acquitted Prime Minister Dahal in the contempt case .
Dahal, who is also the chairman of the CPN Maoist Center, iexpressed that “the court made a terrible conspiracy against the peace agreement while making the decision on the case regarding the maoist insurgency “. Aiming at Dahal’s statement, the full text of the Supreme Court says, “The court does not become reactive by nature, the court does not act with any bias or revenge.” It works to guide the darkness existing in the society towards the light by showing the light of justice.’
“It is not reasonable to automatically consider someone’s expression as a matter of contempt of court on the basis that it is indecent or provocative,” the full text says, “it needs to be viewed according to the subject and context.” It did not seem sensible to consider it as a contempt of court and make it a subject of punishment. It does not seem reasonable to form a judicial opinion by considering the news published in a certain newspaper as the decisive reliable basis.
It is mentioned in the full text of the judgment that there is no credible, factual basis or evidence regarding Dahal’s statement, so that it can not be considered as contempt of court.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has said that Nepal should be made a “hub” of higher education. The Prime Minister said this while addressing the ninth meeting of the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences.
I have a clear belief that Nepal should be made a hub of higher education. This is not only our aspiration, but also an area of significant potential,” he said. “I am very happy to learn that students from abroad have started coming to study at the Karnali Institute of Health Sciences.”
Expressing his belief that the establishment will make more progress in the future, Prime Minister Prachanda said that the establishment is providing direct services to the people of Karnali Province and the backward areas of Sudurpaschim Province as well as producing skilled manpower.
The Prime Minister said, “The institution is not only providing services to the poor, it is also producing skilled and hardworking health workers.”
Mentioning that the foundation has played an important role when the country and the people are in trouble, Prime Minister Prachanda said that whether it is in the tragic situation of the Covid epidemic or during the recent devastating earthquake, the foundation has done very important work in the fields of preparedness, necessary vigilance, rescue and treatment with full sense of responsibility.
Stating that it is the responsibility of the establishment to make the service delivery more simple, convenient and quality in the future, Prime Minister Prachanda stressed that for a competitive society, the nation and the world, qualified, efficient, honest and full of patriotic spirit should be produced.
He felt that the establishment has made significant progress in recent years, and expressed his belief that the establishment will take serious initiatives in innovation-based studies, research and inventions.
Biratnagar – The Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, has issued an ordinance to increase the office bearers of the Provincial Assembly.
Chief Minister Karki issued Ordinance 2080 to amend some provincial laws 10 days after ending the session of the Provincial Assembly to provide additional facilities to the leaders of the ruling party.
The new ordinance has amended Section 2 of the Act 2075 on the Service of Officials and Members of the Provincial Assembly and increased the number of officers of the Provincial Assembly. The government will provide vehicles, drivers and fuel to the additional officials through the State Assembly Secretariat.
In the Act, only the speaker, deputy speaker, leader of the main opposition party, chief whip of the ruling party, chief whip of the main opposition party, leader of the opposition party, whip of the ruling party and the chairman of the provincial assembly committee were kept as office bearers of the provincial assembly. By bringing the ordinance, the former chief minister who is a member of the provincial assembly and the leader of the parliamentary party of the party participating in the government and the leader of the parliamentary party of the opposition party have also been placed in office.
Chief Minister Kedar Karki has also taken away the authority of the heads of District Coordination Committees through an ordinance. By amending the Koshi State Public Health Act 2077 through an ordinance, Chief Minister Karki took away the authority of the District Coordination Committee chief.
Earlier in the act, there was a provision that the chairman of the management committee of the government hospital under the province would be the head of the district coordination committee. But Chief Minister Karki has issued an ordinance to appoint the state government as the chairman of the government hospital management committee.
Kathmandu – Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has suggested to use the money accumulated in the Military Welfare Fund for the purpose of getting maximum return. While inspecting the military welfare directorate on Sunday, he opined that the funds should be invested in plans and programs to provide more economic and social security to the beneficiaries.
The assets of the Soldier Welfare Fund have reached over 82 billion 66 million rupees. According to the headquarters of the Nepal Army, the fund has a cash balance of 75 billion 905 million rupees and has invested 6 billion 750 million rupees in various programs till the end of last December.
Jangi Adda also informed that more than 3 thousand people got direct employment from the educational institutions, health treatment facilities and other activities run under the Directorate of Military Welfare. The fund has given the data that more than 1 billion 250 million is directly contributing to the country’s revenue.
“I would like to draw attention to be careful to prevent the funds from being invested in risky areas and to mobilize them in more profitable and productive activities that contribute to the economic and social development of the country,” he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Khadka also suggested that the funds should be used to expand quality health and education services to Nepali soldiers and dependent families in the future.
Various welfare and income-generating programs are being coordinated and operated from the funds established for the greater welfare of the Nepali Army and dependent families.
Established in the year 2032, the fund is a contribution-based non-profit welfare program organization.
At the call of the United Nations, a part of the money received for deployment as a peacekeeping force in various conflict-affected countries of the world is also deposited in the fund.
Officers including Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, Defense Secretary Kiran Sharma also participated in the inspection and discussion program.
Kathmandu- The Election Commission has submitted the report with the results of the National Assembly elections to the President Ramchandra Paudel.
Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission Dinesh Kumar Thapalia presented the report to President Paudel at a program held on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhawan Sheetal Niwas.
According to Section 60 of the National Assembly Member Election Act, 2075, the report with the election results of the National Assembly Member Election, 2080 has been submitted to the President’s Office.
Elections were held in all the seven provinces for 19 seats. The remaining 1 seat will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the government.
Sun Haiyan, Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said that other countries are trying to play the game in relation to Nepal and China.
While interacting with the leaders of various political parties in Kathmandu during her three-day visit to Nepal, Haiyan said that the political relations between the two countries are good and that some other countries do not want to see this.She said that the reason for visiting Nepal and holding joint consultations with political parties is to improve the relationship between the two countries.She said that the heads of state of both the countries are trying to strengthen the relationship and the signing of the memorandum of agreement has also strengthened the relationship between the two countries.”We need to work on how to improve China-Nepal relations and cooperate in the new era”, she said.
She also pointed out the need to do homework on the role of political parties to strengthen the relationship between Nepal and China. A lot of Chinese tourists have come to Nepal. Nepal must also have felt this,” she said, “but we should not rely only on one area. Before I came to Nepal, when I discussed with the Chinese entrepreneur, I mentioned the need to invest in Nepal. But for that, there is a need for policy reform here.In addition, she said that not only because of the Covid-19, but also because of various reasons, the projects in Nepal with Chinese investment are being delayed.
“We have to sit down and solve it. We should have more cultural exchanges. We are working in accordance with the desire to give more scholarships to Nepali students,” she said. “We understand that projects are necessary in Nepal for livelihood as well. We are working for that too. But for that, policy reform is necessary. The people here should get that.’We have to work together to face the difficulties. Cooperation should be made more practical, she said.
She emphasized on building Chinese-style development and implementing BRI.Similarly, Chinese ambassador to Nepal Chhan Sang said that it is necessary to consult on how to further advance the relationship between Nepal and China.In addition, he said that China is ready to help Nepal and Nepal should work to solve the policy problems.
Kathmandu: CPN Unified Samajwadi Party President Madhav Kumar Nepal has accused the main opposition party CPN UML of playing a negative role in a very irresponsible manner. Speaking at the party’s second national council meeting that began on Sunday, President Nepal said that UML is determined to destroy the current coalition government.
‘The CPN-UML, which has become the main opposition after being overthrown, is playing a negative role in a very irresponsible manner. There is an audacity to break the current alliance that is being operated by the government in various ways,’ he said. He said that the parties in the opposition have been blocking the House on any issue.
Nepal, who is also a former Prime Minister, said that recently questions are being raised about the stability of the government and political stability in the country. He claimed that due to various opposing forces in the House, instability was being created in the country.
He emphasized that since the coalition government has been formed in the union and all the seven provinces, they should work with understanding among the coalition parties.
He said that the economic crisis and recession that appeared in the country after the Covid-19 is still ongoing. He said, ‘Economic crisis and recession are the same. Although there have been some improvements, the revenue raised has not been enough to cover current expenses. Price rise and inflation have increased. Although it was said to replace imports and promote exports, it has not been done accordingly.’
Saudi Arabia has deported 10,000 migrant workers who violated residency, labor and border laws. The number of Nepalese workers to be deported has not been revealed yet. According to the Saudi officials most of them are Yemeni and Ethiopian citizens.
Saudi Arabia has intensified the work of arresting and deporting illegal (undocumented) immigrants. 19,000 people have been arrested in the last one week alone. In which 11 thousand 427 people have violated the housing law. 4,697 people have violated the Border Security Law and 3,197 people have violated the Labor Law.
According to the information issued by the Ministry of Interior of Saudi Arabia, 55 thousand 756 people have been arrested till January. In order to deport 43,000 people, a letter has been sent to the embassies of the relevant countries to issue travel documents.
According to the Nepal Embassy in Riyadh Nepalese have been facing legal problems as the Saudi employers do not renew the visas of Nepali workers on time and employ them without a visa.
Kathmandu- Kathmandu district court has issued arrest warrants against seven immigration officials involved in setting up visit visas. The police investigation has shown that the setting up of visit visas is done in an organized manner at the immigration office at Tribhuvan International Airport.
According to the police, arrest warrants have been issued against immigration officers Kushal Baral, Shailendra Dhakal, Bimal Paudel, Vishnu Aryal, Vikas Dangol, Pitambar Rimal and Sujan Fago.
The police said that after the involvement of more employees was confirmed in the investigation of detained immigration officer Narveer Khadka and the middleman, the search for other employees has been started.
After the police investigation revealed the setting, the Ministry of Home Affairs has recently canceled the 17-point criteria regarding visit visas that have been in force for two years and implemented a new 6-point procedure.
Kathmandu – A diffusion notice has been issued requesting Interpol’s help in arresting GB Rai, who has been charged of co-operative fraud.
District Police Office Kaski had earlier requested the Police Head Office to issue a diffusion notice in the case of fraud in Suryadarshan Cooperative. In response, Central Police Spokesperson DIG Bhim Prasad Dhakal informed that Interpol’s National Central Bureau Kathmandu has requested the Secretary General of Interpol to issue the notice.
The Kaski District Court earlier ordered the arrest of treasurer Kumar Ramtel on charges of misappropriation of depositors’ money. In the same incident, Vice President Kailash Kumar Darlami, member Shiv Bahadur Gurung and Bhagishwar Aryal were also arrested and are currently being detained and investigated, according to the Kaski Police.
An arrest warrant has been issued against 19 people including JB Rai in the Suryadarshan Cooperative fraud case. 15 of them are absconding now.
In the complaint, it is alleged that the employees of Suryadarshan embezzled 1.12 billion rupees from the depositors. Under the Cooperative Act, they can be jailed for 8 to 10 years and fined.
According to the police report, the GB Rai group embezzled the funds of Suryadarshan by creating fake shareholders and various companies. The police have concluded that the directors and officials of the cooperative opened fake share member accounts and misappropriated the funds without placing the assets in the name of the cooperative or individuals.
North Korea has fired several cruise missiles in waters off its east coast. launch took place near the port of Sinpo.Neither the number nor type of missiles is clear yet says South Korea’s military.
Reporting the new launch, which took place at 08:00 (23:00 GMT Saturday), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said “our military has been closely coordinating with the United States to monitor additional signs of North Korea’s provocations”.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been increasingly aggressive in his policy direction and rhetoric in recent months, ending several agreements aimed at peace-keeping and ramping up military action.
Pyongyang claims to have tested a new solid-fueled missile and its underwater attack drone, which can carry nuclear warheads.
Earlier this month, Kim Jong Un named South Korea as a “main enemy,” announcing that the former primary goal of reunification with South Korea had ended. This raised concerns that North Korea was preparing for war, South Korea said.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said that if the North increases its provocations, it will respond strongly.
Kathmandu- Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has said that health insurance should be made more effective with the aim of improving the access and use of quality health services.
In the 12th meeting of Patan Institute of Health Sciences, the Prime Minister and Chancellor ‘Prachanda’ emphasized on the need to support the aim of ensuring health services for all on the basis of social health insurance.
Pointing out that the local levels are making positive efforts to make the health insurance program successful, Prime Minister Prachanda said, ‘I believe that the agreement signed with the Lalitpur Metropolitan Municipality to provide health services with experts to make the national health insurance program a success will become a model program for the country.’
Prime Minister Prachanda expressed his belief that the health services provided by the institution to the general public will be made more standard and agile in the future and expand the access of more and more people to the hospital services.
Mentioning that the hospital has expanded its services according to the needs of the citizens by adding various services and technologies in time, Prachanda recalled that it has made a significant contribution to the testing and treatment of those infected with the global epidemic of Covid-19.
The Prime Minister pointed out that it is equally necessary to promote international level study and research in the field of health science and to emphasize the production of skilled and quality health manpower required for the country and instructed the institute to go in that direction.
Kathmandu – Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayankaji Shrestha has said that Nepal and China will sign the implementation plan of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ ‘soon’. However, he did not say anything about when and how to do this.
Nepal and China signed a memorandum of understanding on BRI in 2017, but no project under it has been implemented for nearly seven years.
Addressing a program of the Silk Road Youth Forum and the South Asian Cooperation Conference, Shrestha said that only after signing the implementation plan, they will proceed to the implementation phase.
Stating that the Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to enhance connectivity and promote economic cooperation, has opened new avenues of cooperation between the two countries, he said that infrastructure development is the cornerstone of Nepal-China cooperation.
“China’s assistance in building important infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and energy projects has played an important role in leading Nepal towards economic growth and stability, and the increased connectivity through these projects will not only strengthen bilateral relations but also contribute to the broader vision of regional cooperation and integration,” he said.
The signing of the BRI implementation plan between Nepal and China has been one of the main agendas since the beginning of 2020, but due to differences between the two sides on the modality of investment, an agreement has not been reached.
“China’s BRI has emerged as a transformative force to shape the economic landscape of South Asia,” Shrestha said. “BRI’s emphasis on connectivity, infrastructure development and financial support is seamlessly aligned with the development aspirations of nations in the region.”
Shrestha said, “The Belt and Road Initiative is not just about building roads and bridges. It is also about creating pathways to shared prosperity. The economic corridor envisioned by the BRI has the potential to open up new markets, facilitate trade and spur economic growth. For nations like Nepal that reside in the heart of the Himalayas, these initiatives open up possibilities for expanded connectivity that can transform the economic landscape.
Silk Road Youth Forum Vice President and Secretary General Yan Dongping, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality Deputy Mayor Vijaykrishna Shrestha, Chinese Embassy Commercial Counselor Xie yu, Matrika Poudyal, Foreign Affairs Institute Spokesperson Tsetan Namgyal and others were present in the program. Aneka Rebecca Rajbhandari, Assistant Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Center for Inner Asian Studies, Raunab Singh Khatri and Hou Shixin, among others, shed light on various aspects of Nepal-China relations.
Dhangadhi- CPN (Maoist Center) Sudurpaschim has instructed to immediately correct the decision to change the leader of the provincial parliamentary party.
The official meeting chaired by the state president Hariram Chaudhary (Utsav) decided to instruct the parliamentary party to correct the decision.
A meeting of majority MPs of the Maoist Center Sudurpaschim Parliamentary Party decided to remove Bhatt and appoint Man Bahadur Dhami as the leader of the party.
According to the Maoist Center, the meeting chaired by deputy leader Akkal Bahadur Rawal without the knowledge of Khagraj Bhatt, the leader of the parliamentary party, drew attention to the matter of changing the leader of the party and changing the government.
It has also been requested to take the problem within the parliamentary party seriously and take the initiative to resolve the dispute in the presence of the central office.
Showing the reasons why the performance of the parliamentary party and the provincial government is not satisfactory, they submitted a memorandum to the party president Prachanda, who is also the prime minister.
At the same time, a controversy has arisen in the Maoist Sudurschim after the majority of the MPs, who warned that if they do not proceed according to the sentiments of the majority of MPs, they will take a decision according to the constitution of the parliamentary party.
kathmandu – Free parking service has started from today (Sunday) on the first floor of the parking building in Dharahara, Kathmandu.
According to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, free parking services will be provided from today on the first floor of the parking building built along with Dharahara.
After the Metropolitan city has prohibited vehicle parking on the black-paved roads in the New Road area, free parking arrangements have been made in Dharahara with the aim of providing easy parking space to motorists.
Kathmandu Metropolitan’s Chief Senior Superintendent of Police Rajunath Pandey informed that free parking service will be available in the parking building in Dharahara area from today in coordination with stakeholders.
Earlier, the Metropolitan Corporation had also arranged free parking at Kathmandu view Tower (formerly the old bus park).
According to Pandey, 50,000 square feet area will be available for free parking in Dharahara area from today. Going towards New Road from Shaheed Gate, you will reach the parking place from the road leading to Khichapokhri from Kathmandu Mall on the left.
Lumbini -World famous Hollywood actor Jet Li has arrived at Lumbini praying for world peace. Li , who came to Lumbini for the Bumchok Puja that began on Thursday, will stay in Lumbini till Monday. Li himself is a Buddhist follower and a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
During the puja in lumbini he recites various mantras, prays, counts rosaries and meditates.The 61-year-old actor Li has said that he would not say anything as he came on a religious pilgrimage. Li is also a Chinese martial artist, actor and a film producer. He made his film debut with the 1982 film Shaolin Temple and In 1998, he made his international film debut in Lethal Weapon 4 . Once upon a time in china,fist of legend and romeo must die are few of his superhit movie.
Kathmandu – Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Sun Haiyan, had a courtesy meeting with the Chairman of CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli.
The meeting between UML Chairman Oli and Chinese Deputy Minister Haiyan was held at the UML party headquarters in Chaisal, Lalitalpur on Saturday. During a talk between two leaders Nepal-China relations and relations between UML and the Chinese Communist Party were discussed.
According to Rajan Bhattarai, head of UML’s foreign department, during the meeting, Chairman Oli asked to implement the agreement made in the past with the Chinese Communist Party when the UML was in government. Deputy Minister Sun Haiyan also expressed her commitment to implement the agreements reached at the highest political level between the two countries.
CPN-Maoist Center Deputy Secretary General Barshman Pun has said that after the results of the National Assembly election in Koshi Province, there is a need to seriously review the alliance with the Congress.
While training the Maoist representatives and district level leaders in home district Rolpa, Pun commented that the Congress has lost their trust.
He said that in every election, they vote for the Congress honestly, but the process of being cheated by the Congress is repeating.
A new turn has come in national politics with the results of the National Assembly election of Koshi province. We have reached the point where we have to seriously review the alliance with the Congress”, Pun said, “what is the loss or profit for us politically from the alliance with the Congress? How long will it last if we continue to vote for Congress honestly in every election and Congress keeps betraying.
Earlier, in various cases, the Congress leadership used to point to factionalism and power struggle within the party as the reason. Pun recalled that two years ago, the Congress was dishonest by not voting for the candidate in the National Assembly from Koshi. Pun also said that the Congress betrayed Kedar Karki by making him the Chief Minister of Koshi in an alliance with the UML, contrary to the agreement reached at the top leadership level.
Deputy General Secretary Pun has also demanded the Congress leadership to review the anarchy and apolitical tendencies within them. He said that the Congress’s betrayal in Koshi will be discussed in the power alliance meeting.
In the National Assembly elections held on Thursday, the ruling coalition nominated Congress LLeader Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Maoist Champadevi Karki as candidates. Although Sitaula won, Karki lost to UML’s Rukmini Koirala.
A New York jury has decided Donald Trump should pay $83.3m for defaming columnist E Jean Carroll in 2019 while he was US president.
The penalty in the civil trial is made up of $18.3m for compensatory damages and $65m in punitive damages. The compensatory damages are meant to account for the harm that the jury found his comments had done to her reputation and emotional wellbeing. It took the jury of seven men and two women less than three hours to reach a verdict .
Mr Trump was found in a previous civil case to have defamed Ms Carroll and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
Mr. Trump, who looks likely to be the Republican candidate in November’s presidential election, also faces four criminal cases for a total of 91 felony counts. He is the first president in US history to be charged with a crime, but has pleaded not guilty and denied all the charges.
Meanwhile, Trump said, “I fully disagree with both verdicts and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party.
He also said,”Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”
A British national was sentenced to five years in jail for spying in 2022, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mofa) has now revealed.
The defendant – named as Ian J Stones – committed the “crime of illegally obtaining intelligence for overseas actors”, a Mofa spokesman said.
The spokesman added that he had appealed against the sentencing but the case was upheld last September.
This was only revealed in a Mofa briefing on Friday.
According to an article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Stones worked in China for four decades with big US firms like General Motors and Pfizer and is believed to be aged around 70.
He set up a Beijing-based investment management consulting firm some 15 years ago, said the WSJ, citing corporate records, online profiles and people who know him.
Mofa spokesman Wang Wenbin said the court had “tried the case strictly in accordance with the law”, adding that Beijing had “fully guaranteed the various legitimate rights” and arranged for British officials to visit him and attend his trial.
Stones’ daughter told the WSJ that embassy officials and one family member were permitted to witness one hearing but not the actual trial, adding that none of them had been permitted to see any of the legal documents related to the case.
She also claimed her father was healthy at the beginning of his detention but had received “inconsistent medical care and poor nutrition leading to severe and life-threatening injuries”.
Ms Stones said British Embassy staff have been able to visit Stones every four to six weeks to check on him, but that there have been long periods where they received no news and were not permitted any consular visits.
In a statement, Mr Wang added that Stones was accused of “being bribed into providing intelligence by external forces” .
“The judicial organs strictly promote the handling of cases in accordance with the law, safeguarding the rights and legitimate interests of both Chinese nationals and foreigners,” he said.
This latest reveal comes as China increasingly publicises cases of alleged espionage by Western countries.
Beijing has also launched public campaigns to raise awareness of foreign spying and has been calling on people to report any suspicious activity.
Earlier this month, Chinese authorities said they had detained an individual alleged to be spying for Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI6.BBC
KATHMANDU – Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has emphasized dialogue between the warring parties for upholding world peace.
During the meeting with a high-level delegation of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, led by Izumi Nakamitsu, Prime Minister Dahal said Nepal is always in favor of world peace, adding Nepal’s peace process has become an example for other countries in the world.
He stressed that dialogue is the only option for world peace, adding, “Many areas of the world are still in very sensitive condition. Incidents including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel and Hamas war have added challenges to global peace. But we stress on seeking the solution to conflicts through dialogue.”
The PM recalled Nepal’s remarkable role in different international forums for the establishment of peace in the world.
Talking about the role played by Nepal from the position of leader of the least developed countries in the UN General Assembly, PM Dahal underscored that Nepal would always support the UN’s efforts to establish peace and play a leading role in world peace.
“The role the United Nations has played for world peace and disarmament is laudable. We are with the United Nations in its every step and express our commitment to remain so in the future as well,” he said.
Under-Secretary-General and the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Nakamitsu, said the office of the South Asia Centre on Disarmament Affairs has been set up in Nepal and the expectation is that Nepal will become a center of peace in the South Asia region.
“The Centre has been established with the expectation that Nepal will become a peace center amongst its nuclear-armed neighbors. It is expected that like in the past Nepal will play its role in support of regional and world peace in an effective manner,”
On the occasion, Izumi also praised the role Nepal has been playing in the UN peacekeeping missions as the second-largest troops-contributing nation.
UN Resident Coordinator in Nepal, Hanna Singer, the foreign affairs advisor to the Prime Minister, Rupak Sapkota, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among other officials were present on the occasion.
Kathmandu- The police of Tribhuvan International Airport assaulted the immigration officer along with the head of the airport immigration office when a dispute arose over the issue of security.
It is said that while checking(frisk search) immigration officer Chhayanlal Moktan on , the police attacked him in a heated dispute over the issue of checking the immigration staff but not the police.
Moktan told Gogan Bahadur Hamal, the head of the immigration office, about the mistreatment by the police, and when Hamal looked at the CC camera to understand the reality of the incident, he clearly saw that the police had punched the immigration officer Moktan. It is said that as soon as he responded to the incident, the police stationed there attacked Hamal too.
After the incident, the immigration officials complained that if the DSP of police and the deputy secretary of immigration enter together, the police will search the deputy secretary of immigration, but not the DSP, and leave him .
After the incident, the immigration officials said that police collusion is seen in most of the smuggling from the airport and they should not be exempted from security.
Baglung – The Police has issued a ‘Red Corner Notice’ to arrest Image Savings and Credit Cooperative Society President Dev Kumar Nepali, who is also the mayor of Baglung’s Dhorpatan and is missing after embezzling almost Rs2 billion from depositors and banks.
A case is going on against 8 people including Nepali and his wife for misappropriating the funds of the cooperative. In order to arrest Nepali and his wife Chela Nepali, the Police Headquarters has issued a ‘Red Corner Notice’ through the International Police Network (Interpol) of police around the world.
Suspecting that the Nepali is hiding abroad, the victims of the cooperative demanded that a red corner notice be issued. DSP Madan KC of Baglung said that Interpol has issued a red corner notice to arrest the couple. “Now, if it is known in which country he is, the police of that country will search and hand him over to Nepal,” DSP KC said, “It is necessary to track his location.”
1,550 people filed a police complaint against him. Based on the complaint, the public prosecutor’s office has filed a case of organized fraud in the district court. The court had issued an arrest warrant against him in may.
Nepalis have embezzled 1 billion 60 million rupees from the savers of the cooperative. Apart from that, it has been seen that couple have taken almost 350 million loans from Global IME Bank, National Cooperative Bank and Garima Bikas Bank.
Based on the case, other officers of the cooperative, Chitra Bahadur Bhandari, Narmati Budha, Shakti Kisan, Dor Bahadur Pariyar and Anita Budhamgar have been arrested.
They have been sent to pre-trial detention by the order of District Court Baglung .The treasurer of the organization, Lakshmi Sen Sunar, was also arrested by the police from Lalitpur on Thursday.
Sun Heyan, Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party, has arrived in Kathmandu.
The delegation led by Sun Haiyan arrived in Nepal via neighboring Bangladesh for a four-day visit to Nepal.The team reached Bangladesh last Tuesday after visiting the Maldives. During her visit to Bangladesh, Haiyan met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday.This is the first high-level visit by the Chinese side after the formation of a new government in Bangladesh.
Before that, she had a meeting with the President of the Maldives last Monday, Mohammed Maizu. Some bilateral agreements have also been made in that regard.After visiting Dhaka, the team led by Deputy Minister Haiyan landed in Nepal on Friday afternoon.
During their visit to Nepal, the Chinese team is scheduled to meet with the top leaders of various parties including President Ram Chandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.Deputy Minister Sun is also scheduled to hold a group discussion with leaders of various parties at Hotel Solti this Sunday.
Kathmandu – The Supreme Court has recently released the full text of the instructions given to the government to amend the National Human Rights Commission Act.
The bench of Justice Sushma Lata Mathema and Hariprasad Phuyal gave this order. Along with the order, the government has been asked to amend the National Human Rights Commission Act to make the activities of the National Human Rights Commission effective.
In the order, the government has been requested to stop recommending and appointing people who violate public human rights to constitutional bodies. It directed that action be taken against the human rights violators directly by the Attorney General as per the recommendations of the NHRC.
The directive was issued in September in response to a writ petition filed five years ago regarding non-effective implementation of the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission. The petitioner claimed that Section 13 (3) of the Enforced Disappeared Persons Investigation, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2014 was in conflict with the constitutional provisions providing the functions and powers of the NHC in Article 249 of the Constitution of Nepal.
Petitioner Advocate Birendra Thapalia demanded the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the cases of human rights violations during the armed conflict.
Kathmandu – A five-year memorandum of understanding has been signed between Tribhuvan University (TU) and University of Electronics Science and Technology of China (USTC).
Acting Vice-Chancellor of Tribhuvan University Dr Shivalal Bhusal and UEFA Vice-Chancellor Zheng Yong signed the agreement at Tribhuvan University Kirtipur. Prof. Chiranjeevi Khanal, head of Tribhuvan University’s Department of Mass Communication and Journalism and Professor Hong of UEFA signed the agreement.
Bhusal, Acting Vice-Chancellor of TU, expressed his belief that there will be a close cooperation between the two universities in the coming days. The representative of USTC, Prof. Hang Hong, said that he will provide his best support in the field of study and research.
Prof. Khanal, who initiated the agreement, said that there is an agreement between the two universities for long-term cooperation and this agreement will be useful for enabling mutual benefit and academic cooperation based on the principle of mutual equality. According to the agreement, scholars, researchers and teaching staff and students will be exchanged whil Workshops and seminars will be organized jointly.
The US state of Alabama has executed 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted of murder, by using nitrogen gas. The BBC has mentioned that nitrogen gas was used for the first time in the United States during executions. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Smith is the first person in the world to be executed using pure nitrogen gas.
Smith was sentenced to death after losing appeals to the Supreme Court and the Federal Court of Appeals, arguing that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment. Attempts to execute him by lethal injection in 2022 failed.
Smith was convicted in 1989 for the murder of Elizabeth Sennett, the wife of a preacher.
Alabama and two other US states have approved the use of nitrogen hypoxia as an alternative method after lethal injections have become increasingly difficult to find. Under that policy, death penalty was given for the first time using nitrogen. In different states of America, the death penalty is given by lethal injection.
Breathing only pure nitrogen gas deprives the brain of oxygen, a process known as nitrogen hypoxia. Breathing nitrogen without oxygen causes body cells to break down and die.According to prison officials, pure nitrogen gas was circulated over Smith’s face with a mask.
Before being executed, Smith said: ‘Tonight Alabama takes humanity a step back, thank you for supporting me. Love everyone’. According to eyewitnesses to the incident, Smith was agitated for two to four minutes and breathing heavily for about five minutes before being pronounced dead.
The Attorney General of Alabama, Steve Marshall, refuted the comments in the media saying that nitrogen use is scary and said that it has been proven to be an effective and humane method of execution.
KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Patan High Court has upheld the District Court Kathmandu’s order to keep Rahul Mahara in custody for investigation.
A division bench of judges Anju Upreti Dhakal and Dipendra Adhikari on Thursday upheld the verdict of the District Court, Kathmandu. Rahul Mahara, son of CPN (Maoist) leader Krishna Prasad Mahara, is in custody for investigation of a gold scam.
The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police had arrested Rahul on the charge of his involvement in the scam. The District Court Kathmandu had issued the order to keep Rahul in custody, rejecting to release him on bail. Rahul had moved the High Court against the decision of the District Court Kathmandu, but in vain.
Kathmandu: The amicus curiae of the court is giving its opinion in the case related to the decision to remove the word “OM” from the Nepali dictionary. The argument of the amicus curiae is going to start today as the argument of the lawyer for the petitioner and the lawyer of the government side has finished.
Writ petitioner and lawyer Swagat Nepal has informed that since the arguments of the petitioner, witness and the government lawyer in the writ against the removal of the word “OM” have been completed, the amicus curiae will be debated from today.The writ is being debated in the joint bench of Judge Sapna Malla Pradhan and Saranga Subedi .
The then Minister of Education, Dinanath Sharma forced to remove the word”OM”from the cabinet meeting on 6th August 2012 and implemented it. Advocate Swagat Nepal, Tapendra Bahadur Karki and others filed a writ in the Supreme Court on 9th September 2016 against the government’s decision.
They filed a writ saying that the word ‘om’ has been removed from the dictionary with the aim of ending Nepali, language, culture and tradition under foreign influence.
Earlier, the joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Kumar Chudal and Vinod Sharma had ordered to summon ‘Amicus Curiae’ to hear the writ. An order was made in the name of Nepal Bar to send an amicus curiae including a person with language and legal competence.
The petitioner has demanded that the amendment approved by the Ministry of Education on the proposal of the Curriculum Development Center should be cancelled. The word ‘om’ has been removed from the comprehensive Nepali dictionary of the 10th edition published in 2018.
Kathmandu: The government is going to conduct a vaccination campaign against measles-rubella across the country from February 25th to March 20. Considering the risk of measles-rubella infection, the target is to vaccinate about 5.7 million children across the country.
The Ministry of Health and Population is going to give measles-rubella vaccine to all children between the ages of nine months and 15 years. According to Dr. Abhiyaan Gautam, Head of Child Health and Vaccination Branch of the Department of Health Services, all the children of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur in Kathmandu valley and 21 districts highly infected with Measles-Ruella bordering India will be given the vaccine.
“The children of the remaining 51 districts will also be made to participate in the vaccination campaign,” said Chief Dr. Gautam. Director of Family Welfare Division Dr. Vivek Kumar Lal said that the government is going to conduct a vaccination campaign with the goal of eliminating measles-rubella by 2026. Measles-rubella is the most contagious disease. One person can spread this disease to 18 people. ‘Measles-rubella is more contagious’, Dr. Gautam, Head of Vaccination Branch, said, ‘That’s why we have started conducting vaccination campaigns across the country this year.’
Kathmandu – With the results of today’s election of the National Assembly, the CPN Maoist Center has succeeded in becoming the largest party in the National Assembly. According to today’s vote results, the Maoist Center has become the largest party in the National Assembly with 17 seats, while the Congress is in second place with 16 seats.
In the National Assembly elections held for 19 seats, 10 people were elected from the Congress, 5 from the Maoist Center, 2 from the United Socialist Party and 1 each from the Janata Samajwadi Party and the CPN-UML. With today’s voting results, the party equation in the National Assembly has changed.
Who won the National Assembly member election?
In the election for National Assembly members, Krishna Sitaula of Congress and Rukmini Koirala of UML were elected from Koshi Province, while Anand Prasad Dhungana of Congress and Pooja Chaudhary of Jaspa were elected from Madhesh Province.
In Bagmati, Jeetjung Basnet and Vishnudevi Pudasaini of Nepali Congress, Srikrishna Adhikari of CPN Maoist Center and Ghanshyam Rizal of CPN Unified Socialist were elected, while in Gandaki, Kiran Babu Shrestha of Congress, Padma Bahadur Pariyar and Manrupa Sharma of Maoist were elected.
Similarly, Bishnu Kumari Sapkota of the Congress and Jhakkuprasad Subedi of the Maoist Center were elected from Lumbini Province, while Savitri Malla of the United Socialist Party, Vishnu BK of the Maoist and Krishna Bahadur Rokaya of the Congress were elected in Karnali.
Similarly, Maoist’s Renu Chand from the women’s side, Congress’s Narayan Bhatt from the disability side and Baldev Bohra from the Congress have been elected from Far West Province.
Janakpur- Vote count for the National Assembly member election has started in Janakpur. Voting started at 9 am and ended at 3 pm in all the 14 polling stations of seven provinces.
According to the Election Commission, 99.32 percent votes were cast in the election. Commission spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel informed that the voting was peaceful and all the results will be available by 8 pm.
According to Paudel, counting of votes has already started in Janakpur of Madhesh province. All-party meetings have also started in other states. Counting of votes will begin in all provinces in the next hour.
Elections were held today for 19 seats in the National Assembly and one will be nominated by the President. 51 candidates from eight teams are competing for 19 seats .
Mugu- Three people have died due to viral fever in Soru Rural Municipality-6 Purumuru of Mugu.Locals said that 72-year-old Hari Bahadur Shahi, 75-year-old Kriti Chatyal and 24-year-old Kusum Dholi of Purumuru died due to viral fever.
Local people of Purumuru, Jima, VA, Natharpu, Khawalcha and other villages of the district have suffered from viral fever and the district hospital is full of such patients.
Local said that even though the whole village is suffering from viral fever, no help has been provided so far from the local government. The poor people of the area are suffering because of lack of treatment and the Locals are complaining that they do not even get paracetamol at the health post.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the District Health Office conducted a health examination of more than 150 people from Soru rural municipality, Purumuru and Jima villages with a team of doctors.
Kamal Dhungana, a doctor at the district hospital, said that due to the increase in the number of patients due to cold, it will take some time to control the viral fever. Frequent sweating, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, feeling weak are symptoms of viral fever.
Kathmandu- The Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission has filed a case against 5 people on the charge of corruption in the program of distributing free pads to female students of public schools.
A case has been filed in a special court against the then Chief Administrative Officer Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, Accounts Officer Shyam Sundar Yadav, teacher Shyam Prasad Yadav, Naib Subba Sujan Dahal and the proprietor of Shree Lakshmi Traders and Suppliers Lalita Kumari Shah.
In the financial year 2077/078, the rural municipality purchased sanitary pads worth Rs.17,85,928/- to be distributed free of cost to the girl students of public schools. According to the authority, according to the Public Procurement Act and regulations, the cost estimate had to be prepared based on prevailing prices. But the then Chief Administrative Officer Chaudhary and others colluded with Lalita kumari of Sri Lakshmi Traders bought sanitary pads worth 9 lakh 11 thousand 925 rupees for 17 lakh 85 thousand 928 rupees.
According to sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 2059, four employees including the then chief administrative officer Chaudhary have been ordered to be imprisoned and fined Rs.874,003.
In the charge sheet filed in the special court in Kathmandu, Lalitha kumari of Lakshmi Traders has also been asked to be punished like the main culprits and charged with the crime, Narahari Ghimire, spokesperson of the Authority, informed.
Officials said that the Ministry of Health and Population has started consultation with vaccine experts to dispose 4 million doses of Sinovac-Coronavac Covid-19 vaccine that expired in December last year.
The vaccine was provided by China two years ago. When China sent the vaccine as a support, other vaccines were also available in Nepal . When the vaccine arrived, most of the Nepalese were already vaccinated and due to the less number of Nepalese remain to be vaccinated, the vaccine was not used and got expired.
Dr. Prakash Budhathoki, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, has said that he has started taking expert’s advice to dispose 4 million doses of the vaccine . “We have consulted experts from the World Health Organization, vaccine experts of the country and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee on cost-effective and easy ways to dispose the vaccine .” Officials said they have also consulted with experts from China’s vaccine manufacturing companies to dispose the vaccine doses.
Nepal used various brand of coronavirus vaccines such as AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, Pfizer-Biotech, and Moderna manufactured in several countries.
The United States and Iraq will soon begin talks on the withdrawal of US troops from this Middle Eastern country, CNN reported.
According to the report, “the US and Iraq are close to agreement on starting the Higher Military Commission dialogue that was announced back in August.” The dialogue is aimed at determining concrete steps for the future withdrawal.
The report says that Washington wants the troop schedule to reflect the current situation in Iraq and the stability of its government and law enforcement agencies. In turn, the Iraqi leadership believes that the timeframe of the withdrawal should not be affected by any circumstances.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said on January 5 that the international coalition has run out of justifications for its presence on the Iraqi soil, and Baghdad is set to take concrete measures to end foreign military presence in the country.
He also said that the Iraqi government was in the process of setting the date for the start of talks within the framework of a bilateral commission established to tackle the issue of foreign troops’ withdrawal.
The statement came after reports that a leader of the Harakat al-Nujaba movement, Abu Taqwa, was killed during a US drone strike on Baghdad.
In turn, the Pentagon said on January 8 that it was not planning to withdraw its troops from Iraq at this point. Currently, around 2,500 US servicemen are deployed at various bases in Iraq. Department of Defense spokesman Pat Ryder said he was not aware of any requests on the issue filed by the government of Iraq. He added that US forces were staying in the country on a request from the legitimate government of Iraq.
Swasthani brata kath (A baidik sanatan hindu ritual) has started from today. From Paush Shukla Purnima to Magh Shukla Purnima, Hindus recite and listen to Shri Swasthani brata Katha every day in their homes.
Nepalese, especially the Hindu women, observe the month-long festival worshiping four-handed deity Swasthani with Chakra, Trishul, Sword and Lotus in each hand at the center while Astha Matrika or eight deities of power Mahakali, Vaishnavi, Brahmi Maheshwari, Kaumeshwari, Barahi, Indrayani, and Chamunda painted around her and reciting Swasthani Brata Katha (story) everyday.
The rituals associated with the Swasthani Katha take place on the banks of rivers at various Hindu shrines across the country.On this occasion, there is a crowd of worshipers and bathers at Shalinadi in Sankhu, Kathmandu. It is believed that in the month of Magha, if you take a bath in Shalinadi and visit Madhavnarayan, you will get merit.
Kathmandu – National Assembly elections are being held today in all seven provinces. Out of the 20 vacant seats in the National Assembly, elections are going to be held for 19 seats. One person will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the government.
The Election Commission has said that voting will be held from 9 am to 3 pm and counting of votes will start immediately after the polling and the results will be announced today. Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapalia has informed that the election results will be announced within 3-4 hours.
According to the Election Commission, there are 51 candidates from eight political parties in the election. There are 5 candidates in Koshi province, 5 in Madhes, 15 in Bagmati, 8 in Gandaki and 6 each in Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. There are a total of 51 candidates in all the seven provinces, 18 for the women group, 5 for the Dalit group, 8 for persons with disabilities or minority communities and 20 for other groups.
In the election of members of the National Assembly, the electors are the members of the provincial assembly, the chairman and vice-chairman of the rural municipality, and the head and deputy chief of the municipality. There are a total of 2 thousand 47 voters for the election of the member of the national assembly .
Houthi rebels from Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement announced a military operation against US warships in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the movement’s military spokesman Yahya Saria said on Telegram.
A clash with several destroyers and US warships, who tried to protect two US commercial vessels, occurred in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The result was a direct hit of a US warship. The two US commercial vessels were forced to retreat and return,” he said.
According to the statement, the clash “lasted more than two hours.” The Houthis used “several ballistic missiles,” and some of them “reached their targets” despite US attempts to intercept them.TASS
The UK is sending some of Ghana’s “crown jewels” back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king.
A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals according to BBC.The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are from the British Museum.Ghana’s chief negotiator said he hoped for “a new sense of cultural co-operation” after generations of anger.
Some national museums in the UK – including the V&A and the British Museum – are banned by law from permanently giving back contested items in their collections, and loan deals such as this are seen as a way to allow objects to return to their countries of origin.But some countries laying claim to disputed artefacts fear that loans may be used to imply they accept the UK’s ownership.
The items to be loaned, most of which were taken during 19th-Century wars between the British and the Asante, include a sword of state and gold badges worn by officials charged with cleansing the soul of the king.
Russia requested an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the shooting down of a military plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference in New York on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the incident.
The IL-76 cargo plane crashed in Belgorod Region on Wednesday morning, claiming the lives of 65 Ukrainian POWs, as well as six crew members and three Russian soldiers, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The prisoners were being transported to Belgorod, a city near the Ukrainian border, to be exchanged for captured Russian troops.
The ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting the plane down with air-defense missiles. “By committing this terrorist act, the Ukrainian leadership showed its true face, disregarding the lives of its citizens,” the ministry said.
Speaking to reporters at UN headquarters, Lavrov said that he had urged the Security Council’s French chairmanship to grant the meeting without delay.
”We do not want to repeat the situation of April 2022 after the staging of Bucha,” he added, referring to the supposed massacre of Ukrainians by Russian forces, which Moscow insists was staged by Kiev to draw international support. At the time, the British chairmanship of the Security Council refused Russia’s request for an emergency sitting for 72 hours.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said that military transport aircraft approaching Belgorod often carry weapons, and that Ukrainian forces “take measures to destroy delivery means and control the airspace to eliminate the terrorist threat.” However, the military command did not explicitly accept responsibility for shooting down the IL-76.
Nepal Airlines Corporation is going to take a low interest loan of 1 trillion 35 billion rupees . According to the corporation, a loan will be taken to buy widebody and narrow body ships for international flights.
According to the report submitted by the corporation management, it was decided to submit the decision to the government at the meeting of the board of directors held on June 8 under the chairmanship of Yuvraj Adhikari, the chairman of the board of directors of the corporation, for the in-principle agreement to take the concessional loan.
Accordingly, according to the instructions received in coordination with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank, and according to the decision of the board of directors of the corporation an international letter of intent was called on Tuesday to take the loan.
Among the loans received, the corporation plans to pay the existing debt with the approval of the government of Nepal and related agencies, to purchase ships for domestic and international flights and to invest in the construction of hangars for maintenance of international ships.
The corporation hopes that the loan will not be taken once, but several times according to the needs of the corporation’s commercial investment, and after receiving the loan, the annual interest expense of about three and a half billion will be significantly reduced.
The corporation says that the letter of intent has been called with the expectation that the corporation’s profit will increase.
Kathmandu – The then managing director of Nepal Telecom, Sunil Paudel, and the then executive director of Surakshan Mudran Kendra, Vikal Paudel, have been arrested in connection with the security printing and payment gateway case.
It is said that they were arrested by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority in the National Payment Gateway and security printing press case. The authority has filed a case against Sunil poudel in a special court with a demand of Rs 23,27,58,0 77 and 13 years imprisonment.
Similarly, the authority’s team arrested Vikal Paudel for allegedly corrupting around 700 million in the purchase of electrical infrastructure needed for Security Press. The authority has demanded a fine of 698 million rupees and three years imprisonment against Poudel.
Kathmandu- The government has formed a three-member committee to study the new stock exchange. The Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday formed a study committee chaired by former Deputy Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Chintamani Siwakoti.
Government Spokesperson and Minister of Communications and Information Rekha Sharma has informed that a three-member study committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Nepal Rastra Bank’s former Deputy Governor Sivakoti to study the organized sector that operates the securities market.
The committee will have to submit recommendations to the government within 45 days .After the proposal to license the new stock exchange reached the cabinet, the government formed a study committee to study it. The Securities Board has already accepted applications for new stock exchanges.
Three applications have been received for the new stock exchange. Himalayan Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange and Annapurna Exchange have applied for the new stock exchange.
KATHMANDU – The government is preparing to operate the national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) under management contract.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Sudan Kirati said that processes have been advanced for the management contract of the NAC for its restructuring.
At a meeting of the International Relations and Tourism Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Tuesday, Minister Kirati said, “We are preparing to go for this system as we are required to embrace the management contract of the Corporation’s restructuring.” The Ministry has already sent a proposal for a management contract to the cabinet. “A decision will be made soon on this agenda,” he shared.
Minister Kirati argued that reforms in the NAC were inevitable through management contracts based on the studies and recommendations of the stakeholders. Since the management contract modality has generated good results in different countries, this model could be appropriate in Nepal too, he claimed.
On the occasion, Minister Kirati shared that the ministry has drawn the conclusion that the NAC cannot be run in the existing situation and that plans were being prepared to run the organization by bringing about structural reforms. On the occasion, lawmaker Udaya SJB Rana said that the NAC’s presence should be made robust in the international market even by adding more aircraft.
Likewise, lawmaker Dr Dhawal SJB Rana said that the NAC’s management contract was appropriate but it should advance only on the basis of relevance. However, lawmaker Prem Suwal opposed the idea of operating the NAC through a management contract and called for all to become responsible for reforms in the NAC.
The local businessmen of the New Road area are protesting against the Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s decision on parking banin the New Road area.
After the Metropolitan Corporation banned parking on black paved roads around Dharmapath, Juddha Shalik to Indrachok, Khichapokhari, Mahabauddha, Bir Hospital, the businessmen of that area have started protesting for the second day today.
The businessmen have closed the shutters of their businesses and have embarked on street protests demanding to withdraw the unilateral decision of metropolis to remove the parking lot without any coordination with the businessmen and the option of parking.
The businessmen have started the street movement by forming a struggle committee consisting of local social associations, business associations and stakeholders.
Naresh Katuwal, founder president of Nepal National Federation of Businessmen, has said that the decision to remove the parking lot in the area has caused injustice to businessmen, locals and customers and the business future of New Road is in crisis. He has also alleged that prohibition of parking without giving an alternative may caused the businessmen of the New Road area to collapse and flee.
KATHMANDU – With the conclusion that the budget of the federal parliament is insufficient, the officials of the federal parliament will demand to increase the budget of the parliament.
Speaker’s press adviser Shekhar Adhikari has said that preparations are being made to meet the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat demanding to increase the budget of the Parliament.
According to Dashrath Dhamala, the Information Officer of the Parliament Secretariat, the government has only given Rs 1.22 Billion for the budget request of Rs 1.82 billion in the last financial year, and the parliament secretariat has estimated that one billion 87 million budget will be required for the next financial year.
In the meeting held at the Speaker’s office in Singhdurbar on Tuesday, it was agreed to jointly request the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister to increase the budget of the Parliament.
UK businesses are in financial crisis due to the negative economic conditions triggered by a series of interest rate hikes. The latest ‘Red Flag Alert’ issued by the Begbies Group found that 47,477 UK firms were in severe financial distress in the last quarter of last year and were struggling with inflation and borrowing costs.
The surge marked the second consecutive quarter of a period in which critical financial crises increased by 25%, the report noted. A significant percentage of businesses facing these conditions are predicted to enter financial distress and bankruptcy over the course of the next year.
According to Julie Palmer, partner at Begbies Trainer, weak consumer confidence amid rising interest rates, rising inflation and rising and “unexpected” input costs has created an economic storm for British businesses.
The Bank of England has continued to raise interest rates from 0.1% at the end of 2021 to the current 5.25% in an effort to control inflation.
Palmer said the macroeconomic turmoil was affecting “every corner” of the UK economy, noting that the most serious concerns were in the construction and real estate sectors. According to the report, around 540,000 British companies were in significant distress in the final quarter of last year, up 12.9% from the third quarter.
Kathmandu – The Nepali U-19 cricket team is playing against Pakistan today in the ICC U-19 World Cup. The match to be played at the Buffalo Park Cricket Ground against pakistan in South Africa will start at 1:45 PM Nepali time .
In the first match earlier, Nepal was defeated by New Zealand by 64 runs and today’s second match will be against Pakistan. The team of Nepali players playing in today’s match are Dev Khanal (Captain), Akash Chand, Arjun Kumal, Deepak Prasad Dumre, Durgesh Gupta, Gulsan Jha, Dipesh Prasad Kandel, Vishalvikram KC, Deepak Bohora, Deepak Bohora, Subas Bhandari, Uttam Thapamgar, Bipin Rawal, Tilakraj Bhandari and Akash Tripathi .
Turkey’s Grand National Assembly (the parliament) has passed a bill on the ratification of Sweden’s accession to NATO.
Thus, Hungary remains the only NATO country, which has not yet ratified Sweden’s membership bid.
Some 346 deputies took part in the voting, with 287 of them supporting the bill, 55 casting negative votes, and another four refraining from voting.
Finland and Sweden submitted their applications to join the alliance on May 18, 2022, saying that the step had been prompted by what was happening in Ukraine. Finland officially joined the alliance on April 4, 2023.
Kathmandu- The government has made a new arrangement for going abroad on a visit visa.
The Department of Immigration has stated in its travel advisory that the new system will be implemented for Nepali travelers from Wednesday. Earlier, 17 criteria were set for visiting foreign countries, including knowing English and passing class 12.
From Wednesday, passengers going abroad on a visit visa will have to carry a passport with a validity of 6 months, a two-way air ticket and hotel booking, and proof of exchange of USD 500.
Hotel booking is not required if the traveler is staying at his/her relative’s accommodation. Such travelers must submit documents revealing their relationship with relatives.
Similarly, if someone is invited by a government or non-government organization, no US dollar is required and such organizations will bear the travel expenses. According to the provisions, the passenger has to submit the invitation letter.
Likewise, travelers traveling to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia on a visit visa must fill out a self-declaration form stating that they will not engage in activities other than travel. It has requested everyone not to fall for the false assurances of middlemen saying that there will be no additional fee for travelling on visit visa.
Kathmandu: The government has decided to send a recommendation to President Ramchandra Paudel to convene a session of both houses of the Federal Parliament on 5th of February
Communication and Information Technology Minister Rekha Sharma informed that a decision has been taken to recommend to the President to convene a session of both Houses on February 5 at 4:00 PM.
Earlier, the session of the Federal Parliament ended on November 2.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the ruling United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russia is paying major attention to developing cooperation with countries in Southeast Asia, a region which is essential in terms of forming a new architecture of international relations.
“Indeed, Russia is paying great attention to strengthening cooperation with Southeast Asian countries. This region is playing a more active role in the formation of a new architecture of international relations,” he said at a roundtable meeting with delegates from political parties of ASEAN countries, adding that Russia has been “the association’s reliable and predictable partner” for more than 30 years.
He noted that despite the growing global turbulence, cooperation between Russia and ASEAN is going well because it is based on “their close positions on global and regional problems.” “It is important that both Russia and ASEAN are determined to continue strengthening these ties. We are determined to expand non-politicized equal cooperation within ASEAN associations,” Medvedev said.
He stressed that Russia is committed to the principles of “consensus and equality” and will develop “applied cooperation” within the East Asia Summit, ASEAN Regional Forum, and the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus.
Kathmandu – The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has released a national action plan on business and human rights to promote decent labor through the implementation of workers’ rights.
Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Sharatsingh Bhandari said that the action plan for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights has been created and the issues of the Guiding Principles are mainly included in the action plan.
Subjects included in the existing constitutional and legal system, long-term and periodic plans, human rights conventions approved by Nepal, International Labor Organization conventions, national and regional policies of the Government of Nepal, subjects included in the fifth national action plan on human rights, sustainable development goals and upgrading in developing countries. Related activities have been included in the action plan,’ he said.
The action plan includes the activities related to the observance of human rights, the prevention of the impact of commercial activities on human rights. The right to an adequate standard of living, fair and favorable working conditions, the right to water and sanitation, the right to education, the right to access to information, the right to development, the rights of workers, the rights of consumers, the rights of women and children, the rights of foreign workers, the rights of environmental and indigenous peoples, gender Issues related to equality and rights against caste discrimination and the rights of minority communities have also been included in the action plan, he said.
More than five dozen countries in the world have adopted the concept of responsible and accountable business and have formulated and implemented a national action plan on the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
In 1977, the International Labor Organization (ILO) also issued principles on multinational enterprise and social policy through tripartite discussions between the government, entrepreneurs and workers. As interest in human rights in the commercial sector increased rapidly, the United Nations launched a campaign on the responsibility of the commercial sector for the respect and observance of human rights in 2000. After that, the concept that businessmen should not be portrayed as human rights violators but should always be responsible for the respect and assurance of human rights has been advancing. In this context, in 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Labor Secretary Kewal Prasad Bhandari said that due to the successful and effective implementation of the national plan, in case of violation of human rights, remedies and compensation will be easily obtained through judicial and non-judicial mechanisms. This ensures policy coherence between the government and the private sector in relation to business and human rights. Maintains professional competition and sustainability,” he said, ‘The purpose of protecting and empowering economically and socially backward classes and communities is to implement the commitments made by Nepal at the international level.’
Trade unions and private sector businessmen have pledged to support the effective implementation of this action plan. Jotsan Shrestha, vice president of the Federation of Nepalese Industries and Commerce, said that she played a role in creating this action plan with the involvement of the private sector. It is the private sector that ensures the most employment. The private sector has an obligation to respect the human rights of workers,” she said. “The private sector does not only look for profit. It is also fulfilling social responsibility.
Joint Trade Union Coordinating Committee (JTUC) Chairman Yogendra Kumar Kunwar said that Trade unions do not get their rights without human rights. This action plan is very important,” he said. “It can become a basis for creating decent work for economic change.”
The Ministry of Labor said that monitoring committees have been arranged at all three levels to implement the action plan.
Janakpur – The Janmat Party, which is participating in the Madhesh state government, has left the state government. Janamat Party has also recalled two of its ministers from the government and withdrawn its support to the government.
Sanjay Yadav, state MP of Janmaat Party, has said that he has submitted a letter to state chief Harishankar Mishra to notify that the party has left Madhesh state government. Janmaat Party has recalled Education and Social Welfare Minister Mahesh Prasad Yadav and Labor and Transport Minister Chandan Singh from the government. It is understood that Janmat Party left the government due to internal differences with JASAPA.
The death toll from a landslide in China’s Yunnan province has risen to 20, while 24 people remain missing.
The landslide in Zhaotong occurred at 05:51 local time (21:51 GMT) on Monday, trapping dozens of people.
Rescuers are racing against time and working through sub-zero temperatures to find those still missing, state news agency Xinhua said.
Preliminary investigations show the landslide resulted from a collapse in a steep cliff, it reported.
The collapsed mass measured approximately 100m (328ft) in width, 60m in height, with an average thickness of around 6m, Xinhua said, citing city authorities.
More than 500 people were evacuated from their homes and nearly 1,000 rescue workers dispatched to the site. President Xi Jinping has ordered an “all-out” rescue in the area, while Chinese vice-premier Zhang Guoqing reportedly led a group to the site to guide rescue operations.
“Search and rescue efforts persisted through the night,” firefighter Li Shenglong told state news outlet Xinhua.
One of the villagers told local media that most of the residents were either elderly or children. Another resident told local news outlet Jimu News that the landslide happened while many people were still asleep on Monday morning.
“It was very loud, and there was also a shake, it felt like a big earthquake,” she said.
Video clips shared on social media showed rescuers walking on piles of rubble against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains. Personal belongings are seen scattered among the collapsed masonry.
The remote, mountainous region in southwest China is prone to landslides. In January 2013, at least 18 people were killed in a landslide in the same county.
Separately, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Wushi county in China’s Xinjiang at about 02:00 local time on Tuesday. State broadcaster CCTV said no casualties have been reported, but some homes have been damaged and some areas had their power supplies cut.BBC
Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced he will quit parliament to join the private sector.
Mr Morrison, a conservative who was first elected in 2007, was the country’s leader from 2018 to 2022.He oversaw Australia’s pandemic response, the Aukus defence pact, and was embroiled in a historic scandal for secretly appointing himself to several ministerial positions while PM.
“The time has come for me to return to private life,” he said on Tuesday.
In a statement Mr Morrison, 55, said he would now take on “strategic advisory roles” across Asia to focus on security matters in the Indo-Pacific.A devout Christian, he said he was “looking forward to being more active” in his church and spending time with his family.
Mr Morrison’s retirement has long been expected following a shattering election loss to Labor’s Anthony Albanese in 2022, which left the Liberal-National coalition with its lowest ever number of seats.Australia’s reputation as a climate laggard was a major factor in his government’s demise – with voters favouring candidates committed to more ambitious emissions cuts.
Mr Morrison’s initial response to Covid – which included border closures, lockdowns and test and trace protocols – is credited with helping to contain early outbreaks, although a delayed vaccine rollout later drew criticism.
During his time in office, the prime minister had a particularly rocky relationship with China, Australia’s largest trading partner.
His government led calls for an international investigation into the origins of Covid, prompting a tit-for-tat trade dispute and a years-long diplomatic freeze.
In a strategic pivot, Mr Morrison instead focused on bolstering regional security alliances, helping to set up the Quad partnership with India, Japan and the US, and signing the Aukus nuclear submarine deal with the UK and US.
But public support for him had begun deteriorating rapidly following his decision to holiday in Hawaii during Australia’s deadly 2019-2020 bushfires.Later, he apologised after being widely criticised for his initial muted response to a string of sexual misconduct allegations which rocked parliament.After his 2022 election defeat – described by an internal review as the “most serious” loss in coalition history – Mr Morrison returned to the opposition backbench.He became the first former prime minister to be censured by parliament – over secret powers he had given himself during the pandemic.
Mr Morrison said his decision to make himself the joint minister for health, finance, treasury, and home affairs while leader had been in keeping with the “extraordinary times” the country was facing.Ultimately, an investigation found his appointments were legal, and that he used his extra powers only once.Mr Morrison first garnered national attention in 2013 when he was appointed to cabinet as immigration minister and oversaw Operation Sovereign Borders – which hardened Australia’s controversial asylum seeker policies.He then served as social services minister and treasurer, before succeeding Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal Party leader and prime minister.
Mr Morrison famously defied polls to win the 2019 federal election, having pitched himself to voters as an everyday family man the nation could trust, and adopting the nickname “ScoMo”.After a decade of political leadership challenges in both major parties which upended governments, he became the first prime minister to serve a full term since John Howard in 2007.
Kathmandu: A total of 43 applicants including 2 women and 41 men, have applied for the post of Vice-Chancellor of Tribhuvan University .
After Chancellor and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda instructed to proceed with the Vice-Chancellor selection process on the basis of open competition, the recommendation committee led by Education Minister Ashok Kumar Rai, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, asked for the applications for the post.
Among the applicants who expressed their desire to become the vice-chancellor are , Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shivlal Bhusal, Vice-Chancellor of Midwest University Prof. Dr. Nanda Bahadur Singh, former Vice-Chancellor of TU Prof. Dr. Tirtharaj Khanian, former vice-chancellor of Open University Prof. Dr. Lekhnath Sharma, former vice-chancellor of Pokhara University Prof. Dr. Kesharjung Baral,former vice-chancellor Prof. Dr. Kusum Shakya, the former registrar of TU Prof.Dr. Chandramani Paudel, former rector of TU Gunanidhi Neupane, Acting Vice-Chancellor of Open University, Prof. Dr. Indra Karki, former head of the History Department of the University Prof. Dr. Rajkumar Pokhrel.
Likewise Prof. Dr. Tankanath Dhamala, Prof. Dr. Anandaballabh Joshi, Prof.Dr. Akkaljev Mishra, Prof. Dr. Ridish Kumar Pokharel, Prof. Dr. Gyanendra Prasad Paudel, Prof. Dr. Mahendra Chalise, Prof.Dr. Bhojraj Aryal, Prof. Dr. Narayan Prasad Belbase, Prof. Dr. Hemraj Sharma, Prof. Dr. Vedanath Sharma, Prof. Dr. Prakash Ghimire (Kathmandu), Prof. Dr. Prakash Ghimire (Gorkha) ,Prof. Dr. Kedarnath Ghimire, Prof. Dr. Mahendra Prasad Sharma, Prof. Dr. Vinod Parajuli, Prof. Dr. Dev Bahadur Khadka, Prof. Dr. Krishnaraj Tiwari, Prof. Dr. Govinda Subedi, Prof.Dr. Navraj Devkota, Prof. Dr. Ram Prasad Regmi, Prof. Dr. Chitra Bahadur Budhathoki, Prof. Dr. Triratna Bajracharya, Prof. Dr. Ekraj Ojha and Prof.Dr. Pramod Kumar Jha has also submitted an application.
Similarly, Dr. Ramchandra Basnet, Dr. Vinay Kumar Jha, Dr. Narayan Shubh Pathak, Narayan Prasad Pathak, Sangeeta Rayamazhi, Sanjay Acharya, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Bhimsen Devkota and Balamukunda Regmi have also applied for the post of Vice Chancellor of the University.
After evaluating the presentation and interviewing the applicants, the recommendation committee led by the Minister of Education will submit the names of the three applicants who get the best marks to the Chancellor and the Prime Minister. Among those three candidate, one person will be appointed by the Chancellor as the Vice-Chancellor.
KATHMANDU – The main opposition party CPN-UML has submitted a letter with 751 demands to the government. UML submitted a letter to Prime Minister Prachanda demanding to address the suggestions received from the locals during the Sankalp Yatra held from November 29 th to December 17 .
A delegation led by UML President KP Sharma Oli reached the Prime Minister’s residence Baluwatar to deliver the attention letter. CPN-UML Deputy General Secretary Pradeep Gyawali has said that they have submitted 751 demands and suggestions related to 46 areas and it is the duty of the government to implement them.
Deputy Secretary General Pradeep Gyawali also said that Prime Minister Prachanda said that those suggestions should not remain in the drawer and that he would direct the relevant agencies for implementation.
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration(MoFAGA) has requested all local levels to provide details of internal employment.
Issuing a notice on Monday, the MoFAGA requested the local levels to provide the details of the projects and programs related to job creation implemented in the previous financial year. The details are to be provided within seven days.
The MoFAGA has sought details from the local level to establish legal and policy framework to conduct ‘Domestic Employment Promotion Decade’ campaign from fiscal year 2081/82, make domestic employment promotion agencies fully accountable and expand employment-related activities in an integrated manner, for the delivery of integrated labor and employment services from employment service centers under the local level.(RSS)
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has directed to immediately provide driver’s license to service users who have been waiting for their turn for a long time.
In a joint meeting with officials working on the distribution of driving licenses, national identity cards and passports, the Prime Minister directed the immediate distribution of driver’s licenses to the 1.4 million applicants who applied for driver’s licenses.
Stating that not being able to get a driver’s license even after passing the driving license test is a serious matter, Prime Minister Dahal warned the Department of Transportation to be sure about the distribution of driver’s licenses. “Nowadays, information technology is important, results based on integrated technology should be given, for that coordination between the state mechanisms is necessary”, Prime Minister Prachanda said.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister reminded of his commitment to end the long queues at the government offices, and also asked the officials to pay serious attention to quality service delivery while enhancing the efficiency of the office.
Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has banned the parking of vehicles on the roads around the New Road area from today.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajunath Pandey, the head of the Metropolitan Police Force, has informed that the metropolis has prohibited parking on the black paved roads around Dharmapath, Juddha Salik to Indrachowk, Khichapokhari, Mahabouddha, Veer Hospital, with effect from Tuesday.
According to Pandey, the metropolis has arranged for free parking at the Kathmandu View Tower (formerly the old bus park) and 300 four-wheelers and 700 two-wheelers can be parked there.
The metropolis has also said that special cleaning will be done around the streets of New Road area, where parking is prohibited from Tuesday, to facilitate traffic.
Earlier, the metropolis has implemented ban on vehicle parking in various areas including Durbar Marg and Jhonche.
The US and UK have conducted a fresh series of joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.
The Pentagon said Monday’s strikes hit eight targets, including an underground storage site and Houthi missile and surveillance capability.
The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting ships they say are linked to Israel and the West that travel through the important Red Sea trade route.
The US and UK said they were trying to protect the “free flow of commerce”.
A joint statement issued by the Pentagon confirmed “an additional round of proportionate and necessary strikes” against the Houthis.
The statement added: “Our aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea, but let us reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats.”
This is the eighth strike by the US against Houthi targets in Yemen. It is the second joint operation with the UK, after joint strikes were carried out on 11 January.
The joint statement said the strikes were carried out with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands.
US fighter jets from the carrier USS Eisenhower were involved in Monday’s strikes.
Four RAF Typhoons, supported by a pair of Voyager tankers, joined the US forces, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps described the strikes as “self defence” against the Houthis’ “intolerable attacks” on merchant shipping.
It is understood that neither UK Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle nor opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer were briefed in advance about the new strikes.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya.
The temple replaces a 16th-Century mosque torn down by Hindu followers in 1992, sparking riots in which nearly 2,000 people died.
Some of the Hindu seers and most of the opposition boycotted it, saying Mr Modi was using it for political gain.General elections are due in India in the next few months and Mr Modi’s political rivals say the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be seeking votes in the temple’s name in a country where 80% of the population is Hindu.
Critics have also accused the government of exploiting a religious celebration in a country which – according to its constitution – is secular. For Muslims, India’s biggest minority, the event evoked fear and painful memories, members of the community in Ayodhya told in the run-up to Monday’s ceremony.
The temple has been constructed at a cost of $217m (£170m), funded from private donations. Only the ground floor was opened – the rest is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The construction work is part of a revamp for the city, estimated to cost more than $3bn.
Hindu devotees chant religious slogans as they watch the inauguration of the Hindu Lord Ram temple on a big screen.January 22, 2024
The building of the Ram temple in Ayodhya fulfils a decades-long Hindu nationalist pledge. Many Hindus believe the Babri mosque was built by Muslim invaders on the ruins of a temple where the Hindu god was born.The movement to build the temple helped propel the BJP into political prominence in the 1990s. In 2019, the Supreme Court gave the disputed land to Hindus after a protracted legal battle followed the mosque’s demolition. Muslims were given a plot outside the city for a mosque but have yet to build one.
After the formation of a new government in collaboration with the Koirala party of Congress and UML against the ruling coalition in Koshi, it seems that the main opposition party UML has gone ahead with the strategy of breaking the alliance of the current coalition in the center and other states as well.
A leader of the Koirala party has said that after the appointment of Kedar Karki as the chief minister in Koshi with the support of 39 UML and 8 MPs from other Congress , the UML has proposed to discuss various options of power-sharing from the center to other provinces.
UML’s chairman KP Sharma Oli and Shekhar Koirala agreed to move forward together in the formation of the national government, MP Sanjay Gautam has informed. He also said that Congress should lead the government by taking UML along with it saying that this government will not develop the country.
Biratnagar – The newly appointed Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, has taken the oath of office and secrecy before the Chief Minister Parshuram Khapung.
Karki, who was appointed the Chief Minister of Koshi with the support of MPs from UML and Shekhar Koirala faction of Congress, was supported by 39 members of UML and 8 members of Congress .
After taking the oath of the Chief Minister, he expanded the 3-member cabinet, including Shamsher Rai of Congress and Ram Rana of UML. Rai and Rana also took oath on Sunday, but their ministry has not yet been specified.
Even though the Central Alliance decided to make Indra Bahadur Angbo of Maoist as the Chief Minister, Karki, another supporter of the Congress establishment, rebelled and claimed the Chief Ministership with the support of UML MPs.
In the second match under the ACC U-19 Premier Cup, Nepal defeated Bahrain by 7 wickets.
Nepal won by seven wickets against Bahrain, who set a modest target of 78 runs in the tournament in Malaysia. Nepal won by losing three wickets in 11.3 overs.
In the first match earlier, Nepal defeated Iran by a wide margin of 274 runs. Nepal has been at the top of the group so far. Nepal will play the last match of the group stage against Saudi Arabia on October 19.
If Nepal win the game against Saudi, Nepal will reach the semi-finals. The top three teams in the tournament will get to play in the ACC Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan next December.
Kathmandu: Finance Minister Dr. Prakasharan Mahat has said that it will take some time to completely solve the problems seen in the economy. Economist Mahat, who returned home on Sunday after participating in the joint annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in Morocco, said in a press conference held at the Tribhuvan Airport that it will take some time to restore the long-standing problems in the economy.
He said that signs of improvement in the country’s economy have already started. Finance Minister Mahat said that on the sidelines of Morocco’s annual meetings, the participants discussed issues of collective and bilateral interest and also got the opportunity to network with the international community.
He said that there was also a discussion on the issues of financial governance, transparency and the need for reforms according to Nepali context and environment.
There is an arrangement that the finance minister will be the ex-officio governor of the World Bank and the governor of the National Bank of the IMF. Similarly, there is an arrangement that the Finance Secretary will be the alternate governor of the World Bank and the Joint Secretary of the International Financial Assistance Coordination Division will be the alternate governor of the IMF.
Kathmandu- The protesting local level employees have withdrawn the protest after 19 points deal with the government.
Government negotiation team formed under the coordination of Kamal Prasad Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration had mad a deal with the local level employees who were opposing the government and the Federal Civil Service Act .
In the agreement, it has been mentioned that instead of the Federal Civil Service Act, a Unified Civil Service Act should be made, and the minimum standard of service and condition of the employees working in the state and local services should be included.
The agreement also mentions that the employees will be upgraded every five years and if the service period reaches 12 years in the same position, they will be promoted.
According to the provisions of the Staff Adjustment Act, 2075, the agreement has ensured that the employees who have been adjusted will have the opportunity to be promoted in the federal civil service. In addition, based on the recommendation of Public Service Commission’s 2076 advertisement, it is mentioned in the agreement that the sixth grade employees working at the local level will be promoted to the seventh grade in accordance with the law in all provinces. Efforts for level matching and adjustment will also be initiated as part of the agreement.
Full text of the 19-point agreement with the government:
Today is Ghatasthapana, marked as the first day of Dashain. Dashain is considered to have officially started today. Navratri also begins today.Methodically, after the installation of Ghat or Ghada, the worship of Durga in the form of Shaktiswarupa is performed which is called Ghatasthapana. On the day of Vijaya Dashami, Prasad of Goddess Durga is accepted by anointing with the water of Purna Kalash installed today.
The auspicious time for Ghatasthapana is 11:29 am today.Ghatasthapana is performed today by worshipping Chitra Nakshatra owner Twashta ( Vishwakarma) and owner of Vaidhriti Yog Aditi, Mother of Gods. At the time of Chitra and Vaidhriti yoga, worship of Rudra, Surya, Soma and Mrityunjaya is performed along with Twashta and Aditi.Today, Sanatan Vedic Hindu religious people across the country keep Jamra(sacredly grown plants) in their houses and temples.
Seeds of barley are sown in the soil mixed with a little sand, inside a pooja room of the house or a clean place inside the house, placing a Diyo, Kalash and Ganesh. Recently, it has been found that rice, corn and wheat are also used along with barley while sowing Jamara. Jamara is worshipped every day until the last day of Navratri.
Seeds are grown in such a way that no light penetrates into them and the sprouts of this grain germinated for 10 days are used as Jamra.Jamara is offered as a blessing by elders on the tenth day of Dashain, which is known as Tika.
During Navratri, the three forms of Goddess Durga, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati, are ritually invoked and worshipped. Mahakali is the symbol of power, Mahalakshmi is the symbol of wealth and opulence and Mahasaraswati is worshipped as the symbol of learning and wisdom.
The 15 days from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada to Purnima are called Durga Paksha and special worship is done on the occasion of Durga Paksha in the nine forms taken by Durga to kill the demons including Chanda, Mund, Shumbha, Nishumbha and Raktavija.
Shailaputri is worshipped on the first day of Durga Paksha, Brahmacharini on the second day, Chandraghanta on the third day, Kushmanda on the fourth day, Skandamata on the fifth day, Katyayani on the sixth day, Kalaratri on the seventh day, Mahagauri on the eighth day and Siddhidatri on the ninth day. These nine forms of Durga are also called Navadurga. Therefore, Dasai is celebrated as a symbol of the victory of truth over falsehood and divine power over demonic power.
Today onwards, the worship of Goddess Durga in the form of Shaktiswarupa begins according to the Vedic method, in the Dasainghar located in the Hanumandhoka Palace in Kathmandu.The culture of putting Jamra on the head on the day of Tika is considered an important part of Dashain, a great festival of Sanatan Vedic Hindus.
Kathmandu- The government has been instructed to return the security officers, drivers and cooks given to VVIPs and VIPs against the norms within 15 days.
The State Order and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives has instructed the ministers and officials of the government to return vehicles and security personnel who have used more vehicles than they are entitled to according to the rules.
Chairman of the committee Ramhari Khatiwada has said that he has decided to instruct the Government of Nepal, the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Home Affairs to return the PSOs provided against the standards to the VVIPs and other VIPs as per the rules and send them to their places of employment within 15 days.
The committee has instructed to implement the decision to open essential service offices even on public holidays in order to maintain good governance according to the decision of the Government of Nepal and the office of the Prime Minister, Council of Ministers.
According to Hindu culture and traditions, Rishi Panchami, which falls on the day of Bhadra Shukla Panchami, is celebrated by Nepalese women worshipping Sapta Rishi. There is a special crowd of female devotees in the country’s sacred religious places and Risheshwar Temples today. Rishi Panchami is celebrated as a part of Teej and today Teej is considered to be over with the completion of Rishi Panchami rituals.
According to ancient beliefs, Rishi Panchami is celebrated as a day for women (who have started menstruating) to perform puja to make their bodies clean and pure. Since life is not possible without the creator, the women, there is a custom in the scriptures to respect women and compare the days of women’s menstruation according to the four goddesses. Chandalini on the first day of menstruation, Brahmadhatini on the second day, Dhobini on the third day and bath on the fourth day are the customs of purification.
Today, women brush their teeth using upamarga (Dativan) i.e. a plant with special natural herbal properties. After chewing the pieces of 108 sub-routes (Dativan) , women go to a nearby river or pond and bathe using mud. Upamarga in Sanskrit means disease killer. It is believed that it will not cause various types of diseases in the body; even if it is present, it will be cured. In this way, after bathing in the morning and purifying the body and soul, the women worship the seven sages including Kashyapa, Bhargadoj, Vishwamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Vashishta by installing Kalash and Ganesha. Finally, after the Brahmin worships according to the custom, the ritual of Rishi Panchami is considered to be complete.
Speaking to the parliament on monday, Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau has made it clear that Indian government agents are behind the death of a prominent Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Speaking in Parliament on Monday afternoon, Justin Trudeau said he personally conveyed “deep concerns” to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi earlier this month.
“Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty,” he said. Meanwhile,Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat in an escalating rift over the killing of a Nijjar.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in the compound of the Guru Nanak Sikh temple on 18 June in British Columbia.He was shot dead in his vehicle by two masked gunmen on a mid-June evening in the busy car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, a city about 30km east of Vancouver.
45-year-old Mr Nijjar, a prominent Sikh leader in the western-most province of British Columbia publicly campaigned for Khalistan – the creation of an independent Sikh homeland in the Punjab region of India. His supporters have said that he was a target of threats in the past because of his activism.
India has previously described him as a terrorist who led a militant separatist group – accusations his supporters call “unfounded”.
KATHMANDU – District Administration Office Kathmandu has banned meat and alcohol around the Pashupatinath Temple premises.
In order to maintain sanctity within the Pashupati area, District Administration Office Kathmandu has declared a designated perimeter and prohibited meat, alcohol and other intoxicants in those places.
The district administration office Kathmandu has established four designated perimeters from Gaushala Mitrapark road in the east, from the eastern border of Pashupati area in the west, from Gaushala Tilganga ring road in the north and Mitrapark in the north and in the south, from Umakunda Gaurighat to Bagmati to the south.
Producing, consuming,selling, transporting and storing meat, alcohol and narcotic substances in that area has been forbidden.
Kathmandu-: The Nepal Medical Association has today stopped all services except for emergencies in hospitals across the country. The union has announced today that it will stop all non-emergency services in all hospitals across the country saying that no legal action has been taken against the culprits involved in the physical abuse of the doctors of Sancho Hospital in Hetauda.
The Nepal Medical Association issued a statement saying that all health services except emergency services will be completely closed today in all government health institutions, hospitals, medical colleges, private hospitals and clinics across the country.
The union has also given the government a 72-hour ultimatum to take legal action against those involved in the attack on Dr. Vikas Thapa and Dr. Prashant Bidari of Sancho Hospital.
The association has demanded that all the culprits involved in the incident should be immediately investigated and criminal charges should be filed and legal action should be taken according to the Ordinance on Safety of Health Workers and Health Institutions (First Amendment) 2079.
Instead of arresting the culprits and taking legal action, the association has alleged that the local security agency, district administration office, and district police office is try to suppress the incident.
he military governments of three African states, which all deposed their Western-backed leaders in recent years, have agreed to assist each other, individually or collectively, in case of any external aggression or internal threat to their sovereignty.
Mali’s interim president, Assimi Goita, said on Saturday night that he signed the so-called Liptako-Gourma Charter with the leaders of Burkina Faso and Niger “with the aim of establishing a collective defense and mutual assistance framework.”
“Any attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of one or more contracted parties will be considered an aggression against the other parties.
he charter establishes an Alliance of Sahel States, which comprises three countries which had previously been members of the Paris-supported G5 Sahel pact with Chad and Mauritania, that has fallen apart following a series of military coups.
The Defence Minister of Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, explained that this new “alliance will be a combination of military and economic efforts between the three countries” with a priority on the fight against terrorism, particularly in the Liptako-Gourma region where the borders of the three neighbours meet.
Mali and Burkina Faso previously stated that any attack on Niger would be a “declaration of war” against them as well, after several of Niger’s neighbors from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened to send troops to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum.
Paris was forced to withdraw troops from Mali following tensions with the military government in 2020. Earlier this year, it also pulled out of Burkina Faso after the country’s military rulers ordered them to leave.RT
The Nepal Electricity Authority has informed that electricity service will be interrupted for three consecutive days in some places of Kathmandu and Lalitpur from Friday.
According to the authority, the Teku substation is going to be shut down for three days as work is being done to upgrade the Teku substation and charge it on the Teku-Suchatar 66 KV line. According to the authority, the 66 KV Suchatar-Teku transmission line will be blocked for three days from 8 am on Friday to 8 am on Monday.
According to the authority, the Suchatar-Teku line will be ‘shutdown’ for three days from Friday 8 am to Monday 8 am, while the 66 KV Suchatar-Patan transmission line will be shut down from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday and the 66 KV Suchatar line will be shut down from 3 pm to 5 pm on Saturday. .
According to the authority, Ring Road Main, Tahachal, Chamti Feeder under Kuleshwar Distribution Center and 66 KV under Pulchok Distribution Center, Pulchok, Bagmati, Ring Road, Bhainsepati Feeder as well as Teku Substation, K3 Substation and related switching stations Thapathali, Sundhara and K20 The feeders under the Ratnapark distribution center being supplied from will be affected and there may be power cuts for some time during peak load.
Similarly, the feeders under Pulchok and Lagankhel Distribution Center which are being supplied from Patan Substation under 66 KV Suchatar Patan transmission line will be affected and there may be power cut for some time during peak load.
Kathmandu- Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for New York on Saturday leading a 10-member Nepali delegation to participate in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 21. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Dahal will participate in the opening session of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations and will participate in the reception organized by US President Joe Biden.
During his stay in New York, Prime Minister Dahal is also scheduled to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Summit and the Climate Ambition Summit.
Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to meet United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and hold bilateral meetings with counterparts from various countries.
Along with Prime Minister Dahal, daughter Ganga Dahal, Foreign Minister NP Saud, Foreign Secretary Bharatraj Paudyal and other senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will participate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region of Russia. Video shared by the Kremlin showed the two leaders shaking hands as they greeted each other on Wednesday.
Putin arrived in Vostochny after a two-day visit to the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. The North Korean leader continued his journey in his armored train after entering Russian territory on Tuesday morning.
Noting that this year marks North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice, as well as 75 years of diplomatic relations with Russia, Putin said he was very happy to meet Kim .Kim also thanked Putin for the invitation and his warm welcome.
Commenting on the agenda for the Russian-North Korean summit, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the upcoming talks would focus on a number of “sensitive issues” as well as bilateral economic and cultural cooperation and the overall situation in the region.
Kim’s visit to Russia has been of great interest to the West amid the Russia-Ukraine war and rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Kathmandu- CIB is submitting the investigation report on gold smuggling to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Kathmandu today. In a press conference held before submitting the gold smuggling investigation report to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, CIB has informed that they had made 50 defendants in the gold smuggling case and concluded that 302.62 kg of gold was smuggled by hiding it in brake pad. CIB concluded that 302.62 kg more gold was smuggled after checking the weight of the brake pad.
According to the CIB, out of the 50 accused in the gold smuggling case, 32 have been arrested so far and 18 are at large. 23 Nepalese and 9 foreign nationals are among the arrested. 14 foreigners and 4 Nepalese are among the fugitives.
The CIB has given an opinion to file a case against the accused in organized crime, gold theft and other offenses under the NRB Act. Earlier, the amount of gold that was said to be 155 kg with brake pad weighed 60 kg, 716 grams only after being melt.
Parsa-11 children and three police officers were injured in a clash between children in Birgunj’s Children’s Correctional Home.
On Tuesday night, there was a conflict between the 18 children who were brought from the Children’s Reform Home in Bhaktapur and the children who were already living in the Birta Children’s Reform Home in Birgunj. During the clash, 11 children including 10 brought from Bhaktapur and 1 from Birta Children’s Correctional Home were injured.
The police said that 11 children from the correctional home who were injured were treated at Narayani Hospital on Tuesday night and brought back to the district police office.
It is said that the clash started after the children who were brought from Bhaktapur started argument with the leader of Birta reform home. Police said that Nepal Police and Armed Police reached the reform house in large numbers to control the situation and few rounds of tear gas wear also fired during the incident .
The children protesting in the correctional home have alleged that, the correctional home does not serve good food ,the toilets are not good, they charge 100 rupees per telephone call , keeps too many children in the same room and the head of the correctional home has been torturing them.
Dhangadhi – After ruling that the leaders of the ruling parliamentary party have taken vehicles facility against the law and instructed them to return the vehicles within three days, the Far West Province government has prepared to amend the Act on Service Facilities for Officials and Members of the Provincial Assembly to continue the vehicle facility.
As the deadline given by the Accounts Committee to return the three vehicles being used by the ruling party leaders contrary to the law to the Provincial Assembly Secretariat within three days is about to expire, the Sudurpaschim Province government has taken up the homework to amend the law itself to get the vehicle facility.
It is said that Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah has initiated discussions for the amendment of the Act so that the vehicle facility does not have to be returned and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law is preparing to draft the amendment and register the proposal in the Provincial Assembly Secretariat.
Khagraj Bhatt, the leader of the Maoist Center Parliamentary Party, Ghanshyam Chaudhary, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, and Ghanshyam Chaudhary, the leader of the Nagarik unmukti Party, are among those who have taken the vehicle facility against the law.
Kathmandu – An emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers has been called after the death of former Speaker Subash Chandra Nemwang.
An emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers is going to be held at the office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers at Singhadurbar. It is said that the meeting is preparing to decide on giving national honor to the late Subas Nemwang.
Nemwang died this morning of a heart attack. His body is currently kept at the TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj. From there, his body will be taken to the UML party office for homage.
There is a provision that the Council of Ministers has to decide on national honors in the case of others, except those specified in the procedures related to final honors.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
South Korea’s defense ministry confirmed that Kim’s armored train entered Russia on Tuesday morning. Kim’s tour team includes North Korean military personnel and high-ranking government officials.
With Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia, there is a possibility that Russia and North Korea could discuss an arms deal, US officials said.
The meeting between Kim and Putin amid the Ukraine conflict seems to have been taken with great interest by the West.
Chitwan- Narayangadh-Muglin road section has been blocked due to the landslide.
A dry landslide occurred in Topekhola located in Ichchakamana rural municipality-6 of Chitwan on Tuesday morning.
Muglin Narayangarh road section has been blocked after the landslide, according to the area police office Muglin.
Preparations are now being made to remove the landslide. As the road is blocked in both directions, the vehicles going to the destination are stopped on the road.
Police from the area has said that ‘Loader’ and ‘Excavator’ are ready to remove the landslide.
Kathmandu- CPN-UML vice president and former Speaker Subash Chandra Nembang passed away.
Nembang, who was in his own residence, had a heart attack at around 1 o’clock in the night, and his family members took him to the Teaching Hospital, Maharajganj. The doctors declared that Nemwang had passed away as soon as he was taken to the hospital.
After the news of his death, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, UML President KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Devraj Ghimire and other leaders reached the hospital. Now there is a heavy presence of leaders in the hospital premises.
Nemwang’s body will be kept at UML party office for paying homage. Since Neemwang’s two sons are abroad, it is said that the funeral will be held only after their arrival.
Nemwang is an elected Member of Parliament from Ilam-2.
A new study has revealed that the vast majority of Ukrainians believe that President Vladimir Zelensky is at fault for widespread corruption in the country’s government and military,
The poll, released on Monday, found that 78% of Ukrainian adults see Zelensky as “directly responsible” for Kiev’s corruption problem. It was conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Charitable Foundation and the Kiev International Institute of Sociology.
Prior to the launch of Russia’s military offensive in February 2022, Ukraine consistently ranked among the world’s most corrupt nations, but it was touted as a bastion of freedom and democracy as the US and its NATO allies rallied public support for massive aid to Kiev. However, Ukrainian corruption remains a concern and could hinder the country’s bid to join the European Union, an unidentified Western diplomat told Politico on Monday.
Ukraine is a “very corrupt country,” the diplomat said, adding that Zelensky’s plan to use the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to prosecute graft cases could “send the wrong message.” Upon landing in Kiev for a surprise visit on Monday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reportedly said Ukraine needed to step up its efforts to fight corruption.
The Ukrainian poll was conducted from July 3 to July 17 in face-to-face interviews with thousands of citizens across the country. There were no major differences in findings based on region or socioeconomic factors. Respondents aged 60 and older took a harsher view, with 81% saying Zelensky was responsible for government corruption. The rate was 70% in the youngest segment, ages 17 to 29. Overall, only 18% of Ukrainian adults disagreed with the statement that Zelensky bears responsibility.
Documents obtained by the International Association of Investigative Journalists in 2021 showed that Zelensky and his business partners set up offshore companies to purchase lavish properties in central London. Zelensky transferred his stake in one of the companies to an aide just before he was elected president in 2019. Supporters of former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko accused Zelensky and his associates of using their offshore accounts to evade taxes.RT
KATHMANDU – The National Human Rights Commission has requested the government to address the demands of Shah’s relatives, who have been on hunger strike for nearly two months with the demand that the culprits should be prosecuted in the death of Aarti Shah of Dhanusha.
Being sensitive to the risk to their health due to the hunger strike, the commission has issued a statement and urged the government to protect the human rights of Shah’s family by addressing their demands.
The commission also informed that according to the victim’s family,the demands of the victim’s family have been neglected by the government to punish the culprits in the case of Aarti Shah’s death.
Russia and Belarus may go into direct conflict with NATO in the future, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin has said.
At the international security conference held in Moscow, he warned that the conflict in Ukraine has turned into a global conflict between the West and the East, and that the possibility of direct war with NATO is increasing in the future.
While questions and doubts are being raised about the weapons deployed by Moscow in Belarus, Russia has said that it will remove its weapons deployed in Belarus only if the US removes its nuclear missiles and their related infrastructure from Europe.
On the other hand, Western supporters of Ukraine have claimed that they are not directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine, however, the warplanes and long-range missiles provided by Europe and the United States are helping Ukraine to provoke a direct conflict with Russia. Ignoring Moscow’s repeated warnings, Moscow has said that the arms package provided to Ukraine has brought the US and NATO closer to active participation in the conflict.
Khrenin says that the war between Russia and Ukraine has turned into a global confrontation between West and East on the territory of Ukraine, and that the Ukraine proxy war has actually brought the entire planet to the brink of World War III.
KATHMANDU- The discussion held between the top leaders of the ruling coalition at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, has decided to communicate with all the parties represented in the Parliament, including the main opposition parties, to end the deadlock in the House.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who is also the Chairman of CPN Maoist Center, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN United Socialists Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, Narayan Kaji Shrestha and other leaders.
The meeting of both the Houses of the Federal Parliament has been postponed due to the obstruction of the main opposition party CPN-UML, saying that the government has protected the gold smugglers and does not want to form a high-level investigation committee to investigate .
Kathmandu- Chinese high military team has arrived in Kathmandu.
A team led by the Tibet Military Commander of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, Major General Yui , has landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Air China flight number 437.
The team was welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport Major General Sagar Bahadur Thapa and Brigadier General Sunil Shrestha.
According to Information Officer and Assistant Rathi Krishna Prasad Bhandari of the Nepali Army, the Chinese military team, which is on an official visit, is scheduled to meet with Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma and others. Border security, military relations between the two countries will be discussed during the meeting. The 8-member military team led by Major yui will return to the country on the 3rd of Bhadra 2080 BS.
Kathmandu- The grade increase (supplementary examination) of class 12 will be held on September 23 and 24.
The National Examination Board has issued a notice and requested the students to fill the application form for the supplementary examination by 17th of September.
According to the notice issued by the board, all the candidates who took the compulsory English and any one subject will be allowed to take the exam on September 23 , while the candidates giving exam on two subjects on the second day,September 24, will be allowed to take the remaining subject exam.
Students who want to participate in the grade increase examination must pay the exam fee of Rs 600 to the board’s account within september 8 and if they miss the payment within that period, they must submit the application form with the receipt of the double fee of Rs 1,200 withinSeptember 17.
According to the board, the examination center will be decided later and even if there is an emergency holiday on the scheduled date of the examination, the examination will not be stopped without prior notification of the examination control office.
Kathmandu- The Human Rights Commission, expressing its serious attention, has urged the government to fill the vacancies of judges immediately and move the judiciary forward competently.
Even though there is a provision that the Chief Justice can be recommended for appointment one month prior the vacancy, the government and the Constitutional Council have not done any homework regarding the recommendation of the Chief Justice and due to the failure on appointing judges in the courts for a long time, the commission is concerned about the impact on the constitutional right of the citizens on getting speedy justice.
In a statement issued by the National Human Rights Commission, the spokesperson of the commission, Dr. Tikaram Pokharel has drawn the attention of the government saying that due to the failure to appoint judges on time , it has created an obstacle in the judicial rights of all the citizens.
Currently, 53 judges in the High Court and 38 in the District Court are vacant, according to the Judicial Council. The number of pending cases in the Supreme Court, High Court and District Court is increasing when the post is vacant. Due to the lack of judges, the hearing of the case could not be done on time. There are currently 30,104 pending cases in the Supreme Court. More than 26,000 cases are yet to be heard in the High Court. Similarly 102,542 cases are pending in the district court.
According to the constitution , there is a provision to recommend the Chief Justice one month before the post of Chief Justice becomes vacant, but until now, even the meeting of the Constitutional Council has not been held regarding the matter of the recommendation of the Chief Justice. Chief Justice Karki, Speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire, Speaker of the National Assembly Ganesh Timalsena, Leader of the Opposition KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Speaker Indira Rana are members of the Constitutional Council chaired by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
Chief Justice Harikrishna Karki is compulsorily retiring on 20th of Shrawan, 2080 BS. According to Article 284 (3) of the Constitution, there is a provision that the Constitutional Council can make a recommendation for the appointment of the Chief Justice one month before the post becomes vacant.
Fewer Americans are confident in their military than at any point since 1997, according to a Gallup poll published on Monday. With trust in the armed forces dropping ten points in the last two years, the services are currently grappling with a historic recruitment crisis.
Conducted in June, the poll found 60% of respondents expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the military, down from 64% last year. Public confidence in the military last dipped to 60% in 1997, and has not been lower since 1988, when it sat at 58%.
Public support for the US services soared following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, with the armed forces enjoying 82% approval when President George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003. While the surge of post-9/11 patriotism receded as the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan dragged on, approval sat in the mid-70s until 2020, when it began to steadily decline year after year.
Republicans are traditionally more likely to back the military than Democrats, however their confidence has plummeted from 91% in 2020 to 68% today.
Republican politicians and pundits have been some of the Pentagon’s fiercest critics since Biden took office in 2021, and have lambasted the military for its vaccine mandates and its embrace of ‘woke’ politics – exemplified by its provision of ‘sex reassignment’ surgery to transgender troops, its teaching of ‘critical race theory,’ and its efforts to scrap gendered language in the barracks.
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 – which saw 13 US troops killed in a suicide bombing and tens of billions of dollars worth of US equipment fall into Taliban hands – also earned scathing condemnation from both sides of the political spectrum.
With public support falling, the armed forces are struggling to fill their ranks. Leaders from the army, navy, and air force told a Congressional hearing in March that they all expect to fall short of their recruitment targets this year, after the army experienced its worst year for recruitment last year since the abolition of the draft in 1973.
Of the 17-24-year-olds typically targeted by military recruiters, 80% are physically unfit for service due to obesity, drug use, or poor mental health, according to a Pentagon study published in March. Furthermore, only 9% of this age group are interested in joining in the first place, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told CNBC News in October.RT
Islamic State-Khorasan terrorists have claimed responsibility for Sunday’s suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which targeted a campaign rally of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) party.
The group, also known as ISIS-K, made a statement taking responsibility for the blast on Monday.
An estimated 1,000 people were inside a tent in the town of Khar when a bomber detonated his suicide vest stuffed with ball bearings near the stage where JUI leader Fazal-ur-Rehman was scheduled to speak.
As of Monday evening, the death toll stood at 54, of which 23 were under the age of 18.
ISIS-K was also behind the August 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport, which killed 13 US military personnel and dozens of Afghan civilians, during the American pullout from Afghanistan.
CPN-UML whip Mahesh Bartaula has accused the government of direct participation in the activities of importing gold from China into Nepal and exporting it elsewhere.
Speaking to reporters at Parliament House on Monday, he also said that the government is not in favor of forming a high-level inquiry committee in fear of high-ranking figures in the government.
Bartaula said that the government is trying to defame the country by making Nepal a transit point for gold smuggling.
In the first-ever joint communique on Monday, the military governments in Mali and Burkina Faso warned the West and other African states against intervening in the neighboring Niger. Bamako and Ouagadougou would consider any such move as an attack on their own countries, they said.
“Any military intervention against Niger would amount to a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali,” said point four of the joint communique, which a Burkinabe military spokesman deliberately repeated three times during a state television broadcast.
In case of such an intervention, the two countries would withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and “adopt self-defense measures in support of the armed forces and the people of Niger,” according to the statement.
A military intervention against Niger “could destabilize the entire region, as had the unilateral NATO intervention in Libya, which was at the root of the expansion of the terrorism in the Sahel and West Africa,” the two governments said.
France currently has 1,500 troops and a drone base in Niger, while the US has 1,100 troops and two drone bases, according to Financial Times.
Nigerien soldiers, led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, ousted President Mohamed Bazoum last Wednesday. The African Union denounced the coup on Friday and gave the junta in Niamey 15 days to stand down or face “punitive measures.” ECOWAS issued its own ultimatum on Sunday, at the emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, saying that it would “take all measures necessary to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger,” including the use of force, if Bazoum is not restored within a week.
Mali and Burkina Faso condemned the sanctions ECOWAS announced on Saturday as “illegal, illegitimate and inhumane.” They also expressed “fraternal solidarity” with the Nigerien people, “who have decided to take their destiny into their own hands and to assume before history the fullness of their sovereignty,” according to their joint communique.
The military governments of the two former French colonies have sought to sever their ties to Paris and rebuild their statehood with Russian assistance. Moscow has denounced the coup in Niger as an “anti-constitutional act,” however, and the Russian Foreign Ministry called on all parties to refrain from using force.
On Sunday, General Tchiani’s government announced it would suspend the export of uranium and gold to France, to the accolades of some of the local population.
“We have uranium, diamonds, gold, oil, and we live like slaves? We don’t need the French to keep us safe,” one pro-government demonstrator told the local news portal Wazobia Reporters.
Niger is the world’s seventh-largest producer of uranium, accounting for 4% of the global output. A French company controls about two thirds of the country’s output.
July 4, Kathmandu- Singer and actor Robin Tamang has passed away.
Robin , the main vocalist of Robin and the Revolution Band, passed away on Tuesday evening at his residence in Budhanilkanth.
Now, Robin’s body has been kept at the Teaching Hospital Maharajgunj for post-mortem. On Tuesday evening, after Robin’s sister Bhagwati informed the police about the death of singer Tamang, the police reached his residence. However, no information has been received so far about the cause of his death.
Born in Singapore, Robin started his musical journey in Nepal as the main vocalist of a musical band called “Robin and the New Revolution”. His songs ‘Dum Maro Dum’ and ‘Ketaketi’ had become very popular among Nepalese youth. He has also acted in about a dozen Nepali movies including Mukhauta and Chadke. He has made a special contribution to the field of Nepali rock singing.
July 4,Kathmandu – Kathmandu Metropolitan City has banned the entry of vehicles into Hanumandhoka premises. The metropolis has taken this decision to preserve the originality of the heritage.
Emphasizing on the need to protect the old heritage of the city, Mayor Balendra Shah has said that we can proudly show these heritages and their ancient originality to the world.
Mentioning that thousands of tourists come to Basantpur area every day, he said that there is a possibility of millions of tourists coming in the future and that the originality, beauty and atmosphere of the premises should be calm, clean and pleasant and that driving of vehicles is prohibited in Hanumandhoka premises.
Nepal has won the title of ACC U-16 East Zone Cup by winning over Malaysia.
In the final match, Nepal won the tournament by defeating the home team Malaysia by 221 runs. Chasing a huge target of 253 runs, Malaysia was bowled out for 31 runs in 14.5 overs.
Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand participated in the cricket competition. In the competition, Nepal defeated Thailand along with Malaysia in the group stage and Singapore in the semi-finals.
Nepal also won the ACC U-16 Eastern Region tournament in 2017 and 2019.
Nepal Oil Corporation has reduced the price of petrol, diesel and kerosene by five rupees per liter.
The board meeting held on Monday evening decided to reduce the price. Manoj Thakur, spokesperson of the corporation said that this time, the corporation has determined the price using a scientific system. The price of fuel has been reduced for the third category (Kathmandu, Pokhara and Dipayal) with effect from 12 midnight on Monday.
The new price of petrol in Kathmandu will be Rs 170, diesel and kerosene will be Rs 150.
For the second category (Surkhet and Dang) Rs.6 per liter has been decreased and for the first category (Charali, Birgunj, Janakpur, Amlekhganj, Bhalwari, Nepalgunj and Dhangadhi) Rs.7.5 per liter has been decreased.
Keeping the price of LP gas unchanged, the corporation has reduced the price of aviation fuel by Rs 14 per liter domestically and by USD 115 per thousand liters internationally.
A meeting of the ruling coalition held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, has decided to make Uddhav Thapa, the leader of the Congress Koshi Province Parliamentary Party, the Chief Minister of Koshi Province.
The alliance meeting decided to promote Thapa as the chief minister of Koshi province and it has been informed that Congress has been given the responsibility to fill the remaining number of seats. It is said that the meeting has also decided the members to be placed in the cabinet in different provinces and it has been agreed that Janmaat Party will also be brought in the government and draw appropriate conclusions about the ministries.
July 3, Kathmandu – Nepal has entered the ACC U-16 East Zone Cup final by defeating Singapore in the ongoing ACC U-16 East Zone Cup cricket match in Malaysia.
After winning the toss and batting first, Nepal scored 184 runs losing 9 wickets in the scheduled 35 overs. Chasing a target of 185 runs, Singapore was bowled out for 87 runs in 31.3 overs and Nepal entered the final with a 97 run victory.
Nepal will compete against home team Malaysia in the final match on Tuesday.
July 3, Kathmandu – Lawyers from all over the country have left the court work and are protesting on the streets .
Lawyers has started a legal protest on the issue of the dispute between the two colleague PremikaTamang and advocate Amir Lamichhane of Lalitpur district court.
It is said that Lamichhane attacked Tamang while she was working at District Court Lalitpur.However, the lawyers has been denying it and saying it as a false accusation of Tamang.
Lawyers have protested with the demand that the incident should be investigated, the guilty should be punished and the false case against Lamichhane should be withdrawn. They said that they are on the protest as a false cases were filed against lamichhane and that there are distortions and inconsistencies in the court.
After the dispute reached the bar and bench level, the administration had already released advocate Lamichhane on Sunday.
Speaking in the discussion on Economic Bill 2080 in the House of Representatives meeting, Prem Suwal, a member of the House of Representatives, said that tax was imposed on sugar import in a collusion.
According to the government policy as there is a tax on sugar import,businesses are importing sugar illegally declaring it as a rice, as there is no tax in rice import and the finance minister pretends not to know about it, Suwal said.
Objecting to the imposition of infrastructure development tax on public transport used by the poor, Suwal has also demanded a 10 percent airport infrastructure development tax on aviation fuel.
Speaking in a meeting, Suwal said private telecom providers should be brought under state ownership and he also drew the attention of the government to arrange for no 2 percent charge on SIM card recharge up to Rs.300.
July 3, Kathmandu-The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has decided to put a fence on about 143 ropani land in the Lalita Niwas area and remove the temporary or unauthorized structures built on the land.
As it is the responsibility of the metropolis to protect the government property, the metropolis has prepared to put a fence on the government land in Lalitaniwas area, said Rajunath Pandey, the city police chief.
Under the leadership of Rajunath Pandey, the city police reached the area and ordered the removal of the old temporary structures built on the government land as it was found that people had built shelters in some places. The metropolis has said that the map details have been requested from the Surveyors and Lands Office to determine the government and private land and that they will protect the government land by putting up a fence to separate the government and private land and that no building or any structure will be allowed to be built on that land.
The metropolis has given a 24-hour verbal ultimatum to remove temporary or unauthorized structures built on government land.
The UK authorities continue to conceal the information about Russian nationals Sergey and Yulia Skripal, whose fate remains unknown to date, the Russian Embasy in London said in a statement.
“Still no news from two Russian nationals – Sergei and Yulia Skripal. It has been more than five years now since Yulia’s most recent public appearance. Her brief pre-recorded message in 2018, apparently translated from English, raises many questions,” the embassy said.
“Our nationals have not been forgotten. Five years on, we continue to demand that the British authorities allow us to ascertain they are safe and sound. London carries full responsibility for their well-being,” the statement says.
If the British version of the incident involving the Skripals is to be believed, on March 4, 2018, former GRU Colonel Sergey Skripal, convicted in Russia of espionage for Britain, and his daughter Yulia were exposed to the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury. London later claimed that the substance had allegedly been developed in Russia and accused Moscow of being involved in the incident. Russia categorically rejected all speculation in this regard. Experts at Britain’s laboratory in Porton Down have not been able to establish the origin of the substance with which the Skripals were allegedly poisoned.
On September 5, 2018, the then British prime minister, Theresa May, briefed parliament on the findings of the investigation. She said that two Russians with passports issued in the names of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were suspects in the attempt on the Skripals’ lives. The British intelligence services consider both as “GRU agents.” Both men agreed to grant an interview to the RT television channel, in which they denied these charges. Later, Scotland Yard said another man, Denis Sergeyev, allegedly a “GRU agent”, too, was also charged in the Skripal case.tass
Both the United States and the EU have ruled out deploying troops from individual NATO members against Russia.
US President Joe Biden has no intention of sending US troops to Ukraine, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. However, while NATO forces may not be openly fighting the Russians, an unknown number of US military personnel are said to be active in the war-torn region of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the EU has rejected the idea of any such military mission. The Director General of the European Union Military Staff, Vice Admiral Hervé Blazian, has said that neither Europe nor NATO can send their troops to Ukraine, saying that sending troops to Ukraine means being a party to the war, going to war with Russia.
However, the Pentagon acknowledged in November that a “small number” of US forces were guarding and monitoring the US embassy in Kiev. In April, leaked Pentagon documents also revealed that as of mid-March, 14 US special forces personnel had been deployed to Ukraine and 50 military special forces had been deployed from Britain.
Meanwhile, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, a missile attack on a temporary Ukrainian armed forces base in the city of Donbass killed “20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers,” and photos and videos circulated on social media after the attack allegedly showed English-speaking military personnel in US uniforms dead and wounded at the base.
Moscow considers the US and NATO complicit in the conflict, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of not wanting to end the war against Russia “until the last Ukrainian remains alive”.
The Supreme Court has issued an interim order not to immediately implement the Citizenship Bill approved by the President.
A single bench of Judge Manoj Kumar Sharma heard the case and issued a short-term interim order to the government not to immediately implement the Citizenship Act, which was approved by President Ramchandra Paudel.
The Supreme Court has called both sides for further discussion. The government has already published the Citizenship Act in the Gazette.
Last Thursday, senior advocates Dr. Surendra Bhandari and Balkrishna Neupane filed separate writs in the Supreme Court. After President Paudel certified the ‘controversial’ citizenship bill on Wednesday, a writ was filed in the court. In the writ, President Paudel and Sheetal Niwas have been made opponents.
Earlier, the then President Bidhya Devi Bhandari returned the bill, which was passed by both houses of the Federal Parliament and sent for verification, with a 15-point message. But after that, the then Congress-Maoist coalition decided to pass it through the Parliament without amending any of the points, and after it was passed by the majority, the bill was stuck in the President’s office.
After President Poudel approved the bill that was returned to the previous federal parliament, major opposition parties are protesting against the bill.
A military conflict between China and the US would have terrible consequences not only for the two countries, but for the whole world, Beijing’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu has said.
“China and the US have different systems and are different in many other ways. However, this shouldn’t keep the two sides from seeking common ground and common interests to grow bilateral ties and deepen cooperation,” Li suggested during his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Sunday.
“It’s undeniable that a severe conflict or confrontation between China and the US will be an unbearable disaster for the world,” he added.
The Chinese defense minister also warned that “a Cold War mentality is now resurgent, greatly increasing security risks.” He didn’t mention Washington and its allies directly, but said “some countries” had been intensifying the arms race and interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.
According to the minister, those trying to create “NATO-like” military blocs in the Indo-Pacific are looking “to hold countries in the region hostage and play up conflict and confrontation.” He was apparently referring to the AUKUS pact agreed between the US, UK and Australia in 2021.
Li also reiterated Beijing’s stance that “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan, and how to resolve the Taiwan question is a matter for the Chinese to decide.”
US President Joe Biden has pledged on several occasions that Washington would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing decided to use force to take control over the self-governed island. Earlier this year, the media got hold of a memo from the head of US Air Mobility Command, General Mike Minihan, who speculated that Washington and Beijing could go to war over Taiwan by 2025.
During his speech at the summit on Saturday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin criticized his Chinese counterpart for refusing to hold a meeting with him in Singapore. “The more that we talk, the more that we can avoid the misunderstandings and miscalculations that could lead to crisis or conflict,” he argued.
Two Chinese military officers told Reuters that, before military contacts could resume, Beijing wanted to see clear signs of a less confrontational approach in Asia from Washington, including the revocation of sanctions against Li.RT
The controversial Citizenship Bill has been passed by President Paudel. Controversy has increased between the political parties because the bill returned by the former president was passed by bypassing the parliament. UML has said that it is not natural for the bill to be passed in violation of parliamentary dignity during the Prime Minister’s visit to India by including outdated and erroneous provision.
According to the Citizenship Bill passed by President Paudel, the children of the first born will get the citizenship of the descendants.
In the same way, the bill also includes provisions for citizenship in the mother’s name after self-declaration and for non-resident Nepalese to obtain citizenship.
With the approval of this bill, now the children of the birth parents will get the citizenship of the descendants. Now, a person who was born in Nepal to a Nepali mother and settled here, but whose father is not identified, will get citizenship under mother’s name if he declared.
The bill also provides for foreign women who marry Nepali men to get naturalized citizenship immediately.
In the same way, the path has been opened for non-resident Nepalese to get citizenship, so that they can exercise rights other than political and administrative.
The main opposition CPN-UML expressed its disagreement with the certification of the Citizenship Bill.
CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel has given an explanation after a confusion been created on the UML’s objection about the citizenship bill and about the ordinance that UML was trying to put forward .
While giving an explanation, he said that his party believes that at least the same system should be maintained between India and Nepal in terms of Matrimonial adoption. He said that the current provision in India is that citizenship is acquired within 7 years of marriage and in Nepal, citizenship is acquired immediately after marriage.
Similarly, he said that the constitution provides for the citizenship system to reveal the territorial identity, but it is not included in the current bill. Similarly, he has said that his party disagrees with the bill because it has ignored the parliamentary process.
He also said that it is not a natural process to prove the flawed and incomplete bill without entering into the parliament and without entering into the serious questions raised constitutionally by the former president. He also said that the old inactive bill passed through the backdoor on the event of PM’s visit to India is not a naturally driven process.
Through the Economic Bill 2080, the government has put forward a policy that Nepalese going abroad in tourist visas or visits must pay a tax of 5 percent to the government.
According to the Economic Bill 2080, a tax of 5 percent will be levied on the total amount paid by Nepalese traveling abroad. The amount equal to the said tax will be levied by the foreign tour package seller at the time of selling the package.
In the same way, any firm or company sending their staffs abroad for visit in the course of business promotion will be taxed by the government during the accounting of the expenses incurred and the said amount should be sent to the revenue office by the 25th of the next month.
According to the economic bill, if the foreign tourism fee is not deposited, interest will be charged at the rate of 15 percent per annum.
Similarly, if the return statement is not submitted, such person will be charged an annual fee of 2.5% from the date the statement is to be submitted to the date such statement is not filed.
Rashtriya Yuva Sangh, a youth organization close to CPN-UML, has burnt the map of Akhand Bharat in protest against placing the map of Akhand Bharat in the Indian Parliament, which placed the Nepalese territory in the map.
Yuva Sangh, a sister organization of UML, staged a procession in New Baneshwor of Kathmandu and burnt the map of India, claiming that Nepalese territory was placed on the map.
They burnt the map of a Akhanda Bharat with slogans like ‘Hey Modi bro, take Prachanda and Ramchandra away but Lumbini and Kapil Vastu can never be given.
May 31 , Kathmandu: President Ramchandra Paudel has approved the bill to amend the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063.
Earlier, the Citizenship Bill, which was passed by both houses of the Federal Parliament and sent to President Bidya Devi Bhandari for verification, was returned without verification.
Although there is a dispute between the ruling party and the opposition regarding the Citizenship Bill, the Council of Ministers meeting held on May 26 decided to request President Paudel to certify the Citizenship Bill, which has been passed by both houses of Parliament.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for a four-day visit to India on Wednesday. This is Dahal’s first foreign visit after becoming the Prime Minister for the third time.
According to Foreign Minister NP Saud, during the Prime Minister’s visit to India, homework has been done for agreements and cooperation on issues including long-term energy trade, electricity trade through India to Bangladesh, transmission lines, air routes, connectivity and cooperation in agriculture.
Saud said that ensuring the sale of electricity produced in Nepal is Nepal’s priority and accordingly, efforts will be made to reach a long-term agreement with India to increase investment in the electricity sector and ensure the market.
Similarly, during the Prime Minister’s visit to India, Nepal has given importance to air connectivity and said that apart from the Simra route, other routes including Mahendranagar, Nepalgunj, Bhairahwa and Biratnagar will be discussed.
Similarly, the border issue will be discussed at the Prime Minister level, investment, trade, technology development, construction of development projects, cooperation in crime investigation and other issues will be agreed at the delegation level, according to the foreign ministry.
Prime Minister Dahal is landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on a regular flight of Nepal Airlines at 2:50 pm on Wednesday. 47 government officials, 41 private industry business sector personnel, media representatives, 5 ministers, one and a half dozen secretaries and joint secretaries will participate in the team.
On Saturday, the fourth day of the visit, Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to depart for Kathmandu on a Nepal Airlines plane at 4:20 PM.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won re-election, in a tense run-off after he failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes required for an outright victory in the first round on May 14.
With 97 percent of ballot boxes opened, Erdogan reportedly received 52.1 percent of votes in the second round on Sunday, beating his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who won 47.9 percent.
The official Supreme Election Council has yet to confirm the results.
The vote seals Erdogan’s place in history as he extends his 20-year rule for a further five years.
He had already outstripped the 15-year presidency of the Republic of Turkey’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
As Erdogan’s victory seemed complete, crowds headed to the presidential palace in Ankara to wait for his celebratory speech.
Prior to that, Erdogan appeared outside his residence in Istanbul’s Uskudar, where he sang before thanking an adoring crowd.
“We have completed the second round of the presidential elections with the favour of our people,” Erdogan said. “God willing we will be worthy of your trust as we have been for the last 21 years.”
He added that all 85 million citizens of the country were the “victors” of the two rounds of voting on May 14 and May 28.
May 28, Kathmandu. In the current financial year (FY) 2079/80, the government is going to raise domestic debt 23 billion rupees more than the budget target. This year, the government has set a target of raising 2 trillion 40 billion rupees in domestic debt, but it is expected to raise 2 trillion 63 billion rupees by the end of June.
At a time when liquidity in the financial system is low and interest rates are high, the government is going to raise more loans than expected. The government’s preparations will put more pressure on liquidity and interest rates. Through the mid-term review of the budget, the government had set a revised target of raising domestic debt of 2 trillion 40 billion rupees. Prior to that, the budget of this financial year initially aimed to raise 2 trillion 56 billion domestic debt.
The National Natural Resources and Finance Commission recommends the domestic debt limit that the government can raise every year. The commission has recommended raising internal debt not to exceed 5 percent of the gross domestic product this year. In that way, the government has the facility to raise 2 trillion 69 billion in debt.
Due to the lack of liquidity in the market and the increase in interest rates, credit has not gone to the private sector as expected. The monetary policy of the current year aims to expand the credit flow to the private sector by 12.6 percent, but it has only expanded by 3.5 percent by mid April. In other words, from june last year to mid-April, 1 trillion 62 billion loans have gone from the financial system. Bankers say that loans to the private sector will not increase by more than 6 percent by mid July. According to the data of Nepal Rastra Bank, deposits have increased by 3.56 trillion till mid April,which is an increase of 7 percent compared to last FY
Although there is no large amount of credit in the private sector, there is no more liquidity in the market when the government increases the amount of internal credit. According to the data of Rastra Bank on May 23, the average loan-to-deposit ratio (CD) ratio of banks is 84.83 percent. Sunil KC, president of Nepal Bankers Association, says that although the average CD ratio of banks looks easy, there is no high liquidity situation. This week, banks had an average of 26 to 30 billion in liquidity.
The government has so far raised 2 trillion 4 billion 70 crores of internal debt. According to the National Debt Mobilization Schedule of the Rastra Bank Monetary Management Department, there will be talk of various tools to raise domestic debt worth 59.3 billion rupees.
May 28 , Kathmandu – The Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has announced the 16-member Nepali team for the ICC World Cup qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe.
The Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) has announced the 16-member Nepali team for the ICC World Cup qualifiers under the captaincy of Rohit Paudel. CAN have announced their ICC World Cup qualifiers, adding two players to their 14-man squad from the ACC Premier Cup.
Dev Khanal, Abhinash Bohra, Kamalsingh Airi, Surya Tamang, Mausam Dhakal and Sandeep Zora have been dropped out of the 22-member squad that was announced earlier.
In Zimbabwe, Nepal will play practice matches against UAE on June 13 and Oman on June 15 .
Nepal is in Group A along with West Indies, Zimbabwe, America and Netherlands while in Group B are Ireland, Sri Lanka, UAE, Scotland and Oman.
The competition will be held from June 18 to July 9.Selected Nepalese players for world cup qualifier are, Rohit Paudel (captain), Kushal Bhurtel, Asif Sheikh (wicketkeeper), Gyanendra Mall, Kushal Mall, Arif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airi, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Bhim Sarki, Pratish GC, Lalit Rajvanshi, Arjun Saud and Kishore Mahato will .
May 28, Kathmandu – On the occasion of the Republic Day, President Ramchandra Paudel has pardoned the prison sentence of Resham Chaudhary, who has been serving life imprisonment in Dillibazar prison.
The Council of Ministers had recommended to the President to waive the prison sentences of 19 people, including Chaudhary, who were found guilty by the Supreme Court in the Tikapur mass murder incident.
According to Article 276 of the Constitution of Nepal and Article 159 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 2074, they were pardoned by the President’s Office.
Similarly, according to Article 276 of the Constitution and Article 37 of the Criminal Offenses (Determining and Execution of Punishment) Act and Article 12 of the Senior Citizens Act, the rest of the prison sentences of 482 people have also been waived.
May 28, Kathmandu: Tikapur massacre accused Resham Chaudhary, who was sentenced for life imprisonment by supreme court has been pardoned by the government, on the occasion of Republic Day.
Meanwhile, Sharda Kadayat, the wife of police inspector Keshav Bohra, who was killed in the Tikapur incident, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the government’s decision to grant amnesty to Resham Chaudhary.
After the government tried to free Chaudhary, who was found guilty by the court and was serving his prison sentence, Sharda had submitted a petition to the President’s Office and demanded that Chaudhary should not be released from prison.
On Bhadra 7, 2072 BS., during the Tharuhat movement in Tikapur of Kailali, seven security personnel and one minor were killed along with SSP Laxman Neupane of Nepal Police.
North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has claimed NATO is seeking to increase its influence in Asia, citing growing “military collusion” with Japan, which hosted a delegation from the military bloc last month to discuss ways to step up cooperation.
In comments carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday, an official with the Foreign Ministry’s Japan Research Center, Kim Seol-hwa, said Washington is gradually pushing NATO into Asia through partnerships with regional powers.
It is an open secret that the United States… has been trying to create a military alliance like this in the Asia-Pacific region,” he said, adding that the “recent unprecedented military collusion between Japan and NATO is arousing great concern and alertness in the international community.”
Kim went on to cite recent reports that NATO is now in talks to open a “liaison office” in Japan, its first such facility in Asia. The office would be used to “conduct periodic consultations with Japan and key partners in the region such as South Korea, Australia and New Zealand,” according to the Nikkei Asia news website.
All facts clearly show that NATO’s attempt to advance into the Asia-Pacific region through military collusion with Japan has entered a dangerous implementation phase,” the Foreign Ministry official continued, also pointing to other “confrontational alliances” such as the ‘Quad’ bloc – which Beijing has described as an “Asian NATO” – and AUKUS pact between Australia, the UK and the US.
Last month, Japan hosted a delegation from NATO’s Cooperative Security Division, which met with senior military leaders to “discuss the current military cooperation and opportunities to foster a stronger partnership,” as well as future joint drills with Japan’s armed forces.
Further highlighting the increased cooperation, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sat down with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on April 4, where the two officials vowed to further strengthen their partnership. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also met with NATO chief earlier this year, after attending an alliance summit in 2022, a first for a Japanese premier.
Kim argued that NATO’s overtures to countries like Japan and South Korea were part of plans to “build a huge anti-China and anti-Russia encirclement” in the broader region, claiming the US-led alliance hopes to “keep neighboring countries in check” while expanding its military footprint across the continent.RT
France will not withdraw from a contract with Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom for reprocessing uranium, as doing so would be beneficial for Moscow, the French energy transition minister has claimed.
Under the 2018 deal, regenerated uranium from France is delivered to Russia, where it is enriched and then sent back. The recycled uranium is used to run France’s nuclear power plants.
Terminating the contract would generate higher compensation for the Russian government than merely continuing imports at a minimum level, Agnes Pannier-Runacher told the BFM Business channel on Tuesday.
In March, Greenpeace reported that France had tripled imports of Russian enriched uranium in 2022. According to the organization, the deliveries confirmed France’s dependence on the Russian nuclear industry, which has not been targeted by Western sanctions.
Pannier-Runacher later denied that the operation of France’s nuclear power plants depended on Russia, noting that France resorted only “to a very modest extent to natural uranium enrichment services in Russia, as well as conversion and re-enrichment services for reprocessed uranium to improve cycle efficiency.”
France “could totally do without it as this last activity can be entirely substituted by natural uranium,” the energy minister told Montel News at the time.
Statistics showed that last year the French energy corporation EDF purchased 153 tons of uranium enriched in Russia, the same level as in 2021. Russia accounts for 15% of enrichment activities for EDF.RT
May 16, Kathmandu – Nepal Oil Corporation has reduced the price of diesel and kerosene by Rs. 10 per liter.
After the price of petroleum products reduced by IOC on Tuesday, the meeting of the board of directors of the Nepal Oil corporation decided to reduce the price for consumers. According to the new price list sent by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the price of diesel has decreased by 8 rupees per liter and the price of petrol by 9 rupees. Earlier, diesel and kerosene, which were sold at 165 rupees per liter, have remained at 155 rupees.
The corporation has kept the prices of petrol, jet fuel and cooking gas unchanged.
May 16,Kathmandu – The Supreme Court has upheld the life imprisonment sentence of Reshlamal Chaudhary, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the District Court Kailali and the High Court Dipayal for his involvement in the Tikapur incident in Kailali.
With this order of the Supreme Court, Chaudhary has been sentenced to life imprisonment. The joint bench of Supreme Court Justices Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Nahkul Subedi upheld the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on Chaudhary by the District and High Courts.
Sitaram Chaudhary and Gangaram Chaudhary, accused in the same case, have been acquitted. Sitaram and Gangaram were in jail for the term of life imprisonment as per the orders of the District and High Courts. Supreme Court has ordered to release them from prison today.
In the case of Laxman Tharu, As decided by the district court, who has served three years of imprisonment, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the high court. But Laxman tharu will not have to spend more time in prison as the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the district court.
May 15, Kathmandu – The Melamchi water supply project is going to stop the water being distributed from the Melamchi tunnel for 10 days from the 19th of May to the 29.
According to the Melamchi Water Development Committee, Melamchi Water Development Committee is going to close the Melamchi Tunnel for 10 days for the construction and improvement of structures including Gate No. 1 and 9 at the Ambathan Status Headwalk and the connection of the mechanical part in the tunnel.
It is also said that the equipment is going to be installed to prevent further damage to the project due to the possible natural disaster that may occur during the rainy season and the schedule of water distribution in Kathmandu Valley will be changed during the period of 10 days. The water distribution schedule has been published through the Kathmandu Valley Water Supply website and the Facebook page of the branch offices.
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who was on the run after an arrest warrant was issued on the charge of fraud by creating fake Bhutanese refugees, has been finally arrested .
After the arrest warrant was issued, Top Bahadur absconded, saying that he would come himself to assist the police in the investigation. UML Secretary and former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi was arrested from BudhanilKanth in Kathmandu on the 11th day after the arrest warrant was issued, police said.
It has been mentioned in the police statement that Rayamajhi, who has been hiding in India till now and returned to Kathmandu from New Delhi via Pokhara, was arrested from Narayan Paudel’s house in Budhanilkanth. The police claim that Rayamajhi came to Nepal only on Friday after receiving information that a police team had come to India to arrest him.
He was in Arghakhanchi when District Court Kathmandu issued an arrest warrant against him , but he absconded soon after learning that the arrest warrant had been issued. Rayamajhi’s son Sandeep was arrested by the police on 20 Baisakh 2080 BS.
May 14, Kathmandu – The district court in Kathmandu has allowed the police to detain former home minister Balkrishna Khad for four more days, who was arrested in the fake Bhutanese refugee case.
District Police Kathmandu, submitted an appeal to the District Court requesting permission to detain 12 other people including Khad for more time, saying that the investigation has not been completed. The Kathmandu District Court allowed the police to keep them in custody for 4 more days and investigate.
Former Home Minister Khan, the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s advisor Indrajit Rai, Nepal Government Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, Sandeep Rayamajhi, son of UML leader and former minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Tank Gurung, Sagar Thulung Rai are under investigation in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal’s son Pratik Thapa has absconded after the arrest warrant was issued in the case of fake Bhutanese refugees.
May 14, Kathmandu – The Customs Department has further explained the decision of the cabinet meeting that , “Nepalese returning from abroad will be allowed to bring 2 mobile phones with them”.
With this decision of the customs department, now only those who have gone for foreign employment with a work permit will be allowed to bring one more mobile phone for free, while students who have gone to study abroad and Nepalese who have gone abroad on a tourist visa will have to pay tax as specified by the customs department if they bring more than one mobile phone.
The Customs Department has stated that any passenger returning from abroad can bring one mobile phone without paying duty and does not have to declare the mobile phone set he or she is using at the customs office.MDMS Registration of such mobile phones can be done online.
According to the Department of Customs, one additional mobile phone, which is allowed to be brought free of charge by the Nepali citizens who have gone to work abroad for at least 6 months with a work permit, must obtain a customs declaration form and based on the same declaration form, the phone can be registered in the MDMS.
However, according to the Customs Department, customs duty will be charged on the second phone brought by those who have returned from abroad on a tourist visa and who have returned from studying abroad, and after completing the customs process of the second phone, they will receive a notification letter and on the basis of the declaration letter those phone can be registered in MDMS.
The Customs Department also said that if the mobile phone brought from abroad is not registered in MDMS within 15 days of using the SIM of the Nepali mobile service provider, the mobile phone will not work in Nepal.
May 14, Kathmandu – The meeting between the top leaders of the three major political parties at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, has concluded the discussion to advance the bill related to transitional justice and constitutional council.
The meeting held in the presence of the Prime Minister and Chairman of Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Chairman of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of the main opposition party UML KP Sharma Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Leader of UML Parliamentary Party Subas Nemwang, Chief Whip of Congress Ramesh lekhak and Chief Whip of Maoist Center Hitraj Pandey has decided to proceed with the bill by forming a sub-committee under the subject committee of the House of Representatives.
Similarly, after the top leaders of the three major parties left their position on the Constitutional Council Bill, the process of passing the Constitutional Council Bill will be taken forward.
Regarding the constitutional council bill, after the two ruling parties, Nepali Congress and CPN Maoist Center backed away from the stance, the main opposition CPN-UML has also backed away from its position .
Among the 10 thematic committees in the House of Representatives, it has been agreed between the top leaders that UML will get the leadership of one more committee, including the Public Accounts Committee and also among the two joint committees UML will get the Chairman of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Committee of the Director Principles, Policies and Responsibilities of the State.
May 14, Kathmandu – Teachers Service Commission has opened the application for secondary teaching permit (licence).
According to the decision of May 12th, the Teachers Service Commission has published a notice and said that the application for secondary teaching permit has been opened.
According to the Commission, interested persons who have completed the qualification and training can apply through official website https://license.tsc.gov.np online .
According to the commission, no details can be modified or added to the personal details and submitted documents in the online application after submitting the revenue tax.
The CPN-UML Central Committee meeting has demanded an investigation into the scam in the name of Maoist militant and other corruption issues.
CPN-UML has demanded an impartial investigation of all the scandals that have come to the fore including the combatant camp scam scandal, saying that the corruption and irregularity in the Nepalese society remain as contagious diseases and due to the fact that such incidents are not impartially investigated and the culprits are not brought to justice, the democratic system, political leadership and parties themselves are being questioned, . The party has said that it will fully cooperate in the investigation of all the incidents.
Saying that the case of fake Bhutanese refugees raises serious questions about the reputation of the country, it has demanded that the case be investigated impartially without any political bias or pressure and prosecute the culprits. The CPN-UML also stated that during the investigation of the incident, the detained persons are being forced to have illegal meetings with persons who may come under the investigation and are trying to settle the case by bribing and forcing to take make favorable statements.
The UML said that the country has been pushed towards an extreme economic crisis as a result of placing businessmen’s representatives in the Ministry of Finance and changing the tax rates to suit their interests and giving the economy contracts to certain business houses.
The police arrested three people who arrived in Kathmandu from Dubai on Saturday with about 175gm of gold in a Himalayan Airlines flight.
The police stationed at Tribhuvan International Airport customs arrested Suman Magar of Madhyapur Thimi, Bimala Darzi of Jhapa and Sarjan Rayamazhi of Butwal along with gold during investigation.
During the interrogation, it was discovered that the gold did not belong to them and they were only used as porters.However, Police used them as a bait and was successful to arrest Suren Shrestha of Ramechhap who came to collect the gold .
May 9, Kathmandu- When returning from foreign employment, Nepali citizens will now be allowed to bring two mobile phones with them.
Before this, the Tribhuvan Airport Customs Office was confiscating all the mobile phones apart from the one carried by Nepalese returning from foreign employment. The Council of Ministers meeting held on Tuesday, by revising the regulations has decided to arrange to bring a maximum of two mobile phones for Nepalese returning from foreign employment.
Earlier,after Tribhuvan Airport Customs Office confiscated the mobile phones of Nepalese returning from foreign employmnet, they started a no remittance campaign against the government.
The Minister of Communication, Information and Technology Rekha Sharma has informed that the Ministry of Communication and Labor will do the necessary coordination and homework and implement this system soon.
China has ordered the removal of Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, Canada’s diplomat in its Shanghai Consulate.
As Canada ordered China’s diplomat Zhao Wei to leave the country on monday, in accusation for trying to intimidate a Canadian MP, China in retaliation ordered the removal of Canadian diplomat.
After the removal order of Canadian diplomat, China has issued a statement saying,”China reserves the right to further react”.
Both diplomats have five days to exit the countries.
Canada had accused China of targeting its opposition lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong after Mr Chong accused China of human rights abuses.
Protests have erupted in Pakistani cities after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face corruption allegations.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party urged supporters to take to the streets and thousands of Khan’s supporters took to the streets in the capital Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and other cities to protest against his arrest.Since his removal from power last year, Khan has been slapped with dozens of charges, which he denies and says are politically motivated.
“Imran Khan has been arrested in the Qadir Trust case,” the Islamabad police said on its official Twitter account, referring to a corruption case.
April 7,Kathmandu- The government has prepared to proceed with the law amendment process to free the leader of the Nagarik Unmukty Party, Resham Chaudhary, accused of the Tikapur murder case, who was found guilty by the court.
Earlier the Council of Ministers meeting held on May 2 has already decided to take some bills related to the amendment of Nepal Act to the Parliament,and the same bill is being prepared to be presented in today’s Parliament session. Some parliamentarians have also said that the Bill is being advanced under the pressure of the Nagarik Unmukty Party under the condition of supporting the government.
The ordinance brought by the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba on the 11th of December to release Chaudhary could not be implemented due to the controversy and now it is said that the same bill is going to be amended by keeping the provisions of the same ordinance.
Section 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure lists non-returnable cases. In the Civil Code of Criminal Offenses ,negative and positive list cases has been classified and there is a provision that even now the cases in the positive list can be withdrawn with the consent of the court.In the provision it has been clearly mentioned that the negative list cases cannot be withdrawn.According to which the case of chaudhary could not be withdrawn. But now in the bill,a provision is going to be added that the ‘political nature cases can be withdrawn’. and which seems clearly to be in favour of chaudhary to get him released out of the prison.
In the case of the Tikapur incident, Chaudhary was found guilty by two levels of courts on the charge of killing seven policemen and a child. Chaudhary’s wife Ranjita Shrestha is the Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation in the current government.
May 7-Kathmandu — The budget session of the Federal Parliament is starting today. Today, Finance Minister Prakasharan Mahat will submit a proposal to discuss the principles and priorities of the appropriation bill for the next financial year.
According to the constitutional provision, the budget for the next financial year should be submitted by 29th of May. Before that, the annual policy and program will be submitted. According to the Parliament Secretariat, an ordinance to amend some laws related to the Civil Code will also be submitted on today’s session.
In the 92-hour and 30-minute meeting of the first parliamentary session that lasted for 110 days, no significant work was done, nor was any bill passed, except for passing the rules of the House of Representatives and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal taking a vote of confidence twice.
The parliamentarians said that the government did not answer the questions raised by the parliamentarians in the previous session, and the government should address the questions raised by the people’s representatives in the next session. The government is also under pressure to move forward the Citizenship Bill, which was not implemented due to non-certification by the President, in this session.
The arrest of anti-monarchy protesters on the day of the Coronation has been labelled “alarming” by human rights groups.
Human rights groups and MPs have criticised the Metropolitan Police over arrests of anti-monarchy group in London on the day of the Coronation.
However, responding to the criticism, Police had said that ” it’s their duty to intervene when protest becomes criminal and may cause serious disruption”. Scotland Yard also respond saying”it had acted in a proportionate manner” siting the situation.Police said the 52 arrests were made for offences including affray, public order offences, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance around the coronation.
While campaigners insisted their protests were peaceful the police said they had intelligence that groups were “determined to disrupt” the occasion.
Several Labour MPs criticised the Met’s response, with senior backbencher Sir Chris Bryant writing on Twitter that “freedom of speech is the silver thread that runs through a parliamentary constitutional monarchy”.
Shadow minister Jess Philips also used social media to say that “our nation and our King is not so fragile as to not be able to take harmless protest of a different view”.
Labour MP Richard Burgon said he was ”deeply concerned” by the arrests, while MP Zarah Sultana said: “Whatever you think of the monarchy, the right to peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy.”
UK director of Human Rights Watch, Yasmine Ahmed, said “the police action is like something you would expect to see in Moscow, not inLondon”.
Protesters wearing “Not My King” T-shirts were being detained during the coronation.
Kathmandu, May 7 – After Kathmandu, Nepal Telecom has started 5G trial in Pokhara and Birgunj. The government had initially planned to test 5G in four cities Kathmandu, Pokhara, Birgunj and Biratnagar. However, due to American pressure on the use of Chinese technology in 5G, Nepal Telecom has not been able to speed up the trial process.
Nepal Telecom, which is testing 5G in Babarmahal and Sundhara areas of Kathmandu, has now started the testing process in Pokhara and Birgunj. Telecom is preparing to start 5G trial in the remaining four provinces after Kathmandu (Bagmati), Pokhara (Gandaki) and Birgunj (Madhesh Province).
After the success of the current trial, Nepal Telecom said that it will expand 5G commercially.
May-6: King Charles III of Great Britain was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday. At the climax of the two-hour ceremony, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the crown of St. Edward the Confessor on the sovereign’s head.
It was made in the 17th century from pure gold, weighs 2.2 kg. The crown is decorated with more than 400 precious stones . It has been used for the coronation of all British monarchs since Charles II (1630-1685). Putting it on the head of the monarch, the Archbishop of Canterbury uttered the words “God save the king”, which were repeated by all 2,200 guests in the abbey.
Shortly before the coronation King Charles III was anointed to reign. The sacrament was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in Westminster Abbey in London.
During the sacrament, the archbishop pours oil from an ampule – a golden vessel in the shape of an eagle – into a coronation spoon made of gilded silver, which was made back in the 12th century. This is the only medieval royal regalia of the British monarchs, preserved after the English Revolution of the mid-17th century. The archbishop applied oil to the head, chest and arms of the 74-year-old king, who was seated in the oak coronation chair of King Edward facing the altar. Before this, the sovereign took off his mantle, ornaments, and all other symbols of his status in the face of a higher divine power. Then Charles III changed into royal clothes.
Before the coronation, Charles III accepted the royal regalia, which carry a deep symbolic meaning, like all the details of the ceremony. A precious sacrificial sword is an attribute of the king as a defender of the faith, and golden bracelets are a symbol of sincerity and wisdom. The power of the monarch – a golden ball with a cross – symbolizes the Christian world, and the scepter is a symbol of royal power and justice.
Then Queen Camilla, the wife of the monarch, was anointed, crowned and enthroned. After this procedure, she will be referred to simply as the queen.
After that the ceremony comes to an end, the crowned couple will head back to Buckingham Palace in an 18th-century gilded carriage.
Former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s security advisor Dr. Indrajit Rai has been arrested by the police.
The security advisor Indrajit Rai, of the then Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa “Badal” has been arrested by police and said that the involvement of the Ministry of Home Affairs was confirmed in the case of making fake Bhutanese refugees and sending them to America.
After the victims lodged a complaint against Rai, he was arrested by the police from his residence and kept in custody at Teku. According to the police Dr. Rai has been charged with organized crime and fraud.
The police said that they have collected evidence against Rai and other people of the Ministry of Home Affairs and that the investigation has also started against the then officials of the Home Ministry and some high-ranking employees. Police have issued an arrest warrant against Rai’s son Neeraj in the case and, former home minister Badal’s son Prateek Thapa is also said to be involved in the incident. Police have also arrested Keshav Dulal, Sanu Bhandari, Sagar Thulung Rai, Sandesh Sharma, and Tank Gurung involved in the incident. Among those arrested, Dulal was a personal assistant of former foreign minister Sujata Koirala, while Sharma and Bhandari were aides of former energy minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi.
April 30, Kathmandu – The government has advanced talks with Mahabir Pun, the founder of the National Innovation Center, who started a sit-in at Maitighar on Friday, saying that the government has neglected research and innovation in the country.
Negotiations between Mahavir Pun and the government have started with 4 points including research, and innovation. In the talks started under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Purna Bahadur Khadka, both sides agreed to form a formal negotiation team and seek agreement to meet the demands of the movement.
Stating that the parliamentarians were neglecting to enact laws to advance the country in the field of innovation, Earlier Pun announced that he would lie down on the streets and stage a protest until his demands were met.
The Ministry of Finance has formed a working group to study the merger between Nepal Bank Limited and National Commercial Bank.
After Nepal Rastra Bank instructed private sector banks to increase their paid-up capital or go for the merger, the government has also advanced the process of merger between the two government banks, Nepal Bank Limited and Rashtriya Commercial Bank.
Bhupal Baral, head of the financial sector management division of the ministry, has been assigned as the coordinator of the merger-related task force.
Currently, Nepal Bank’s paid-up capital is 14.69 billion rupees, while National Commercial Bank’s paid-up capital is 15.63 billion rupees. By the third quarter of the financial year, Nepal Bank has managed to collect deposits of 229 billion rupees and extended loans of 173 billion rupees.
Nepal Bank has made a profit of 1.78 billion 2.3 million rupees by the end of March, while the bank made a profit of 2.19 billion rupees during the same period last year. Bank’s bad loans are 4.16 percent. As the profit has decreased, the distributable profit of the bank has also decreased. In the middle of March, the distributable profit of the bank has been limited to 180 million. During the same period last year, the bank’s distributable profit was Rs 2.70 billion.
On the other hand, the National Commercial Bank has made a profit of 3.57 billion rupees in the third quarter of the current financial year. In the same period last year, the bank made a profit of Rs 2.61 billion. By the end of March, the bank has collected 302 billion deposits and disbursed loans of 225 billion rupees. Bank’s bad loans are 3.88 percent.
Government struggling to afford food for prisoners
The government is now in a situation where it is unable to provide regular salaries, allowances, and pensions to employees.
Salaries, allowances and pensions of thousands of employees have been stopped in the current financial year. Some of the existing employees have not received the salary and allowances since February and the retired employees have not received the amount due to pension. Due to a lack of finances, the state has not been able to provide even the funds for regular food expenses to the prisoners.
At present, according to government statistics, the number of teachers receiving pensions is 51,308. Among them, more than 30,000 teachers have not received their pension for the month of March. Bishnu Prasad Kharel, Head of the Pension Management Office, has informed us that the teachers’ pensions have been stopped as the Ministry of Finance has not disbursed the funds.
Similarly, the spokesperson of Nepal Police, Dipendra GC, has informed that there is insufficient fund to pay salaries to 131 units out of the total 486 units of Nepal Police.
Not only that, the government has not been able to provide expenses even for regular foods to about 27,000 prisoners across the country. According to Chakrapani Pandey, Director General of the Prison Management Department, the government has not provided the required funds for the food expenses to the inmates in the country.
According to the spokesperson of the Financial Comptroller General’s Office, Shambhu Prasad Marasini, a total of 7 trillion 2 billion 120 million revenue has been collected by Wednesday. While during this period 7 trillion 21 billion 20 million rupees have been spent on salary and allowances of employees and other administrative expenses. According to this calculation, nearly 19 billion rupees more than the income of the state has been spent only on salary allowances and pensions of the employees.
It seems that the government, which has set a target of collecting revenue of 14 trillion 58 billion 600 million in the current financial year, has collected only about 50 percent of the total estimated amount even after 9 months of the current financial year. The country has reached a situation where the revenue collected by the government cannot even cover the salaries and administrative expenses of the employees.
The Nepali Congress leaders have opposed the government’s move saying that the government is going to distribute relief to unqualified fighters after 18 years of the peace process.
They said that the government’s decision to distribute large sums of money to unqualified fighters is wrong at a time when the transitional justice bill is under consideration and the country is having a serious economic crisis.” Instead of all this, the focus should be on the speedy completion of transitional justice by making a victim-friendly law,” they said.
The leader of the Nepali Congress, Shekhar Koirala, has said that it is not acceptable to distribute money in the name of unqualified fighters while the Maoist leaders themselves are not being able to account for the money taken for the fighters of the cantonment earlier. He also said that giving relief to unqualified fighters while the government not even being able to pay the salaries and pensions of the government employees due to the lack of money in the treasury is wrong. Saying that we should oppose, stop, and be aware of such actions of the Maoist-led government, he said that it would be appropriate to employ unqualified fighters instead of relief.
Similarly, Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa has also said that the government’s decision to distribute large amounts of money from the state fund to unqualified fighters is wrong and should be stopped at a time when there is extensive pressure on the resources of the state fund.
He said that while the bill on transitional justice is under consideration, the government should focus on ending the work of transitional justice quickly by creating a victim-friendly law rather than just distributing funds.
The Transport Management Department has amended the Transport Management Procedures Guideline 2060 and has made arrangements for the registration of vehicles made in Nepal and manufactured in Nepal. The Department of Transportation has issued a notification and informed that the procedural guidelines have been amended and from now on, vehicles made in Nepal and produced in Nepal can be registered.
In the revised traffic management procedure manual, new vehicles made in Nepal, registration, auction registration, naming, etc. are covered.
In the procedure manual it is mentioned that ‘regardless of what is written in this manual, the customs declaration of such vehicles will not be required for purposes such as new registration, transfer registration, modification registration, auction registration, re-registration and name transfer of vehicles assembled in Nepal or manufactured in Nepal.
Similarly, in the second point of the directive it is mentioned that, for the registration, transfer registration, alteration registration, auction registration, re-registration and naming of vehicles assembled or produced in Nepal, the assembly or manufacturing company shall submit the value added tax declaration instead of the customs declaration and the vehicle attracting excise duty provisions according to the prevailing law. It has been mentioned that it has been arranged to submit the excise duty clearance form as well.
After this amendment made by the Department of Transport Management in the Transport Management Procedures Guide 2060, the way for registration, re-registration, auction registration of vehicles made in Nepal has become easier.
After 18 years of the peace process, the government has decided to give two lakh rupees to the unqualified Maoist fighters.
According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the ‘Procedures for Providing Relief to Unqualified Fighters of Armed Conflict, 2079’ to distribute relief to unqualified combatants.
4 thousand 8 fighters of the Maoist camp were declared disqualified during the peace process agreement. According to the procedures prepared by the government, the unqualified fighters who have passed the process will get a relief amount of two lakh rupees per fighter.
In the procedure made by the Ministry, it is mentioned that after the detailed peace agreement, those unqualified fighters identified by United Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and whose names and details are included in the report will be able to receive the relief amount.
Based on the names and details mentioned in the report, the district administration offices will identify the ineligible fighters. It is mentioned in the procedure that the details of the militants identified through the administration in the district will be prepared by the ministry and provided to them through the district administration office at the rate of two lakh rupees. After preparing the list of ineligible fighters, the Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared to send the details to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance has prepared to release the budget in the name of Home Ministry.
The ministry has arranged in the procedure that if an ineligible fighter has died, relief will be provided to his next of kin according to the law, and if he is not currently in Nepal, he will get it when he returns to Nepal. Earlier,the government had decided to provide relief at the rate of two lakhs in the budget for the financial year 073/074. However, after a writ petition was filedin the Supreme Court, the amount was not distributed.
The government has allocated one billion 4 million rupees for the rest of the peace process in the budget of the current fiscal year 2079/80.
Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party Leader Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.
With the support of 53 MPs from 8 parties, the governor of Lumbini province, Amik Sherchan has appointed Chaudhary as the Chief Minister according to Article 168 of the Constitution.
Earlier, after the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Lila Giri of CPN-UML failed to get the vote of confidence, Chaudhary submitted his claim at the call of the Chief Minister of the Province, Amik Sherchan according to Clause 2 of Article 168 of the Constitution.
In the 87-member Lumbini Provincial Assembly, Chaudhary got the support of 27 MPs from the Nepali Congress, 11 from the Maoists, 4 from the Nagarik unmukti party, 3 from the Janamat Party, 3 from the Janata Samajwadi Party, 3 from the Loktantrik samjbadiParty, 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha and 1 from the NEKAPA ekikrit Samajbadi Party.
Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Surendra Pandey has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Gandaki Province.
According to Article 168 of the Constitution, Chief Minister Prithviman Gurung has appointed Pandey as the Chief Minister.
According to the new balance of power created for the presidential election, Khagraj Adhikari-led government was in a minority in Gandaki after the Maoist exit from the government and Adhikari could not get the vote of confidence. After Adhikari could not get the vote of confidence, the provincial chief Gurung gave a deadline and called for the formation of a government according to Article 168, Clause 2 of the Constitution. Accordingly, with the support of 35 MPs, Pandey submitted a claim for the Chief Ministership.
According to clause 2 of Article 168 of the Constitution, Pandey became the Chief Minister in accordance with the provision that the government can be formed with the support of two or more parties.
There are 27 MPs from Congress, 22 from UML, 8 from Maoist, 2 from RPP and 1 independent MP in Gandaki province.
April 26- President of China, Xi Jinping held a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelensky for the first time since Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine.
It is said that Chinese President Xi Jinping has told his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky that China will push for an early ceasefire in Ukraine and China is determined to facilitate the peace process and a ceasefire as soon as possible.
“Chinese authorities have no intention to quietly observe the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, but at the same time will not fuel the flame,” President Xi said during a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky.He aslo said that “dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out.”
President Zelensky also tweeted that the dialogue was “long and meaningful.” He said the call, along with the appointment of an ambassador to China, will “give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.”
April 26 – Demonstrators pelted stones while showing black flags at the event attended by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
In opposition to the naming of Koshi province, protesters threw stones and displayed black flags to obstruct the program attended by leader Oli in the home district Jhapa. The police have arrested two people who threw stones at the event.
Protesters have been demanding that the name of the koshi province should be canceled and the name of the province should be kept on the basis of identity.
April 26-Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has ordered the government not to increase the tax on electric vehicles (EVs) in the financial bill for the next financial year.
The joint bench of Supreme Court Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla and Sushma Lata Mathema issued the order in the name of the government and directed the government to properly implement the laws and policies designed to promote the use of electric vehicles and control air pollution from the transport sector.
In order, it is mentioned that the people have the right to live in a clean and pollution-free environment, demanding to promote the production and use of clean renewable, and green energy while gradually reducing dependence on fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel. In the order, it is also mentioned that the tax rate should be set only after taking necessary precautions.
April 26- Kathmandu- Due to the lack of charging stations, 37 electric buses of sajha yatayat have been stuck for 4 months without any service.
Even though 3 out of the 40 buses purchased by Sajha Yatayat are operating with chargers in their own premises, 37 buses are still stuck without service.
Kanakmani Dixit, Chairman of Sajha Yatayat Cooperative, has said that charging depots are necessary for running all buses, and despite repeated requests to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, the land has not been available for bus charging depots.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has been blaming the Sajha Yatayat mismanagement saying that, ‘Why didn’t they make a plan on how to operate those buses before they buy ?’
Responding to President Joe Biden’s announcement for re-election , former President Donald Trump accused Biden of a litany of failures, from opening the US border with Mexico to leading the world “to the brink of World War III.”
Biden formally entered the 2024 race on Tuesday, saying in a campaign video that he needs four more years to “finish the job” and restore “the soul of America.” Within hours, Trump issued a response.
“You could take the five worst presidents in American history and put them together and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our nation,” Trump declared.
The former president cited the “worst inflation in half a century,” a 24-month streak of declining real wages, and rising gasoline prices, homelessness and crime as examples of Biden’s “calamitous and failed presidency.”
Trump accused Biden of “weaponizing” law enforcement to punish his supporters, and claimed that the president’s deference to transgender activists has led to children being “indoctrinated and mutilated by left-wing freaks and zealots.”
Trump has hammered Biden on these issues before, and on matters of foreign policy, his latest video contained no surprises either. Declaring that “Russia is teaming up with China, Iran is days away from a nuclear bomb, [and] Ukraine has been devastated by an invasion that would never ever have happened if I was president,” Trump proclaimed that Biden “has led us to the very brink of World War III.”
“It is almost inconceivable that Biden would even think of running for re-election,” Trump said in conclusion. “There has never been a greater contrast between two successive administrations in all of American history; ours being greatness and theirs being failure.”
April 24, Kathmandu – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has given a 15-days deadline to the service providers to remove the unnecessary and useless wires hanging from the poles.
The city head-level decision of the metropolis has set a time to remove unnecessary and unused wires and manage them by tagging the wires that are in use. Metropolis had also sent a letter to the telephone, cable, and internet service provider offices and associations, Nepal Telecom, Ncell, Nepal Electricity Authority, and Cable Broadcasters Association regarding the matter.
Facilitation and coordination have been requested with service providers, regulatory and coordinating offices and associations, Telecommunication Authority, Kathmandu Valley Police Office which operates CCTV cameras and communication system, Department of Information and Broadcasting which allows television operation, Internet Service Provider Association Nepal (ISPAN) in the work of removing wires.
If the wires are not removed within the specified period, the metropolis will form a working group and start the work of removing the unnecessary wire, and if the beneficiary is inconvenienced by this, the service provider should take the responsibility.
The metropolis has said that a team will be formed under the leadership of the City Police Superintendent, consisting of representatives from Nepal Telecommunication Authority, Nepal Police, Ncell, Internet Service Provider Association of Nepal, and the monitoring of the work of wire removal will be coordinated by the deputy chief of the metropolis, and representatives of relevant offices and organizations .
April 24-Kathmandu – After the order of the Supreme Court, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started to collect the garbage piled up in Singha Darbar.
While hearing the petition filed by advocate Padam Bahadur Shrestha, the bench of Judge Prakashmansingh Raut directed the Kathmandu Metropolitan City to remove the garbage from the Singha Darbar within three days.
Balendra Shah, the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City earlier instructed the concerned authority of waste management not to collect the waste from Singha Durbar, saying that the federal government did not support and coordinate with the metropolitan city in the work of development and construction.
Kathmandu, April 24: The Nepal Securities Board has received three applications for the operation of the new stock exchange market and four applications for opening the commodity exchange market.
According to Sebon, Himalaya Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange and Annapurna Stock Exchange have applied for the approval of the regulator to start stock exchange business.
Similarly, Nepal Multi Commodity Exchange, Himalayan Commodity and Derivative Exchange, Multi Assets Derivative Exchange and Multi Derivative Exchange are willing to operate the commodity exchange market.
Although the stock exchange will be a parallel institution with the existing Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE), the commodity exchange market will be the first and new institution within the country.
Kathmandu, April 24: Nepal Electricity Authority has said that the power cuts in the industrial sector is only a short-term problem.
Kulman Ghising, managing director of the authority, said that the problem in power supply has badly affected the industrial corridors in eastern Nepal. According to him, due to the weak transmission capacity of the cross-border transmission line during the dry season, it has become a problem to import enough electricity.
After the decline in domestic production, the Authority has been importing an average of 500 MW of electricity from India every day. Ghising said that about 400 MW of electricity is being imported from the transmission lines of Dhalkebar and Tanakpur and another 100 MW of electricity is being supplied from the infrastructure in Raxaul, Ramnagar and Kataiya.
After the decline in electricity supply, industrialists of Biratnagar have also protested against the state-owned electricity authority. Morang Traders Association, an umbrella organization of the private sector, has alleged that the irresponsible action of the authority has caused a huge financial loss.
On the other hand, the authority has said that due to a significant decrease in domestic electricity production, the electricity supply had to be stopped. According to Ghisingh, the power generation has reached only 30.35 percent of the actual installed capacity. The local power house has been supplying only 700 megawatts of electricity, while we are importing about 500 megawatts from India.
The authority’s records show that currently the maximum demand for electricity is 1,700 MW, while the average demand is 1,300 MW. Ghising said that the demand for industrial units has increased this year after the authority approved an additional 800 MW this year.
Meanwhile, the authority aims to export up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity to India in the coming year.
Several countries have evacuated diplomats and citizens from Sudan’s capital as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum.
The US and UK announced on Sunday they had flown diplomats out of the country.
France, Germany, Italy and Spain are among other countries also organising evacuations, starting on Sunday.
A vicious power struggle between the regular army and a powerful paramilitary force has led to violence across the country.
US authorities said they had airlifted fewer than 100 people with three Chinook helicopters on Sunday morning in a “fast and clean” operation.
The US embassy in Khartoum is now closed, and a tweet on its official feed says it is not safe enough for the government to evacuate private US citizens.
The UK government managed to airlift British diplomats and their families out of the country in what was described as a “complex and rapid” operation. Foreign Minister James Cleverly said options to evacuate the remaining British nationals in Sudan were “severely limited”.
Several other countries were conducting evacuation operations on Sunday:
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that a plane had arrived in Djibouti carrying French citizens and others on Sunday A handful of Dutch citizens left Khartoum on the French plane, and the Netherlands hoped to airlift more citizens out on Sunday evening Germany’s army said the first of three planes had left Sudan, bound for Jordan, with 101 people on board Italy and Spain have evacuated citizens – the Spanish mission included citizens from Argentina, Colombia, Ireland, Portugal, Poland, Mexico, Venezuela and Sudan.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government had evacuated its diplomatic staff.Other countries successfully evacuated people on Saturday. More than 150 people, mostly citizens of Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Pakistan and Canada were evacuated by sea to the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah.
There have been desperate calls for help from many foreign students – from Africa, Asia and the Middle East – who are also stuck in Khartoum, a city of some six million people.
Meanwhile, there are reports that internet connectivity has almost totally collapsed in Sudan, which could seriously hinder the coordination of help for those trapped in Khartoum and other cities.
The power struggle has seen heavy bombardment in the capital city, with hundreds killed and thousands more injured.
April 24 – Out of the 3 constituencies, Chitwan 2, Bara 2, and Tanahun 1, where the by-elections have been completed, the counting of votes in Tanahun has been going on since midnight, while an all-party meeting is to be held to finalize the issue of the vote count in Bara and Chitwan.
The all-party meeting of Chitwan 2 is scheduled to be held today, which was postponed last night due to the stand of CPN UML and Nepali Congress candidates who were not agreed to count the votes without investigating the code of conduct violation against Ravi Lamichhane .
Similarly, an all-party meeting is to be held today in Bara 2. The parties had agreed to hold an all-party meeting in the morning as there was no condition to count the votes from the night due to the storm.
April 23, Chitwan- A complaint has been lodged at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer against Rabi Lamichhane as Rastriya Swatantra Party violated the election code of conduct during the ongoing by-elections in Chitwan constituency 2.
Nepali Congress candidate Jit Narayan Shrestha’s representative Dhurvaraj Pokharel filed a complaint at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, claiming that RSP President Lamichhane influenced the voters by asking for votes through social media and online during the voting period.
The polling was disrupted for about 2 hours after the RSP activists thronged the polling station shouting slogans. Voting started after RSP apologized for violating the code of conduct and reached a four-point agreement.
It is said in the agreement, ‘It was found that a program violating the code of conduct was being conducted by the RSP during the ongoing elections.
It has also been decided to send a written notice to the Chief Election Office regarding violations of the code of conduct.
It is also mentioned in the complaint that after the dispute at Naya Kiran Mavi Bhojad polling station, the all-party meeting held with the representatives of the RSP admitted that the RSP had violated the code of conduct and recommended for the action to be taken accordingly.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has instructed the relevant agencies to arrange the registration of vehicles produced in Nepal and prepare a draft law for the registration process.
Prime Minister Dahal has instructed Chief Secretary Shankardas Bairagi to prepare a law related to registration and authorize a policy to encourage Nepali production after the issue of non-registration of vehicles made in Nepal including ‘Yatri’ was raised in Parliament.
According to Prime Minister’s press coordinator Surya Kiran Sharma, Chief Secretary Bairagi has instructed Madhu Marasini, secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supply, to immediately prepare and submit a draft law related to the registration and promotion of vehicles produced in Nepal.
April 23- Palpa- A woman was killed and 10 other passengers were injured in a bus accident at Jordhara in Palpa.
According to the police, bus number LU 1 KHA 5956, which was going from Butwal to Burtibang in Baglung, fell down about 50 meters from the road near Tinau Rural Municipality-5 Jordhara under Siddharth highway in Palpa.
The injured in the accident were rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment. They are being treated at Lumbini Medical College.
Voting has started since morning in Bara 2, Chitwan 2, and Tanahun 1, where by-elections are held.
A total of 65 candidates are competing in three constituencies. 194 polling stations and 427 polling booths have been managed for voting. A public holiday has been given today in all three areas where elections will be held.
Voting started at 7 am and will continue till 5 pm according to the scheduled time.
By-Elections are being held in these three constituencies, as Ravi Lamichhane MP’s post was revoked in the citizenship case,( he was elected from Chitwan 2), Ramchandra Poudel got elected as President (who was elected from Tanahun 1), and Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected as a Vice President( who was elected from Bara 2).
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said that Russia will now switch to national currencies in energy trade.
According to the official, most transactions are already made in these currencies, mostly in Chinese yuan and Russian rubles, and in the future Moscow intends to abandon the euro and dollar in energy exports altogether.
“The trends have changed greatly toward reducing the use of dollars and euros. Considering the current problems with these currencies, in our settlements we are switching almost exclusively to national currencies,” he said, referring to economic restrictions placed on Russia by Western states due to the Ukraine conflict, which have effectively made it impossible for Russia to conduct transactions in euros and dollars.
“Our partners in China are already paying for gas in yuan, as well as partly for oil. They also pay in rubles. We will continue to improve these mutual settlements in national currencies,” Novak pledged.
Earlier many contries from Asia, Middle east and Latin america including Bricks nation has agreed upon De-dollarisation.
Heavy fighting is continuing in Sudan’s capital Khartoum between warring factions that have plunged the country into chaos with foreign expatriates preparing to flee via military escort.
The Sudanese army said on Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate diplomats from the United States, Britain, China, and France out of the country on military airplanes.
Diplomats and their families from Saudi Arabia had already made it out of Sudan. Jordanian nationals were set to leave later.
Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan spoke to leaders requesting safe evacuations of their citizens and diplomats from Sudan, which has been roiled by bloody fighting for the past week.
Countries have struggled to repatriate their citizens amid deadly clashes that have killed more than 400 people so far. With Sudan’s main international airport closed, foreign countries have ordered their citizens to simply shelter in place until they can figure out evacuation plans.
Al-Burhan said diplomats from Saudi Arabia had already been evacuated from Port Sudan and airlifted back to the kingdom. He said Jordan’s diplomats would soon be evacuated in the same way.
April 22 – As Chief Minister of Pokhara-Gandaki province Khagraj Adhikari failed to get a vote of confidence, UML’s supremacy in the Gandaki province government has also ended. The effect of the change in the power equation due to the presidential election is clearly seen in the provincial government.
After the Maoist Center withdrew its support and called back its ministers, the UML leaders were in the minority in Gandaki. While the 60-member Gandaki provincial assembly took the vote of confidence today, only 24 MPs (22 from UML and 2 from RPP) supported Adhikari. Earlier, 31 MPs gave him a vote of confidence.
A new government will be formed by tomorrow
As the Chief Minister Khagraj Adhikari was relieved of his post after failing to receive a vote of confidence in the Provincial Assembly, the leader of the Gandaki Provincial Assembly Parliamentary Party of the Nepali Congress, Surendra Pandey, has said that a new government will be formed by tomorrow.
However, it remains to be seen whether the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party, as the leader of a major party, will be appointed the Chief Minister by the state head or a coalition government will be formed as per Article 168 (2) of the Constitution.
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said that the G-7 is only a closed group of a handful of egoistic countries that do not represent the international community but serve as a political tool for ensuring US hegemony.
Responding to the G-7’s condemnation of a recent missile test, she said that the group as a political instrument of US world dominance is viciously slandering North Korea’s legitimate exercise of sovereignty but we vow that Pyongyang won’t give up its nuclear weapons program.
Choe made her comments three days after the Group of Seven wealthy democracies issued a communique condemning North Korea’s latest missile launches and calling for the “complete, verifiable and irreversible abandonment” of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
Pyongyang test-launched its newly developed Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week, triggering air raid warnings in neighboring Japan. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un claimed that the new missile would greatly enhance the country’s “nuclear counterattack posture” and strike “extreme uneasiness and horror” in the country’s enemies.
Choe insisted that North Korea’s strategic weapons are needed to deter threats and cope with a security environment made unstable by “the reckless and provocative military actions of the United States and its allied forces.
April 22- Kathmandu – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that by 2022, about 4 trillion 20 billion NRS has been invested in Nepal’s energy, transportation, agriculture, drinking water, urban infrastructure, service sector, rural development, and natural resources, health, and education by ADB.
ADB Director General Kenichi Yokoyama has said that the Asian Development Bank has been investing a large amount in various projects in Nepal, but the problems of the Asian Development Bank’s project implementation should be actively addressed and special attention should be paid to that matter.
In a two-day discussion organized to provide information on the field and performance of projects in Nepal (Country Portfolio), Minister of Finance Prakash Sharan Mahat said that the government is committed to improving the capital expenditure to address the challenges of Asian Development Bank project implementation and delivery and to address the people’s desire for development.Projects such as Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Bagmati River Basin Improvement, Rural Enterprise Finance Project and Power Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project were awarded in the program which were supported by ADB.
April 22- The Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Khagraj Adhikari will take the vote of confidence today.
The State Assembly Secretariat said that the Chief Minister’s Office has sent a letter to put the issue of a vote of confidence on the agenda and the Secretariat has prepared accordingly.
After the Maoist Center withdrew its support on Chaitra 10 2079 BS. and recalled its ministers, the UML leaders fell into the minority. The UML parliamentary party leader was appointed as the Chief Minister on Paush 25 2079 BS. with the support of the Maoist Center and the RPP and received a vote of confidence on Paush 29 2079 BS. At that time, 31 MPs were in his support.
According to the constitutional provisions, the Chief Minister must seek a vote of confidence in the state assembly within 30 days of the withdrawal of support from the ruling party.
The 60-member Gandaki Provincial Assembly has 27 MPs from Congress, 22 from UML, 8 from Maoist Center, 2 from RPP and 1 independent.
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has repeatedly called for “the failed policy of Brussels” to be changed, noting that the sanctions “didn’t fulfill the hopes that were pinned on them,” while Europe is “slowly bleeding.”
The European Union has exhausted its options for further economic restrictions against Russia. But even after the ten rounds of sanctions in response to the Ukraine conflict and currently working on an eleventh package of punitive measures against Moscow, EU officials have admitted that those parts of the Russian economy that were left unsanctioned are parts that one or more EU member states “can’t live without,” and thus measures targeting them would be vetoed.
One of the EU officials told that“We are done, “If we do more sanctions, there will be more exemptions than measures.” Officials have admitted that the embargo harms the EU and West more than Moscow.
Newly planned restrictions could reportedly target Russia’s nuclear fuel and services exports, but those would be opposed by some member-states, such as France, Hungary, and others.
April 20-Surkhet – 2 people were killed and 8 people were injured when the under-construction bridge connecting Tallubagar in Jajarkot and Athabiskot in Rukum West under the Jajarkot-Dolpa road section collapsed.
Surkhet police officials said that after the bridge was broken, two laborers working on the bridge construction died and three people who were walking on the bridge fell into the river and went missing. The police also said that the treatment of 8 other people who were injured in the bridge collapse is ongoing and the search for the three missing people is going on too.
April 20- Kathmandu – Nepal Rastra Bank has prepared to sell development bonds worth 20 billion rupees for the purpose of raising internal debt.
According to the Nepal Rastra Bank, the maturity period of the bond named ‘Development Loan 084 ‘T’ will be four years and the interest rate of the bond will be determined from bidding.
As mentioned in the notice of the Nepal Rastra Bank, the bond can be bid on 20th April until 3:00 in the afternoon, then the Bank will issue the bonds on Friday. The bond can be purchased by banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, organized organizations, and Nepali citizens.
The government, which has set a target of raising 2 trillion 56 billion rupees in domestic debt in the current financial year, has already raised 88 billion rupees in the third quarter of the current financial year .
April 20 -Kathmandu – The Election Commission has informed that for the by-elections to be held on the 10th of Baisakh 2079 BS, the period of prohibition of campaigning will continue from 12 midnight on Thursday.
In order to conduct the election in a clean, free, fair, reliable, transparent, and fear-free environment, the period of prohibition of the campaign will be applied from 48 hours before the polling day until the polling station is closed on the polling day as stipulated in the Election Code of Conduct, 2079 and the Election Commission has requested everyone to act accordingly.
On the 10th of Baisakh election will be held in Bara Constituency No. 2, Tanahun Constituency No. 1, and Chitwan constituency no. 2 for the House of Representatives by-election, 2080. The Commission has issued the Election Code of Conduct, 2079, using the authority given by Section 22 of the Election Commission Act, 2073, to be maintained from Chait 24th to Baisakh 10th 2079 BS.
An Indian climber Anurag Maloo has been rescued alive after three days.
34-year-old Maloo who went missing on Monday on Mt Annapurna was rescued from a deep crevasse below Camp III. A team of six Sherpa climbers led by Chhang Dawa conducted a ground search and found him in some 300m deep crevasse this morning. Anurag has been airlifted to Pokhara and he is now undergoing treatment at Manipal Hospital. Hospital sources confirmed that his condition is very critical at the moment.
He was lost after he fell into a deep crevasse from 5,800m while descending from Camp III on Mt Annapurna.
April 19-Kathmandu – President Ramchandra Puudel has been taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Hospital in New Delhi for further treatment.
President Poudel was taken to India for further treatment at the request of his family. However, according to the doctor involved in the treatment, he was tested by draining the frozen water in his chest and the initial tests showed normal conditions other than infection. His MRI and CT scan reports also said that there were no complications other than infection.
According to President Paudel’s press advisor Kiran Pokharel, Paudel was taken to New Delhi on Wednesday morning by air ambulance of Shree Airlines. Paudel was accompanied by his personal doctor Dr. Niraj Bam, family members, and a team of 7 doctors.
April 19 -Kathmandu – Air service at Tribhuvan International Airport will be closed for 6 hours on Thursday.
General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, Pratap Babu Tiwari, has informed that all air services will be suspended from 1:00 am to 7:00 am on Thursday as an online UPS has to be connected to strengthen the power supply system with the aim of enhancing the safety of passengers.
In addition, General Manager Tiwari also said that the passengers traveling at the said time should consult with the relevant air service company and make arrangements according to their needs.
April 18, Kathmandu – The meeting of the National Assembly scheduled to be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2:31 PM has been postponed indefinitely.
The General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, Bharatraj Gautam, has published a notice saying that the meeting has been adjourned until further notice.
Earlier, the meeting called for 30 Chaitra 2079 BS.was also postponed on the instructions of the President of the National Assembly, Timilsina.
An agreement has been reached between China and Nepal to open export through the Tatopani border connecting Nepal and China.
It is said that 6 points have been agreed upon to open the border from May 18th in the discussion held between Nepal and Chinese government officials.
According to Chief District Officer of Sindhupalchok, Ramesh Neupane, after a sufficient discussion between the border security regarding ‘cross border crime’, and other management issues, there has been a discussion and oral agreement on the opening of the border crossing from 1st of May.
On the other hand, despite the agreement to open the export through Tatopani, the locals have expressed disappointment that the physical infrastructure in Tatopani is not fully prepared and the 26 km road section of the Kodari highway connecting the border is still damaged. Locals were also not so happy as exports only being allowed through Tatopani been agreed while Kerung is fully operational .
April 17, Kathmandu- A writ has been registered in the Supreme Court against Mayor Balen Shah of Kathmandu Metropolitan City for not removing the garbage of Singha Durbar and Sheetal Niwas.
Advocate Padam Shrestha filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, making Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) an opponent.
In the writ filed in the Supreme Court, it has been mentioned that ‘According to Article 30 of the Constitution of Nepal, every citizen has the right to live in a clean and healthy environment. As the matter is of public concern application has been requested according to Article 30, 4 of the Garbage Management Act, 2068, and according to Section 3, 4, Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 2076.
It is also requested in the petition to maintain a clean environment in accordance with Sections 3 and 4 of the Garbage Management Act, 2068 as the office of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is a local body.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Shah ordered not to collect garbage in the area inside Singhdarbar, the President’s office Sheetal Niwas and the Prime Minister’s residence, saying that the Federal Government did not cooperate in the work of Kathmandu Metropolis.
April 17, Kathmandu – Nepal Airlines Corporation is going to buy three planes for domestic flights.
It is said that the report prepared by the sub-committee to purchase the aircraft under the coordination of senior captain Sudhir Shamser Rai has been submitted to the board of directors of the corporation.
The corporation also said that the process of purchasing directly from the aircraft building company from its internal sources has been advanced. It is also said that the purchased planes will fly to remote areas of Nepal.
The aircraft previously owned by the Nepal Airlines Corporation has been kept in a hangar for three years without any use as the corporation claims that those planes are of no use and only increase the expenses.
April 17, Kathmandu – The government has brought the property of Smart Telecom under the control of the government for non-payment of license and service operation arrears.
After Smart Telecom’s license was canceled due to non-payment of arrears, the board meeting of the regulatory body Nepal Telecommunication Authority decided to bring Smart Telecom’s property under the ownership of the government. According to the Telecommunication Authority, Smart Telecom did not pay 4 billion 19 million rupees in arrears until the financial year 2075/76 and did not show any account for the next 3 years.
Earlier, the authority had decided to cancel the license of Smart Telecom on Shrawan 13, 2076 BS for non-payment of dues.
Jack Teixeira, the US airman suspected of leaking hundreds of classified documents online, appeared for the first time in a Boston court on Friday.
The alleged leaker faced formal charges of unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information.
Teixeira, an enlisted airman first class and member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was arrested at his home by the FBI on Thursday.
The leaked Pentagon documents had been circulating online for weeks already before drawing the attention of the media – and of the US government – last week. The documents, which were color-printed and then photographed, ended up being uploaded to a gaming chat server.
A significant part of the trove of documents are related to the US and NATO war-planning effort in Ukraine, and included data on arms deliveries, training schedules, and estimates of losses sustained by both Moscow and Kiev, among other information.
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has claimed that Poland would cease to exist if a direct war were to occur between Russia and NATO, regardless of the outcome. He was responding to remarks by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who expressed confidence that the Western alliance would win such a conflict.
Morawiecki, who is currently visiting the US, commented on the Ukrainian conflict in an interview with NBC News on Friday. Host Kristen Welker asked whether he was concerned that Ukrainian strikes outside its territory risked “a wider war, drawing Poland… into the conflict.”
The prime minister replied that he was not concerned, as it would be “a war between Russia and NATO, and Russia would lose this war very quickly.”
“They believe that fighting with Ukraine they are fighting with the West and fighting with NATO, whereas the fact of the matter is that we are only supporting a brutally invaded country”, Morawiecki said.
Medvedev, who serves as deputy chair of Russia’s National Security Council, tweeted in response that he was not so certain about which side would win, “but considering Poland’s role as a NATO outpost in Europe, this country is sure to disappear together with its stupid prime minister.”
The Russian official has previously warned against a possible escalation of the Ukraine conflict, which Moscow perceives as a proxy war against it by the US and its allies. If that were to happen, hostilities could go nuclear, Medvedev believes, and all sides would be catastrophically harmed.RT
Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from Tribhuvan International Airport with 20,000 US dollars.
Mofizul Islam and Devasis Kumar Shah, who were going to Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka from Flight Bangladesh 372, were arrested by the airport police during a security check.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Lalamani Acharya of the Airport Police said that two Bangladeshi citizens were arrested with 20,000 US dollars and during the initial statement, they could not verify the source of the money, so they are preparing to hand it over to the Revenue Investigation Department for further investigation.
Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari has said that the condition of Nepal’s banks is safe and a small shock will not affect it.
Announcing the financial data for 8 months of the current fiscal year 2079/80, the governor said that the foreign exchange reserve is in a comfortable state and inflation is in a declining state.
He said that even though the bank’s interest rate is slightly higher, the base rate has been decreasing since February. He said that there is no need to despair as Nepal’s economy is improving, and that capital adequacy is 13 percent instead of 11 percent and non-performing loans are 2.63 percent.
Today’s discussion between the top leaders of the three major parties on the transitional justice bill has ended.
The meeting held at the residence of Speaker Devraj Ghimire has reached an agreement to make the transitional justice bill universally acceptable. The meeting has concluded that the topics to be put in the bill and the process to proceed will be discussed again in the next meeting to be held on April 14 at Singha Durbar.
Leaders also agreed to decide on the leadership and representation of the joint committee and other committees.
April 11, Kathmandu. The meeting of the top leaders of the three major parties started at Baluwatar, the residence of the Speaker. Speaker Devraj Ghimire has called the meeting to discuss the issue of transitional justice.
Speaker Ghimire has called a meeting with the leaders of the three main parties to discuss transitional justice, networking of the House, and contemporary issues, according to the Speaker’s Secretariat. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of the main opposition party CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli, and Chairman of Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba are participating in the meeting.
UML Chief Whip Padam Giri, Maoist Center Chief Whip Hitraj Pandey, and Congress MP Ishwari Neupane are also present in the meeting.
Attorney General Deenmani Pokharel and former Attorney General Ramesh Badal are also participating in the meeting, discussing other bills including TRC. In the earlier meeting, Prime Minister Prachanda said that he would proceed with the transitional justice bill through the fast track and choose the middle path, but the leader of the main opposition party, KP Sharma Oli, has taken the stand that the bill should be sent to the committee.
Leaked US intelligence documents paint a bleak picture for a much anticipated Ukrainian counter-offensive, according to the Washington Post, raising doubts about Kiev’s ability to field the manpower and ammunition needed to sustain major combat operations in the coming months.
Part of leaked trove that began circulating online last month, files labeled “top secret” reveal American reservations about the upcoming counter-attack, warning that a lack of troops and ammunition could mean that Ukraine falls “well short” of its ambitious goals to retake lost ground over the spring, the Post reported on Monday.
Enduring Ukrainian deficiencies in training and munitions supplies probably will strain progress and exacerbate casualties during the offensive,” the document says, going on to cite Russia’s sturdy network of defensive installations across the southern Kherson region and Kiev’s ongoing “force generation and sustainment shortfalls.”
The document also suggests Ukrainian forces will aim to capture territory in the south and east, apparently hoping to cut off Russian troops advancing from Crimea. However, the intelligence assessment predicts only “modest” success in those goals.
A separate classified briefing prepared by the National Intelligence Council, seen by only select lawmakers on Capitol Hill, concluded that Kiev’s counter-offensive is “unlikely” to be as successful as operations last fall, which did result in some regained ground, according to sources cited by the Post.
Yet another leaked document cited by the Wall Street Journal on Sunday also warned that Ukraine faces a “looming air defense crisis” which could prevent its military from massing the frontline forces needed for its counteroffensive. The assessment predicts that, at the current rate of consumption, Kiev will have exhausted its supply of Buk air defense missiles sometime this week, and all of its S-300 ammunition by May 3, leaving its skies largely undefended.
During a briefing Pentagon spokesman Chris Meagher has acknowledged that both the Pentagon and Justice Department are probing the matter, and that a criminal investigation was underway to determine the source of the unauthorized disclosures. A previous report in the New York Times indicated “more than 100” pages had been leaked in total.
The document trove contains a wealth of information about US and NATO war planning in Ukraine, including timelines for training and arms deliveries, data on ammunition expenditures, the structure of Ukrainian combat units, estimated Russian and Ukrainian losses, and, apparently, information regarding foreign special forces on the ground. Officials have declined to confirm the accuracy of their contents, however, saying only that they are investigating the leak.
9 April, Rautahat -More than 21 houses have been destroyed by fire in Rautahat’s Madhavnarayan municipality ward no. 4 Manpur today.
Around 2 o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday, the houses were destroyed by a fire that started from the house of Jiut Mukhiya, a local of Manpur. It is said that the fire started while preparing lunch.
More details about the damage caused by the fire are yet to be released.
9 April, Kathmandu. Kathmandu’s Mayor Balendra Sah (Balen) wrote on social media that he will not pick up the garbage of Singha Durbar. After his announcement, the Metropolis stopped collecting waste from the Singha Darbar on Sunday.
Mayor Shah had said that he would not pick up the waste of Singha Durbar, saying that Singha Durbar had not cooperated in the work of the Metropolis.
General Secretary of Garbage Management Association Mitra Prasad Ghimire has said that the garbage was not picked up after Mayor Shah called and instructed him not to pick up the garbage from the Singha Durbar. “We were going to pick up the garbage from Singha Durbar and take it to Bancharedanda, but after Mayor Shah called and told us not to take it to Bancharedanda, we stopped it,” he said.
The audio of Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Dhakakumar Shrestha demanding a bribe of Rs 20 million from a businessman Durga Prasai has been released.
Shrestha has been dismissed by Rastriya Swatantra Party after the audio of him asking for a bribe was released.Rastriya Swatantra Party has informed that it is ready to expel Shrestha from the party as the audio of him asking for a bribe from businessman Durga Prasai has been made public.
MP Shrestha said that he was going to become the health minister and that he had to pay money to the party to become the health minister and that he asked for a bribe from Prasai.
In this conversation that took place before the expansion of the cabinet on January 17, it was revealed that Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Dhakakumar Shrestha, who participated in the Prachanda government, asked for a bribe saying that the health ministry was under his control.
In the audio, he said, ‘ party president Rabi Lamichhane will not be seen but there are 2/3 of his outsider friends. They have said that they will give it to the party.
He asked money with Prasai and also said that they will work together. At that time, the Rastriya Swatantra Party participating in Prachanda’s government was claiming the Ministry of Health and Population. But during the expansion of the Cabinet, the Ministry of Health was taken by UML and Dr. Toshima Karki became the Minister of State for Health.
China has simulated precision strikes against key targets on Taiwan and its surrounding waters during a second day of military drills.
The drills – which Beijing has called a “stern warning” to the self-governing island – are a response to Taiwan’s president visiting the US last week.
As the Chinese military simulated an encirclement of the island, the US urged China to show restraint.
Taiwan said at least 71 Chinese jets flew around the island on Saturday.
Taiwan also said 45 warplanes either crossed the Taiwan Strait median line – the unofficial dividing line between Taiwanese and Chinese territory – or flew into the southwestern part of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone.
Nine Chinese ships were also spotted. The operation, dubbed “Joint Sword” by Beijing, will continue until Monday. Taiwanese officials have been enraged by the operation.
On Saturday defence officials in Taipei accused Beijing of using President Tsai’s US visit as an “excuse to conduct military exercises, which has seriously undermined peace, stability and security in the region”.
A state department spokesperson said the US was “monitoring Beijing’s actions closely” and insisted the US had “sufficient resources and capabilities in the region to ensure peace and stability and to meet our national security commitments”.
US President Joe Biden has said on several occasion that the US would intervene if China attacked the island, but US messaging has been murky.
Taiwan’s status has been ambiguous since 1949, when the Chinese Civil War turned in favour of the Chinese Communist Party and the country’s old ruling government retreated to the island.
Taiwan has since considered itself a sovereign state, with its own constitution and leaders. China sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually be brought under Beijing’s control – by force if necessary.
China’s President Xi Jinping has said “reunification” with Taiwan “must be fulfilled”.
6 Chait, Kathmandu. Kiran Pokharel has been appointed as the press adviser of President Ramchandra Paudel.
Pokharel, the former president of the Nepal Press Union, was appointed as a press adviser by President Paudel on Sunday. Pokharel is also a former commissioner of the Information Commission. Earlier, Khila Karki was appointed as the press coordinator of the President.
The President appointed Sunil Bahadur Thapa as a political advisor, Baburam Kunwar as legal advisor, Dr. Suresh Chandra Chalise as a foreign advisor, Chiranjeevi Paudel as an economic advisor, and Chiranjeevi Adhikari has been appointed as private secretary.
The Israeli military says it has launched artillery attacks on Syria after several rockets were fired from Syrian territory toward northern Israel, none of which caused damage or casualties.
The Israeli Defense Forces carried out cross-border attacks early on Sunday as the country escalated its violence on various fronts, including Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian government.
The Israeli military said it had launched artillery attacks and a drone against the rocket launchers in Syria.
There were two rounds of rocket launches from Syrian territory in the early hours of Sunday, it said. The first involved three rockets, one of which landed in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
The second launch, which also involved three rockets, set off sirens in northern Israel. There were no reports of casualties. Jordan’s army said debris from a rocket fell into its territory but caused no casualties or damage. Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV said the rocket launches were claimed by the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Heli Everest Air’s helicopter crashed near Dhaulagiri base camp on Sunday morning.
The spokesperson of Tribhuvan International Airport, Teknath Sitaula, has informed that the helicopter of Heli Everest Air with the call sign 9NANB overturned today at 11 am while taking goods from the Italian base camp to the Dhaulagiri base camp. According to Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, the helicopter crashed into a mound and overturned.
Pilot Priya Adhikari was slightly injured in the accident and another helicopter has been sent for the rescue operation.
The US Navy has broken with its regular protocol in announcing the deployment to the Middle East of a nuclear submarine capable of launching 154 Tomahawk missiles. The show-of-force move comes amid ongoing tensions with Iran.
“[The submarine] is capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and is deployed to US 5th Fleet to help ensure regional maritime security and stability,” said Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a spokesman for the 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, on Saturday.
Hawkins added that that submarine had passed through the Suez Canal on Friday on its route to an undisclosed location in the Middle East. He declined to comment on the specifics of the submarine’s mission or what had led to its deployment.
The US Navy rarely discloses information about the locations or deployments of its submarines. Its 5th Fleet operates in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea and some parts of the Indian Ocean. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passageway through which around 20% of all oil is transported, is also under the fleet’s remit.
The US and UK, and others, have accused Iran in recent years of attacks on commercial oil tankers, including the 2019 assaults on Norwegian and Japanese vessels, which forced both crews to abandon ship. Tehran has vigorously denied the allegations.
The US has also accused Iran of “dangerous and harassing approaches” towards its navy in recent years in the Persian Gulf. Tensions between the two were renewed last month after the US launched missile attacks on Iran-backed forces in Syria. This was in retaliation for the killing of a US contractor in a rocket attack in the northeast of the country. Seven other Americans were injured in the attack.
The rise in tensions was then fueled after then-President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 accord to provide Iran with sanctions relief, and despite the Biden administration’s attempts to seek a diplomatic remedy.
Washington has also expressed concern at Tehran’s support for Russian forces in Ukraine. The US also objects to Iran’s position as it relates to Israel – with whom it has a so-called proxy conflict – and to China, who brokered the restoration of diplomatic ties last month between Iran and Saudi Arabia.RT
Ukraine is a mistake created by the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that Ukraine will disappear because its Western backers, the rest of the world, and even its own citizens have no need for the troubled country to keep existing.
“Why would Ukraine disappear? Because nobody needs it,” Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, wrote in a post on the VK social network on Saturday.
The EU doesn’t need Ukraine because supporting the country amid the conflict with Russia “on the order of their American mentor, plunged the Europeans into a real financial and political hell,” he insisted. Detrimental anti-Russia sanctions, spiking inflation, high energy prices, and the “decay” of businesses have already led to protests in various parts of the continent, the official pointed out.
“The prospect of decisively planting Ukrainian blood-sucking parasites on the neck of the shriveling EU” is real and, if it happens, it’s going to signal the demise of the bloc, Medvedev warned.
Kiev’s prime backer, the US, doesn’t need Ukraine either, because most ordinary Americans have no idea where it’s located and consider it “some abstract part of Russia,” the post read. They wonder “why the establishment in the US isn’t trying to deal with inflation and [the lack of] jobs or emergencies in their home states, but is instead occupied with this 404 country,” the former president wrote, referring to the “404 error” protocol in network communications.
Former president urges Russians to pirate Western content Only “political demagogues” in Washington, “who have long conceded their impotence and dementia, are trying to make PR gains from military and sanctions campaigns,” he added.
Africa and Latin America reject Ukraine because the “billions that the US is wasting on senseless battles somewhere in Ukraine would’ve been enough to fund many social-development programs” in those regions, Medvedev wrote.
Asian countries don’t need Ukraine because, through the example of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, “they see how the technologies of ‘color revolutions’ are being developed to eliminate the largest competing powers. They understand what scenario the collective West, led by the US, has prepared for them in case of disobedience,” the official explained. Besides, Russia is much closer to such nations as China and India in a geopolitical sense and has historically proven to be their reliable partner, he added.
Medvedev also claimed that Russia doesn’t need Ukraine because the country is “a mistake created by the collapse of the Soviet Union,” .
Kathmandu, March 26: A team of the US Army’s Asia Pacific Command has arrived in Nepal. According to high military sources, a team from the US Army’s Asia Pacific Command arrived in Nepal on Saturday night from Singapore Airlines.
The team led by Major General Christopher Smith of the Asia Pacific Command came to Kathmandu on Saturday night. Nothing has been disclosed about why the team of the Asia Pacific Command of the US Army, which came to Nepal for the second time in a year, came to Nepal.
It is said that the team of the US Army’s Asia Pacific Command, which came to Nepal on Saturday under the leadership of Smith, will stay in Nepal for five days. Previously, on June 8, 2022, Charles A. Flynn, a senior officer of the US Army’s Pacific Command, visited Nepal for a four-day visit.
A team of the US Army’s Asia Pacific Command came to Kathmandu from Delhi on a special US Army plane.
Kathmandu, March 26: The World Bank is going to provide about 16 billion Nepalese rupees to Nepal.
The meeting of the Board of Directors of the World Bank held on Sunday decided to provide a grant equal to that amount to implement the main school education sector program of the Government of Nepal. This program is based on previous school field programs.
World Bank country director for Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Faris Hadad Jervos said that investment in quality education is important for the development of human capital.
He said that this will also help the vision of the Nepal government to improve the quality of education and equitable access to fulfill the ambition of the new federal state. According to the World Bank, this grant will be used to address the damage to schools closed due to Covid-19, and help to build suitable classrooms and strengthen digital education. It will also be used in the scholarship program.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has instructed to remove the unauthorized structures built in the river bank, and river flow area within seven days.
The metropolis published a notice and instructed all the stakeholders who are illegally occupying the public areas of river flow, river drainage, and river corridor to remove the structures.
The metropolis has mentioned in the notification that the structures that have not been removed despite being informed several times will be removed according to the prevailing law and the expenses incurred during removal will also be collected from the relevant parties.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that any Ukrainian attempt to capture Crimea could be met with a nuclear response by Moscow. He insisted, however, that Kyiv’s claims that it could seize the peninsula are nothing more than hollow threats.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, Medvedev dismissed the likelihood that Ukraine would carry out an attack on Crimea, asserting that “this is propaganda and should be treated that way, during the war it always exists.”
Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, added that “if we talk about some sort of serious offensive that is associated with an attempt to retake Crimea, it is quite obvious that this is the basis for the use of all means of protection, including those provided for by the fundamentals of the Doctrine of Nuclear Deterrence when the use of any types of weapons against Russia threatens the existence of the state itself.”
Crimea became part of Russia in 2014 after the local population voted overwhelmingly in favor of the move following a Western-backed coup in Kiev. Ukraine and its Western supporters have refused to recognize the step, and Kiev has repeatedly vowed to retake the peninsula by force.
Medvedev stressed that any attempt to break off part of Russia would be considered as a threat to the nation’s existence. “Therefore, draw your own conclusions. There are absolutely grounds for using any weapon here. Absolutely any kind. And I hope our ‘friends’ across the ocean understand this,” the former president said.
He also stressed that the prospect of a nuclear conflict has not faded, but instead continues to grow. Every day that Western weapons are delivered to Ukraine, the closer the world moves towards a “nuclear apocalypse,” Medvedev cautioned, adding that “it doesn’t mean that this will happen, but the horsemen of the apocalypse continue to move.”
The former Russian leader also claimed that without military aid and “direct cash injections” from NATO, the “Kiev regime would not have survived even a week” against Russian forces. The greater the supply of weapons, the more difficult the situation becomes, Medvedev added.
He stated that it is “obvious” Kiev is preparing some sort of new offensive, although Russia’s General Staff is making its own assessments and planning a response. Medvedev insisted that Russia would prefer to resolve all issues peacefully, but that the West seems uninterested in such a resolution.RT
Kathmandu, March 24: The government has appointed Basant Bahadur Kunwar as the new Inspector General (IG) of Nepal Police.
The Cabinet meeting held on Friday decided to appoint Basant Bahadur Kunwar as IG. Kunwar has been appointed as the new IGP as Dhiraj Pratap Singh is on compulsory retirement from today.
Kunwar, Tekprasad Rai, Deepak Thapa, Shyamalal Gyawali, and Kiran Bajracharya are senior police officers who were recently promoted from DIG to AIG. All these were contenders for the post of Inspector General of Nepal Police. But the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Friday appointed Kunwar, who is the first among the five AIGs who were recently promoted from DIG, as the Inspector General of Nepal Police.
American forces have carried out retaliatory strikes in Syria in response to a deadly drone attack on a US-led coalition base in the northeastern part of the country, the Pentagon has said.
One US contractor was killed while five American troops and a contractor were wounded after “a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle” struck a maintenance facility near town of Hasakah around midday on Thursday, the Department of Defense reported. “The intelligence community assesses the UAV to be of Iranian origin,” it added.
In the same statement, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said he had been directed by President Joe Biden to authorize “precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).”
The bombings were carried out “in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC,” Austin stated.
“No group will strike our troops with impunity,” Austin insisted, adding that the US will “always respond at a time and place of our choosing.”
The US secretary of defense did not reveal the location of the strikes, but footage on social media allegedly showed explosions in Syria’s eastern province of Deir ez-Zor, which borders Iraq.
Local sources told Iranian broadcaster Press TV that the US missiles had not hit any facilities linked to Iranian groups. Instead, a rural development center and a grain facility were struck, they claimed.
“No Iranian was killed in the act of aggression,” the broadcaster stated. It also cited an unnamed military source who vowed that “resistance groups” are planning to respond to the American strikes.
Some 900 US troops remain in oil-rich northeastern Syria after being deployed there in the mid-2010s under the pretext of fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants. Damascus considers their presence illegal and has repeatedly complained to the UN. The Syrian government’s stance is shared by Russia and Iran, who have aided the country in fighting terrorism.RT
New Delhi, March 24: The Parliament of India on Friday revoked the parliamentary post of the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi. Parliament revoked his post after a court sentenced him to two years in prison in a defamation case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nickname.
In one of his speeches in 2019, Gandhi said “why all the thief’s caste is Modi” by referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a defamation case was filed against him on the same subject.
On the other hand, Congress leaders have said that they are preparing to appeal to the High Court and will fight this battle both legally and politically.
Congress party officials have accused the Modi government and its Party (BJP) of being involved to assassinate Gandhi’s political career.
Kathmandu, March 24: According to the data released by the National Statistics Department, the literacy rate of Nepal has increased from 65.9 to 76.3 percent.
According to the detailed report of the National Census 2078 published by the National Statistics Department, the literacy rate of the total population aged five years and above is 76.3 percent.
Among them, the male literacy rate is 83.6 percent while the female literacy rate is 69.4 percent.
In the previous census of 2068, the literacy rate of Nepal was 65.9 percent.
Kathmandu, March 24: Kathmandu Metropolitan City has opened Ranipokhari for the public for the first time after reconstruction.
After the reconstruction, Ranipokhari has been opened to the general public and now the general public can visit Ranipokhari without a ticket, said Naveen Manandhar, spokesperson of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
After being damaged in the earthquake of 2072 BS, Ranipokhari was closed for a long time and became ugly due to weeds and lack of maintenance. However, now it has been reconstructed and given an original look.
Kathmandu, March 24 – According to the National Census-2078 data released by the National Statistics Department, the total number of households in Nepal is 7,552,066.
The Department of Statistics has collected the details of all the houses across the country and classified them into 12 different types based on their use.
According to the statistics, among the 75,52,066 house structures in the country, 71.7 percent of houses are mainly used for housing, 10.1 percent of barns/stores, 6.3 percent of empty houses, others (such as separate kitchen houses) 5. 9 percent, business 3.1 percent, educational 1.1 percent, industry/factory and institutional and government 0.4/0.4 percent, hotels and lodges 0.3 percent, healthcare 0.2 percent and banks and financial institutions 0 .1 percent.
Province wise, the highest number of houses in Lumbini province is 75.0 percent and the lowest is 68.0 percent in Sudurpaschim province.
Similarly, out of a total of 66,60,841 families owning houses that are being used as residences, 86.0 percent of the families are living in their own houses, while 12.8 percent of the families are living in rented residential units.
The Department of Statistics has released the final results of the National Census 2078 BS. According to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics, the total population of Nepal has reached 29,164,578.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced the final results through a program organized by the Department of Statistics on Friday. According to the data released by the department, Kathmandu has the highest population. According to the department, the population of Kathmandu has reached 2,041,587. In the data released by the department, it has been found that the highest population growth rate is in Bhaktapur and the lowest population growth rate is in Ramechhap. The report says 66.2 percent of the population resides in urban areas (metropolitan cities, sub-metropolitan cities, and municipalities) and 33.8 percent in rural areas (rural municipalities).
As per the report, the annual population growth rate of the country is 0.92 percent whereas the population density per square km is 198.In the new statistics of the department, there are more women than men. According to public statistics, the number of males is 14,253,551(48.98 per cent) and 14,911,027 females (51.02 per cent).
Kathmandu, March 24: Ramadan, the holy festival of Muslims, has started from today.
During this time of Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset without consuming food or water. All Muslims fast during Ramadan, except children and the sick.
The holy month of Ramadan is divided into three parts, with the first ten days known as Barakat, followed by Rahmat – ten days of love and care – and the last ten days known as Magfirat.
Those who fast keep their bodies clean and recite the Holy Quran regularly five times a day. The festival is believed to promote self-discipline, sacrifice, and empathy and believes to encourage acts of generosity and obligatory charity.
Janata Samajwadi Party leader Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has been elected as the third vice president of Nepal. In today’s election, Yadav was elected as the vice president after defeating UML vice president Ashtalakshmi Shakya and Janamat Party leader Mamta Jha.
Yadav received 14,536 votes from the federal parliament and 15,792 votes from the state assembly, out of a total of 52,628 votes in the House of Representatives, National Assembly, and State Assembly.
His nearest competitor, UML candidate Ashtalakshmi Shakya has received a total of 16 thousand 328 votes, while the vice presidential candidate Mamta Jha has received 2 thousand 537 votes.
Vice President, Yadav is the leader of the parliamentary party of JASAPA and also a member of the House of Representatives elected from Bara-2.
While Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had said earlier that Moscow was still ready for negotiations on Ukraine and ready to listen to the West’s proposals to ease tensions, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that The United States prefers providing weapons and military equipment to the Kyiv government over reconciliation-themed diplomatic contacts with Russia.
In Blinken’s opinion, “there has to be a just and durable peace” in Ukraine. “Just in the sense that it reflects the principles of the United Nations Charter. If it’s a peace that allows Russia to keep all the territory seized by force, that’s not justice,” the secretary of state said. He also explained that by ‘durable,’ he implied “that no one wants to see Russia repeat this a year or two or three years later.”
“With those principles in mind, every day we are looking for ways to see if we can bring the war to an end. I see no evidence that right now Russia is interested in a diplomatic resolution and negotiation that would end this war,” Blinken told reporters during his visit to Niger’s capital Niamey on thursday.
“And so the quickest way to end it is to continue to support Ukraine so that it is strong on the battlefield <…> so that hopefully, at some point, Mr. Putin recognizes the reality that this has to stop, that he’s not going to succeed. And he’s prepared for diplomacy and for negotiation. When that day comes we’ll be the first to engage to try to end things. But as I said, in this moment, at least, I don’t see any evidence of that,” he said.
It is said that Prime Minister Prachanda will take the vote of confidence on March 20.
A letter was sent to the Parliament Secretariat to manage the agenda for the vote of confidence on Thursday and the Parliament Secretariat informed that the agenda is being prepared.
According to Article 100(2) of the Constitution, if a party participating in a coalition government as per 76(2) withdraws its support, the Prime Minister must submit a proposal to the House of Representatives for a vote of confidence within 30 days. According to the provisions, Prime Minister Prachanda will have to get 138 votes to win the vote of confidence.
Earlier in FebruaryRastriya Prajatantra Party and UML withdrew their support from the government formed under the leadership of Maoist Chairman Prachanda, who became the Prime Minister with the support of 169 MPs including UML, Maoists, Raswapa, RPPA, Janmat, Jaspa, Civil Immunity and three independents .
Nepal has entered the 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.
After winning against UAE in the final match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League-2, Nepal has entered the 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifiers. The Global Qualifier for the ODI World Cup, which will be contested by 10 teams including Nepal, will be held in June-July in Zimbabwe.
According to the Duckworth-Lewis rule, Nepal managed to win by 9 runs in yesterday’s match at the TU Cricket Ground. Nepal got direct entry into the global selection as it is in the top three positions of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2.
Copenhagen has refused to allow Moscow’s participation in the pipeline bombing probe.
Denying Russia access to the investigation of sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipelines makes a mockery of those probes, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova claimed on Thursday.
“This is such a fraud, a total scam, not even a con but a three penny game, which in my opinion no one has been buying for a very long time,” Zakharova said in an interview.
“They are playing this for themselves, but the story with Nord Stream will not end the same way as many other stories they have buried or covered up, I think, for the simple reason that there’s a lot of money at stake,” Zakharova added.
Earlier in the day, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said that Moscow won’t be permitted to participate, telling reporters that “Denmark, Sweden and Germany all have rule of law and one can have confidence in our investigations.”
Russia has accused the three countries of lying about keeping Moscow informed of their probes, providing documents to that effect to the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The Russian mission has asked the UN for an impartial international investigation.
Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 were built under the Baltic Sea to deliver Russian natural gas to Germany and on to Western Europe. Both pipelines were severely damaged in a series of explosions in September 2022, near the Danish island of Bornholm. No one has taken responsibility for the bombing.
In early February, American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published an account of what happened and blamed the US for planning and executing the bombing with the help of Norway. The US government denounced his account as “total fiction.”
Earlier this month, the New York Times quoted unnamed US intelligence officials to claim a rogue “pro-Ukrainian group” may have been behind the attack, and that it was not ordered by the Ukrainian government or involve any US or British nationals. Hersh has laughed off the story as implausible. RT
The general secretary of the Parliament Secretariat, Bharatraj Gautam, has issued a letter stating that the impeachment of the suspended Chief Justice Choldra Shamsher Jabara has become ineffective.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has issued instructions to the security agencies to stop Cholendra Shamsher Jabara, who is about to return to the Supreme Court after Bharatraj Gautam gave a letter that the impeachment was ineffective, and on the other hand, the employees of the Bar Association have staged a protest at the gate of the Supreme Court to stop him. The Supreme Court has questioned General Secretary Gautam about the letter and also asked for an explanation.
Bar Association President Purnaman Shakya and other officials have also submitted a writ petition to the Supreme Court saying that the letter given by the General Secretary of the Federal Parliament Bharatraj Gautam stating that the impeachment proposal against Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara is ineffective is illegal.
Regarding the subject , Government Spokesman and Minister of Communication and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has said that the grand indictment against Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara is still alive and the matter will be discussed in the upcoming House of Representatives.
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is looking for ways to directly involve the US and NATO in the conflict, as former CIA officer Philip Giraldi speaks about the recent drone strikes inside Russia’s borders.
On the other hand, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US has nothing to do with the Ukrainian drone attack on two air bases within the borders of Russia, but will continue to supply everything that Kyiv needs.
Speaking to reporters, Blinken said, “We have neither encouraged nor enabled the Ukrainians to attack inside Russia. What really matters is how Ukraine responds to the ongoing Russian aggression,” he said. It is determined to provide the equipment it needs to defend its territory, to defend its independence, but when the US first sent HIMARS to Ukraine, it said it received assurances from Kyiv that those weapons would not be used against Russian territory.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, two strategic bomber camps in the Ryazan and Saratov regions were attacked by drones on Monday morning. Moscow said three soldiers were killed and two bombers were lightly damaged by drones shot down by air defenses.
Meanwhile, Moscow has warned that providing heavy weapons to Ukraine has crossed Russia’s “red line” and threatens that it will involve the US and NATO directly in the conflict.
The government has opened the import of goods such as vehicles, mobile phones, alcohol and motorcycles, which were previously banned by classifying them under luxury goods.
Due to the negative impact on revenue collection due to the ban imposed on foreign exchange reserves, the government has decided to open the import of those items from January.
Industry, Commerce and Supply Minister Dilendra Prasad Badu has informed that the Council of Ministers has decided to lift the import ban in accordance with the proposal to open the ban in a meeting with the representatives of the National Bank, the Finance Secretary and the Commerce Secretary under the coordination of the Chief Secretary. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has said that the decision to lift the ban was made because the economy will be affected if the import is banned for a long time.
Industrialists and businessmen have been protesting since the government continued the ban on imports,Saying that they have suffered huge losses due to the government policy.
With the final results of the elections, the parties are engaged in the exercise of government formation. The parties are in dialogue to make their own equation after no party has got the majority. However, it will take at least a week for the formal process of government formation to begin.
According to the result of proportional election, the commission determines the seats on party basis. Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya has said that, three days will be given to the parties to send the names to be nominated for proportional seats from the closed list in clusters.
According to the Proportional Election Guidelines, if the names from the parties do not match according to the cluster, two more days should be given to correct them. He said that after preparing all the details from the parties, the report will be submitted to the President in a day or two.
After the final result, the process of convening the session of the Parliament and proceeding with the formation of the government will proceed. Article 93 (1) of the Constitution provides that the President shall convene a session of the Federal Parliament within 30 days from the date of the announcement of the final results of the election. However, there is no clear provision as to which government will make the recommendation. It is a practice that the new government has called a session in the past. However, Parliament Secretariat staff says that any government can make recommendations.
The current government can do it too. Anyone who comes can do it. There is continuity of government. That’s not all it says. The previous government was formed on 5th of Magh. Parliament session was called only on 21st Falgun. However, any government can do it,” said Rojnath Pandey, spokesperson of the Parliament Secretariat.
In 2074, when the result of the election was delayed, the government was formed earlier. With the support of Maoists, the government was formed on Magh 5th under the leadership of UML Chairman KP Oli. The session of Parliament was called on 21st of Falgun. However, spokesperson Pandey admits that this practice of forming the government without taking the oath of the members of the House of Representatives is wrong. The exercise that should not have happened in 2074. When KP Oli became the Prime Minister, the MPs were not sworn in. However, that practice became acceptable. What happens next remains to be seen. However, there should be no further action without taking oath,” he said.
Senior advocate Sunil Pokharel, who is well-versed in constitutional law, says that the practice of becoming the prime minister and forming the government without taking the oath of parliament is wrong. “There is no question of appointing the Prime Minister without appointing a Member of Parliament, it is not valid. Members of the House of Representatives will be appointed. To be a member of the House of Representatives the oath of parliament should be taken. Our practice yesterday was wrong. It should be corrected,” he said.
Pokharel mentioned that they are only elected members of the House of Representatives and have not formally become members of the House of Representatives and said, “From the date of taking the oath, they get benefits including salaries and allowances.” Before that, the House of Representatives does not recognize them. To be a Prime Minister, it is mandatory to be a member of the House of Representatives.
There is a constitutional provision that a new government should be formed within 30 days of the announcement of the final election results. According to Article 76, which deals with government formation, after the announcement of the results, the President must call for the formation of a new government. As no party has a majority at present, according to Article 76 (2), it seems that a coalition government of two or more parties will be formed. The leader of the parliamentary party of a party that has reached the majority must submit a claim to the Prime Minister to the President. After being appointed by the President, the Prime Minister must take a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives within one month. There is a constitutional provision that a motion of no confidence cannot be brought for two years after the vote of confidence.
When and how will MPs take oath?
Article 88 of the Constitution stipulates that members of each House of the Federal Parliament must take an oath in accordance with federal law before participating in the meeting of the House or any of its committees for the first time. Parliament session is called by the President within 30 days after the final result of the election. Members of Parliament are sworn in before the first session of the session. In 2074, the session was convened on 21st Falgun and the MPs were sworn in on 20th of Falgun.
Before taking the oath, the senior members first take the oath from the President. Then the senior member administers the oath of office and secrecy to the other members. After the oath, the MPs get the logo of the member of the House of Representatives. Since LOSAPA President Mahantha Thakur is a senior member in the House of Representatives this year, he will first take the oath from the President and administer the oath to the other members. After that, a joint meeting of the elected House of Representatives and the National Assembly will be held.
Election to elect the Speaker within 15 days of the commencement of the House of Representatives meeting
In the first meeting of the Parliament, the top leaders of the party will speak; the agenda will include the passing of regulations. “There will not be many issues in the first meeting,” says Dashrath Dhamala, Assistant Spokesperson of the Parliament Secretariat, “The election of the Speaker is a priority.” It is taken up in the first or second meeting at the consultation of the parties. After that, according to the regulations, it will proceed to the regular agenda of law making.
In Article 91, members of the House of Representatives within 15 days from the date of commencement of the first meeting of the House of Representatives, There is a provision to elect Speaker and Deputy Speaker from among themselves. Speaker and Deputy Speaker must be from different parties and one must be a woman.
Dec-7, Kathmandu. The FIFA World Cup 2022 quarter-final draw in Qatar has been completed.
In the quarterfinals, the most 5 teams from Europe, Netherlands, England, France, Croatia and Portugal, Brazil and Argentina from South America and Morocco from North Africa have succeeded in entering the quarterfinals. The Quarterfinal match will be held on the 9th and 10th of December.
Quarterfinal match schedule
Friday 9th December Croatia vs Brazil Netherlands vs Argentina
Saturday 10th December Morocco vs Portugal England vs France
The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday, December 13 and Wednesday, 14 December. On Saturday, December 17th, the first semi-final runner-up and the second semi-final runner-up will compete for the third position, while the final match of the World Cup 2022 will be held on Sunday, December 18.
Kathmandu Metropolis has said that the District Police Kathmandu has ignored the complaint filed by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City demanding action against the deadly attack on the city police. Despite registering a complaint with the details of the attacker, the police have not arrested anyone yet.
The details of the eight people who attacked the city police have been revealed in the complaint. However, the metropolis has accused Nepal police of not taking action against the assailant. Nabin Manandhar, spokesperson of the metropolis, said that the Nepal Police did not prosecute those who attacked the city police. “We demanded that immediate action should be taken,” he said, “but the Nepal Police did not take any action on the complaint.”
According to him, the city police was deployed by the metropolis on to demolish the illegall houses and infrastructures built by the homeless at Thapathali. At the same time, people living there assaulted the city police. In the process, 36 city police were injured where some of the seriously injured are undergoing treatment at Norvic Hospital.
Meanwhile,Dineshraj Mainali, spokesperson of the Kathmandu Police, informed that they are working on the complaint. He said, “We are investigating after receiving a complaint, but no one has been arrested.”
However, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Police Chief SP Rajunath Pandey said that “Nepal police did not pay attention to the complaint we gave demanding action.
In the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, 16 nations have managed to reach the knockout stage.
The 32-nation World Cup 2022 group stage match was very unexpected this time. This time, former champions Germany, Uruguay and Belgium have been eliminated from the group stage, while Japan, Morocco and Switzerland unexpectedly managed to secure their place in the knockout stage.
The World Cup 2022 will now have a total of 16 matches including the final. There will be eight matches of 16 nations in the knockout stage. Including Netherlands and Senegal from Group A, England and America from Group B, Argentina and Poland from Group C, France and Australia from Group D, Japan and Spain from Group E, Morocco and Croatia from Group F, Brazil and Switzerland from Group G and Group Portugal and South Korea have entered the last 16 from H.
Schedule of Last 16 Matches: Saturday 3 December
(8:45 p.m.) Netherlands vs. USA (12:45pm) Argentina vs Australia
Sunday 4 December (12:45pm) England vs Senegal (8:45 p.m.) France vs. Poland
CPN UML leader Dr Bhim Rawal has asked about the meeting between Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah and the American Ambassador.
Rawal said that, as there is a clear provision in the constitution that Nepal’s foreign relation is under the federal government, whether the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah informed about the meeting with the American ambassador and obtained permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or not?
Leader Rawal, saying that the constitution and self-respect and dignity of an independent country must be protected, the head of the constitutional body mixing the constitution and the legal system on a sensitive matter like foreign relations will not be allowed and meet with any foreigner whenever he wants.
Kathmandu – The police have started an investigation into the citizenship dispute of Ravi Lamichhane, chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party.
The police started an investigation on the complaint filed against Lamichhane with a demand for investigation and action regarding his citizenship. It is mentioned in the complaint that Lamichhane, who renounced his American citizenship, registered his party with the Election Commission using his old citizenship and submitted his old citizenship when he was a candidate.
Lamichhane himself, after renouncing his US citizenship, admitted to using his old citizenship without obtaining a new one, according to the complaint.
Kathmandu Police said that they have received a letter from the Kathmandu District Administration to investigate Lamichhane’s citizenship and the investigation has been started based on the letter.
Kathmandu – The Election Commission has announced that seven political parties have been recognized as national parties based on the votes counted so far.
The Election Commission has stated that according to the results of proportional voting, CPN-UML, Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Center, National Independent Party, National Democratic Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Janmat Party have achieved national party recognition by cutting the 3 percent threshold.
When 1 crore 3 lakh 82 thousand 85 votes were counted on the proportional side, UML got the most 27 lakh 73 thousand 999 votes while Congress got 26 lakh 44 thousand 241, Maoist 11 lakh 61 thousand 256, Rashtriya Swatantra Party 11 lakh 19 thousand 996, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party 585 thousand 921 votes, Janata Samajwadi Party got 420 thousand 931 votes and Janamat Party got 394 thousand 345 votes, the commission said.
The conflict between the National Land Commission and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City regarding the problem of homeless people in Kathmandu has started to surface.
After the National Land Commission issued a notice on Friday instructing the landless and homeless not to be removed from any location, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City countered the Commission and issued another notice.
Kathmandu Metropolitan has said that the Local Government Operation Act, 2074 assigns responsibility to the local level to maintain and protect government, community and public property within its geographical area and As this office is responsible for the protection of government, public and community property within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City area, any association, organization, body, group, person or any other person who harms, damages, destroys or encroaches on such property by any means or process, action will be taken according to the law.
DNA of the son of Niharika Rajput, who attempted self-immolation in front of the President’s Office, Shital Niwas on 27 Shrawan 2079 BS, has been matched with accused Shivraj Shrestha.
Janakpur High Court said that the DNA of Rajput’s son matched with Shrestha’s DNA in the test conducted at the National Forensic Science Laboratory in Khumaltar in accordance with the order given by the High Court, Janakpur to test the DNA of Niharika’s son and Shrestha.
Rajput, who was repeatedly on hunger strike demanding DNA tests, broke the strike after agreeing on three points demand in the presence of the then Law Minister Govind Bandika on Bhadra 5th 2079 Bs. Earlier, Shrestha had been claiming that the child was not his even though he had a relationship with Niharika.
Rajput, who came to a press conference today in front of the Prime Minister’s residence saying that Shrestha should be arrested after the DNA test report, was arrested and released by the police . The police said that she was arrested and released as she was going to hold a press conference in a security sensitive area.
Sandeep Lamichhane, accused of raping a minor, has been ordered by the Kathmandu District Court to be sent to prison.
Judge Madhav Prasad Ghimire on Friday ordered the accused Lamichhane to be jailed pending trial. Lamichhane will be sent to Central Jail, Sundhara. On Monday, the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Kathmandu filed a case against Lamichhane in the Kathmandu court demanding imprisonment for 10 to 12 years and reasonable compensation to the victim from the accused.
Lamichhane was arrested from Tribhuvan Airport on Ashwin 20 2079 BS., after a complaint was lodged against Lamichhane on the charge of rape in the Gaushala police station on Bhadra 21 2079 BS. The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) also issued a diffusion notice against Lamichhane.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has reached Mustang today by helicopter of the Nepalese army.
President Bhandari will visit Muktinath and unveil the statue of Lord Buddha and lay the foundation stone of the Lord Bishnu statue.
The security arrangements of the area have been tightened for the security of the President who reached Mustang to unveil the 35 feet tall statue of Lord Buddha in Ranipauwa.
The Government of India has provided 80 vehicles to the Election Commission as a gift for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on November 20.
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava has handed over a vehicle to the Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. Commissioner Thapaliya has said that the support provided by the Indian government will help the Election Commission during this election process.
At the request of Nepal, India has been providing vehicles for the use of the Commission in previous years as well, and India has so far provided 214 vehicles to the Election Commission.
The Nepal Electricity Authority has received permission to export 22 MW of electricity to India.
The Nepal Electricity Authority has said that 22 megawatts of electricity produced by Chilime Hydropower Company Limited will be exported to India. According to the authority, 386 megawatts of electricity will be exported to India every day, including Chilime. The Nepal Electricity Authority had already offered to sell an additional 100.9 megawatts of monsoon electricity consumed domestically in the day-ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Limited through competition.
The Authority has started selling the excess electricity consumed within the country through competition in the day-ahead market of the Indian Energy Exchange Limited from last 19thJestha 2079 BS. and has also advanced the electricity export process of the hydropower projects built by the private sector.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been shot and wounded in the leg, in an attack on his protest march in Wazirabad.
Officials say that one of Khan’s supporters was killed in the shooting in Wazirabad. Several officials of Khan’s PTI party were also injured.
The gunman said he wanted to kill Khan and had acted alone. Pakistani police have released a video of a gunman who was arrested at the scene of Kahn’s shooting.
Fawad Chaudhry, a spokesperson for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, told that “if the shooter had not been stopped by people there, the entire PTI leadership would have been wiped out.”
Nepal Sambat 1143 has started today. Considered the original sambat of Nepal, this samvat is celebrated as a new year by the Newar community all across the country.
On the occasion of Nepal Sambat (New Year), the Newar community in different parts of the country including the valley presents a cultural rally based on Newari culture with various dances, instruments and tableaux.
Rashtriya Vibhuti(national hero) Shankhadhar Sakhwa started Nepal Sambat in Bikram Sambat 937 (AD 880) by redeeming the debts of poor people. Nepal Sambat, which started during the reign of King Raghavdev of the Licchavi Dynasty, was recognized as a national Sambat until the reign of Prithvi Narayan Shah. The then Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai declared Sakhwa a “Rashtriya Vibhuti”(national hero) on New Year’s Day 2056, highly appreciating the work of providing an excellent model of social service by paying off the debts of the poor people and also running the original Sambat in Nepal.
The Election Commission has removed the names of 550 candidates from the closed list of proportional candidates submitted by various political parties.
The Election Commission has said that the names of ineligible candidates for the proportional election system of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections have been removed from the proportional list.
369 candidates who did not submit their expenses details as candidates in the local elections, 23 candidates who were underage in the House of Representatives and 29 people in the Provincial Assembly, 66 candidates who were listed as double candidates, 37 candidates whose gender details were different, 18 candidates whose names were not in the voter list and 6 candidates who did not submit the documents requested by the commission have been removed from the closed list of proportional candidates submitted by various political parties.
According to the commission, a total of 550 names have been removed, including people on the blacklist and in positions of benefit.
Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak has become the Prime Minister of Britain. He became the first Hindu Prime Minister of Britain.
Sunak was appointed Prime Minister of the country by British King Charles on Tuesday. Sunak, 42, is the first prime minister to be appointed by King Charles.
Sunak, who replaced Liz Truss, who announced her resignation on October 20 amid growing discontent among her colleagues in the ruling Conservative Party over her failed economic policies, had previously been defeated by Truss in an internal party race for prime minister.
Sunak has become the sole contender for Prime Minister from the Conservative Party after both rivals of the Conservative Party, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and House of Commons leader Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the Prime Minister’s race.
Sunak is a third-generation immigrant whose family moved to Southampton, UK from Kenya and British Tanganyika (modern Tanzania) in the 1960s.
Russia has been warning the West about the alleged plans of Ukraine to use a dirty bomb to frame Russia. The West has also remained largely dismissive of these warnings.
The Defense Ministry of Russia claimed that Ukraine is planning on labeling Moscow as a nuclear terrorist organization in order to launch a powerful anti-Russia campaign. According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, the West’s refusal to believe that Ukraine is planning on using dirty bombs makes the threat still relevant.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine is planning to detonate a “dirty bomb” in a bid to intimidate the local population, trigger a refugee exodus to the European Union and portray Moscow as “a nuclear terrorist,”.
The UN also called on all parties in the conflict to show restraint. During a briefing on Monday, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said that all parties should avoid actions that could trigger further escalation.
In view of the election to be held on November 20, the Nepal-India border crossing will be closed for 72 hours during the election to strengthen the security system.
In the joint meeting of Nepal-India, the discussion between the heads of the security agencies and the officials agreed to increase the security surveillance in their respective areas to prevent any kind of criminal activities at the border crossings and to close the border crossings 72 hours before the elections.
Also, the meeting agreed to control smuggling, stolen export and other criminal activities at the border.
Aston Villa has sacked its head coach Steven Gerrard.
He was sacked by the club after Aston Villa lost 3-0 to Fulham in the English Premier League on Thursday. Aston Villa is in 17th position after the match while Fulham managed its position in 9th.
“We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him all the best for the future,” a statement on Aston Villa’s webpage read.
Gerrard, who replaced Dean Smith in November 2021, spent three years in his first managerial post with the Scottish club Rangers. A former Liverpool midfielder, Gerrard made 504 Premier League appearances for the Reds during a distinguished 17-year professional career at Anfield and was inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss issued a statement today and resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister.
She resigned saying she could not deliver the mandate she was elected as Tory leader. She also said that the election of the Conservative leadership for the future Prime Minister will be held next week and she will remain in the executive role until the next Prime Minister is elected.
Truss is the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, having completed just 45 days in office.
Meanwhile, After the resignation of two Prime Ministers in four months, the leaders of the British opposition parties have demanded an immediate general election.
She was the last prime minister appointed by the late Queen Elizabeth II and her tenure began with a 10-day mourning period.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said the flow of NATO weapons into Ukraine and military support for Kyiv raised the possibility of direct military confrontation between the NATO alliance and Russia.
She said that while NATO countries are moving ahead with planning how to conduct military operations against Russia by supplying arms and ammunition to Kyiv as well as providing intelligence training personnel, it increases the possibility of direct armed conflict between NATO countries and Russia.
Zakharova also drew attention to the fact that according to the latest statistics, Western military aid for Ukraine reached 42.3 billion dollars.
Zakharova said that NATO countries are not only accomplices in the crimes committed by the Kiev regime, but also sponsors of terrorist activities.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Russia, 110 Russian citizens returned to Russia as part of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine.
In exchange for 110 Russian citizens under a prisoner exchange, Russia has released 108 Ukrainian female soldiers it had detained. It is said that 2 of the released female soldiers decided not to return to Ukraine because they wanted to stay in Russia.
Kyiv detained dozens of Russian citizens who had been in boats that stopped at Ukrainian ports in late February after the war broke out.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow and Kyiv have frequently exchanged prisoners since the conflict between the two neighbours began in late February. At the end of last September, Ukraine released 55 Russian soldiers from Donbas, and Russia also released Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, since the war began, Russia has released 215 Ukrainian soldiers under prisoner exchange.
Nissim Thapa, a 26-year-old player of the Nepal Army, who participated in the paragliding cross-country competition under the ninth national sports competition, passed away in an accident during the competition. With Thapa’s death, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has decided to suspend all types of paragliding flights across the country until further notice.
After taking off his flight in the competition, Thapa fell to the ground about 100 meters below. It is assumed that he crashed on the ground because the glider did not open. After falling to the ground, he died while being taken to the hospital for treatment.
Civil aviation authority has said that the lack of adequate arrangements for the safety of drivers and passengers, the issue of paragliding safety has become complicated. The authority has decided to stop all flights, for the time being, saying that there is a need to study the safety of flights, laws and regulations.
Satya Mohan Joshi, a cultural scholar and historian who was being treated in the hospital, passed away at the age of 103 at 7:09 this morning.
103-year-old Joshi, who has been suffering from various health problems including heart for a long time was being treated in ICU after contracting a dengue infection.
During his life, he worked in various fields including the Department of Archaeology, Pragya Pratishthan and Rastriya Samachar Samiti. Joshi was awarded the “Madan Purashkar” three times. His contribution to awakening and upliftment of Nepali tradition and culture will remain with us forever.
In his honour, the government even published a postage stamp with his portrait.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Russian Federation has no intention of destroying Ukraine.
Speaking to journalists after a summit with regional leaders in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, President Putin said, “What is happening today is not pleasant, to put things mildly,”. “But at the same time, if Russia hadn’t attacked, Russia would have been in the same situation, only the conditions would have been worse for us. So we’re doing everything correctly and at the right time.”
President Putin also said that if Ukraine had not cut the water supply to Crimea, where 2.4 million people live there would have been no retaliatory actions, but we didn’t have any other options apart from entering the area and reopening the water supply to Crimea.
President Putin said it was not Russia’s intention to destroy Ukraine, but he did not regret the invasion as Ukraine was joining NATO and playing according to the west to weaken Russian Federation.
He said most of the designated targets had been hit, and the recent stike had destroyed 22 out of the 29 targets in Ukraine set by the military and that they are getting the remaining seven.
He also said that the wave of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine recently was the retaliation for a blast which damaged a key bridge between Russia and annexed Crimea.
Meanwhile, Analyst says that all this comes after the Russian forces are retreating where the Ukraine is advancing its attack and Russia’s influence in the region is declining.
Rautahat district committee of CPN-UML has been dissolved.
Rautahat district committee of CPN-UML has been dissolved after CPN-UML standing committee member and Madhesh province co-in-charge Prabhu Sah, UML Rautahat district president Tribhuwan Shah and other district committee members being involved in anti-party activities. UML state committee president Ram Autar Yadav sent a letter to district vice president Deepak Rai Yadav and informed that the district committee has been dissolved.
Prabhu Shah, who is considered to be an influential leader of UML in Madhesh, and the leaders close to him have also been removed from the party for being involved in anti-party activities. Prabhu Shah has been accused of holding the tickets for the upcoming elections till the last moment of nomination and filling an independent candidacy.
Meanwhile, the rulling aliance has agreed to support Prabhu Shah in Rautahat constituency 3, by cancelling the candidate of the coalition.
The cabinet meeting held today has decided to maintain the ban on the import of luxury goods such as vehicles and mobiles until November.
The decision made by the Council of Ministers in a meeting held today has decided to extend the ban as it ends today. As Nepal’s foreign exchange reserves declined, 10 items were banned from Baisakh 2079 BS., defining them as luxury goods. But out of those 10 items, only 4 items are currently banned. On Bhadra 14, 2079 BS., private vehicles except for ambulances, mobile phones above $300, motorcycles above 150 cc and alcohol were banned, and the meeting of the council of ministers held today has decided to extend it till November.
Earlier, the import of Kurkure chips and similar products, prepared liquor, cigarettes and tobacco products, diamonds, mobile phones, televisions above 32 inches, jeeps, cars,vans andmotorcycles above 250 cc, toys and palying cards was banned.
Madhesh Province Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut has dismissed three Nepali Congress ministers in Madhesh Province government.
After the federal government removed 4 ministers of the Janata Samajwadi Party on Thursday, Madhesh Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut dismissed three Nepali Congress ministers in the Madhesh State government. Minister of Physical Infrastructure the Development Ram Saroj Yadav, Minister of Water Supply and Power Development Omprakash Sharma and Minister of Women, Children, Youth and Sports Birendra Prasad Singh who became ministers from the Nepali Congress in the Madhesh state government have been dismissed from the cabinet of the Madhesh government today.
According to the National Sports Council, Vice President Nanda Kishor Pun will officially inaugurate the ninth National Games today at Pokhara Stadium at 4:00 PM.
As part of the 9th National Games, which will be conducted in eight other districts including Pokhara, eight different games are starting today, while some games have already started before the opening. 6,157 players from 11 teams including provincial and departmental teams are participating in the 9th National Games which includes 38 games along with two exhibitions. For the first time, in the 9th National Games, a “National Running Trophy” has been made.
March pass along with a band salute by the Nepal army on the national anthem will be performed at the opening ceremony. Various other cultural programs will also be performed today at the opening ceremony.
The National Games, which started in the capital Kathmandu for the first time on 2038 BS, were to be held every two years, but could not be conducted regularly due to various reasons. The second edition of the National Games was held in Pokhara in 2040 BS.Similarly, the third edition was held in Birgunj in 2042 BS., the fourth edition in Nepalgunj in 2053, the fifth edition in Kathmandu in 2065 BS., the sixth edition in Far West in 2068 BS, the seventh edition in Biratnagar in 2073 BS. and the eighth edition was held in Nepalgunj in 2075 BS.
The Madhesh government has prepared to remove all the ministers of the ruling coalition in the Madhesh province in protest against the dismissal of the JASAPA ministers by the federal government.
Prime Minister Deuba dismissed four ministers of Jaspa today after Jaspa left the alliance and prepared to go to elections in coordination with UML in the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections to be held on November 20. Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut has prepared to dismiss all the ministers of the ruling coalition in the state government opposing the move of the federal government.
Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Mohammad Ishtiaq Rai, Forest and Environment Minister Pradeep Yadav and Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav were dismissed from the cabinet of the federal government today.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has removed four ministers of the Janata Samajwadi Party from the cabinet.
It is said that Prime Minister Deuba has dismissed the ministers of Jaspa after the Jaspa left the alliance and prepared to go to the election in coordination with the UML in the elections of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly to be held on November 20. Deuba, who had previously consulted with the Election Commission and legal experts on the matter of removing the ministers, dismissed all four ministers of the Jaspa today . But since the election code of conduct has been implemented, the commission said that although the minister can be dismissed, political appointments cannot be made.
Federal Affairs and General Administration Minister Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Mohammad Istiaq Rai, Forest and Environment Minister Pradeep Yadav and Agriculture and Livestock Development Minister Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav were in the cabinet of the coalition government.
Similarly, Govinda Prasad Sharma Koirala, who became the Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, has also been removed from the government after failing to become a member of Parliament within 6 months. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki has been assigned the responsibility of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
CPN-UML leader Bhim Rawal has said that he will fight within the party against the discriminatory political character and injustice of Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
He said that even though there was a single recommendation from the district, not giving him a ticket from Achham 1 in the House of Representatives was a gross insult to the UML leaders and workers of Far West and harmed the interests and unity of the party. Rawal said that there is no rule and discipline in the party and that there is no practice of consultation on any matter. He also said that Oli has been spreading unnecessary rumours against him.
Saying that UML is not a company or personal property, he said that he will fight till the end to get the party out of the current distorted situation and will end UML’s association with the right wing and reactionaries.
“No matter how many accusations Chairman Oli makes about me, I will try my best on my part to make the party win in the upcoming elections”, he said.
Despite the US opposition, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have agreed to cut oil production by more than expected. Experts said that this move by OPEC confirms the declining influence of American power in the world order and this move will increase the distance between OPEC member countries and the US.
Experts say that the Biden administration, in the face of inflation, will have to face more political pressure before the upcoming mid-term elections, and the energy prices will increase and will affect the economic situation of Europe. It is estimated that this decision will further weaken the European countries that are supporting American power economically and socially. For this reason, recently, the differences between the European countries on whether to accept the decision of America or not have started to be clearly seen on the surface.
OPEC and its allies have decided to cut oil production by two million barrels a day, which equates to 2 per cent of global oil supplies. After this decision of OPEC, the price of oil has increased in the world market.
Deputy Secretary General of the Digital-Real Economy Integration Forum, said that in the background of the US shifting its strategic focus from the Middle East to the Asia Pacific region, Middle Eastern countries no longer need to rely on the US for geopolitical protection as before.
He also said that American policies are becoming increasingly self-centered and that they are building economic development on the foundations of the collapse of the other countries. Analysts have also said that, although there were many countries around the dominance of American national power in the past, in today’s environment where the world order is shaky, American power is declining due to economic problems such as weak international foreign policy and inflation.
The Election Commission has instructed not to survey or publish opinions on polls on any candidate and political party who have given their candidature in the upcoming elections.
The commission issued a press release today and stated that no survey or announcement of opinion on the results of any candidate or political party will be allowed.
“As the Election Code of Conduct, 2079 has been implemented, action will be taken against those who conduct a survey or publish opinions on polls, contrary to the Code of Conduct”, said the election commission.
In addition, the Commission has warned that action will be taken if it is found that opinions or propaganda are being spread in such a way as to adversely affect or obstruct the election.
Election Commission has dismissed the complaint against the nomination of Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba for the House of Representatives.
As the Election Commission dismissed the complaint against Deuba’s nomination, his candidacy in Dsadeldhura will continue. The election commission said that the date of birth on the voter’s ID card was misprinted and the complaint against Deuba’s nomination was not legal.
Karna Bahadur Malla, the senior vice-chairman of Nepali Congress BP, filed a complaint with the election officer’s office saying that Deuba’s date of birth in the citizenship and date of birth in the voter’s list is different and his candidature should be cancelled.
Today’s meeting of the ruling coalition has issued instructions to the rebel candidates to withdraw their candidature.
In today’s meeting between the top leaders of the alliance, the respective parties have also warned that the candidates of the alliance will be expelled if they do not withdraw their candidacy against candidates of the alliance.
In the statement jointly signed by Sher Bahadur Deuba, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chitra Bahadur KC on behalf of the alliance, it is mentioned that the candidates should withdraw their candidacy within 1 pm on Ashwin 26th 2079 BS.
As the European Union faces an energy crisis due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the US must not be allowed to dominate the global energy market, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said.
Addressing the French National Assembly, he also said that the Russia-Ukraine conflict should not end with US economic dominance and EU weakness. He said that the US took advantage of the energy crisis in Europe caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the EU countries are now forced to purchase the same gas at a price four times higher.
Before the Russia-Ukraine conflict, most of Europe’s energy was imported from Russia. But due to the sanctions imposed by the European Union countries including the United States on Russia and the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline that happened only a short time ago, Russian gas supplies to the European Union have been significantly reduced.
Complaints have been lodged with the Election Commission against dozens of candidates, including the Prime Minister, who have filed their nomination papers for the upcoming elections. According to the election schedule of the commission, complaints were filed against dozens of candidates who had registered their nominations from all over the country by 3 pm yesterday.
According to the election schedule published earlier by the Election Commission, the final list of candidates will be published by 7 pm after investigating the complaints till 5 pm today.
Candidates who want to withdraw their candidature can withdraw their candidature from the concerned election office tomorrow till 1 pm, then at 3 pm the commission will publish the final list of candidates and provide the election symbols to the candidates by 7 pm.
Russian missiles struck several locations in central Kyiv at once on Monday morning.
Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has urged residents of Kyiv to seek shelter and avoid travelling to the capital. He said that the city’s important infrastructures were under attack.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the interior minister, said the attack took place on Vladimirskaya Street, where the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is located.
After Ukraine attacked the bridge connecting Russia and Crimea by detonating a truck on President Putin’s birthday, the Kremlin said that it would act more strongly against Ukraine and that Ukraine’s action encouraged the war.
The district court in Kathmandu has allowed rape accused Sandeep Lamichhane to be held in custody for another 7 days.
According to the order of Kathmandu District Court, Lamichhane, who was arrested last Thursday, will be held in custody for the next seven days for investigation. During the investigation, the police will proceed with the statement process in the presence of the district attorney.
Lamichhane was accused of raping a 17-year-old minor and a case against him was filed at Kathmandu Police Circle Gaushala.
Earlier, a diffusion notice by Interpol was issued against him.
According to the Election Commission, 2,452 candidates for the house of representatives and 3,326 candidates for the state assembly have registered for the election to be held on November 20.
According to the commission, there are 2,223 men and 229 women among the 2,452 people who filed nominations for the House of Representatives between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm today. Similarly, it has been reported that 30,39 men, 286 women and 1 other candidate have filed the nomination for the state assembly, a total of 3,326 candidates.
The Commission has said that in some constituencies, the number of candidates mentioned may change as the registration process of some candidates who are present at the election office is ongoing and communication has not been established in some districts and constituencies.
A massive crowd of protesters marched through the centre of Paris demanding that France change its stance on NATO and the EU.
The demonstrators were holding a large banner reading ‘Resistance’ and ‘Frexit’ – a reference to a demand that France leave the EU.
According to videos published on social media, the crowd was chanting: “Let’s get out of NATO!” They also demanded the ouster of French President Emmanuel Macron as they marched near the parliament building.
The protesters denounced NATO “warmongering,” as well as economic “disruption” and “energy and health restrictions,” linked to the sanctions the EU imposed on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
The unrest comes as France increasingly struggles to cope with the ongoing energy crunch, a major cause of which is the EU’s sanctions policy.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has contracted corona infection. According to the hospital, President Bhandari, who is being treated at the Maharajgunj University Teaching Hospital, has tested positive for Corona.
President Bhandari was admitted to the teaching hospital on Friday for treatment after suffering from a persistent fever, headache and vomiting. Initially, it was suspected that she was infected with dengue, but the hospital confirmed that she was infected with the coronavirus.
The Crimean Bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, has been blown in the truck explosion.
According to the Russian investigative committee, three people were killed in the truck explosion on the Crimean bridge.
A truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge on Saturday morning, setting fire to several fuel tanks on the railway line. It is said that two spans of the road bridge have collapsed and the one-way lane leading from Crimea to the Krasnodar region is safe. The traffic on the road and railway part of the bridge is stopped. The Russian government has formed a commission to investigate the incident.
On the other hand, Russia indicated that the incident made the war more aggressive. Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Ukraine’s response to the explosion on the Crimean bridge exposed the terrorist nature of the Kyiv regime.
Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Nepal Samajwadi Party Baburam Bhattarai has announced that he will not be a candidate in the upcoming elections. He made an announcement addressing the people of Gorkha through Twitter today.
Addressing through Twitter, Bhattarai wrote the letter:
Dear Gorkha, I express my heartfelt gratitude to all the Gorkhali parents, sisters and brothers for the victory you gave me during the elections of 2064, 2070 and 2074 BS and for the opportunity to serve you.
I would like to politely inform everyone here that I will not be a candidate in the upcoming 2079 election.
During my tenure, basic physical and social infrastructures have been built for the long-term development and prosperity of Gorkha, while some of the started projects are yet to be completed. Even though I am not in the parliament, I will continue to actively contribute to the completion of the remaining projects and to make the historic Gorkha a model development center of the country by bringing production and employment-oriented plans and programs on the foundation of those infrastructures.
From 2065 until now, every month I have been visiting to Gorkha and reaching people’s doorsteps and had the opportunity to learn a lot from you. I will continue to be at your service in the days to come.
Not contesting elections does not mean leaving politics.knowingly or unknowingly, Some people may think or say that . Those who do politics from power to power and from election to election say so. But right and good politics is a means of all-round progressive transformation of the society and serving the people and society. I believe in it and will continue on that path all my life. I will continue to work in party work and public service.
I want to assure all the Gorkhali brothers and sisters, that in my place you will find the leadership of a capable and responsible person and the pace of development of Gorkha will be accelerated. I will be there with you. Best wishes for all upcoming festivals including Badadasain, Tihar, Nepal New Year and more!
The Election Commission has determined the limit of expenses that candidates can incur for the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.
The Commission has determined the limit of expenses of the candidates under Section 24 of the Election Commission Act, 2073.
According to the commission, in the case of the election of the House of Representatives, the limit of election expenses in 5 constituencies has been fixed at Rs. 25 lakh, while in 17 constituencies, the limit of election expenses has been fixed at Rs. 27 lakhs. Candidates in 65 constituencies are allowed to spend up to 29 lakh rupees. In 52 constituencies, the election expenditure limit has been fixed at 31 lakh rupees, while in 26 constituencies, the election expenditure limit has been fixed at 33 lakh rupees.
In the case of proportional candidates, the limit of 2 lakh rupees for the election of the House of Representatives candidate and 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees for the candidates of the Provincial Assembly has been fixed.
Thousands of British citizens have burned their energy bills protesting against the soaring energy prices.
Citizens marched in various cities of the UK and protested by burning their energy bills. People were all over the city holding a banner and signs like, “Can’t afford to live,” “Freeze profit, not people,” and “can’t pay won’t pay don’t pay”.
The protest took place as the new energy price increased the bill per average household from £1,971 annually to £2,500. The authorities have predicted that the energy bill could rise as high as £6,500 next year.
With the economic sanctions imposed by NATO countries on Russia , the energy crisis is increasing in European countries and the price of energy has reached a record high in history.
Today, on the seventh day of Navratri, Ashwin Shukla Saptami, special worship of Durga Bhawani in the form of Goddess Kalratri is performed and Fulpati is brought inside the house.
On the seventh day of Bada Dashain, today the seventh form of Durga Bhawani, Kalaratri, is worshipped and nine small stones are installed as idols of Navadevi next to the Kalash set up as Ganesha. According to the religious method, today it is celebrated by bringing flowers, the symbol of an auspicious day, into every house. Sugarcane, Haledo, Banana plant, Paddy, Belpatra, Darim, Jayanthi, Ashoka flower and Manavriksha are brought inside as a symbol of auspiciousness.
FULPATI from the Gorkha palace is brought to the Dashain house in the temple of Taleju Bhawani in Hanumandhoka, Kathmandu. A Fulpati was sent to Kathmandu from the Dashain house at Gorkha Durbar at 7:10 a.m. this morning. Ever since His Majesty, the late king Prithvi Narayan Shah started his reign from Hanumandhoka Palace in Kathmandu, every year there has been a tradition of bringing a FULPATI (Chariot with flowers) from the Dashain house of Gorkha Palace to the Dashain house in the temple of Taleju Bhawani in Hanumandhoka, Kathmandu.
According to the schedule of the election published by the Election Commission, it has been mentioned that candidates can register their nominations from the relevant election office on Ashwin 23rd 2079 BS. The commission has also determined the necessary qualifications, documents and procedures for registering nominations in the elections.
According to the commission, any Nepali citizens not disqualified by federal law, who have reached the age of 25 years can file the nomination from the relevant election office.
Similarly, during the registration of the candidacy, the copy of the candidate’s citizenship and voter ID card, amount deposit receipt for the nomination, property details, personal details and the form filled in according to the election guidelines 2079 should be submitted.
At the time of registration of nomination, two separate persons whose names are included in the voter list of the respective constituencies must support the candidate as proposer and supporter.
The Election Commission has released the schedule of the election.
According to the schedule published by the commission, nominations of candidates can be registered at the relevant election office from 10 am to 5 pm on Ashwin 23rd and the commission will publish the list of candidates on the same day.
According to the Election Commission, complaints can be filed against the candidates on Ashwin 24th, but after investigating the nominations and complaints on the 24th and 25th, the commission will publish the list of candidates by 7 pm on the 25th.
For the candidates who want to withdraw their candidacy, the time has been fixed for the 26th from 10 am to 1 pm. Similarly, the commission will publish the final list of candidates by 3 pm on the 26th and will provide election symbols to the candidates by 7 pm on the 26th .
According to the election schedule published by the commission, the voting process will continue on 4th of the Mangsir 2079 BS. from 7 am to 5 pm.
Dean R. Thompson has been appointed as the US Ambassador to Nepal.
Thompson, who has worked in the foreign department for nearly three decades, has been appointed as ambassador to Nepal. Thompson, sworn in on Friday in Washington DC, will replace former Ambassador Randy Berry.
Thompson worked as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department and served in the role of Acting Assistant Secretary in the region from 2020 to 2021. Thompson also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Bucharest, Romania.
Thompson also served as Consul General at the US Consulate in Kolkata, India. He has also worked at the US Embassy , Economic Counselor in Sri Lanka and also worked as in the US Embassy of Paraguay and Bangladesh.
Thompson, who represented the State Department as a student at the National War College, has also served as the Director of the State Department’s Executive Secretariat Staff, Deputy Director of the State Department Operations Center, Director of the Operations Center Crisis Management Staff and Deputy Director for Information Resource Management for the Executive Secretariat.
It is said that the newly appointed Ambassador Thompson will arrive in Kathmandu in a few days.
The Federation of Nepalese Journalists has objected to the press office established by the Election Commission to monitor the media and social media content by mobilizing the army and the police, In view of the upcoming elections.
Mentioning that the press council of Nepal is the authorized and governing body in monitoring and regulating the content of the media, and the commission has no right to take away the rights guaranteed by the constitution FNJ demands the decision to be repealed immediately.
The Federation of Journalists has strongly criticized the Commission’s decision saying that the Election Commission is trying to control the freedom of expression of the citizens and the constitutional freedom of the press, contrary to what the Constitution envisaged.
Requesting the immediate correction of the Commission’s decision to curb freedom of the press, FNJ has annouced that the Nepali media sector will protest and disobey the decision of the Commission, which seeks to control the ‘full freedom of the press’ and ‘freedom of expression’ guaranteed by the constitution .
The Election Commission has inaugurated a press office in the commission today, saying that the monitoring of social media during elections will be done through the press office of the commission.
On the occasion of Bada Dashain 2079, His Majesty Gyanendra sent a greeting message through a video today.
He wished peace, virtue and mutual harmony to all Nepalese living in the country and abroad.
Speaking about the current political environment of the country, he said that in the multi-party parliamentary system, how loyal and responsive the people’s representatives are to the country and the people have become a burning question these days. He said that there is no enthusiasm among the people due to the disputes and distortions that have arisen in all the organs of the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and due to these situations, the country and the people have no faith in building their future.
In his greeting message, he also expressed the idea that the country is looking for the right character who will be loyal to the country and work responsibly for the people.
Mentioning that there is a public complaint that Nepal has become a playground for geopolitics, he said that the real citizens are leaving the country, where at the same time the foreigners are being brought in and real Nepalese are being left behind.
He has said that the country’s religion, culture and civilization have been under serious attack and the national interest and security are becoming endangered due to unbalanced foreign policy and rampant corruption,which has led the society and the system to astray.
He also said that it has now been proved that the inevitability of course correction in the country is necessary.
Currently, dengue is spreading like an epidemic across the country. The number of dengue infected and death due to infection is also increasing day by day. Even though dengue has become an epidemic, the government has not been able to take any effective measures to control and prevent it.
So far, the number of people infected with dengue has reached 28 thousand 109 and 38 people have died across the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, dengue infection has been confirmed in 540 people in the last 24 hours and 2 people have died.
Dengue infection has been observed in Bagmati province with the highest number of 21 thousand 975 people. Similarly, 3125 people in Lumbini Province, 550 in Far West, 677 in Gandaki Province, 413 in Madhesh, 238 in Karnali Province and 829 in Province 1 have been infected with dengue.
The referendum held by Ukrainians in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions from September 23 to 27 on joining Russia has ended.
A referendum held in these four regions of Ukraine will undoubtedly include those regions in Russia. Despite the opposition of the European Union and the Western countries, this referendum has sent a message to the Western countries and especially the United States that are indirectly fighting with Russia by pushing Ukraine forward, that Russia will not back down from the war under any circumstances. Taking precedent of the fact that the United States and NATO recognized Kosovo as an independent country in 2008, Russia annexed Crimea to its territory in 2014 and again will include four regions of Ukraine in its territory giving an example of Kosovo.
Ukraine’s referendum has become a serious challenge to the US and Western countries, which are indirectly fighting the Ukraine war to weaken Russia. If the Western countries, which are continuously supporting Ukraine with arms and money, wanted to stop the Russia-Ukraine war and move forward with the peace talks, yesterday they could have done so only on the condition that Russia would withdraw its troops and Ukraine would not join NATO. But today the conditions for peace talk might include the four regions of Ukraine annexed by Russia to be returned, which Russia will never agree with.
By promising to help Ukraine to fight the war against Russia, America is prolonging the Russia-Ukraine conflict and now it has reached a situation where the war will not stop even if it wants to. In the meantime, the issue of how to help Ukraine and what to help has become a challenge for America. In this sense, the Ukraine war was a conflict between Russia and America and even today this war is indirectly a war between Russia and America. Because Ukraine did not have the power to fight a war against Russia yesterday and still does not have it today. Therefore, the US wants to prolong the war to weaken Russia on the one hand, and on the other hand to increase its arms sales. But after the referendum, Russia has openly challenged the use of nuclear weapons to protect the territories annexed by Russia. After this incident, Russia has decided to deploy weapons and troops in full capacity, considering the territory as Russia’s border.
Ukraine’s next path is to seek help from Western countries to return the lost territory or to give up the lost territory and negotiate peace. But the US still wants to prolong the Russia-Ukraine conflict and weaken Russia. Therefore, the possibility of peace talks is very low. Also, Europe and America have declared that the referendum and its results are not valid. But that declaration will not make any difference to Russia and Russia will now provide full security to that territory. Now, in this scenario, if the US still wants to prolong this war, the US and NATO countries, which have been fighting the Ukraine war against Russia in the background until now with weapons and financial support, will have to come directly to the war and if that happens, the next direct war will not be Russia vs. Ukraine, but Russia vs. America and NATO nations.
If indeed NATO nations and the US join forces against Russia, Russia will have no choice but to start a nuclear war. But the possibility of direct military intervention against Russia by the NATO countries that understands America’s war policy is very low, and America does not have the ability to fight a war with Russia alone without the support of NATO countries. Another thing is that as the US mid-term elections approach closer, the US itself is less likely to join the war directly. In order for the US to join the war directly or stand up more aggressively in favor of Ukraine, the US Senate and its majority members and the American people will have to approve . In American politics, a unilateral decision by the president can make no big difference. But in the case of President Putin and Russia, this scenario is completely reversed. Therefore, if the Russia-Ukraine war continues, Ukraine will have to face more crisis.
The powerful crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has been appointed as the prime minister.
Mohammed bin Salman, the 37-year-old son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, will now serve as head of the government. A royal order announcing his promotion from Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister has given him the responsibility of the chief executive body of the state. Another of his sons, Crown Prince Khalid bin Salman, has been appointed as the new defence minister by royal decree.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was also accused of being involved in the murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. However, he has been denying his involvement in the murder.
Russia has accused the US of damaging an undersea pipeline supplying Russian gas.
After European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, any disruption to European energy infrastructure was unacceptable and would be met with a strong response, the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also questioned, who the EU wants to punish as the most likely suspect for damaging the Nord Stream gas pipeline and to whom the warning applies, referring to Sikorsky’s tweet on Tuesday saying “Thank you USA” along with a photo of a large gas leak in the waters of the Baltic Sea.
She also said that former Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who has good relations with Washington, had already confirmed that the US was behind the pipeline sabotage.
US President Joe Biden warned in early February, before Russia launched military operations in Ukraine, that if Moscow attacked Kiev, there would be no more Nord Stream 2 and the US will end it.
Criticizing China’s behaviour in the Asia-Pacific region, US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the US administration will further develop its relationship with Taiwan.
Speaking to US sailors aboard a US warship in Japan, Harris also accused Beijing of undermining key elements of the international rules-based order. She criticized China for challenging the freedom of the seas and coercively threatening its neighbours with a show of military power during US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.
The US has said it supports Taiwan’s self-defence and will deepen ties with the self-governing island.
Rabindra Mishra, who emerged from media work and entered the direct politics of Nepal through the Sajha Party, today joined the Rastriya Prajatantra Party RPP after resigning from the Bibeksheel Sajha Party a few days ago.
Mishra joined the RPP with the post of Senior Vice President during a program held today at the National Assembly House.
It is said that along with Mishra, more than a dozen leaders and workers, including Bibeksheel Sajha’s spokesperson Sharad Pathak, Bagmati provincial coordinator and executive committee member Ujwalkrishna Shrestha, are also preparing to join RPP.
Leader warns of independent candidacy across the country and “no vote” campaign for coalition candidates
The Congress leaders of the agitating Koirala panel staged a sit-in at the party office Sanepa today demanding equal rights and justice in Congress.
The Congress leaders of the Shekhar Koirala panel, who have been rebelling within the party regarding the issue of seat allocation within the coalition, demanded to correct the closed list of candidates towards a proportional election system saying that they should get 40 per cent seats. They have also warned that the alliance will lose the election if the distribution of the seats and tickets won’t go fair.
The Congress leaders have said that they will boycott the elections and will not vote for the candidates of the alliance if they try to move ahead in an arbitrary manner by weakening the party in the name of the alliance. They have also warned about independent candidacy across the country.
Nepal-India security officials have agreed to operate a passenger assistance service (help desk) to prevent looting and ill-treatment of common people in the southern border area. Nepalese Armed Police Force (APF) and the Indian Armed Forces (SSB) will operate a help desk at the international entry/departure point with a single representative and a joint representative as per the requirement in the border.
Earlier in the meeting held between Inspector General of Armed Police Force Raju Aryal and Chief of Indian Armed Forces Sujoy Lal Thausen and representatives of Home and Foreign Ministries of both countries have agreed to operate the help desk at the international border crossing and required arrangements will be made for the safety and security.
In view of Dasain, Tihar and the upcoming elections, the border security agencies of both countries will operate a help desk to make the border security orderly and secure. In the meeting held between the officials of both the countries,issues of traffic management through international border crossings, prevention of cross-border crime, control of terrorism, joint security patrol in Dasgaja, and control of illegal infiltration by citizens of third countries were discussed.
Acting Assistant Secretary of Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau has arrived in Kathmandu.
During her 12-day international tour from September 28 to October 9, 2022, she will also visit the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
It is said that during her visit to Nepal, she will interact on issues such as false information spread by Russia and the People’s Republic of China, social equality, media freedom and the environment.
She is also expected to meet with government officials and civil society organizations, foreign media outlets, press, journalists and US diplomatic missions.
The commission has implemented the election code of conduct from today. Setting the limits on election campaigns commission has said that it would closely monitor the compliance of the code of conduct.
In the code of conduct, it is said that the prime minister, chief minister and the ministers can only campaign in their constituencies. However, after the disagreement of the political parties, preparations are being made to amend this provision so that they will be allowed to go for election campaigns with the permission of the commission, but the use of government resources will be prohibited, according to the commission sources. Campaigning will be allowed only from 7 am to 7 pm. Candidates are required to submit personal details and property details.
More than 25 people will not be allowed to participate in election campaigning. Even during the nomination, only 25 people including supporters and proposers will be allowed. It is mentioned in the code of conduct that no processions should be held during the registration of candidature and campaigning, and the use of bells and whistles should not be used. Parties and candidates will be allowed to use only ten party flags during processions, general meetings, corner meetings, door-to-door meetings or any kind of rally. The use of the national flag has been banned.
When a political party has to use a helicopter, it must be within the limit of the expenses that can be made based on the number of candidates on the closed list according to the proportional election system determined by the commission. It is proposed to limit the expenditure of political parties to a maximum of 3.3 million rupees.
After the implementation of the code of conduct, the program cannot be announced, approved and operated except as mentioned in the annual budget and program.
With the implementation of the code of conduct, foundation laying, inauguration, survey, feasibility study and grant programs can no longer be done. The Code of Conduct also prohibits political appointments, creation of new posts, filling up of posts, increase in allowances and other financial benefits and awards.
Regular post filling work done by Public Service Commission can be done by informing the Commission. Employees cannot be transferred except for election purposes.
Interpol has issued a ‘diffusion notice’ against the suspended captain of the Nepali national cricket team, Sandeep Lamichhane.
The international police organization Interpol has issued a diffusion notice listing Lamichhane as a fugitive. After the ‘diffusion notice issued by Interpol, the countries affiliated with Interpol will investigate whether Sandeep Lamichhane is in that country or not, and if found, he will be arrested and sent to Nepal.
After a police complaint was filed against Sandeep Lamichhane on the charge of rape, Lamichhane didn’t return to Nepal who was abroad to play in the Caribbean league. As his whereabouts have been unknown since the Kathmandu District Court issued an arrest warrant against him, police kept him on the fugitive list and issued a diffusion notice from Interpol.
Kathmandu District Court issued an arrest warrant against Lamichhane on Bhadra 23, 2079 BS.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has said that the EU sanctions on Russia have backfired on Europe. He said that the sanctions had driven up the energy prices in Europe.
Addressing the parliament, PM Orban criticised the EU sanctions on Russia and referring to the election in Italy, he said that the governments are falling apart in Europe amid the crisis.
He also said that the government must be prepared for the worst as there is a chance of prolonging the war.
Congress leader Shekhar Koirala has announced that congress won’t vote for the candidates from the alliance and warned that the alliance will lose the election.
The Congress leaders of the Shekhar Koirala panel, who have been rebelling within the party regarding the issue of seat allocation within the coalition, have become more aggressive after the party president Deuba unilaterally recommended the proportional candidates for the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly elections.
The Congress leaders close to Koirala have said that the coalition cannot win the election just by settling the balance of seat distribution in Baluwatar. They have also warned that the alliance will lose the election if the distribution of the seats and tickets won’t go fair.
Dissatisfied Congress leaders have demanded to correct the closed list of candidates for the proportional election system. Congress leader Shekhar Koirala has announced that he will protest if the distribution of tickets is not fair. The leaders of Koirala group have also said that if they do not get 40 percent of the seats, they will sit in the party office and start the agitation.
The Congress leaders have said that if the closure list is not changed by the 16th, they will be forced to take a tough historic decision. The Congress leaders have said that they will boycott the elections and will not vote for the candidates of the alliance if they try to move ahead in an arbitrary manner by weakening the party in the name of alliance.
A shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in Russia’s Urals region on Monday killed thirteen people and 21 injured including 14 children.
According to the country’s Investigative Committee, the male suspect was wearing a ski mask and a black T-shirt featuring Nazi symbols. The suspect’s identity has been established, who killed himself after an attack. Two security guards and several teachers were also killed in the attack.
One thousand fifty-one people have been infected with dengue in the last 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 25,543 people have been infected with dengue till Monday, while 32 people have died due to infection.
The highest number of dengue infections occurred in Bagmati province with 19,910 people. Similarly, 2,887 people in Lumbini Province,804 in Far-west,556 in Gandaki,380 in Madhesh,231 in Karnali and 775 in Province 1 have been infected with dengue.
The Ministry of Finance released one billion rupees on Sunday for the payment of Corona insurance claims.
After the decision of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance released one billion rupees on Sunday for the payment of Corona claims. Even among the insured who have claimed insurance, the insurance committee said that the amount will be paid by prioritizing the claim period after the Corona outbreak. About 15 thousand people will get payment after Dashain.
According to the insurance committee, 1,61,549 people claimed about 15,322,092,000 rupees by the end of last June, and the government’s liability is about 11,822,092,636 rupees. According to the committee, the number of corona-insured persons was 1,758,343 during the insurance period and the company had collected 1,050,527,676 rupees as insurance fees for the policy.
Since it was seen that the insurance company would incur losses due to many people taking corona insurance, the government prepared a procedure to distribute the liability to continue the corona insurance.
An avalanche occurred between the third and fourth base camp of Manaslu mountain on Monday.
After the avalanche, rescue operations are continuing with helicopters for those trapped while climbing the mountain. For rescue, the helicopter from Kathmandu reached Samagaon, the last village of North Gorkha. Although the rescue work of those trapped in the avalanche is continuing, since the weather at the base camp is not clear, no definite information about the injured could be obtained.
The Department of Tourism has stated that there is no way to say anything about the human loss caused by the avalanche as there is no contact with the people in the area where the avalanche hit. It is said that all the climbers who went from Nirmal Purja’s elite expedition are safe. The Department of Tourism has given permission to 38 climbing teams to climb Manaslu. There are 404 climbers including 97 women and 307 men in the climbing team.
Today is Ghatasthapana, marked as the first day of Dashain. Dashain is considered to have officially started today. Navratri also begins today.Methodically, after the installation of Ghat or Ghada, the worship of Durga in the form of Shaktiswarupa is performed which is called Ghatasthapana. On the day of Vijaya Dashami, Prasad of Goddess Durga is accepted by anointing with the water of Purna Kalash installed today.
The auspicious time for Ghatasthapana is 10:23 am today.Ghatasthapana is performed today by worshipping Chitra Nakshatra owner Twashta ( Vishwakarma) and owner of Vaidhriti Yog Aditi, Mother of Gods. At the time of Chitra and Vaidhriti yoga, worship of Rudra, Surya, Soma and Mrityunjaya is performed along with Twashta and Aditi.Today, Sanatan Vedic Hindu religious people across the country keep Jamra(sacredly grown plants) in their houses and temples.
Seeds of barley are sown in the soil mixed with a little sand, inside a pooja room of the house or a clean place inside the house, placing a Diyo, Kalash and Ganesh. Recently, it has been found that rice, corn and wheat are also used along with barley while sowing Jamara. Jamara is worshipped every day until the last day of Navratri.
Seeds are grown in such a way that no light penetrates into them and the sprouts of this grain germinated for 10 days are used as Jamra.Jamara is offered as a blessing by elders on the tenth day of Dashain, which is known as Tika.
During Navratri, the three forms of Goddess Durga, Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati, are ritually invoked and worshipped. Mahakali is the symbol of power, Mahalakshmi is the symbol of wealth and opulence and Mahasaraswati is worshipped as the symbol of learning and wisdom.
The 15 days from Ashwin Shukla Pratipada to Purnima are called Durga Paksha and special worship is done on the occasion of Durga Paksha in the nine forms taken by Durga to kill the demons including Chanda, Mund, Shumbha, Nishumbha and Raktavija.
Shailaputri is worshipped on the first day of Durga Paksha, Brahmacharini on the second day, Chandraghanta on the third day, Kushmanda on the fourth day, Skandamata on the fifth day, Katyayani on the sixth day, Kalaratri on the seventh day, Mahagauri on the eighth day and Siddhidatri on the ninth day. These nine forms of Durga are also called Navadurga. Therefore, Dasai is celebrated as a symbol of the victory of truth over falsehood and divine power over demonic power.
Today onwards, the worship of Goddess Durga in the form of Shaktiswarupa begins according to the Vedic method, in the Dasainghar located in the Hanumandhoka Palace in Kathmandu.The culture of putting Jamra on the head on the day of Tika is considered an important part of Dashain, a great festival of Sanatan Vedic Hindus.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has approved the deployment of the army for the upcoming elections.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the President’s office, Sagar Acharya, it has been mentioned that “The honourable President, Mrs Bidya Devi Bhandari, has requested that the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections to be held in a free, fair and fear-free environment as per the provisions of the “Integrated Security Action Plan, 2079”. Based on the recommendation of the meeting of the National Security Council, the decision of the Council of Ministers and the honourable Prime Minister, the work of providing security in an integrated and coordinated manner between the agencies has been approved. It has been mentioned that approval has been given in accordance with sub-section (2) of Article 66 of the Constitution of Nepal to mobilize the Nepali Army for the election of members of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly.
A fire broke out in the Data Center (Disaster Recovery Center) in Hetauda, which stores government information and statistics.
The fire was reportedly caused by a battery explosion in the disaster recovery centre. District Police Office Makwanpur has informed that fire control efforts are continuing.
The police said that efforts to extinguish the fire are ongoing and as the fire has not been fully controlled, it is not possible to estimate how much damage has been caused by the fire.
It is said that the online services and information systems of the government and subordinate agencies may be affected due to the fire.
Acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki has gone on compulsory retirement from today.
Karki, who held the position of Acting Chief Justice for about 7 months, has gone on compulsory retirement due to the age limit of 65 years.
Due to the suspension of Jabara, Karki got an opportunity to lead the Supreme Court. With the departure of Deepak Karki, Supreme Court will be headed by Harikrishna Karki. Karki will become the Chief Justice on Mangsir 27, 2079 BS.
The Supreme Court has issued a show cause order in the name of the Office of the President while hearing a writ petition against the President’s action registered in the Supreme Court for not validating the Citizenship Bill.
A single bench of Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal ordered the President’s Office to submit reasons for not validating the Citizenship Bill. Five writ petitions against the President’s action were taken up together today.
A writ petition against the President’s action, which was registered in the Supreme Court for not validating the Citizenship Bill, has been submitted to the bench of Justice Hari Phuyal.
Five cases have been filed in the Supreme Court against President Bidya Devi Bhandari for not fulfilling her constitutional obligations. The writs, which have been filed together, have been placed at number 8 of Phuyal’s bench.
The petition filed by Advocate Sunilranjan Singh and Advocate Sagar Baral, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Dev Sharma and Sonu Rauniar has been filed together. In their registered petition, they demanded that a writ should be issued by the Supreme Court in the name of the President to validate the bill.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that by interfering in the Taiwan issue, Washington is trying to weaken China’s sovereignty, which may cause great danger in the near future.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a meeting with his American counterpart Antony Blinken in New York, said that the United States should change its approach to China in order to unite the two powers on the world stage.
According to Wang, China considers the self-governing island as its territory and will resist any foreign diplomatic and military aid to Taipei. He also said that the US has no right to interfere because the issue of Taiwan is an internal matter of China.
Wang also said he hopes that the US will correct its attitude towards China and stop trying to put pressure on Taiwan matter.
On the other hand, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Blinken talked about the need to maintain an open line of communication with Beijing and is committed to maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait in line with the ‘one-China’ policy.
Western media is ignoring Ukraine’s attack on civilians
The Ukrainian strike on the civilians of Donetsk is an act of terrorism.
Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin said that the Ukrainian forces killed 16 civilians, including two children on Monday. According to him, Ukrainian forces used 155mm of NATO shells in the attack.
According to the Canadian independent journalist, Eva Bartlett, a Ukrainian attack in the central region of Donetsk on August 4 also killed six people, including an 11-year-old ballerina, her grandmother, and her ballet teacher. She says that the Ukrainian strike on the Donetsk market was an act of terrorism.
Another Ukrainian assault, which took place on Saturday in the centre of Donetsk was hit by around ten bombs over the course of 30 minutes around noon. She said, “at least four civilians were killed, one of whom I saw still on the ground. Some minutes later, her body was taken away. One of the shells hit a car driving along Artema Street, setting it ablaze and killing two civilians. By the time I reached that site, the vehicle had burned out, the dead taken away. Workers were already repaving the roads, sweeping debris and glass from sidewalks.”
Writing on Saturday’s bombings,War correspondent, Christelle Neant says that,“After submitting the photos of the shrapnel I found on the spot to NATO weapons expert for the DPR’s representation in the JCCC (Joint Monitoring and Co-ordination Center on Ukraine’s War Crimes), he confirmed that they were American 155mm shells, some fired from Caesar guns and others from TRF1 guns.The famous TRF1 guns that can fire (banned) 155mm cluster munitions, which France sold to Ukraine.”
But, while the Russian and Donbass speaks against the Ukraine’s attack on Donbass civilians with Western weapons, the west claims that Russia is bombing Donbass .Western media has continuously ignoring the Ukrainian’s attack on civilians, calming that as an attack made by Russian forces. According to her, the Ukrainian army has been blaming Russia for the continuous attacks on the citizens of Donbas, which were actually attacks carried out by Ukrainian forces.
Dozens of people have died after a boat carrying Lebanese migrants and refugees capsized off the coast of Syria.
The Lebanese Minister of Transport has stated that 71 people have died in the incident so far. Based on the information that there were about 120 to 150 people on the boat, he said that the number of dead may increase as rescue and search operations are ongoing.
According to the Syrian government, 20 people who were rescued from the accident are being treated at Basel Hospital in Tartous. Samer Qubrusli, director general of the Syrian port, said that there were difficulties in the rescue operation due to strong winds and rough seas.
Lebanon has a population of six million, including one million Syrian refugees, and has been in the grip of a severe economic recession since late 2019 that has pushed more than three-quarters of the population into poverty. Therefore, thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians have been illegally entering Europe for the past few months in search of better opportunities in Europe.
Also last April, a boat carrying dozens of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians by sea to Italy capsized after clashes with the Lebanese navy, killing dozens.
Similarly, on Thursday, Lebanese authorities rescued a boat carrying 55 migrants and refugees from the coast of the northern region of Akkar.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned the UN members and the west for the violation of Serbia’s sovereignty.
Referring to the endorsement of Kosovo’s independence by the UN and western countries, he said that the UN and the west have failed to explain why they have different points of view on Ukraine and Serbia’s territorial integrity.
Referring to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he said that we want a clear answer that we have been asking for years, “Why is the truth about the violation of Serbia’s territorial integrity unspoken and what is the difference between the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia?”
NATO occupied Kosovo in 1999, after a 78-day bombing campaign against what was then Yugoslavia. The province declared independence in 2008 with Western support and was recognized by the US and most of its allies.
The former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, could be used to defend territories incorporated into Russia from Ukraine.
He also said that referendums being organised in Ukrainian territory will take place and there is no going back and the protection of all the territories would be significantly strengthened by the Russian armed forces.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin also warned that Moscow would use “all available means” to protect Russia’s “territorial integrity” as he moved to mobilise 300,000 reserve forces to fight in Ukraine.
Russia has announced that not only mobilisation of troops, but also any Russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons and weapons based on new principles could be used to defend its territory.
A writ has been registered in the Supreme Court against President Bidya Devi Bhandari, saying that she violated the Constitution by not validating the Citizenship Bill.
Advocate Sunil Ranjan Singh has made the office of the President an opposition in the petition, demanding to verify the citizenship bill.
Stating that President Bhandari did not certify the Citizenship Bill as per the constitutional provision, Singh has demanded to rule out the decision of the President and issue an order to verify the bill.
Five people were killed when a bus ( BA 3 KHA 7858) leaving from Kathmandu to Hetauda met with an accident at Jurikhet in Bhimfedi Rural Municipality of Makwanpur.
Five people travelling on the bus died on the spot when the bus fell off the road in Bhimfedi.
Rescue work is ongoing at the accident site while the injured have been taken to the hospital for treatment. It is estimated that the number of dead and injured may increase as the full details of the incident are not yet available.
The European parliamentary delegation has arrived on a two-day visit to Nepal.
A four-member team led by Evelyn Regner, Vice President of the European Parliament, has arrived in Nepal to inquire about the progress in the implementation of the federal democratic system here since the promulgation of the Constitution of Nepal 2072.
According to the office of the European delegation in Nepal, the visit will contribute to the expansion and enhancement of cooperation between Nepal and the European Union.
The delegation of European parliamentarians will interact with the political leaders, government and civil society on matters of cooperation.
The delegation also said that they will discuss climate change, gender issues and social inclusion with stakeholders.
Advocate Kishore Paudel, Anupam Bhattarai, Jagannath Dulal and others have filed a writ in the Supreme Court, demanding to vacate the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
According to the provisions of Article 91 (6) (a) of the Constitution, the petitioner demands that the posts of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker should be vacated as their posts remain in place until the day before the filing of nominations for the next election to be held for the House of Representatives.
They claim that since the parties have submitted a closed list for proportional MPs, retaining the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker is against the constitution. It has been demanded that service facilities should also be stopped until the final decision of the petition is made, as it will be an extreme misuse of resources if they remain in the post .
In order to prevent the Speaker and Deputy Speaker from abusing the resources and services received by the State until the end of the petition, an interim order should be issued in the name of the opponent in accordance with Rule 49 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2074 to prevent them from using the services provided by the State while they are in that position. ‘, the petition demanded.
While the top leaders of the coalition parties are continuing to discuss the Citizenship Bill and the President’s actions with legal experts, the Rastriya Janmorcha has said that they want the Citizenship Bill to be repealed.
Rashtriya Jan Morcha President Chitra Bahadur KC has said that he is more interested in the dismissal of the Citizenship Bill than the steps taken by the President regarding the Citizenship Bill.
KC said that despite joining the alliance, it is not logical that all the steps of the alliance should be followed. “We also opposed the decision of the alliance regarding the MCC and we have a different opinion on the citizenship bill, our party does not agree on this,” KC said.
He said that the Rastriya Janmorcha does not support on giving citizenship to foreigners on the basis of descent.
Earlier, the Rastriya Janmorcha said that their party members did not participate in the meeting of the coalition held at Baluwatar and did not sign the statement signed by the four top leaders of the ruling party.
The Election Commission has started the collection of provisional voter lists from today. Provisional voters can only vote in the proportional election.
The Election Commission has started the collection of temporary voter list for those who cannot reach the municipality where their voter list is located.
According to the Election Commission, government employees, Nepali Army in barracks, Nepal Police, Armed Police, inmates in prisons and security personnel engaged in election work, people living in old age homes approved by the government can vote in the proportional election as temporary voters from their place of residence.
The commission said that the list will be collected so that the temporary voters can vote from the workplace and for the name to be included in the temporary voter list, the name must be included in the final voter list approved by the commission.
Addressing a program organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament through video, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said that Nepal wants to have friendly relations with all countries equally and will not participate in any military alliance.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has stated that Nepal’s foreign policy is based on a non-alignment foreign policy, the principle of Panchsheel and mutual benefit.
President Bhandari wished for world peace and disarmament and said that the international community should help economically weak and poor countries to establish world peace.
According to the President’s Office,President Bhandari also wished peace day to the international community from Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha.
Three people died in a fire that started at around 7:30 pm in a trekking office near Ram Mandir in Kapan.
According to District Police Kathmandu, it is said that the fire broke out on the ground floor of the trekking office after the explosion of the gas cylinder. The deceased has not yet been identified. However, it is assumed that the deceased may be a worker working in the company.
Fire engines from Kathmandu and Lalitpur have been used to control the fire. In the fire, 2 people died on the spot and one person died in the hospital during treatment. However, the extent of the damage is not yet clear in the preliminary investigation.
The Election Commission has appointed the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officer for the upcoming elections.
Today, issuing a press release, the commission has appointed the judges of 77 districts as the chief election officers of the same districts, while the gazetted officers of the second class of the judicial service have been appointed as election officers.
Earlier, the Judicial Council and the Judicial Service Commission had recommended the names of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officer to the government, and on the same basis, the Election Commission has appointed them today.
Dr KC, who is on hunger strike demanding improvement in medical education and the overall health sector has been admitted to TU Teaching Hospital for treatment.
Dr KC was on a hunger strike with 7-point demands in Krishna Mandir Dharamshala at Dhangadi. Earlier he was admitted to Seti Provincial Hospital after serious health problems. After the Seti Provincial Hospital issued a statement asking the government to take the initiative to transfer him to a specialized hospital for treatment as more complex problems were found in his health, the government tried to bring him to Kathmandu in an army helicopter, which he refused. Later today, on the 10th day of his hunger strike Dr KC came to Kathmandu at his own expense and now he is admitted to TU Teaching Hospital.
Despite being admitted to the hospital, Dr. will continue his hunger strike.
Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has said that those who are responsible for the observance and protection of the Constitution are not allowed to go beyond the Constitution.
Vice President Pun, issuing a statement, said that the main guardian and the protector of the Constitution have not been consciously following and protecting the Constitution.
The Vice President’s statement has been issued after the President didn’t ratify the citizenship bill.
The top leaders of the ruling coalition party, have said that President Bidhya Devi Bhandari insulted and devalued the federal parliament by not ratifying the Citizenship Bill.
The Unified Socialists, Maoist Center, Congress and Jaspa issued a joint statement saying that the president’s action has seriously affected the basic values of the people’s sovereignty, constitutional supremacy and democratic governance as provided by the constitution.
Coalition party apart Rastriya Janamorcha has asked the people to be aware of the President’s move, In a statement signed by the Prime Minister and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Maoist President Prachanda, Unified Socialist Party President Madhav Kumar Nepal and Janata Samajwadi Party President Upendra Yadav.
The Citizenship Bill sent by the Parliament to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has not been verified for the second time either.
After the bill passed by the Parliament for the second time, the time to verify the Citizenship Bill, submitted to the President through the Speaker, has exceeded 15 days on Tuesday night at 12:00. There is a constitutional provision that the President must verify the bill coming for re-verification within 15 days.
The Citizenship Bill, which was sent for verification for the first time, was returned to Parliament for reconsideration by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. The returned Citizenship Bill passed without any amendment, was actually sent to the President’s Office for re-certification for the second time and even could not be verified after exceeding the time limit.
A source close to the President said, “According to the Constitution, the President is the protector of the Constitution. So the President should be responsible, even for every full stop and commas of the Constitution. The constitution has not given the right to the top leaders of the alliance to decide on the bill sitting on Baluwatar, which the president actually sent to the parliament for reconsideration and the provisions of the bill were not reconsidered even though they were suggested to be corrected by referring to the clauses that were against the constitution.So, the President might have exercised her rights to protect the Constitution in respect of the Bill.”
Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions to hold a referendum from Sep 23-27
Ukrainians from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions have said that they will hold referendums on joining Russia from September 23 to 27.
Head of the Luhansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik was the first to sign a law on “holding a public referendum in the republic on the inclusion of the region into the Russian Federation,” after its parliament unanimously supported the move and set a date for the vote.
LPR’s decision was soon followed by Donetsk People’s Republic leader Denis Pushilin, who declared that his state would also be holding a similar referendum on the same date. Pushilin said he had already introduced the relevant legislation in the DPR’s parliament.
Pushilin also said that,“The long-suffering people of Donbas deserve to be part of the Great Country, which they always considered their Motherland.”
Donbas region was recognised as independent by Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before sending troops to Ukraine in February.
The referendum will also be held in the southern Kherson region and the partly Russian-controlled Zaporizhia region.
The head of the Kherson region,Vladimir Saldo, said that the entry of the Kherson region into the Russian Federation will secure our territory and restore historical justice.He also said that it was a “necessary decision in the face of constant acts of terror by the armed forces of Ukraine and NATO member countries that supply weapons to kill civilians on our soil”.
The head of the Zaporizhia, Yevgeny Balitsky, also said that he has signed an order on the holding of a referendum on the territorial allegiance of the region from September 23 to 27.
Shortly after these announcement of referendum, the head of Russia’s parliament has also said that Moscow will support the regions joining Russia.
Meanwhile,It is believed that the annexation of Ukrainian regions into Russia would significantly escalate the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Kyiv has announced to use force against the breakaway regions.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has said that any person who takes part in referendum could be sent to prison for up to 12 years.
Nepal has been defeated in the final match of the SAFF women’s championship today.
Bangladesh won the SAFF women’s championship by defeating Nepal by 3-1 in the final match at the Dashrath stadium today.
Nepal, which came close to the title many times and lost, has maintained its old history this time as well.
On behalf of Bangladesh, Krishna Rani Sarkar scored 2 goals and Samsunahar scored one goal, while on behalf of Nepal, Anita Basnet managed to score a goal in the 70th minute of the game.
The Former prime minister and current leader of the opposition in Greece, Alexis Tsipras has said that the EU has been the second biggest loser apart from Ukraine in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
Addressing the press conference he said, “The US is not losing, neither economically nor geostrategically. But the European Union is the one that has lost its position both economically and geostrategically in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
He added, “Economically, Russia is not losing either. The ruble has become one of the strongest currencies now.”
While expressing his solidarity with the people of Ukraine he said that EU must do everything to put an end to the war.Tsipras claimed that apart from innocent civilians the “biggest loser” is the European Union, which is in “turmoil,” and “clearly lacks leadership, vision, strategy.”
He also said that the EU need to re-evaluate the sanctions. He asked,“ Were the measures correct or are we shooting ourselves in the foot ?” “Unless the EU defends its own interests it will face existential problems, he added.”
Nine million people have been told to evacuate their homes as Japan is hit by one of the worst typhoons Nanmadol, the country has ever seen.
The super typhoon Nanmadol killed two people and injured almost 90 people.
It hit Japan’s most southerly island, Kyushu, on Sunday morning, and is forecast to pass over the main island of Honshu in the next few days.
Tens of thousands of people have been staying in emergency shelters. Flights, train services, electricity, transport and business have been disrupted in the area.
A level-five alert, the highest on Japan’s disaster warning scale, has been issued for more than 500,000 people in the Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Oita, Kumamoto and Yamaguchi areas.
The President’s Office has requested not to publish and broadcast any kind of misleading news by linking the name of the President and the Presidential office.
Today, the President’s Office has issued a statement objecting to the publication-broadcasting of various types of misleading news by linking the name of the President and the Presidential office. It has been said that the President’s Office is regularly informing about the actions taken by the President’s Office and requested that the news be published and broadcast only after understanding with the official.
In a statement issued by the spokesperson of the President’s office, Sagar Acharya, it is mentioned that ” various types of misleading news are being published in connection with this office and the Honorable President .”
US President Joe Biden has said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China.
The US has been selling arms to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act, which states that the US will provide the island with the means to defend itself. Earlier this month, the US agreed to sell $1.1bn (£955m) in weaponry and missile defence to Taiwan.
Meanwhile, Taiwan welcomed the US government’s security commitment to Taiwan, saying Taipei would deepen its security partnership with Washington.
Tensions between US and China – especially over Taiwan – have ramped up after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a controversial visit to the island in August.
Taiwan is a self-ruled island off the coast of eastern China that Beijing claims as part of its territory.
Dr Govind KC’s health has reached an alarming state. He is on hunger strike demanding improvement in medical education and the overall health sector.
Dr KC was on a hunger strike in Dhangadhi’s Krishna Mandir Dharamshala before he was admitted to Seti Provincial Hospital after serious health problems. Seti Provincial Hospital has also issued a statement asking the government to take the initiative to transfer him to a specialized hospital for treatment after more complex problems were found in his health.
According to the hospital, KC’s muscles are drying up and bleeding is suspected due to Ulcers, so further complications may arise.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government is committed to conduct the elections in a fair, free and fearless environment.
Addressing a special ceremony held at Sainik Manch Tundikhel on Monday on the occasion of Constitution Day, Prime Minister Deuba expressed his hope that the government will get everyone’s support in this task.
The Prime Minister said, ‘the election ensures the peaceful transfer of power in the country through democratic methods and means, on the other hand, it helps to make our constitution viable and increase its vitality. I believe that the government will get everyone’s support in this task.’
Prime Minister Deuba said that the government is moving in the direction of fulfilling the aspirations of the country and the people by maintaining political stability, peace and good governance in the country. He emphasized that the epoch-making political change in the country has been completed and now it should be institutionalized and moved forward
He also said that the responsibility of fulfilling the unfulfilled dreams of our brave martyrs and making Nepal prosperous has now fallen on our shoulders. Using this as an opportunity, there is a need for all of us to work with integrity and honesty to bring prosperity and good governance to the homes of every Nepali as soon as possible .
Rastriya Swatantra Party has published the list of proportional candidates for the House of Representatives elections.
Rastriya Swatantra Party has announced the list of its candidates, which has held open early voting for the selection of candidates.
According to the party, 39 thousand 13 people voted online in the open primary election and the person who got the most votes in that process will be included in the closed list of proportional candidates.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has reduced the imprisonment of 681 prisoners and pardoned the sentences of 21 people on the occasion of Constitution Day 2079 and National Day
According to the Criminal Offenses Act of Article 276 of the Constitution, Article 37 of 2074 and Rule 3 of the Criminal Offenses Regulations of 2076, and according to the order of the Supreme Court, the president can waive the imprisonment of prisoners on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. According to the provision, the sentence of 681 prisoners from different prisons in the country has been reduced and pardoned.
Similarly, according to Article 276 of the Constitution, Article 159 of the Civil Criminal Procedure Code, 2074, the President’s Office informed that the sentences of 21 prisoners were pardoned on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
The Council of Justice and the Judicial Service Commission have recommended the name of the Chief Electoral Officer and Electoral Officer to the government for the upcoming elections.
The Judicial Council has recommended the District Judge as the Chief Election Officer and the Gazetted Second Class Officer of the Judicial Service as the Election Officer.
The Judicial Council and Judicial Service Commission has recommended 94 District Judges including backup as Chief Electoral Officer, 88 Gazetted Second Class Officers of Judicial Service as Election Officers and 20 as Backup Election Officers.
The National Human Rights Commission has requested to remove the obstruction on the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabra. In a statement issued by the commission after monitoring the residence of the Chief Justice, it has been requested to end this kind of detention according to the constitution and law.
It is the responsibility of the state to respect the personal freedom, freedom of movement and privacy rights of any person provided by the constitution. Therefore, the commission urges all the related parties to end this kind of detaining act by relying on the constitution and the law.
The commission said that it went to monitor Rana after receiving information that the security personnel did not allow him to leave the residence without any reason.
The commission said that people entering and leaving Rana’s residence were monitored, vehicles leaving the residence were strictly checked and Rana’s vehicle skirting team was also removed.
According to the information received, Jabara was held captive by the security personnel assigned at his house on the strict order from the goverment,”said the commission.
The Patan High Court has issued a short-term interim order in the name of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and instructed it, not to destroy the illegal structure built by the Tukucha river.
The High Court issued a short-term interim order on the writ filed by Bholavikram Thapa on behalf of President Travels and Tours Pvt. Ltd.
Judge Dipendra Bahadur Bam’s bench has issued an interim order in the name of Kathmandu Metropolitan City to prevent the destruction of the illegal structure built by the Tukucha river, without any legal procedure and proper compensation.
Kathmandu Metropolis has been moving forward with speed to remove the illegal structures built by the Tukucha river.
The Election Commission has fixed two days today and tomorrow to submit the closed list of proportional candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on November 20.
According to the press release issued by the commission, the closed list of proportional candidates should be submitted on Ashwin 2 and 3, 2079 BS. In addition, the Commission has requested to submit the closed list of candidates by completing the process according to the mentioned Acts, Rules and Regulations and the guidelines and maintaining representation according to the principle of proportional inclusion.
The Election Commission will scrutinize the closed list submitted from Ashwin 4th to 9th and inform the parties to correct the closed list if deemed necessary. Similarly, the commission also said that the closed list can be revised from the 10th to the 16th of Ashwin while being limited to the issues mentioned in the closed list.
The impeachment recommendation committee has submitted a report to Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota citing 9 reasons for impeachment against the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara.
In the report submitted by the committee to Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, it has been mentioned that Jabara violated the law by reducing the Sentence in Ranjan Koirala’s case, and violated the code of conduct to be observed by judges by not taking the Constitutional appointment case to the hearing process.
It has also been mentioned that Jabara failed to fulfil the duty according to the constitutional provision of taking the final responsibility of administration of justices. Committee has also accused him for violating the law by not inviting international bids for the contract related to the construction of the Supreme Court.
Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office of Hungary Gergely Gulyas has expressed his views on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and said that Russia can declare victory against Ukraine at any time if it wants.
Gulyas said that both Russia and Ukraine are finding it difficult to get out of the current state of war, but Russia can declare victory against Ukraine at any time if it wants to. He also warned NATO not to get involved directly, saying that sanctions against Russia are profiting instead of causing losses to Russia. He also said that European Union policies have pushed Russia away from Europe, and Russia is moving closer to Asia.
While condemning Russia’s military action in Ukraine, Hungary has also said that it is not ready to impose any kind of sanctions on Moscow against the national interest.
Nepal won the SAFF Women’s Championship 2022 by defeating India by 1-0 in the semi-final match today.
In the 45th minute of the match, Rashmi Ghising managed to score a goal for Nepal.
In the first match of the semi-final, Bangladesh defeated Bhutan by 8-0. Nepal entered the final after today’s victory. Nepal will compete against Bangladesh in the final match on Monday.
According to Nepal Rastra Bank, the country’s Balance of Payments (BOP) remained at a deficit of Rs.22.63 billion in the review period compared to a deficit of Rs.38.75 billion in the same period of the previous year. In US Dollar terms, the BOP remained at a deficit of 177.68 million in the review period compared to a deficit of 325.53 million in the same period of the previous year.
The current account remained at a deficit of Rs.16.26 billion in the review period compared to a deficit of Rs.47.29 billion in the same period of the previous year. In US Dollar terms, the current account registered a deficit of 127.68 million in the review period compared to the deficit of 397.36 million in the same period last year.
Foreign exchange reserves in descending order: Gross foreign exchange reserves decreased 1.5 percent to Rs.1197.85 billion in mid-August 2022 from Rs.1215.80 billion in mid-July 2022. In the US dollar terms, the gross foreign exchange reserves decreased 1.2 percent to 9.42 billion in mid-August 2022 from 9.54 billion in mid-July 2022 Of the total foreign exchange reserves, reserves held by NRB decreased 0.7 percent to Rs.1049.11 billion in mid-August 2022 from Rs.1056.39 billion in mid-July 2022.
Reserves held by banks and financial institutions (except NRB) decreased 6.7 percent to Rs.148.74 billion in mid-August 2022 from Rs.159.41 billion in mid-July 2022. Based on the imports of first month of 2022/23, the foreign exchange reserves of the banking sector is sufficient to cover the prospective merchandise imports of 9.4 months, and merchandise and services imports of 8.0 months.
Price increase by 8.26 percent: The y-o-y consumer price inflation stood at 8.26 percent in the first month of FY 2022/23 compared to 4.35 percent a year ago. Food and beverage inflation stood at 7.11 percent whereas non-food and service inflation stood at 9.18 percent in the review month.
Under the food and beverage category, the prices of ghee & oil, fruits, restaurant & hotel, alcholic drinks and milk products & eggs sub-categories rose by 19.58 percent, 18.79 percent, 11.84 percent, 10.24 and 10.19 percent respectively on y-o-y basis.
Likewise, under the non-food and services category, the prices of transportation, health, furnishing & household equipment, education and housing & utilities sub-categories rose by 23.88 percent, 10.54 percent, 9.04 percent, 8.11 percent and 7.86 percent respectively on y-o-y basis.
The President of China has said that he is willing to work alongside Moscow to increase stability in the world.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart that Beijing wants to work with Moscow to take the responsibility of great powers at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand.
President XI also said that China is willing to make efforts with Russia to play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world rocked by social turmoil.
likewise, President Putin praised the “multifaceted ties” the two countries have forged.
President Putin affirmed Moscow’s support for Beijing’s ‘One China’ policy and condemned “the attempts at provocations by the United States in and around Taiwan.
President Putin thanked China for its cooperation on the foreign policy stage and said,”We highly value the balanced approach of our Chinese friends when it comes to the Ukrainian crisis.”
The government has decided to dismiss the case related to the Tikapur incident. The cabinet meeting has decided to amend the law regarding the Tikapur incident and dismiss the case.
The government has also instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to proceed with the dismissal process of the case related to the Tikapur incident. The decision of the Council of Ministers states, “The Council of Ministers will make a political decision to settle administrative and semi-judicial cases as soon as possible and in the case of cases that conflict with the law, it has been decided to dismiss the case by amending the law.”
On 2072 BS., there was a clash between protesters and the police in Tikapur of Kailali, and 8 people including 5 Nepal Police and 2 armed forces officers and 1 child were killed along with Senior Superintendent of Police Seti Zone SSP Laxman Neupane. In the Tikapur incident, District Court Kailali and High Court Dipayal had sentenced Resham Chaudhary, who is said to be the main accused, to life imprisonment.
Along with this, the government has also decided to proceed with the process of dismissing the cases of Biplav and his party members.
The government has decided to dismiss the cases of leaders and activists of the Biplav-led party.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers has made a political decision to resolve the cases of administrative and semi-judicial nature as soon as possible and in the case of cases that conflict with the law, it has been decided to dismiss the case by amending the law.
Welcoming the government’s decision, party spokesperson Prakand issued a press release and thanked everyone who participated in the negotiation process.
After the Federation of Petroleum Transporters issued a warning to stop the transportation of petroleum products from Ashwin 1st 2079 BS., Nepal Oil Corporation has asked the Federation of Petroleum Transporters to withdraw the protest program.
The Federation of Shipping Professionals has announced the protest demanding an adjustment on shipping charges and so on. The Federation of Nepal Petroleum Transportation Professionals has requested all the federation members to stop the petroleum products shipment from all the depots across the country.
On the other hand, the Oil Corporation said, that the corporation has drawn serious attention to the disruption program that has been announced to completely stop the supply system. It also has requested the federation to withdraw the protest while also considering the country’s existing legal system regarding the strike.
The government has decided to take a soft loan of $275 million from the World Bank.
Government Spokesperson Gyanendra Bahadur Karki informed that the decision was taken by the meeting of the Council of Ministers.
According to Karki, this loan has been approved for the transport and trade relations enhancement program.
Karki also informed that it has been decided to form a negotiation team to receive a 12 million dollar grant from the Asian Development Bank for the strengthening and empowering women’s protection program.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has promised that no activity against China will be allowed on Nepali soil.
During a meeting at Singha Durbar, between the Chinese delegation led by Li Zhanshu and Prime Minister Deuba, he informed that Nepal’s foreign policy is based on the principle of Panchsheel and said that Nepal is committed to the One China policy.
PM Deuba praised China’s cooperation in the economic and social sector of Nepal and said, “we will not allow any activity against China to be carried out on Nepali soil.” Prime Minister Deuba expressed his belief that the agreement will further strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
During the meeting, President Zhanshu said that friendly relations have been established between the two countries as good neighbors for more than six decades.President Zhanshu also recalled the understanding meeting and visit between the then Prime Minister BP Koirala and the Chinese leadership in the 1960s. He also said that China is serious and conscious about Nepal’s sovereignty, geographical integrity and national unity.
Washington has granted visas to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other high-level diplomats. The decision will allow Moscow’s representatives to visit New York for the United Nations General Assembly, despite being under US sanctions.
Moscow had repeatedly criticized Washington for refusing to grant visas to the Russian diplomats to attend the 77th session of the assembly.
The US slapped personal sanctions on high-level Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following the launch of Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine in February.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov accused Washington earlier on Tuesday of “breaking their obligations” by delaying the granting of visas.“Let’s hope that the United States will deliver on its duties,” he said, saying that Washington must grant visas to everyone scheduled to attend the General Assembly.
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly will open on September 13, 2022, though the main event of this session will be the ‘High-Level week’ from September 20 to 26, which will be attended by many world leaders and foreign ministers.
A six-point memorandum of understanding has been signed between Nepal and China.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota from Nepal and Chinese National People’s Congress President Li Zhansu signed the memorandum of understanding.
The MoU was signed during a program held at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwor. In the MoU, which also mentions the issue of BRI, both sides agree to strengthen and develop mutual trust, respect each other’s independence, sovereignty and geographical integrity, respect each other’s freely chosen social system and development path, and support each other’s core interests and important concerns.
Chinese National People’s Congress President Li has arrived in Nepal. A Nepalese team including Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota reached the airport to welcome Li and his team who arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport at 3 o’clock today.
The government has made special security arrangements for the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s confidant, Chairman of the National People’s Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Li Zhanshu.
Lee, who is coming to Nepal via Russia and Mongolia, is scheduled to return to China via South Korea from Nepal. Lee’s 100-member jumbo tour team, which includes 6 ministerial-level leaders, came to Nepal in a special plane. According to the Chinese Constitution, Li is second in rank and third in the Communist Party of China (CPC).
President Lee will hold a bilateral meeting with Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota today. During the bilateral talks, the Parliament Secretariat informed that an agreement will be reached between the Federal Parliament of Nepal and the National People’s Congress of China regarding bilateral cooperation and exchange of visits. Speaker Sapkota will host a dinner in Lee’s honor today. President Lee is scheduled to meet Prime Minister and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, National Assembly Speaker Ganesh Timilsena and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday.
President Lee will meet President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday. On the same day, UML President KP Sharma Oli and Maoist Center President Pushpa Kamal Dahal are scheduled to meet separately. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lee is scheduled to return from Nepal on Thursday.
All committees of the Nepal Student Union of Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur have been dissolved.
Dujang Sherpa, the President of the Union, has informed that all the committees active in Tribhuvan University have been dissolved after the cause of continuous lockout and agitation that had become controversial.
Sherpa also said that with the dissolution of all the committees, the process of the convention will be taken forward. It has been mentioned in the statement that the central representative will hold a campus convention as soon as possible to legally embody the Nepal Student Union. Sherpa has requested all their friends to join the convention process and not to do any organizational activities and act against the rules during the vacancy of the committee.
The Election Commission has fixed two days to submit the closed list of proportional candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.
According to the press release issued by the commission, the closed list of proportional candidates should be submitted on Ashwin 2 and 3, 2079 BS. In addition, the Commission has requested to submit the closed list of candidates by completing the process according to the mentioned Acts, Rules and Regulations and the guidelines and maintaining representation according to the principle of proportional inclusion.
The Election Commission will scrutinize the closed list submitted from Ashwin 4th to 9th and inform the parties to correct the closed list if deemed necessary. Similarly, the commission also said that the closed list can be revised from the 10th to the 16th of Ashwin while being limited to the issues mentioned in the closed list.
Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Standing Committee, National People’s Congress Chairman, Li Zhanshu will be arriving in Nepal today. The government has made special security arrangements for the visit of Li, a confidant of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Lee, who is coming to Nepal via Russia and Mongolia, is scheduled to return to China via South Korea from Nepal. Lee’s 100-member jumbo tour team, which includes 6 minister-level leaders, is about to arrive in Nepal on a special plane. According to the Chinese Constitution, Li is second in rank and third in the Communist Party of China (CPC).
President Lee will hold a bilateral meeting with Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota today. During the bilateral talks, the Parliament Secretariat has informed that an agreement is being made between the Federal Parliament of Nepal and the National People’s Congress of China regarding bilateral cooperation and exchange of visits. Speaker Sapkota will host a dinner in Lee’s honor today. President Lee is scheduled to meet Prime Minister and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, National Assembly Speaker Ganesh Timilsena and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday.
President Lee will meet President Bidhya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday. On the same day, UML President KP Sharma Oli and Maoist Center President Pushpa Kamal Dahal are also scheduled to meet separately. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lee is scheduled to return from Nepal on Thursday.
On the first trading day of the week, NEPSE drops by 11.46 points and halts at 1926.28.
Similarly, the sensitive index also decreased by 2.10 points and stopped at 374.73 points. Today, when 25,24,224 shares of 221 companies were traded, the total transaction amount reached 74,72,26,625 rupees. In today’s business, all sub-indices except others have decreased.
The Development and Technology Committee under the House of Representatives has instructed the government to take action against the responsible officials including the project chief involved in the contract management process of the Kathmandu-Nijgadh Expressway project.
The meeting of the committee held at Singha Darbar on Sunday has directed to take action against those involved in the contract management process based on the report of the inquiry committee regarding the contract agreement of the project. Kalyani Kumari Khadka, chairperson of the committee informed that the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defense have been alerted to take action against the relevant officials as the work of the contract process has not progressed according to the Public Procurement Act.
The meeting has also submitted and passed the site observation report of Janakpur-Jayanagar and Janakpur-Kurtha-Bardibas-Nijgarh sections under the railway infrastructure project with suggestions. In the report, the government has also been instructed to immediately proceed with a clear action plan for the long-term management of the manpower required for train operations.
The committee has asked the government to proceed with setting up its own washing center, workshop and fuel station with high priority.
On the first day of the sohra shraddha today, the pratipada and Dwitiya TITHI have fallen together on the same day, so the shraddha of both the Tithi will be performed on the same day.
According to the Vedic Sanatan culture, Hindus perform paternal deeds called Shraddha in memory of their departed ancestors, wishing for their salvation.
Pitri Karma, which started from Purnima and lasts for 16 days is called sohra Shraddha. At this time, there is a religious belief that Pitri come and live in the homes of their descendants on earth. It is believed that by doing PITRI KARMA, the blessings of the ancestors will continue. According to Vedic Sanatan culture, Shraddha is performed twice a year. First, on the tithi of death of the ancestors and secondly, on sohra Shraddha.
Every year on the auspicious occasion of the sohra Shraddha performed in the name of the ancestors, a tarpan is given to the ancestors. At this time, PINDA is also offered in the name of ancestors.
A mythological story of the beginning of the sohra shraddha:
The story of the initiation of the sohra shraddha is connected with the battle of the Mahabharata. Karna, known as the Danveer, reaches heaven after his death in the Mahabharata war. In heaven, Indra gives him only gold and silver to eat, which is impossible to eat. Then Karna questions King Indra, why did you give me gold and silver instead of food to eat? Indra replied that Karna had donated only gold and silver and ornaments throughout his life but had not donated any grain or food, so he gave gold and silver instead of food to eat. But when Karna says that he did not know any about it, Indra sends Karna back to earth. Returning to earth, Karna fed the poor people and animals and donated as much as food he could. Since that period was for sixteen days, there is a religious belief that sohra shraddha started after that incident and during this period it is believed that,Yamaraj also leaves all the ancestors free to go to their respective homes.
Meaning of those Nepali words used above which doesn’t have a specific word in english:
Shraddha:A ritual being performed in the memory and salvation of ancestors
Sohra shraddha: A ritual being performed for 16 days in the memory and salvation of ancestors
Tithi: Date according to hindu(Nepalese) ancient calender
Pratipada: First day of the hindu(Nepalese) ancient calender
Dwitiya: Second day of the hindu(Nepalese) ancient calender
Indra: God of heaven
Yamraj:God of death
Karna: son of sun
Danveer: person who offers or give away all or part of his/her belongings or properties to someone else/philanthropist
Pitri: Departed ancestors
Purnima: Full moon day
Tarpan: Handfull of water pouring on the name of ancestors remembering theirr name and praying for the peace of their soul
Pinda: A kind of food prepared in a round shape (made of barley,sesame seads,Milk,yogurt and other ingredients) to offer in the name of ancestors
The discussion of the top leaders of the ruling coalition for seat distribution ended without a conclusion.
The meeting of the top leaders of the coalition and the task force leaders, held at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Baluwatar, on the seat distributions failed to reach an agreement.
The Nepali Congress, CPN Maoist Center, CPN Unified Socialist Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janamorcha, which are in the alliance, agreed to coordinate the upcoming elections but no agreement has been reached yet. Despite dozens of discussions, which party will get how many seats have not been decided.
The Congress has claimed 100 seats in the alliance, while the Maoist Center has claimed 60, the Unified Socialists have 40, the Jaspa has claimed 32 and the Janamorcha has claimed 2 seats. The leaders say that the problem is that all the parties are not ready to back down from their claims. The leaders say that even though they could not reach an agreement on the distribution of seats for months, there is no possibility of breaking the alliance.
As the date of submission of the list of candidates for proportional representation is approaching, the pressure has increased on the parties to finalize the seat distribution. The meeting will be held again at 8 o’clock tomorrow.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India issued a joint statement and informed that Nepal-India Foreign Secretary-level bilateral talks will be held on Bhadra 28, 2079 BS. Although the foreign secretary-level mechanism, which is going to be held after a gap of almost 2 years, has been given the responsibility of solving the border problem between the two countries, there is still confusion about whether the border dispute of Lipulek and Kalapani will be discussed in the talks or not.
Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Bharatraj Paudyal will go to New Delhi on 28 Bhadra 2079 BS., for bilateral talks. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agenda of the discussion between Paudyal and Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Quatra will be to discuss overall bilateral cooperation, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India has said that they will discuss issues including the commitments made during high-level visits between the two countries.
There has been a border dispute between Nepal and India for a long time. The border problem became more complicated when India issued a new territorial map on Kartik 2076 BS.,including Nepalese land of Kalapani,Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.Nepal sent a diplomatic note protesting against the action of Nepalese land encroachment. But India kept avoiding the talks and 6 months later built a track unilaterally in the region. After that, Nepal released a new map covering the territory of Kalapani, Lipulek and Limpiyadhura on Jestha 7, 2077 BS. Since then, there has been no discussion on the border dispute between Nepal and India.
India has encroached on Nepal’s border at more than a dozen places including Kalapani, Dashagaja and Susta.
The life of the country has been affected by the floods and landslides caused by the incessant rains since a few days ago. Due to floods and landslides, dozens of houses have been damaged and many families have been displaced.
Dozens of families have been displaced in Darchula due to floods and landslides that have occurred since last night. According to the police, seven people, including four people from the same house, are missing and five people died due to the flood in Mahakali river and Lasku river.
Due to the flood, the road connecting Duhun Vyas through Khalanga and the road from Ringaltal to Kalunbir under Darchula Tinkar road has been blocked. The Darchula Tinkar road built through the Mahakali embankment has been completely damaged, while the motorized bridge and suspension bridge built over the Lasku river have been swept away. Dasharathnagar Basic School in Khalanga has also been swept away by the flood.
Locals said that five jeeps, a tractor and a trolley which were parked at night on the Darchula Tinkar road were swept away.
The government has decided to observe three days of mourning in honour of the British Queen Elizabeth.
In a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, the government of Nepal has decided to observe three days of mourning from Bhadra 25th to 27th 2079 BS., in her honour and to fly the national flag at half-mast in government offices as well as all Nepalese embassies and diplomatic missions abroad.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96. The Government of Nepal has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Queen Elizabeth and wished for the eternal peace of the departed soul. The government has expressed its condolences to the British government, the British people and the bereaved British royal family.
The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II assumed the crown after her death.
The former Prince Charles is now the King of the United Kingdom following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland on Thursday.
The long-serving heir apparent takes over the monarchy at the age of 73, assuming ownership of her title and role as head of the Commonwealth, as well as her land and property. His longtime companion Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, becomes queen consort.
Queen Elizabeth II’s “loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world,” the newly-ascended King wrote in an official statement released by Buckingham Palace on Thursday. “During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.”
The prince’s official website redirects audiences to the main Royal Family site, which has been temporarily replaced with a screen memorializing Queen Elizabeth II and hinting at the “appropriate changes” being made to reflect the new leadership.
The newly-crowned monarch, whose full name is Charles Philip Arthur George, has opted to keep the name Charles III for his official title.
Elizabeth, one of the world’s longest-ruling monarchs in history, died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-reigning royal and among the world’s longest-ruling monarchs in history, has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Prime Minister Liz Truss paid tribute to Elizabeth II and hailed the new monarch, King Charles III.
“Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign,” she said.
“Today the crown passes as it has done for more than 1,000 years to our new monarch, our new head of state, His Majesty King Charles III,” she said, adding: “We must come together as a people to support him, to help him bear the awesome responsibility that he now carries for us all.”
Her reign lasted 70 years, making her the longest-serving British ruler in history.
Even after a long time and repeated meetings and discussions, the top leaders of the coalition parties have not been able to make a concrete decision about the issue of seat allocation for the upcoming elections.
The task force formed by the alliance party for the distribution of seats in the upcoming elections also submitted its report without the number of seats in the meeting of the top leaders held in Baluwatar.
It is said that the task force has submitted a report after obtaining consensus in the constituencies for the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly. However, the task force has not made any decision about how many seats will be distributed to whom and where, and the task force has said that the issue will be sorted out by the top leaders of the party.
The task force said that a report has been submitted covering the agreed issues and the top leaders will decide on the issues yet to be agreed upon.
Even after the report of the task force, todays meeting ended without a concrete conclusion on the issue of seat distribution.Next meeting has been called out for tomorrow.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed Harishchandra Ghimire as ambassador to Myanmar and Dilliraj Poudel as ambassador to Malaysia.
The spokesperson of the President’s Office has informed that, According to Article 282 of the Constitution of Nepal, they have been appointed ambassadors on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
Similarly, it has been informed that the President has appointed ambassador to Britain Gyan Chandra Acharya as a non-resident ambassador for Malta and ambassador to US Sridhar Khatri as a non-resident ambassador for Costa Rica.
Kathmandu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Sandeep Lamichhane, captain of the Nepali national cricket team, who is accused of rape.
After the arrest warrant has been issued, the police have prepared to make a formal request for Lamichhane’s return through the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN) and if Lamichhane does return even after that, he will be brought back to Nepal through Interpol or other means, the police said.
Suspension from the Nepali National Cricket Team Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane, accused of rape, has been suspended from the Nepali national cricket team by the Nepal Cricket Association (CAN).
After the arrest warrant was issued by the Kathmandu district court against Nepali national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane, who was accused of rape, the CAN meeting suspended him from the national cricket team.
The Election Commission has announced the election schedule for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on Mangsir 4, 2079 BS.
The Commission has said that the nomination papers of the candidates will be registered on Ashwin 23 2079 BS., and the list of candidates whose nomination papers have been registered will be published.
Similarly, it is said that complaints could be filed against the candidates on Ashwin 24,2079 BS., nomination papers and complaints will be examined and decided on the 24th and 25th of Ashwin, and the list of candidates will be published on Ashwin 25,2079 BS.
According to the commission. It has been said that the candidates can withdraw their names on Ashwin 26, 2079 BS., and the final list of candidates will be published on the same day and they will be given the election symbols.
Dengue has spread all over the country. Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital have started to grow a crowd as the number of dengue patients has increased.
After the increase in the number of patients, the hospital has extended the emergency service in the corridor outside the ward. According to the hospital, they have extended the emergency service with 5 extra beds in the corridor as the number of dengue patients increased.
Currently, more than 200 people are coming to Dengue Clinic in Teku Hospital daily, while more than 70 patients are coming to the emergency department.
Arbitrary fees for testing
Laboratories have been found charging up to four times more in the name of dengue testing. According to an official of the National Public Health Laboratory, dengue can be tested for up to 400 rupees after adding the cost of the test kit. However, government laboratories are also charging high fees for the dengue test. The dengue test fee at the National Public Health Laboratory costs 800 rupees. Some of the private clinics and lab has been charging Rs. 1200 to Rs. 1500 for the test.
At Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Teku, the test fee cost Rs. 500.
Nominations have been registered for the chairmanship of four thematic committees of the National Assembly. Although the election was scheduled to be held on Thursday, the nomination was unanimous after one candidate filed for each post.
Beduram Bhusal, who is also the general secretary of the Unified Socialist Party, has been nominated for the chairmanship of the Legislative Management Committee of the National Assembly, while UML’s Parvati Rawal (Dilkumari) has been nominated for the chairmanship of the National Concerns Committee.
Similarly, Maya Prasad Sharma of the Maoist Center has been nominated as the Chairman of the Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee.
Prakash Panth of the Nepali Congress has been nominated for the chairmanship of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee.
Elections are held every two years for one-third of the members of the 59-member National Assembly. The rules of the National Assembly stipulate that the committee should be reconstituted and the chairman should be changed after one-third of the members’ posts become vacant.
The parliamentarians of Province 1 have registered a writ in the Supreme Court against the directive the Election Commission gave to prohibit the spending of the MP Development Fund. On Bhadra 20 2079 BS., MPs of Province 1, Sarita Thapa, Mohan Kumar Khadka, Savitri Regmi, Padamkumari Gurung, with the help of Advocate Pesal Kumar Neupane, the legal advisor of the Province 1 government, filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the instructions of the Election Commission, demanding an order to spend the MP Development Fund.
Election Commission had instructed the provincial government not to implement the budget saying that spending the amount would be against the code of conduct as the date of the election had been announced.
The parliamentarians of Province 1 have insisted that the government allocated the money prior to the announcement of the election and that the people’s right to development will be curtailed if the money is not spent. The petitioner MPs has demanded that the money allocated by the government should be spent by the parliamentarians to ensure the right to development according to the principle of economic equality, social justice and inclusiveness.
The Supreme Court has ordered to call the Election Commission to discuss on the issue on Bhadra 27 2079BS.
This traditional cultural Jatra is celebrated for eight days, starting every year on the day of Bhadra Shukla Dwadashi in Hanumandhoka of Kathmandu. JATRA starts by worshipping Indra and ritually hoisting a lingo(ritual tree trunk) with the ritual flag on top of it.
It can be seen that the method of Jatra celebration is also changing gradually as the generations pass over time. There are various stories about the beginning of Jatra in Nepali society. On the occasion of Indra Jatra, between Marusattal and Silyansattah in Marutol, a tall DABALI is built on top of four lions, and it is considered a symbol of Indra’s regime power. Indra Jatra is called ‘Yen Ya:’ in NEPAL BHASHA. ”Yen” means Kantipur city and ”Ya” means the main Jatra. During Indra Jatra, all the deities related to Indrajatra are also brought out for public display.
The Manandhar community has a tradition of picking up a lingo of 32 cubits length brought from the forest at Chitpol in Bhaktapur. In Hanumandho’s Durbar area, the lingo is ritually placed in front of the statue of Kalbhairav. The lingo is hoisted by firing cannons with traditional instruments, Guruju’s paltan and mangaldhun.
Indra is considered as the god of rain and season. The place of origin of this festival celebrated by the Newar community is considered to be Hanumandhoka palace area. This festival is celebrated for eight days by playing various instruments, dancing, singing and riding a chariot. Mainly the people of Newar community from Kathmandu,Bhaktapur and Lalitpur celebrate this occasion.
A complaint has been lodged with the police against the captain of the Nepali cricket team, Sandeep Lamichhane, on charges of rape.
According to District Police Kathmandu, a complaint has been registered against Lamichhane at Police Circle Gaushala on the charge of raping a 17-year-old minor.
According to the police, the victim was a fan of Lamichhane and they used to communicate on Snapchat. According to the statement, Lamichhane proposed to meet her and took her to Nagarkot for a visit. The victim, who was staying in a hostel in Kathmandu, said that the hostel closes at 8 pm, but when they returned from Nagarkot, it was already late at night. It is said that Lamichhane, who came back to Kathmandu, forced her to stay in a hotel at night and raped her. This incident happened on Bhadra 5th 2079 BS. and the day after the incident, Lamichhane went to Kenya to play T20 series.
Based on the complaint, a detailed medical examination of the victim has also been done and the police have started an investigation into the incident.
Nepal won today’s match under ‘Women’s SAFF Championship 2022’ by defeating Bhutan.
Nepal won the match held at the Dasharath Stadium with a wide margin of 4-0. Savitra Bhandari scored the first goal in the 12th minute and the second goal in the 68th minute. Similarly, Anita Basnet scored the first goal in the 73rd minute and the second goal in the 84th minute.
CPN-UML has objected to the government’s move to extend the tenure of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly.
In the meeting of the House of Representatives today, Member of Parliament Sher Bahadur Tamang said that the bill related to tenure should be withdrawn by addressing today’s parliament meeting from the government side. He stressed to the fact that Parliament should be dissolved after announcing the election. Tamang made it clear that taking the fresh mandate of the people should not be delayed and urged to accept the opinion of the people.
Similarly, MP Gokul Prasad Baskota commented that the alliance is trying to prolong the life of the parliament by imprisoning democracy in its fist. He asked what conspiracy they were trying to do in two months by extending the tenure of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.
He commented that prolonging the life of the parliament means stifling democracy. Baskota made it clear that CPN-UML will not agree on this bill.
Rescue efforts are underway following a earthquake that killed at least 65 people and left hundreds stranded in China’s southwestern Sichuan province.
Rescuers scoured through rubble in remote villages on Tuesday to find survivors and those missing after the earthquake triggered landslides and shook buildings as far away as the provincial capital Chengdu, 200 km (124 miles) from the epicentre.
The local meteorological department has warned that Luding county will also experience rain for three days, potentially hampering rescue efforts.
It has been reported that 243 houses had collapsed and 13,010 had been damaged and more than 50,000 people have been relocated and tents have been erected to provide shelter following the earthquake.
Rescuers are working to restore telecommunications services and power and water utilities, as well as delivering food supply to residents. The quake cut power to several towns, while a number of highways collapsed and seven small-to-mid-sized hydropower stations suffered damage.
Applications will be opened on Bhadra 30, 2079 BS. for temporary police recruitment required for the upcoming election.
Notice regarding the recruitment will be published on Bhadra 26 2079 BS., in the National Daily newspaper. According to the selected schedule of temporary Police, the application will be opened from Bhadra 30 to Ashwin 6 2079 BS.
According to the schedule, the deadline for the selection process will be completed within 5 days on 9, 11, 12, 13 and 14th of Ashwin 2079 BS. The result will be published on Ashwin 25 2079 Bs., and the training will begin after the distribution of the appointment letter on Ashwin 30 2079 BS.
After completing the training on 8th Kartik 2079 BS., they will be deployed on duty the next day onwards. It is mentioned in the schedule that the temporary Police will be released from duty on Mangsir 8 2079 BS. after the election is over.
The Kremlin has said that the Russian gas supplies to Europe will not resume until Western sanctions against Moscow are lifted.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that sanctions were the sole reason behind Russia’s decision to shut the Nord Stream pipeline. Moscow initially said it was shutting the pipeline for maintenance.The Nord Stream pipeline is the single biggest gas pipeline carrying gas between Russian and western Europe.
EU officials have repeatedly accused Russia of intentionally reducing the flows in retaliation for Western sanctions. The United States has also accused Russia of using energy as a weapon, adding though that Europe will have enough gas to face the winter months.
French President Emmanuel Macron said the EU needs to step up plans for renewable energy products and to reform its electricity market.
Meanwhile, energy prices have hit new highs,forcing countries to accelerate their search for alternatives to Russian gas.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, will not be attending the upcoming 77th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
During the participation in the UN general assembly, Pm Deuba was supposed to have a bilateral visit between the US and Nepal. But as the date of the election in Nepal has been fixed and no concrete date from the US for a bilateral visit has been set, he will not be attending the UN General Assembly.
Earlier, arrangements were made to hold a bilateral visit between US and Nepal. But it was postponed after the rejection of SPP by the Nepal government in June.
According to the information received, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka will attend the UN general assembly on behalf of Nepal. But no decision has been finalised yet and the next cabinet meeting will decide regarding the matter, said an official of foreign affairs.
Usually, The head of government or head of state of the member countries of the United Nations participates in the General Assembly and express their views on the world stage on behalf of their respective countries.
Interview scheduled for Ashwin 25 and Ashwin 26,2079 BS.
The Teachers Service Commission has released the result for the secondary level, Nepali subject teacher(third-grade) .
The Commission conducted the examination on 15 Chaitra 2078 BS. and Ashad 9 2079 BS.
According to the notification issued by the Commission, the interview of all the candidates of Province-1 and Madhesh Province (candidates from No. 1 to 10) will be held on Ashwin 25,2079 BS., at 8 am.
Similarly, the interview of the candidates of Madhesh Province (all candidates above No. 11), Karnali, Gandaki and Bagmati Province (all candidates above No. 26) will be held on Ashwin 25,2079 BS., at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Similarly, the commission said that the interview of all the candidates of Bagmati Province (candidates from No. 1 to 25), Lumbini Province and all the candidates of Far Western Province will be held on Ashwin 26,2079 BS., at 8 am.
The Election Commission has instructed the government to stop all the decisions on employee transfers and political appointments from today.
In order not to affect the upcoming election, the deadline set by the Commission for employee transfers and political appointments has expired.
Shaligram Sharma, the spokesperson of the Election Commission, informed that the government had been instructed earlier to decide on the transfer and appointment of employees within September 5. According to the commission, there will be no ban on regular promotions and postings.
The Citizenship Bill returned to Parliament for reconsideration by President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been passed without any amendments and sent to the President’s Office for re-verification.
The Citizenship Bill passed by the National Assembly and the House of Representatives was certified by Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota and sent to the President’s Office for re-verification.
There is a constitutional provision that the bill coming for re-verification must be verified by the President within 15 days. President does not hold any legal right to return the bill that came for re-verification.
Liz Truss, leader of the ruling Conservative Party, is set to become the Britain’s third female prime minister.
Truss is set to become the Britain’s next prime minister after defeating rival Rishi Sunak in Monday’s internal vote for the leadership of the Conservative Party. In the election, Truss received 57 per cent of the votes, while her opponent Rishi Sunak received 42 per cent of the votes.
Boris Johnson, who was dragged into a controversy within the party, announced his resignation from the post of Prime Minister last July. Despite replacing Johnson as the leader of the Conservative Party and the Prime Ministership, those dissatisfied with Johnson’s policies have commented that Truss is a product of Johnson’s political legacy and cannot be expected to make any radical changes.
Truss will be the third female Prime Minister in British political history. Margaret Thatcher became the first Prime Minister of Britain from 1975 to 1990, while Theresa May became the second female Prime Minister of Britain from 2016 to 2019.
A meeting has been held between Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma and Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pandey.
Pandey, who is on a five-day visit to Nepal, had a meeting at Jangi Adda today with the commander in chief of Nepal army Prabhuram Sharma. According to the Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepali Army, bilateral interests and mutual relations were discussed in the meeting. It is said that this kind of meeting will strengthen the mutual relationship between the armies of the two countries. On that occasion, Pandey also planted trees in the main building complex of Jangi Adda.
Pandey will be honoured with the status of the commander in chief of the Nepal Army by President Bidya in a special ceremony at Sital Niwas today.
Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pandey has arrived in Kathmandu. Rathi Balkrishna Karki of the Nepalese Army welcomed the Indian military delegation led by Pandey at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Pandey will be honoured with the status of the commander in chief of the Nepal Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari tomorrow. According to the tradition between the Nepal Army and the Indian Army, the status of the honorary chief of the commander will be provided to each country’s chief of the army staff.
It is said that there will be a courtesy meeting with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday.
Pandey who arrived in Kathmandu with a five-member team will pay homage to the BIR ISMARAK at SAINIK MANCH Tundikhel, inspect the military base and hold discussions with the Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma.
Rajendra Lingden, MP of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, has announced that he has resigned as a member of the House of Representatives, saying that even after the election date has been set, the coalition government is trying to extend the life of the parliament.
In his final address to the House of Representatives meeting on Sunday, Lingden said, “I will not be present here from now on.” The salary allowance facility sent to my name should be stopped. I am ready to write that if it should be given somewhere.” ‘
Lingden expressed his displeasure with the government’s preparation for the extension of the life of the parliament While the election date has already been announced.
The government has proposed to reduce the requirement of 5 days for the bill to be matured to one day and reduce the time for amendment from 72 hours to 24 hours and is preparing to move forward with the bill on the tenure of the House of Representatives .
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has asked all government employees to suspend all the programs of the movement and assist the government in preparing for the elections.
Addressing a program organized by the Nepal Civil Servants Union in Kathmandu on Sunday, Prime Minister Deuba requested the employees to support the government in preparation for the federal and state elections.
He promised to bring the Federal Civil Code soon while addressing the legitimate demands of the employees. Saying that he is aware of the suggestions made regarding the Act, he promised that while advancing the Act, along with the demands of the employees, the way of timely improvement will be adopted.
Likewise, senior Congress leader Ramchandra Paudel said that the constitution is a changeable document and the law should be finalized so that the legitimate demands of the employees are addressed.
In the program, the employees urged the government to pay special attention to other matters for their moral development.
Shekhar Koirala group within the Congress has warned that an atmosphere of rebellion will arise within the party if they compromise on less than 100 of the 165 seats in the House of Representatives.
While Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the president of the Nepali Congress is showing flexibility to preserve the alliance , Shekhar Koirala has taken a stand to not retreat from 100 seats in HoR election.
Koirala said that if there is a rebellion in the Congress, the alliance will not benefit either. Koirala said that he has also conveyed his point to the Chairman of the Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Koirala said that ticket distribution within the party should also be done in a fair manner. He said that if the distribution of tickets could not be fair, their would be several consequences in the result of the election.
The coalition meeting is scheduled to be held today at 3 pm. Before the meeting of the alliance, there was also a ‘one-to-one’ discussion between Deuba and Dahal in the morning.
The statement of the suspended Chief Justice Jabara, taken by the House of Representatives’ impeachment recommendation committee has ended for today.,
Earlier, the committee, which asked only six questions in two days, today asked Jabara five questions in one hour.
In today’s statement, Jabara has said that the impeachment against him is misleading and futile and despite following the constitution, the political parties are trying to take revenge on him.
During the statement, Jabara admitted that he had made a mistake in the case of then DIG Ranjan Koirala and said that he apologized if he had been impeached based on that. However, he explained that the sentence was reduced for the upkeep of the minor sons of the accused.
The next meeting of the committee will be held on the 26th of Bhadra 2079 BS.at 12:30 p.m.
The top leaders of the coalition parties have been engaged in continuous discussions for the past few days about the distribution of seats in the upcoming elections.
Due to the stand of the top leaders of the coalition party, no concrete decision has been made regarding the distribution of seats. The meeting of the top leaders of the coalition party and the members of the task force has been scheduled to be held today at 3 pm at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, to give a final conclusion on the issue of seat distribution, which is seen as a challenge as the election is approaching.
While the Congress claimed 100 seats in the previous meeting, the Maoist Center claimed 60, the unified Socialist Party 40, the Jaspa 32 and the Jan Morcha 2 seats.
It seems that the continuous discussions between the top leaders of the coalition parties regarding the sharing of seats will have a concrete decision today.
Nepalgunj Medical College, located in Kohalpur, Banke, has stopped dialysis services for patients due to a lack of funds from the government.
According to the hospital, the service had to be stopped after the Ministry of Health did not send for 14 months. Nepalgunj Medical College, which has been doing dialysis for 18 to 20 people daily, has stopped the service, and the patients are in trouble now.
When a patient undergoes dialysis, they get free service at the rate of 2500 rupees and the government has to provide that amount to the hospital. But as the government did not provide funds on time, the patients were deprived of services because they could not purchase the necessary equipment and continue the treatment, the hospital said. However, the hospital said that it will start the service this evening after they have been able to order supplies. But those supplies can only treat the limited number of patients and hardly last for week.
The third day testimony of the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabra has begun today.
The House of Representatives, impeachment recommendation Committee is taking statements with Jabra. Earlier, the committee took statements from Jabra on Bhadra 15 and 16, 2079 BS., where he had given a statement that he is not guilty of what he has been accused of.
The committee meeting was reconvened today as there are still questions to be asked to Jabara. 43 questions have been prepared for the statement. Out of which, only 6 questions has been asked till date.
An 11-member committee has been formed to investigate the impeachment.
The MPs of the ruling party filed an impeachment against Jabara on Falgun 1, 2078 BS, saying that he violated the constitution and laws by doing actions contrary to his official responsibilities.
CPN-UML deputy secretary general and former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali have said that it would be morally and politically unfair for the caretaker government to extend the term of parliament after the date of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections has been announced.
Speaking at a press conference organized by Press Chowtari Nepal Palpa in Tansen today, leader Gyawali said, ‘We had a clear opinion that it is unfair to continue the Parliament after announcing the date of the election”. He said that the government has not consulted with the opposition when taking such an important decision and UML will not support extending the tenure of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.
He said that when the ground is cleared for a fresh mandate the Parliament will automatically dissolve after the election date is announced according to the universal principle.
Stating that the continuation of the Parliament even after the nominations been registered for the election, would not allow the election to be a healthy competition.
Nepal won the one-day series by defeating Kenya by 17 runs in the match held in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
After winning the toss, Nepal went to bat first and managed to score 230 runs. Rohit Paudel scored the highest 78 runs for Nepal. Similarly, Arjun Saud scored 5, Dev Khanal scored 37, Sompal Kami scored 26, Gyanendra Malla scored 25, Basir Ahmed scored 17, Mohammad Adil Alam scored 14 and Karan KC scored 11.
Kenya, who entered the field with a target of 231 runs, managed to add only 213 runs in 46.3 overs.
Nepal who won the T-20 series earlier also won the previous match by 7 wickets on Friday.
The National Assembly has passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly.
The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion and the Legislative Committee meeting also passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
Earlier, the Legislative Committee presented the bill with the report to the National Assembly.
The National Examination Board has published the results of class 12.
According to the grading system 2078 BS., the board has announced the results of the class 12 exam conducted from Jesth 16-25, 2079 BS.
For the first time, the board has implemented the system of mentioning (NG) non-grading in the grade sheet if a minimum of 35% marks is not obtained in the theory exam and a minimum of 40 marks should be obtained in the practical exam.
This year, on the regular side, 188,000 students have been classified as non-grading, while the number of students obtaining 4 GPA is zero.
The board also said that students who are mentioned as NG cannot be admitted to higher education and if they get NG in only two subjects, they can give the exam for grade enhancement.
More than 400,000 students participated in the examination conducted in 1,292 examination centers across the country.
How to Check Exam Result ?
Students can go to the website of National Examination Board www.neb.gov.np and Nepal Telecom website: www.neb.ntc.net.np to check the result.
Students can get the result via SMS Service:
Send SMS to 1600 for the NTC service users: Type NEB Symbol No. and send SMS to 1600
Students can get the results using IVR Service of NTC:
Dial the number 1601 of Nepal Telecom and follow the instructions accordingly to get the result
Grade increase exam on 30th and 31st of Ashwin 2079 BS.
The examination board has said that the grade enhancement examination of class 12 will be conducted on 30th and 31st of Ashwin 2079 BS.
President Joe Biden has said,” Supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy .”
“Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards,” he said.He said that the Republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the Maga Republicans, and that is a threat to this country.”
Meanwhile, Republicans said
California Congressman McCarthy, the Republican leader in the US House of Representatives, said that President Biden has insulted and tried to divide Americans.
He also said that Biden should apologize for denouncing tens of millions of Americans as fascists because they disagreed with his views and policies. He said that his policies have weakened the US and betrayed the trust of the US and that the nation has suffered great losses during his reign.
Trump, meanwhile, responded to Biden’s comments by saying, “If he doesn’t want to make America great again, he certainly shouldn’t be representing the United States of America.”
The former British ambassador to Myanmar and her husband has been sentenced to one year in prison by the country’s military authorities.
Vicky Bowman and her husband, former political prisoner Htin Lin, have been sentenced to one year in prison by a military court in Myanmar for violating immigration laws. The couple were arrested at their home in Yangon. Vicky Bowman served as Ambassador to Myanmar from 2002 to 2006.
Htin Lin is an artist and former political prisoner who was a member of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front, an armed resistance group that was formed in 1988 after a popular student-led uprising against the military junta.
The arrest of the ambassador couple comes after Britain recently announced sanctions against Myanmar military officials, citing deadly attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to three more years in prison for election fraud.
Suu Kyi, the country’s former leader, has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison in 11 cases, while the judgment on other charges is pending.If convicted on all charges, she could be sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison. However, she has denied many of the allegations against her.
Nobel prize winner Suu Kyi, 77, has spent most of her time under house arrest in the capital Naypyitaw, but the new sentence could include hard labour.
The court found her party, the National League for Democracy, guilty of fraud in the November 2020 general election. The army launched a coup last year after alleging there had been massive fraud in the vote
Civil rights and democratic groups have denounced the legal action against Suu Kyi and others as a farce. The United Nations said she is facing a “false trial”. Meanwhile,Myanmar’s military regime says Suu Kyi’s trial is part of a legal process.
While North Korea is preparing for another nuclear test, the United States, South Korea and Japan have jointly announced that their response to North Korea’s next nuclear test will be strong and maximum.
Speaking to reporters after a joint high-level meeting between the United States, South Korea and Japan, South Korea’s top security advisor Kim Sung-han said that if North Korea conducts another nuclear test, there will be a strong reaction from the three allied countries.
He also said that if North Korea, which has already conducted six nuclear tests, conducts its seventh nuclear test, the reaction will definitely be different from the previous one. However, it has not been revealed what the strong response he mentioned will be and what its nature will be.
North Korea has vowed to advance the development of its nuclear weapons at the fastest possible pace and said it is fully prepared to respond to any threat with a nuclear war deterrent.
Indian Oil Corporation has sent a new price list of petroleum products today.
According to the new price list of IOC, the per litre price of petrol has been increased by Rs 1.39 and diesel per litre by Rs 6.12. According to Nepal Oil Corporation, with the new price list, the profit of petrol has decreased by Rs 2, while the loss of diesel will be Rs 12. Similarly, the price of jet fuel has also been increased while the price of gas has been reduced by one rupee per cylinder.
Currently in Nepal: petrol price is 181, diesel and kerosene price is 172 and gas per cylinder is 1800.
According to the new price list sent by IOC, Nepal oil corporation has increased the price of diesel and kerosene by Rs.6 per liter.. However, the corporation did not adjust the price, showing losses and debts, even though the price decreased 3 times in a row earlier.
The statement of the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara has started for the second day today.
The House of Representatives, impeachment recommendation Committee is taking statements with Jabra. Yesterday, Jabara answered four questions in the parliamentary committee spending almost four hours. Committee had prepared 43 questions for Jabara’s statement. Jabara had given a statement that he is not guilty of what he has been accused of.
An 11-member committee has been formed to investigate the impeachment.
The MPs of the ruling party filed an impeachment against Jabara on Falgun 1, 2078 BS, saying that he violated the constitution and laws by doing actions contrary to his official responsibilities.
According to Hindu culture and traditions, Rishi Panchami, which falls on the day of Bhadra Shukla Panchami, is celebrated by Nepalese women worshipping Sapta Rishi. There is a special crowd of female devotees in the country’s sacred religious places and Risheshwar Temples today. Rishi Panchami is celebrated as a part of Teej and today Teej is considered to be over with the completion of Rishi Panchami rituals.
According to ancient beliefs, Rishi Panchami is celebrated as a day for women (who have started menstruating) to perform puja to make their bodies clean and pure. Since life is not possible without the creator, the women, there is a custom in the scriptures to respect women and compare the days of women’s menstruation according to the four goddesses. Chandalini on the first day of menstruation, Brahmadhatini on the second day, Dhobini on the third day and bath on the fourth day are the customs of purification.
Today, women brush their teeth using upamarga (Dativan) i.e. a plant with special natural herbal properties. After chewing the pieces of 108 sub-routes (Dativan) , women go to a nearby river or pond and bathe using mud. Upamarga in Sanskrit means disease killer. It is believed that it will not cause various types of diseases in the body; even if it is present, it will be cured. In this way, after bathing in the morning and purifying the body and soul, the women worship the seven sages including Kashyapa, Bhargadoj, Vishwamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Vashishta by installing Kalash and Ganesha. Finally, after the Brahmin worships according to the custom, the ritual of Rishi Panchami is considered to be complete.
The Citizenship Bill has been passed by the Legislation Committee of the National Assembly without any amendments.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration was passed by the House of Representatives with no changes to its previous content and presented to the National Assembly. The previous meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to refer the Bill to the Legislative Committee for a discussion. The Legislative Committee meeting today passed the Citizenship Bill without any amendments.
Despite the written disagreement of the UML, the majority of the ruling coalition party has passed the bill. It is said that the Legislative Committee will present the bill with a report at the National Assembly meeting on Thursday.
Iran has officially approved the use of cryptocurrencies for imports instead of US dollars and euros, according to Reza Fatemi Amin, the Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade.
Minister Amin has also announced that all issues related to crypto-assets, including how to provide fuel and energy, and how to grant licenses have been prepared.
The Islamic Republic of Iran said it imported nearly $10 million worth of goods in early August using digital currency. August’s first crypto transaction, which tested the trade through digital currency is expected to ease trade with other countries by replacing U.S. economic sanctions on Iran.
By the end of September, Iran is expected to widely increase the use of cryptocurrency in foreign trade.
In 2019, Iran’s government amended its Digital Assets and Transactions Law to allow locally mined crypto to pay for imports, as Iran struggles with a number of other economic sanctions, including restrictions on the country’s oil, banking and shipping sectors.
Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev dies at the age of 91 who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end.
Born in 1931, Gorbachev became the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985 and opened up the Soviet Union to the world and introduced a set of reforms. At the time, he was 54 – the youngest member of the ruling council. He was The Soviet Union’s first and only elected president.
Though the attempted coup against him in August 1991 failed, Gorbachev’s authority did not survive for long. He was unable to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, from which modern Russia emerged. By December that year, the leaders of the Soviet republics of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus signed the Belovezh Accords, effectively breaking up the Soviet Union against the desires of the majority of its citizens.
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations”.
He is seen in the West as an architect of reform who created the conditions for the end of the Cold War in 1991 – a time of deep tensions between the Soviet Union and Western nations, including the US and Britain.
He will be buried in Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery, the resting place of many prominent Russians, next to his wife Raisa who died of leukaemia in 1999.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, 12 June 2002
Tributes have been paid worldwide, saying he changed the course of history.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his “deepest condolences” on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev to his family and friends.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987
US President Joe Biden expressed his deepest condolences over the death of Mikhail Gorbachev to his family and friends, praising his willingness to “risk his entire career” for a “safer world and greater freedom for millions of people.” He has described Mikhail Gorbachev as a “man of remarkable vision.”
Suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara has reached Singha Darbar to give his statement on the impeachment.
The previous meeting of the impeachment recommendation committee called Jabara for a statement today. The chairman of the impeachment recommendation committee, Ram Bahadur Bista has informed that the committee has decided to call for his views on the impeachment issue.
After the committee made a public appeal and demanded to provide evidence against Jabra, Nepal Bar Association and legal professionals also submitted documents and evidence against Jabra to the committee.
The MPs of the ruling party filed an impeachment against Jabara on Falgun 1, 2078 BS, saying that he violated the constitution and laws by doing actions contrary to his official responsibilities.
Election Commission has issued a code of conduct for the upcoming elections.
The Commission has issued the Code of Conduct for Election today, including the rules to be followed by political parties, leaders-activists, candidates, media organizations, security personnel, various professionals and voters.
It has been mentioned by the Election Commission that Prime Ministers and Ministers, officials of the local executive and local people’s representatives are not allowed to participate in the campaigning of political parties. They will not be allowed to use government resources when going to campaign.
In the code of conduct, it is stated that direct candidates for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections must also submit their property details and personal details.
In the code of conduct, it is mentioned that political parties or candidates should not carry logos, stickers or any other type of things with the candidate’s election symbols or flags during rallies or public meetings. .
It has been mentioned in the code of conduct that campaigning should be done only from 7 am to 7 pm and more than one political party or candidate should not hold a program or meeting at same place at the same time on the same day.
Two leaders of the Maoist center have been appointed as ministers in the Karnali state government.
Krishna Shah has been appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning and Rato Kami as Minister of Water Resources and Power Development. Shah is an MP from Jajarkot while Kami is a directly elected MP from Rukum . It is said that the state chief Tilak Pariyar is preparing to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the two newly appointed ministers today.
The Maoists recalled the previous two ministers, Economic Affairs and Planning Minister Vindman Bista and Water, Resources and Energy Development Minister Ganesh Prasad Singh and appointed new ministers.
Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has ruled the government to solve the problem at Tribhuvan University as soon as possible.
In today’s House of Representatives meeting, Speaker Sapkota directed the government to solve the problem as soon as possible, saying that the protest program including the lockout in Tribhuvan University has affected teaching and learning.
Earlier, CPN-UML MP Pradeep Kumar Gyawali demanded the time and objected to the lack of action against those who attacked professors at Tribhuvan University and demanded the speaker rule the government to solve the problem.
MP Gyawali, mentioning that the Prime Minister and Home Minister themselves have reached the top position of the country through student politics, also questioned whether they have taught their student organization to commit hooliganism.
The Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President for reconsideration, has been sent by the National Assembly to the Legislation Management Committee for discussion.
In the meeting of the National Assembly held today, the proposal of Home Minister Balkrishna Khand was unanimously approved to send the citizenship bill to the Legislation Management Committee.
The Citizenship Bill will now be discussed in the Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly and submitted to the Assembly again along with the report of the committee.
The next meeting of the National Assembly will be held on Bhadra 16 2079 BS.
The US Navy has announced that the two US warships are passing through the Taiwan Strait.
Washington has said that the two guided-missile cruisers – the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville – are the commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and are demonstrating freedom of navigation through international waters.
Meanwhile, Beijing said such provocative actions are being monitored maintaining a high alert and is ready to defeat any provocation.
Tensions between Taiwan and China have increased following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan earlier this month.
At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes between militias backed by Libya’s rival government.
Saturday’s fighting in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, was said to be the worst in two years, sparking fears that the country could be plunged into full-scale war.
Emergency services spokesman Malek Merset said that they were trying to evacuate injured civilians caught up in the fighting. The Ministry of Health said that more than 140 people were injured and more than 64 families had to be evacuated from areas around the fighting.
The struggle for power in Libya has pitted the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli, led by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah , against a rival administration led by Fathi Basagha, backed by the eastern-based parliament. GNU accused Bashagha of backing out of talks to resolve the crisis.Meanwhile,Bashagha, backed by Libya’s parliament and eastern-based military strongman Khalifa Haftar, said that the GNU’s mandate had expired.
The letter received from the President’s Office regarding the Citizenship Bill returned for reconsideration by honourable President Bidya Devi Bhandari will be presented in today’s meeting of the National Assembly.
Today’s meeting at 1:01 p.m. has an agenda for the National Assembly Secretary Rajendra Phuyal to inform about the returned bill with a message from the President. Similarly, it is mentioned in today’s agenda that Phuyal will also inform about the message received from the House of Representatives regarding the Citizenship Bill. After that, the discussion on the Citizenship Bill will proceed in the National Assembly.
The Citizenship Bill, which was sent back for reconsideration by President Bidya Devi Bhandari with a 15-point message, was passed by the House of Representatives on the 2nd of Bhadra and sent to the National Assembly.
If the Bill is again passed by the Parliament and sent to the President for approval, this time the constitutional right to withdraw the Bill is not given to the President.
Devotees visiting Pashupatinath temple on the occasion of HARITALIKA TEEJ will be fined if they take pictures of the original temple and its premises. Taking pictures inside the main temple of Pashupatinath is prohibited.
Pashupati Area Development Fund, Culture Preservation Division, informed that they made this preparation after the trend of taking pictures of forbidden places and posting them on social media and creating Tiktok increased. Employees of the fund will be monitoring the main temple area to stop the devotees from taking photographs.
Devotees will be fined Rs 2,100 for taking pictures of the sanctum sanctorum, Rs 1,100 for taking pictures of the main temple and Rs 500 for taking pictures of the main temple premises.
Male pilgrims will be banned from Pashupatinath Temple after 6 am on the day of TEEJ, on the 14th Bhadra 2079 BS.
Four main entrance to enter the premises The fund is going to arrange a new line system to make it easier for the pilgrims . There will be four main entrance to enter the premises.
1: Devotees can enter from the Tilganga tourist ticket counter area and enter the Pashupatinath temple through the eastern door of Ram Mandir-Aryaghat area. Arrangements have been made to keep the shoes and slippers of the devotees entering through this route in the central area after crossing the two bridges over the Bagmati river going to Aryaghat. Jayavageshwari Toll Improvement Committee has got the responsibility of volunteering to keep shoes and slippers safe in this area.
2: Second entrance will be from Mitrapark area. The shoes and slippers of the devotees entering from here can be kept in the area in front of Shankaracharya MATH. Pashupati Creative Youth Club has taken the responsibility of helping the devotees to keep their shoes and slippers safe.
3: Third entrance will be from Gaushala-Pingalsthan-Panchdeval area. The shoes and slippers of the devotees who enter from this entrance will be kept in front of the Bajraghar. Amar Navkanteshwar Youth Club has taken the responsibility of managing the shoes and slippers of this place.
4: The fourth entrance will be from Guhyeshwari-Umakund-Kailash south section. The shoes of the devotees entering through this route will be placed in the open area in front of Guru Mandir. Navarath Scout Group has taken the responsibility of keeping the shoes and slippers safe in this area.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba inaugurated the Butwal International Conference Center today.
Prime Minister Deuba, who reached Butwal by helicopter of the Nepalese army, inaugurated the conference center today in a formal ceremony. Along with the Prime Minister, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary, UML leaders Vishnu Paudel and Ramkumari Jhankri were also present in the program.
The main hall of the international conference center built on 9 bigha land of Butwal Mandap in Ramnagar has a balcony of 400 seats and a lower level of 300 seats with a capacity of 1000 seats. The total seating capacity of the conference center is 2,700 seats, including the main hall and 12 other halls designed for conferences and seminars.
The international convention center built at a cost of more than 1 billion rupees has 5 entrances, a helipad and a parking facility for 400 four-wheelers and 400 motorcycles.
Today is the 156th birth anniversary of Motiram Bhatt, an immortal figure in the field of Nepali literature. As he was born on the day of Kushe Aunsi, Moti Jayanti is celebrated every year on the day of Kushe Aunsi in the memory of the late Motiram Bhatt.
Motiram Bhatt was born on the day of Kushe Aunsi on the 25th of Bhadra in the year 1923 BS to father Dayaram Bhatt and mother Ripumardini Devi in the village of Bhosi in Kathmandu.
Bhatt, who went to India at the tender age of 6 while studying at Durbar High School, continued his studies in Banaras. Bhatt returned to Nepal at the age of 15. After listening to a poem recited by Bhanubhakta Acharya at the wedding of his neighbour Khadga Dutt Pandey, Bhatta started researching Bhanubhakta’s poems and works and tried to expose them to the public.
He wrote the biography of Bhanubhakta Acharya, “Bhanubhaktako Jiwan Charitra”, which played an important role in establishing Acharya as the first poet (Aadi Kavi) of Nepali language. Bhatt, who is considered the national hero of Nepal, was also given the title of young poet. The period of Nepali literature from 1940 BS to 1948BS is also known as Moti Ram era in .
Bhatt is known as a poet, singer, essayist and publisher in the field of Nepali literature. He is also considered to be the first biographer and literary critic of Nepali literature. He is also considered as the first ghazal writer of Nepal.
In terms of singing, this ghazal is considered to be the first ghazal of Nepal. But in some places this ghazal is said to be the first.
Dui aankhi bhaun ta tayar chan,tarbar po kina chiayo Timi aafain malik bhai gayau,Sarkar po kina chaiyo..
Multilingual Bhatt was proficient in Sanskrit, Persian, English, Bengali, Urdu and Nepali as well as Nepal Bhasha. About 2 dozen of his works have been published including Bhanubhakta ko jiwan charitra, Shakuntala, Priyadarshika, Manoveg Pravah, Gajendra Moksha, Prahlad Bhakti Katha.
After coming to Nepal at the age of 15,he got married and he returned to Banaras for higher education after 1 year of marriage with his wife. He published a Nepali magazine called Gorkha Bharat Jeevan even while staying in India. Meanwhile, Bhatt kept visiting Nepal time and again. Bhatt, who returned to Nepal after falling ill while visiting India in 1952 BS, died a year later in 1953. His last rites were performed at Aryaghat in Pashupati.
The National Independent Party has called for a Valley convention at Khulamanch at 1 o’clock in the afternoon today.
According to the National Independent Party, the convention will form the committees of all the 3 districts in the valley and the aspiring candidates who want to establish the wave of change will speak from the same platform for the first time.
Party President Rabi Lamichhane, who announced the establishment of the party from the National Assembly in Kathmandu on Ashar 7 2079 BS, is now moving ahead with the search campaign for candidates who want to run from the National Independent Party in an upcoming election. President Lamichhane has urged everyone to attend the program and promised to establish the era of youth, the era of the capable and the era of new political culture in the country.
Provincial MP Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, environmentalist Dr. Araniko Pandey, activist Pukar Bam, youth leader Dr. Pranay Shamsher Rana, educationist Shishir Khanal will address the program today in Khulamanch.
Kushe Aunsi In the Vedic Sanatan Hindu religion and culture, KUSH(Eragrostis cynosuroides) is used as a very important and mandatory plant during chanting bath, worship-reciting and in every Deva Karma and PITRI karma. On this day, every Nepalese keeps KUSH in their house. It is believed that keeping KUSH in front of the main door of the house will destroy the bad and evil forces. Therefore, this day is also known as Kushe Aunsi festival. Science has also proven that KUSH is used as a medicine in Ayurveda. It has also been proven that Kush reflects all the radiation. In Vedic Sanatan Dharma rites, KUSH’s ring and JANAI are very important.
Father’s day Kushe Aunsi is also known as the day of seeing a father’s face. Which we simply call Father’s Day in Nepal. Nepalese people celebrate this day as a day of respect, remembrance and special dedication to the father. Today, sons and daughters look at their father’s face and give gifts like sweets, fruits, clothes etc. Those who do not have fathers today go to various religious shrines, holy places or pilgrimage and bathe, perform SHRADDHA in the name of their father, offer TARPAN and remember their father through spiritual contemplation and wish for the peace of his soul.
Colonel Tan Kefei, the spokesperson of China’s Ministry of National Defense, said that any form of external interference by third parties in the border dispute between China and India is unacceptable.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense has opposed the move targeting the joint military exercise between the US and Indian forces in the disputed China-India border area.
According to Indian media, the 13th edition of the India-US joint special forces exercise “Purva Vajra Prahar 2022”, has started on August 8 at the Special Forces Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh and will continue for about 20 days.
Similarly, the military of the two countries will hold a joint military exercise in mid-October at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Auli, less than 100 km from the disputed China-India border.
China has said that it is closely monitoring India-US joint military exercises and said that military cooperation between related countries, especially exercises and training activities, should not target third parties and should be suitable for regional peace and stability.
Tan noted that China and India have maintained effective communication at all levels and agreed to properly resolve disputes through bilateral dialogue and according to the content of the relevant agreements between China and India in 1993 and 1996, both sides have stated that they cannot conduct military exercises against each other in areas close to the Line of Actual Control. He also urged the Indian side to strictly follow the important agreement reached between the leaders of the two countries, honor their commitment to resolve the border issue through bilateral talks and take concrete steps to maintain peace in the border area.
The Nepali Congress has instructed the lower level to recommend the name of candidates within a week for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections to be held on November 20 .
It has been instructed to decide on the names of the candidates by the 1st of September and send them to the center by the 5th. According to the constitution of the party, if there is no agreement on the direct side, it has been instructed to recommend the names of three people at most through the majority process and two people at most on the proportional side.
Proportional MP of 074 is not allowed On the other hand, while the party is giving instructions to recommend the name of the candidate, the MPs who were elected proportionally in the previous election of 2074 will not be able to give candidacy again this time.
Earlier, the Nepali Congress decided that the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Provincial Assembly who were proportionally elected in the 2074 election cannot become candidates again and instructed the lower level not to recommend their name as a candidate again.
According to Article 33 (2) of the Constitution of the Congress, a member who has been elected proportionally once cannot become a candidate again in the same election system.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Electricity Authority regarding the construction and operation of an electric vehicle charging station.
The MoU was signed by Inspector General Raju Aryal on behalf of the Armed Police Force and Executive Director Kulman Ghising on behalf of the Authority in a program held at the Armed Police Headquarters Halchok on Friday.
According to the MoU, charging stations will be established at 17 locations including 2 petrol pumps currently operated by the Armed Police Welfare Center and 15 suitable locations of Armed Police offices. The charging station will be operated under the welfare fund in the long run.
According to the MoU, the authority will purchase all the equipment and build the infrastructure of the charging station at its own expense. Repair and regular servicing of the equipment will also be done by the authority itself. The Armed Police will provide a suitable location for the construction of the infrastructure and after construction, will operate and protect the charging station. It has been arranged that charging stations cannot be allowed to be operated by third parties/organizations.
While operating the charging station, the authority should make arrangements to allow the general public to use it easily at the rate determined by the authority. The authority will collect the fee paid by the consumer while charging the vehicle. According to the provisions of the Electricity Distribution Regulations, the Welfare Center of the Armed Police will receive 50 percent of the total profit from the electricity tariff rate as operating and management expenses of the charging station.
The authority is constructing the stations that can charge quickly at 51 locations across the country to encourage the use of electric vehicles. Every charging station being constructed by the authority will be equipped with a 142 kW charger, a 50 kVA transformer for power supply, and an online billing system.
Fast charging 60 kilowatt DC and 22 kilowatt AC chargers will be placed at the charging station. With this, three vehicles including a big bus can be charged simultaneously.
The software of the charging station will be kept in the authority’s data center which can serve more than 300 chargers. All 50 stations will be controlled from Kathmandu. After charging the vehicle, the customer can pay the bill through the QR code and mobile app.
Earlier,A memorandum of understanding has already been signed between the Authority and the Nepal Police to establish charging stations at 25 different places.
The passport department at Tripureshwar will be using the underground area of its building for the parking of the customer’s vehicles from Sunday.
After the Kathmandu Metropolitan City removed the chairs in the underground area of the department on Friday, the department issued a notice, informing that the underground area of the building will be opened for parking of the customer’s vehicles from Sunday.
Earlier, the department was using the area as a holding area for service users. After customers coming to the department started parking on the road in front of the department, the metropolis cleared the holding area saying that there was a problem in traffic management.
The impeachment recommendation committee has issued a public notice today, asking to provide any evidence, documents or information against the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara within 3 days.
It seems that after the committee started its study on the impeachment motion against Jabra, the process of evidence collection has been advanced. In the notification issued by the impeachment recommendation committee, it is said that the meeting of the impeachment recommendation committee formed by the House of Representatives dated 2079/5/8 has requested that evidence, documents and information related to the impeachment charges be provided to the committee by issuing a public notice from all the entities or individuals concerned with this matter. Since it has been decided to request evidence, documents and information, it is requested that such evidence, documents and information be sent to this committee within three (3) days from the date of publication of this notice.
Ghanshyam Bhusal, the leader of CPN-UML, has said that the Congress used communists against UML.
In a four-page document addressed to Chairman Oli at the Politburo meeting that started on Thursday, Bhusal said that the Nepali Congress has used communists against the UML.
He also said that only the majority of the Communist Party can return the lost opportunities and that all Communists should be united and CPN-UML should take initiative. Mentioning the loss in the local elections due to the division of CPN, he also requested to make the topics of discussion open and based on ideas, and not to be influenced by the mentality of revenge.
Nepal won the first T20 international match against Kenya by 5 wickets.
Kenya, who lost the toss and batted first, lost 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and managed to score 130 runs. The Nepali team, which entered the field with a target of 131 runs, managed to add 133 runs after losing 5 wickets in 19.2 overs.
After winning the first international match under the leadership of newly appointed coach Manoj Prabhakar, Nepal has taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. The Nepalese team on the tour of Kenya will play 5 T-20 and 3 ODI series.
Nepal is currently ranked 14th in the World T-20 international rankings. In the 2024 T-20 World Cup, the top 12 ranked countries will be selected for the World Cup, apart from the host nation.
87 political parties are going to participate in the elections to be held on November 20.
The Election Commission has informed that 87 parties have been registered to participate in the elections. Among them, the number of parties participating individually is 75, while the number of parties participating in joint groups is 4, according to the commission. According to the Commission, there will be 79 election symbols for the House of Representatives elections.
Similarly, the maximum number of 75 parties are going to participate in the province. Among them, 72 parties will participate in the Bagmati state assembly election, 70 in province 1, 66 in Gandaki, 68 in Lumbini, and 64/64 parties in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces. According to the commission, the number of parties participating in the joint group in state assembly elections is 4/4.
The ruling coalition has instructed the task force to study the situation in all constituencies of the country and submit a report. The alliance meeting held at Prime Minister’s residence Baluwatar on Thursday instructed to study the situation of all 165 constituencies and submit a detailed report.
After the meeting, Congress leader Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, who is also the Minister of Communication and Information Technology, informed the matter. He said that according to the instructions given by the top leaders of the alliance, the working group will discuss and submit a report to the leadership.
There has been an instruction to assign responsibility to the working group. It has been decided that we will meet at 4 o’clock today and submit the report to the leadership after discussing it as a whole according to the instructions given by the top leaders. Now the working group has been instructed to prepare a basis and submit a detailed report on the current situation of 165 constituencies,” he said.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after the court rejected his appeal.
The 69-year-old former PM was charged with a corruption scandal involving state-owned wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
He was convicted in July 2020 but had been out on bail during the appeal.
In 2020, a court found him guilty on seven counts – centred on a total of 42m ringgit ($9.4m; £8m) which was transferred from SRC International – a former unit of 1MDB – into his private accounts.
He was sentenced to 12 years’ jail and a fine of 210m ringgit ($46.8m; £39.7m).
Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, faces separate money-laundering and tax evasion charges related to a solar hybrid project – to which she has pleaded not guilty. The High Court is scheduled to deliver her verdict on 1 September.
The Supreme Court has given the final verdict in the case of staff adjustment.
The Constitutional Bench of Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki, Judges Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Anil Kumar Sinha, Bam Kumar Shrestha and Tank Bahadur Moktan has given the final verdict in 98 cases filed related to staff adjustment. Some of the filed cases have been dismissed, while in some cases, writs have been issued as per the request of the petitioners.
The employees whose petition has been dismissed will have to work in the place where they have been reinstated. Similarly, the adjustment of the petitioner employees of the case in which the writ was issued has been cancelled. Now the government will have to manage them according to the order of the Supreme Court.
With today’s verdict of the Supreme Court, the way has been cleared for the Public Service Commission to conduct the examination as per required.
After the Kathmandu Metropolitan City started to tighten the footpath trade, the vendors submitted a memorandum to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and protested in front of the office of the Metropolitan City today.
Today, they have submitted a memorandum with 3 points demand in the name of Swatantra Rastrawadi Swarojgar Shramik Sangharsh Samiti.
They protested in front of the office of the Metropolitan city, demanding the street vendors to be documented and provided with identity cards, not to be displaced without an alternative, and the inhuman behaviour of the administration to be stopped. They have also demanded the previous agreement be implemented.
A Facilitation and Monitoring Committee will be formed to facilitate the waste management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
The meeting held under the coordination of Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary decided to form the committee. Members of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu, Nuwakot and Dhading will be included in the committee.
While giving information about the formation of the committee, Nepali Congress leader Gagan Thapa said that the garbage in the valley has started to rise and everyone’s help is needed to prevent the problem from happening again.
He said that the Metropolitan city is continuously doing the work to be done in terms of waste management. He also said that the committee will coordinate and facilitate with the government and agencies at the same level to carry out the works according to the agreement on time.
Pakistan’s political atmosphere is heating up after the police filed a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, for his controversial comments at a public rally.
Former Prime Minister Khan’s lawyers appealed to the Islamabad High Court on Monday for pre-arrest bail and were granted protective bail till Thursday, but the possibility of him appearing in the capital’s anti-terrorism court has increased.
Khan has been accused of “threatening” state officials and challenging the law by protesting the arrest and alleged torture of his chief of staff Shahbaz Gill in Islamabad on Saturday evening. Gill was charged with treason after being accused of inciting a mutiny against the country’s powerful military.
Khan said the police tortured Gill in custody and that it was part of a “conspiracy” to pit his party against the army.
Islamabad Police said that those who threaten the police or make false accusations will be dealt with according to the law.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also said the government is preparing to file a case against the former prime minister for his “provocative speech”.
Janata Samajwadi Party President Upendra Yadav has demanded the resignation of Madhesh Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut.
After the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a corruption case in a special court determining the irregularities in the Chief Minister’s Swachhta Abhiyan and Beti Bachau, Beti Padhau Abhiyan the resignation has been demanded.
Determining that there was a corruption of more than a 100 million rupees in the purchase of bicycles, the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case in a special court against, the then State Secretary of the Chief Minister’s Office Yamprasad Bhusal, Deputy Secretary Dilip Kumar Pradhan, Senior Divisional Engineer Bhagwan Jha, Officer Eighth Level Surendra Kumar Karna, Assistant Accountant Rajaram Mandal, Swarth Mahato, Mohan Kumar Das and Om Satya Sai Pvt Ltd managing director Renu Aggarwal. Questions have also been raised against the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority for giving immunity to Chief Minister Raut and the Chief Secretary in corruption cases.
After the investigation by the Authority, the Detailed Plan Report (DPR) file of 32 projects made under the Chief Minister Swachhta Abhiyan and the file related to the purchase of bicycles have also been made disappear.
Former President Trump and his legal team filed a motion Monday evening seeking an independent review of records seized by the FBI during the Mar-a-Lago raid. Trump has said the raid on his residence ahead of the 2022 midterm elections was a politicized attempt to silence a key Republican voice. A 27-page document filed in a Florida court has stated that the raids were conducted as part of an effort to prevent Trump from running again for president. It also says that the law should not be used as a weapon for political purposes.
According to the motion filed Monday evening in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Trump and his legal team are seeking an order appointing a special person to review records obtained during the search. It has been demanded to block the further review of seized materials Until a special person is appointed and to return the items, not within the scope of the government-issued warrant.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a brief statement that relevant individuals and agencies are aware of Trump’s case and will respond to the matter in court. A federal court also said the warrant issued to raid Mar-a-Lago was allowed based on probable cause.
The FBI raided Trump’s Florida estate on August 8 and seized an eleventh set of classified files.
As a result of the Strike called by the four communist parties, there have been sporadic incidents of vandalism across the country.
In Kathmandu Valley, the effect of the strike is normal. Police have been deployed at every crossroads for security.
Although private and public vehicles and shops have been operating in the valley since morning, protestors have vandalized Transport vehicles in Thapagaon and koteshwor for disobeying the strike. Police have arrested the people who were protesting in Kathmandu.
Similarly, District Police Office, Dang has informed that a tipper No. RA 1 KHA 1694 was set on fire in Ghorahi sub-metropolis-3 of Dang on Tuesday morning. There was also a scuffle between the Nepal Police and the blockaders in Kavre Banepa.
During the strike, a suspicious object resembling a bomb was found in Baitadi,Dhulikhel and Kailali.
The Communist Party of Nepal led by Netra Vikram Chand Biplav, the Communist Party of Nepal led by Rishi Kattel, the Scientific Socialist Communist Party led by Aahuti and the CPN Maoist Socialist led by Karnajit Budhathoki called for strike, saying that the coalition government led by Deuba passed the MCC agreement, violated the 3-point agreement with the Communist Party of Nepal, and issued the arrest warrant against Biplav and their cadres.
The united front of four communist parties issued a statement on the 12th of August and called for strike under a predetermined program.
The meeting of the Impeachment Recommendation Committee is scheduled to be held today at 2 pm.
According to Ram Bahadur Bista, a senior member of the Impeachment Recommendation Committee, today’s meeting includes the agenda of passing the internal procedure of the committee distributed in the previous meeting and submitting the investigation agenda on Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara.
On February 13, 98 parliamentarians of the coalition party filed an impeachment against Jabara in the House of Representatives, alleging 21 accusations.
Twitter has “suspended” the accounts of seven Serbian embassies and consulates in the US, Belgrade’s Foreign Ministry said.
Serbia has asked Twitter to unblock the accounts, saying such censorship is unacceptable in a European democracy that supports freedom of expression.
Serbia’s foreign ministry said the accounts of embassies in Armenia, Ghana, Iran, Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Zimbabwe were “suspended”. Twitter said it did so without any explanation or prior notice of a possible violation of the social network’s rules.
The accounts of 16 diplomats, including 13 MPs from the ruling Progressive Party, were also closed without explanation last week, and Twitter reportedly targeted Serbian accounts for suspension.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started removing shops from the underground parking.
A team including the mayor of the metropolis, Balendra Shah, reached the Baneshwor Complex and removed the shops from the underground parking.
35 days ago, the metropolis issued a public notice and said that the structure will be removed if it is not used according to the purpose for which it was created on the map. Suraj Shakya, head of the building department, said that while building a structure of 10,000 square feet, basement parking is mandatory on the map. Shakya said that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City passes the map of more than 100 buildings that are more than 10,000 square feet every year. Basement parking is required to be made in those structures. But the basement is being used for other purposes.
Image: Kathmandu metropolitan city
It has been stated that the Metropolitan city will regularly monitor such structures and remove the shops from the basement, which supposed to be the underground parking.
According to the Election Commission, only the two main campaigners of each political party will be allowed to use helicopters for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections. The commission has made such a provision in the election code of conduct. The commission also discussed the code of conduct with representatives of political parties on Monday.
In the Election Code of Conduct, 2079, the Commission has mentioned who can use helicopters and who cannot, under the conduct to be adopted while using vehicles.
It is said in the code of conduct, ‘The political party must submit the names of two main campaigners to the commission for campaigning and only the main campaigner allowed by the commission can use the helicopter service.’ It is said that officials in the federal government, state government and local executive cannot be part of such campaigners. ‘However, no minister or official of the local executive will be allowed as the main preacher.’
During the election campaign, candidates can use a maximum of two two-wheeled or three-wheeled or four-wheeled electric and mechanical powered light riding vehicles in the respective constituencies or places where they are candidates, with the permission of the election officer, and a maximum of four horses in places where such vehicles are not operated. During the election campaign, it has been said that ‘vehicles with foreign number plates will not be given such permission’.
Similarly, it is said that the vehicles that have been licensed in the name of one party or candidate should not be used by other parties or candidates or used by other candidates. Transportation of voters in vehicles taken by candidates is also prohibited.
The Election Commission has also put forward a proposal that more than 25 people will not be allowed to participate in election campaigning.
Candidates should submit their property details while registering their nomination
Similarly, the estimated election expenses and sources should be informed at the time of filing the nomination papers. The commission is also going to arrange for the candidates to submit their property details and personal details while registering their nomination papers.
Niharika Rajput (Sonalikumari Singh), who has been demanding the DNA test of her son born out of rape and rape accused Shivraj Shrestha, has ended her hunger strike.
Niharika Rajput, who has been on a hunger strike for 17 days, has ended her strike by agreeing on 3 points with the government. In the presence of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gobind Prasad Koirala, Chief District Officer of Kathmandu Gobind Prasad Rizal and Niharika reached the three points agreement.
It has been agreed that the public prosecutor will demand the court for DNA testing of the pending case in Janakpur High Court on behalf of Niharika.
Similarly, to make the DNA test reliable, it has been demanded to adopt the necessary procedure before the court and after these demands are fulfilled, it is mentioned in the consent letter that Niharika will end her strike
The hearing of the case filed by Niharika in the High Court has been fixed for the 24th of August, saying that the District Court Dhanusha has acquitted the rape accused Shrestha.
Shrestha, whom Niharika accused of rape, was arrested and detained by the police a few days ago on charges of indecent behavior.
Home Minister Balkrishna Khan’s PSO (Personal Security Officer) Senior Deputy Inspector Tank Karki has been dragged to the police headquarters for investigation after allegations of setting up gold smuggling.
The police head office has informed that he has been removed from responsibility and an investigation has been started and if the truth is found, action will be taken accordingly.
The inspectorate under the direct supervision of the Inspector General of Police has formed a committee and proceeded with the investigation.
It is alleged that Karki arranges the delivery of smuggled gold from Dubai to the destination and he takes money for this.
The daughter of a close aide of Russian President Vladimir Putin has died in a suspected car bombing.
According to Russia’s Investigative Committee, Darya Dugin, the 29-year-old daughter of Alexander Dugin, died in the explosion.
It is believed that the explosion was intended to kill Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher known as “Putin’s brain”.
Alexander Dugin and his daughter went to attend a festival near Moscow and even though they were scheduled to return from the festival in the same car, they decided to travel separately at the last minute. It is said that the car belongs to her father Alexander Dugin.
According to the investigation committee, experts are currently inspecting the scene and the vehicle has been removed from the scene for further examination. The investigation committee said it has obtained the recording from the car’s dash cam and is continuing its investigation.
Dugin is known for his staunch anti-Western and ‘neo-Eurasian’ views. Westerners describe Dugin as a prominent ultra-nationalist figure close to the Russian president. Western media have portrayed him as a major force behind key aspects of President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy. However, despite his reputation in the West, in Russia he has never received official support from the Kremlin and is largely considered a marginal figure.
The Election Commission has informed that only the party and the candidate’s election symbol will be printed on the ballot paper for the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.
The Commission has said that the ballot papers will be printed with only the symbol of the candidates who will be nominated in the upcoming elections, as many votes were invalidated when the ballot papers were printed with election symbols even for the registered parties and independent candidates in the local level elections.
The commission has informed that four separate ballot papers, ballot marking places and ballot boxes will be arranged for the upcoming elections.
US troops have reportedly been sent to northern Kosovo after talks between the Serbian and Kosovo leaders collapsed
The NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR) has increased its patrols of the northern part of the province amid ongoing tensions between Belgrade and Pristina.
Troops were deployed in significant numbers to two checkpoints at the border between Serbia and Kosovo, the reports said, adding that KFOR had vowed to “intervene” if necessary.
The move follows the collapse of talks between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Thursday.
“We would like to assure everyone that KFOR is ready to intervene, if necessary,” the NATO-led force said. The development comes just three days after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg vowed that the military bloc would take action if “stability” in Kosovo is jeopardized. He also urged “all sides” to “show restraint and avoid violence.” The NATO chief also met both Vucic and Kurti earlier this week.
Meanwhile,Moscow has accused the West of fueling the conflict between Belgrade and Pristina and pressuring Serbia to adopt anti-Russian sanctions supported by much of the continent.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division, the low-pressure line of Monsoon is currently located in the west and in the southeast part of the country.
At present, there is partial to general rain across the country. There is light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning in some places of Province 1 and one or two places in the rest of the provinces.
August 21 (Sunday)
Afternoon: Lumbini Province, Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province will be normal cloudy and partly cloud will be in other provinces. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some places in the hilly areas of the country and a few places in the rest of the country.
Night: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and Lumbini Province and at one or two places in the remaining provinces.
August 22 (Monday)
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.
Night: Partial cloud over the country. Chance of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at few places over Province 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Sudurpaschim Province.
August 23 (Tuesday)
Afternoon: Partial cloud over the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some places in Province 1, Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province and few places in the rest of the region.
Night: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some places of Province 1, Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province and few places of remaining provinces. Also, it seems that there is a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Province 1.
Warnings and advisories for the next 24 hours: Partial to moderate rain will prevail across the country. There is a risk of landslides in some hilly areas and few places in the rest of the area as there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with hunder/lightning. Also, it is requested to take necessary precautions as the water level may rise slightly in the rivers and canals and the daily life/transport area may also be affected.
Nepali Congress leader and member of the House of Representatives Pradeep Giri has passed away.
Giri, who was suffering from throat cancer, died at the age of 74 at Medicity Hospital in Lalitpur at 9.30 pm on Saturday night during treatment.
Giri, who has been undergoing treatment for throat cancer in India for a long time, was admitted to Medicity Hospital after returning to Nepal.
He was born in Bastipur, Siraha, in the year 2004 BS., as the son of his father Mitralal Giri and Punyaprabha Giri. He received his master’s degree in philosophy and economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Leader Giri, who was also a companion of BP Koirala, was a strong thinker of contemporary politics in Nepal. During his political career, he also spent four years in prison.
Giri has published more than a dozen books on subjects including biography, women, Marxism and economics.
He has been active in parliamentary politics since 2051BS. and has become a member of Parliament several times, but never became a minister.Giri, who was elected from Siraha 5 in the 2051BS. parliamentary election, also won as a member of parliament in the 2064 BS., 2070 Bs. and 2074 BS. elections.
The Standing Committee meeting of the CPN Maoist Center has appointed Dev Gurung as the General Secretary.
In the standing committee meeting held at the party’s central office, Koteshwar Parisdanda, President Pushpa Kamal Dahal proposed the names of 21 other officials including Gurung.
Narayankaji Shrestha has been proposed as the senior vice president and Krishna Bahadur Mahara as the vice president. Similarly, Girirajmani Pokharel, Barshman Pun, Haribol Gajurel, Pampha Bhusal, Janardhan Sharma, Matrika Yadav and Shakti Basnet have been proposed as deputy general secretary.
Similarly, Dinanath Sharma, Chakrapani Khanal, Devendra Poudel, Lilamani Pokherel, Ganesh Shah, Hitman Shakya, Hit Raj Pandey, Dilaram Sharma and Ram Karki has been proposed as the secretaries, while Shriram Dhakal has been proposed as the treasurer.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division today, there will be partly normal rain across the country. Light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning is likely at some places in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province and Sudurpaschim Province and a few places in the rest of the province. There is also a possibility of heavy rain with thunder/lightning at one or two places in Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Pradesh.
At night, there will be partial to normal rain over the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and Lumbini Province and one or two places in the remaining provinces. Heavy rain with thunder/lightning is likely at one or two places in Gandaki.
Due to heavy rains, there is a risk of soil erosion and landslides in the highlands. Also, it is requested to take necessary precautions as the water level may rise in the rivers and canals and the daily life/transport area may also be affected.
The Election Commission has instructed Gandaki Province and Province 1 not to distribute money to MPs under the Constituency Infrastructure Special Program.
In a press release, it has been said that Gandaki province and province 1 have drawn the attention of the commission for their acts of providing budgets through the constituency infrastructure special program when the term is about to end.
When the election process has already started, it cannot be considered normal to conduct any program that would affect the fairness of the election, and the more distribution-oriented program may raise questions about the integrity of the election, the Commission has given instructions to the above-mentioned state governments to refrain from taking the mentioned actions.
Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom will shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for three days from August 31 to September 2, citing maintenance on the pipeline.
The closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for three days is expected to further increase Europe’s energy disruptions. Following Gazprom’s announcement, European gas prices rose 7% to over $2,600 per thousand cubic meters.
According to a statement issued by Gazprom, the installation of turbines at a major compressor station along a pipeline connecting western Russia and Germany will be carried out jointly with experts from the German manufacturer, Siemens, according to the current maintenance contract.
According to Gazprom, five turbines need to be operated to pump gas at full capacity. This is the last one of the six turbines in the pipeline that was in operation. Due to sanctions imposed on Russia, a turbine brought to Canada for repair is currently stuck in Germany.
European Union countries have condemned this step of Russia as energy politics by Russia.
The state agency that collects data, which has been under the name of the Central Statistics Department for 64 years according to the Statistics Act 2015, is now going to be transformed into the National Statistics Office. According to the Statistics Bill passed by the Federal Parliament, this office, which was under the National Planning Commission in the past, will now be under the office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.
On11 March 2020, the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli registered the Statistics Bill in the National Assembly. This bill was passed by the National Assembly on 4 August 2021 and sent to the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives on 10 August 2022 passed the bill that came with amendments from the National Assembly with a majority.
Initially, it was mentioned in the proposed bill that the National Statistics Office will be an autonomous body. “There will be a national office as a central body for statistical work” was mentioned in subsection 1 of section 18 of the proposed bill.
The Legislation Management Committee of the National Assembly changed it and made the Statistics Office under the Prime Minister’s Office. After the words “as a central body” in sub-section (1), the words “under the office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers” have been added.
It was mentioned in sub-section 2 of section 18 of the proposed bill that “there will be other statistical offices under the authority of the office in the number and location specified by the Government of Nepal”. The Federal Parliament has deleted the other words in sub-section (2).
According to Home Minister Balkrishna Khand, Statistics Department has offices in 33 districts. There is a current obligation to look at 77 districts from the office of 33 districts. According to Khand the issue of expanding offices in all districts will be included in the regulations.
The Department of Statistics has been compiling an integrated system of data collected by government agencies and public institutions. According to the new bill, it is mentioned that the proposed National Statistics Office will maintain coordination between the management of the national statistics system and the agencies affiliated to the system. At the same time, a provision has been added in the bill to manage and maintain uniformity of the statistics of the union, state and local levels by creating standards, criteria and statistical classification of central statistics according to the constitution.
According to the bill, a National Statistics Council will be established under the chairmanship of the Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission for the purpose of guiding, directing, controlling and regulating the proper development, management and research related activities of the National Statistics System.
The members of the Council include the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture, Home, Education, Labor, Federal Affairs, the Ministry of Health, and the secretary of each provincial government’s planning ministry. The Council will have the authority to formulate short-term, medium-term and long-term plans and policies related to statistics, and to coordinate the management of statistics at the federal, provincial and local levels.
A provision has also been added that the state government or local level can produce, process, store, publish and distribute the information or data they need. However, the information related to the statistics collected by the state and local levels must be provided to the relevant ministries of the Government of Nepal (Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers). The Statistics Office under the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers will take the details of the statistics collected by the provinces and local levels and make a comprehensive report.
After the bill passed by the Federal Parliament and approved by the President and implemented, data collection and publication will be more strict. Organizations formed for statistical purposes must be registered. It has been made mandatory to obtain prior permission for data collection and to verify it before publication. Asking for permission for data collection is not guaranteed. If they are not willing to give the permission, the permission authority has the right to stop it.Data should be published only after getting it certified by the National Statistics Office. Otherwise, punishment will be imposed.
However, according to subsection 8 of section 7 of the passed bill, no permission will be given to collect data on issues that adversely affect the country’s governance system or peace and security, the country’s national interest, social or cultural harmony or diplomatic relations.
Kim Jong-un’s sister has warned the South Korean president to keep his mouth shut and stop talking nonsense, rejecting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s offer of a massive economic aid package if North Korea gives up its nuclear weapons program.
Kim Yo Jong, the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a senior official in the country’s ruling party, has called Seoul’s offer of financial aid in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons an absurd dream.
Kim expressed anger at the state media’s comment on Yoon Suk Yeol’s proposal, saying that no one would trade their fortune for corn cakes.
”It would have been better for his image to shut his mouth than to talk nonsense because he had nothing good to say,” she said.
Vedic Sanatan Dharma devotees are celebrating Shri Krishna Janmashtami with devotion and worship according to Hindu culture.
Shri Krishna Janmashtami’is celebrated today as Lord Krishna, the pioneer of Gyanyoga, Karmayoga and Bhaktiyoga, was born as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki in the captivity of maternal uncle Kansha on the midnight of Bhadra Krishna Ashtami in Dwapara Yuga.
On this day, devotees flock to Krishna temples across the country to worship Lord Krishna. According to Hindu culture, it is believed that Krishna was born as the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu to protect all human beings from injustice, tyranny and demonic tendencies. It is mentioned in the religious texts that Lord Krishna of Mathura was taken to Gokul by his father to save him from his maternal uncle Kansha on the night of his birth.
Along with Lord Krishna, Radha is also worshipped on this day. Lord Krishna and Radha’s love relationship is described despite being married to Rukmini.
There is a religious belief that the holy book Srimad Bhagavad Gita originated during the battle of Kurukshetra between the Pandavas and the Kauravas during the preaching of Arjuna.
In Srimad bhagavata Gita Krishna says to Arjuna: Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya, Glanirbhavati Bharat Abhyutthanam dharmasya, tadatmanam srujamyham
Meaning: Whenever religion is lost in the world and unrighteousness prevails, Then, for the protection of religion, I myself will come to this earth with a new avatar.
The Nepal Citizenship (First Amendment) Bill-2079, which was returned with a message from President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has been passed.
Home Minister Balkrishna Khand’s proposal to pass the Nepal Citizenship Bill 2079, which was withdrawn by President Bhandari, was passed by the majority.
After the main opposition party CPN-UML demanded a division of votes, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota called for a vote on the Citizenship Bill. 135 votes were cast in favour of it while 60 votes were cast against it.
More than 77 parliamentarians from the ruling party and the opposition expressed their opinions while participating in the discussion on the bill.
In the constitution, the president is given the right to withdraw the bill only once. If the bill is again passed by both the houses, there is a constitutional provision that the President must certify it. After the approval of the President, the bill will become law.
The employees of the Engineering Services Group of the Ministry of Urban Development have protested in front of the Ministry in Singhadabar. The employees of the Civil Group, Building and Architect sub-group of the Ministry of Engineering staged a symbolic protest.
The employees started protesting after the government decided to bring the Doli Department under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration under the name of the Department of Settlement Development and Infrastructure Facilitation under the Ministry of Urban Development and occupy the jurisdiction of the Urban Department. Ekaraj Adhikari, the coordinator of the movement and joint secretary of the Ministry of Urban Development, said that a memorandum has been submitted to the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Ministry of Urban Development to immediately correct the decision made by the Council of Ministers.
According to the joint secretary , if the government does not listen to the demands of the engineers immediately, they will stop the work of the urban departments across the country and warned that the technicians will resign en masse.They have demand that local infrastructure department as provided in point number 305 of the budget of the financial year should be abolished and at most 10 percent of the technical staff in the department will remain in the local infrastructure development facilitation unit under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the rest of the staff will be adjusted in the provinces and federal ministries related to physical infrastructure. Employees have warned that If the demand is not heard, we will stop work all over the country and will also resign collectively.
All technicians from Nepal Engineering Service, Civil Group, Building and Architect sub-group participated in the movement. The official trade union of civil servants, Nepal Civil Service Organization, Civil Service Union, National Employees Organization and Integrated Government Employees Organization Urban Development Departmental Working Committees are united in the movement.
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court today demanding the recognition of the cryptocurrency.
Advocate Sagar Baral and others filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding that the decision of Nepal Rastra Bank not to give legal recognition to digital currency including crypto should be annulled and that digital currency should be given legal recognition.
In the writ, the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, Nepal Rastra Bank, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Nepal Police Headquarters have been made opponents. The preliminary hearing on the application will be held next Monday.
China’s ambassador to the UK has urged London not to follow the US lead on Taiwan independence.
The Chinese ambassador has warned that British and American intervention in Taiwan could lead to war, claiming that Beijing’s relationship with London has reached a crossroads over the issue of Taiwan’s independence.
The Chinese ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, presented his government’s position on the Taiwan issue and announced that Taiwan had become a “touchstone issue” for China, the US and the UK.
China’s ambassador to Britain has said that over the years, the US has undermined the principle of the One China policy by approving arms sales to Taiwan and playing the ‘Taiwan card to contain China.
Beijing’s Ministry of Defense said Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military exercises starting later this month. India, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan will also be involved in the Vostok military exercise.
Beijing and Moscow have close defence ties and China has said it wants to take bilateral ties to a “higher level” despite Moscow facing international sanctions and widespread condemnation over its February 24 attack on Ukraine.
A statement issued by China’s Ministry of Defense said, “The aim is to strengthen practical and friendly cooperation with the militaries of the participating countries, increase the level of strategic cooperation between the participating parties, and strengthen the ability to deal with various security threats”.
Relations between Russia and China have grown increasingly close under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, and Beijing has come under pressure to oppose sanctions imposed by many Western countries over the war. Beijing said its decision to participate in the joint exercises was “irrelevant to the current international and regional situation”.
A year ago, Russia and China held joint military exercises in north-central China involving more than 10,000 troops. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu praised the exercise conducted in China’s Ningjia and suggested that it could be further developed.
In October, Russia and China held joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan..The Vostok exercise is the second joint military exercise by the Chinese and Russian forces this year.
Niharika, who attempted self-immolation in front of the President’s office, is currently in the Nepal Police Hospital. Niharika has continued her hunger strike even in the hospital. Niharika Rajput presented 10 demands to Law Minister Bandi and Attorney General Khati, who came to meet Niharika at the hospital on Wednesday.
Niharika’s 10 point demand:
1) There must be an order for a DNA test in the hearing on the 24th of August. If the hearing is not approved or there is no order, I will start the fast to death again in front of the Supreme Court from 10 am on the 25th.
2) Blood samples of the opponent and my son should be taken in front of me while taking samples for the DNA test. During this test, it should be done at the police lab and the National Forensic Science Laboratory in Khumaltar, and my people, including me, should be present during that work.
3) DNA test report should come as soon as possible.
4) If the police who initially investigated my case are investigated and found guilty, immediate action should be taken against them.
5) There should be an arrangement to send two senior government lawyers from the Attorney General’s office to the High Court of Janakpur for the hearing on August 24 and the final judgment debate, and those lawyers should be ok by me.
6) My case should be heard on ‘First Track’.
7) The judge who decided my case in Janakpur district should be investigated and punished.
8) The rights of children born to all victimized mothers like me, including myself, to live with dignity should be ensured in the law.
9) Both the Law Minister and the Attorney General should sign this agreement and proceed with the legal process.
10) If all the above-mentioned demands are not met, I will again start a hunger strike before the Supreme Court and I will not be removed from there by the police or the government.
Earlier, Home Minister Balkrishna Khand promised to address her 5-point demands. But after the promises made by the government were not implemented. She continued her hunger strike in various places including Maitighar, Supreme Court and Singha Darbar. Meanwhile, the police arrested her several times from the hunger strike site. Saying that the state could not give justice no matter what was done, in the end she attempted self-immolation by sprinkling petrol on her body in front of the President’s residence.
The General Impeachment Recommendation Committee of the House of Representatives has prepared a draft to finalize the procedure to start the study on the impeachment proposal against the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara.
After about 6 months, the first meeting of the committee held today at Singh Darbar has also decided to give the right to the secretariat to prepare the draft agenda for finalizing the indictment in the next meeting.
It has been reported that the meeting of the committee held today will discuss and decide on the draft procedure in the next meeting. According to the committee, the committee has prepared a draft of the procedure by using the authority given by sub-rule (5) of rule 163 of the House of Representatives Rules, 2075 to present the agenda in the next meeting on behalf of the secretariat in coordination with all the committee members.
It is prohibited to take gas cylinders inside the Singha Darbar from today.
According to the government’s policy to encourage the use of electricity for cooking, it has been banned from taking gas cylinders inside the Singha Darbar from today.
One of the security personnel stationed at the gate of Singha Darbar said that they had been ordered not to allow taking gas cylinders inside.
Through the budget for the financial year 2079/80, the government said that it will encourage the use of electricity and it will start from within the Singha Darbar.
Gas cylinders are being used in the canteens of ministries and agencies in Singha Durbar. Now there will be an electric stove.
Earlier, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply has written to all the ministries and agencies within the Singh Darbar and the budget item no. 253 was instructed to implement effectively and replace the gas cylinders .
The first meeting of the impeachment recommendation committee formed to discuss the impeachment against the suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara will be held today at 11:30 am in the auditorium of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee at Singhdarbar.
On February 13 2022, 98 parliamentarians of the coalition party filed an impeachment motion against Jabara in the House of Representatives, alleging 21 accusations.
The House of Representatives meeting held on the 6th of March formed an 11-member committee to investigate the impeachment of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabara. Similarly, the meeting of the House of Representatives held on the 7th of August passed the decision to send to the impeachment recommendation committee after a theoretical discussion on the impeachment proposal against Jabara.
The committee said that in today’s meeting of the committee, the preliminary study will be started by discussing the procedure regarding the impeachment against Chief Justice Jabara.
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has nominated 10 female members to the Central Committee.
Kiran Yadav (Mahottari), Radha Ghale (Kathmandu), Dhana Khatiwada (Lalitpur), Urmila Thapalia (Dhading), Rukmini Koirala (Morang), Kalyani Rizal (Kathmandu), Goma Bhattarai (Jhapa), Ganga Shahi (Rupandehi) Lakshmi Khatiwada (Sunsari) and Sita Devkota (Nawalpur) have been nominated as a member of the Central Working Committee.
It is stated in the press release that they have been nominated as central members in accordance with subsection 10 of Article 21 of the legislation.
After local residents blocked a vehicle carrying garbage from Kathmandu Valley, the police fired tear gas and aerial fire.
During the tension that started between the police and the local residents after blocking the vehicle carrying garbage, the local residents started throwing stones at the police and the police fired tear gas and aerial fire. The police said that they used tear gas and aerial fire to disperse the crowd of local residents who were protesting during the clashes that started when the locals started throwing stones at the police.
Russia has warned of a “direct military confrontation” with the US.
The Russian Embassy in the United States has warned that the behaviour of the United States on the world stage may lead to a direct conflict between the nuclear nations.
In a statement released by the embassy through its Telegram channel, the United States continued actions without regard for the security and interests of other countries may contribute to the threat of nuclear conflict.
The embassy also says that the US move to engage more in a hybrid confrontation with Russia in the context of the Ukrainian crisis has unexpectedly increased the direct military confrontation of the nuclear powers.
The statement also noted that the US had recently withdrawn from two major arms control treaties, the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which banned certain classes of land-based missiles, and the 1992 Open Skies Treaty, which allowed for surveillance flights over each other’s territories.
The embassy also urged the United States to take a closer look at its own nuclear policy instead of making baseless accusations against countries whose whose worldviews do not coincide with the American ones.
Diplomats of the embassy have said that we will faithfully fulfill our obligations as a nuclear weapons state and make every effort to reduce nuclear risks.
The embassy issued such a statement after the United States accused Moscow of using the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine as a cover for its soldiers. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Russia’s action “the height of irresponsibility”.
Refuting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement, Moscow said that its own artillery fire by the Ukrainian army had caused several fires and power outages in many places this month.
Russia initiated a UN Security Council meeting last week regarding the situation around the Zaporozhye power plant. Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the nuclear power plant as soon as possible and said that Russia would fully cooperate with it.
The meeting of the ruling coalition is currently sitting to discuss the preparation and distribution of seats for the upcoming house of representative and provincial assembly elections.
A meeting of the ruling coalition is being held at the Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar.
In the meeting, the issue of the Citizenship Bill has also been discussed. Similarly, CPN Maoist Center’s Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has informed other parties of the alliance about Bamdev Gautam and Baburam Bhattarai running for the upcoming election from the Maoist Center.
The deadline for party registration for the elections to be held on November 20 is ending today.
The Election Commission started the party registration program on August 7. According to the notification issued by the commission, today is the last day for party registration. Election Commission spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Paudel said that the political parties interested in participating in the elections should register their parties within office hours today. According to Paudel, the political parties registered in the Commission till 4th August 2022 will be allowed to register for the direct and proportional election.
According to the Commission, 62 parties have been registered till now. When applying for party registration, the full and short name of the political party, the date of establishment, the date of registration with the commission, the address of the central office, the mailing address, telephone number, email, website and social network account must also be disclosed.Election commission has mentioned that the number of officers and members of the party’s central executive committee, state and district committees, the date the party submitted its annual audit report to the commission, the date of the last election of the party’s central level and state executive committee, and the number of officers and members of the party’s central level and central executive committee, state and district committees should also be disclosed for the registration.
The 55th meeting under the House of Representatives’ eleventh session is today at 11 am.
According to the Secretariat of the Parliament, the matter of informing about the Citizenship Bill, which was returned with a message from the President, has been included in today’s Parliament meeting agenda.
In the first number of the possible agenda of today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, it is mentioned that the Secretary of the House of Representatives will inform regarding the return of the Citizenship Bill with a message for reconsideration from the Honorable President.
Full text of the Citizenship Bill with a return message from the President:
The Nepali Army and the US Army are going to start a one-month joint military exercise from today.
The Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepali Army has informed that a joint military exercise will be held between the Rangers of the Nepali Army and American Army from today . A total of 96 people including 80 people from the Nepalese army and 16 people from the American army will conduct a joint military exercises on the law and military decision-making process related to armed conflict in the cantonment and Nagarkot area.
A US Army unit led by Captain Blake has arrived in Nepal on Monday.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division, the Monsoon low-pressure line is currently located to the south. There is a partial change in most parts of the country. Light rain is falling at one or two places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province.
16 August(Tuesday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal change in the hilly areas of the country and partial change in the rest of the country. Light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning is likely at a few places in the hilly areas of the country and one or two places in the rest of the country.
Night: There will be partial to normal rain in the hilly areas of the country and partial rain in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in the hilly areas and one or two places in the rest of the country.
17 August (Wednesday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal change in the hilly areas of the country and partial change in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and one or two places in the remaining provinces.
Night: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and one or two places in the remaining provinces. There is also a possibility of heavy rain with thunder/lightning at one or two places in Gandaki province.
18 August(Thursday)
Afternoon: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning in some hilly areas of the country and few places in the rest of the country. There is also a possibility of heavy rain with thunder/lightning at one or two places in Gandaki and Lumbini regions.
Night: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and Karnali Province and few places in the remaining provinces. There is also a possibility of heavy rain with thunder/lightning at one or two places in Gandaki, Lumbini and Far-West Provinces.
Warnings and advisories for the next 24 hours :
There will be partial to normal rain in the hilly areas of the country and partial rain in the rest of the country. There is a risk of landslides, and mudslides as there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning in a few places in the hilly areas of the country and one or two places in the rest of the provinces. Also, it is requested to take necessary precautions as the water level may rise in the rivers and canals and the daily life/transport area may also be affected.
The Citizenship Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives and the National Assembly and submitted to the President for verification by Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, has been sent back to the Parliament. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that the Citizenship Bill needs to be reconsidered, and the question has been raised as to what will happen to the Citizenship Bill, which has been sent back to Parliament. However, according to the legal provisions specified in the Constitution of Nepal, if any bill other than the Finance Bill submitted to the President for verification needs to be reconsidered, the President can send the bill back to the Parliament in accordance with Article 113, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
Now, regarding the bill sent back by the President, it has been explained in Article 113 of the Constitution of Nepal, Clause 4: “If the President returns a bill with a message, both Houses will reconsider such a bill and pass it as presented or resubmitted with amendments, the President shall certify it within fifteen days of its submission.” Now, based on this provision of the constitution, the House of Representatives and the National Assembly can again submit the bill with the old format or amendments to the President for verification. It has been explained that the bill coming for re-verification will be verified by the President within 15 days.But the president is not given the legal right to return the bill that came for re-certification.
The Citizenship Bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives and the National Assembly and submitted to the President for verification by Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, has been sent back to the Parliament.
It is mentioned in the statement issued by the President’s Office that President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has sent it back to the Parliament saying that it is necessary to reconsider the Citizenship Bill.
In a statement issued by the President’s Office, it is mentioned that the bill to amend the Nepalese Citizenship Act 2063, which was submitted for verification in accordance with Article 113, Clause 2 of the Constitution of Nepal, has been sent back to the House of Representatives along with a message in accordance with Article 113, Clause 3 of the Constitution of Nepal.
The Nepali Congress has entrusted party president Sher Bahadur Deuba with the task of sending the official letter of nomination of candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections.
The meeting of the work performance Committee held at the Party Central Office Sanepa has decided to give instructions through the Central Office to propose and recommend the names of direct and proportional candidates for the election of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly, but to give the final responsibility of sending the nomination letter to Chairman Deuba.
Similarly, today’s meeting has entrusted the chief secretary of the office, Krishna Paudel to register the party to participate in the election. The meeting also decided to conduct an election-focused nationwide campaign from 26th August to the 9th of September.
39 local levels of Madhesh province have not submitted their budget details for the financial year 2079/80. According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, out of a total of 136 municipalities in Madhesh province, it has been found that the local level has not submitted the budget statement.
According to the ministry, among the local levels that have not entered the budget details so far, there are three in Province No. 1, four in Bagmati, 10 in Lumbini, three in Karnali and four in Far West Province. All municipalities of Gandaki province have entered the budget details.
Spokesperson and Joint Secretary of the Ministry Basant Adhikari informed that the local levels that have not entered the budget have been instructed through a circular to enter the budget details in the Ministry’s portal as soon as possible.
Resham Kandel, Chief Deputy Secretary of the Ministry’s Local Level Coordination Branch informed that 63 different local levels have not submitted budget details for the current year out of the 753 municipalities in the country.
According to the law, there is a provision in sub-section (6) of section 71 of the Local Government Operation Act 2074 that the town/village assembly must pass the budget for the next financial year by the end of the fiscal year.
It has been proposed to recruit 120,000 temporary police officers for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on November 20.
The police head office has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the recruitment of temporary police officers for election security with a 40-day term/contract period. As the ballot boxes of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly are separate, it is necessary to hire more temporary police than in the local level elections, and accordingly, the number has been determined and a proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, said the police chief Dhiraj Pratap Singh.
The police head office also said that the temporary police and ex-security personnel employed in the previous elections will be given first priority. It is also said that the facilities of the security personnel to be deployed in the upcoming elections will be determined based on the local elections. In the local elections, the facility was determined to provide a lump sum of 30 thousand 240 rupees for 40 days. 6 thousand rupees for clothing allowance, 7 thousand 200 rupees for food allowance and 1 thousand rupees for one time transport fare. But since the salary of all national service employees has increased by 15 percent from 1st of Shrawan, it has been mentioned that the salary of temporary police can also be determined accordingly.
Meanwhile, for election security, Nepal Police and Armed Police have formed election cells from the center to the district level, while the Nepali Army has also said that the work of security preparation and management has progressed. In addition, the Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a mechanism consisting of representatives of all four security agencies under the coordination of Chief of Security and Coordination Division Fanindramani Pokharel to prepare the draft of the Election Security Action Plan. The Election Commission has also formed a high-level committee for election security under the coordination of Commissioner Ishwari Paudel. The same committee will coordinate and facilitate election security management with the Ministry of Home and Defense and the heads of all four security agencies.
After pressure from the Tharu leaders of the Nepali congress party, Prime Minister Deuba has instructed the Home Minister to proceed with the necessary process regarding the Tikapur incident.
The government has discussed the issue of the Tikapur incident with the officials of the Tharu Kalyankarini Sabha. Home Ministry spokesperson Fanindramani Pokharel said that the implementation of the 6-point agreement with the KP Sharma Oli-led government was discussed. Spokesperson Pokharel said that both sides have done their homework and will hold a meeting again.
Assembly General Minister Premi Lal Chaudhary said that the discussion was focused on the Tikapur incident and the release of prisoners including Resham Chaudhary. Chaudhary says that since the Tikapur incident is a political issue, they have requested to resolve it politically.
Tharu leaders of Congress have analyzed that Resham Chaudhary’s party has become a big factor in the federal and state elections. They believe that if he is released under the leadership of the Congress, it will be beneficial in the elections and the votes of the tharu leaders will be secured.
Former Member of Parliament and Central Member of the Assembly Rukmini Choudhary also said that the current government should implement the agreement which was done during the KP Oli led government.
Tharu leaders from congress had suggested to the Prime Minister that the Tikapur incident should be put aside by following the agreement made by the previous government. Prime Minister Deuba has also assured Tharu leaders that he will solve it through the legal process.
The meeting of the Central perfomance Committee of Nepali Congress will be held today at the party central office in Sanepa.
According to the spokesperson Praka sharan Mahat, Sher Bahadur Deuba has called a meeting of the central perfomance committee at 9 am.
Spokesperson Mahat also informed that a meeting has been called to decide on the party registration for the purpose of the election, to discuss on the preparation of the election and to discuss about the training of the elected people’s representatives, which is scheduled to be held on the 15th and 16th of August.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning in some hilly areas and a few places in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Province No. 1 and Bagmati Province.
Similarly, during the night, It will be cloudy in hilly areas of the country and there will be partial to normal clouds in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province No. 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and a few places in the remaining provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rain at a few places in Gandaki Province and one or two places in Province No. 1, Bagmati Province and Lumbini Province.
According to Vedic Sanatan religion and culture, every year Hindus celebrate Janai Purnima (Rishi Tarpani), Rakshya bandhan festival on Shravan Shukla Purnima. Today people go to nearby temples and shrines across the country to celebrate the festival. On this day, one goes to a nearby shrine, river, lake or pond, takes a bath and wears a {JANAI-(Janai is a sacred cotton thread worn across the chest by Hindu males who had done Bratabandha) & DORO}sacred thread from Guru Purohit.
People have a religious belief that the sacred thread tied around their wrists provides protection from negative elements. There is also a belief that Guru Brihaspati tied a sacred thread to protect the gods who were being chased by demons in Satya Yuga. It is believed that the sacred rope tied on the wrist today will open the gateway to heaven if tied on the tail of a cow in Cow Tihar.
Yen Baddo Valiraja Danvendra Mahavalas Tyen Twa Pratibadhnami rakshye ma chal ma chal Meaning: I bind you with the same sacred thread( made of raw thread), which bound the great king of the demons, Bali, will protect you forever.
Brahmin and Kshatriya men who have done Bratabandha have a tradition of changing their JANAI on this day. Out of the six threads of the two knots in Janai, the three threads on one knots are Brahma, Bishnu and Maheshwar and the three threads on the other knots are considered to be the yoga of karma, worship and knowledge. This day is also called Rishi Tarpani because people worships eight sages including Arundhati, Kashyapa, Atri, Bharadwaja, Vishwamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Vashishta and Agastya.
There is also a tradition that today, sisters wishes for longevity and success of their brothers and tie Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi on the wrists of their brothers. Rakhi is especially important in Terai region of Nepal.
On this day, 9 types of sprouted Legumes(black lentils, soybean, peas, chickpea, fava beans, mung beans,blackeye beans, red kidney beans and broad beans) are boiled and eaten which is called KWATI. There is a religious and Ayurveda classical belief that if you eat kwati , the body’s resistance to disease will increase and the body will remain healthy and strong.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Weather Forecasting Division, there is a partial change in Province No. 1, Madhes Province and Bagmati Province and normal to complete change in the rest of the provinces, Gandaki Province, Lumbini Province, Karnali Province and a few places in the hilly areas of Far West Province, light to moderate with thunder/lightning. It’s raining.
11 August 2022(Thursday)
Afternoon: Partly to partly cloudy over the country. Chance of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some hilly areas and few places in rest of the country. There is a possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Bagmati and Karnali regions.
Night: There will be partial to normal change in the hilly areas of the country and partial change in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province 1, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and at one or two places in the rest of the region.
12 August 2022 (Friday)
Afternoon: Partly to partly cloudy over the country. Chance of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at few places of the country and one or two places over rest of the country.
Night: There will be partial to normal change in the hilly areas of the country and partial change in the rest of the country. Light to moderate rain with thundershower/lightning is likely at few places over hilly areas of the country.
13 August 2022 (Saturday)
Afternoon: Partly to partly cloudy over the country. Chance of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some hilly areas and few places in rest of the country. There is a possibility of heavy rain at one or two places in Province No. 1 and Bagmati Province.
Night: It will be cloudy in hilly areas of the country and there will be partial to normal clouds in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at a few places in Province No. 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and few places in the remaining provinces. There is a possibility of heavy rain at a few places in Gandaki Province and one or two places in Province No. 1, Bagmati Province and Lumbini Province.
Warning/Advisory for next 24 hours:
There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder/lightning at some hilly areas and few places in the rest of the country and heavy rain at one or two places in Province No. 1, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and Karnali Province. , there is a risk of landslides and debris flow. Also, everyone is requested to take necessary precautions as the water level in rivers and canals may rise and the daily life/transport area may also be affected.
An important agreement has been reached between Nepal and China in the field of infrastructure development, including the expansion of the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung cross-border railway.
During the delegation-level talks between Narayan Khadka and his counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that there was an agreement to increase cooperation in the fields of trade, connectivity, investment, health, tourism, poverty alleviation, agriculture, disaster management, education, culture and people-to-people interaction.
In a meeting with Foreign Minister Khadka, the Chinese Foreign Minister announced that the pre-feasibility study of the Kerung-Kathmadu railway will be completed with a subsidy, the ministry said.
Similarly, the construction of electrical transmission across the Nepal-China border was also discussed in the meeting.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang has also promised financial support for the construction of electrical transmission lines. Earlier, during Wang’s visit to Nepal, it was agreed to extend the period of pre-feasibility study of the Nepal-China cross-border electrical transmission line by two years. According to the Nepal Electricity Authority, homework is being done to proceed with the pre-feasibility study. But the two sides have yet to agree on its format.
During the talks, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang announced 15.5 billion rupees (800 million Chinese Yuan) in aid to Nepal for 2022.
Nepal’s commitment to one China policy
In the bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister Khadka said that Nepal strongly supports the one China policy. He assured that Nepalese land will not be used against China.
Similarly, Wang reiterated his unconditional support for Nepal’s sovereignty, independence and geographical integrity. He also said that China will continue to help Nepal according to the development needed and priorities of the Nepalese government.
China has announced an end to unprecedented military exercises around Taiwan that began after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taipei.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army announced that it had successfully completed assignments around the island, but said regular patrols would continue.
Col. Shi Yi, the spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), said it would continue “military training and preparation” and “regulate patrols in the Taiwan Strait to resolutely protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“We will work with the greatest sincerity and do our best to achieve peaceful reunification. But we will not abandon the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures,” the White Paper issued by Beijing said. Also, the white paper also mentioned that this contingency is necessary to prevent external interference and separatist activities.
The Election Commission has expressed its commitment to carry out the general elections in a fair, reliable, frugal and fearless manner with the participation of more people by adopting the good practices adopted earlier.
While reviewing the progress of the local level election, 2079 election campaign and voter education program held by the commission on Tuesday, the commission expressed its determination to make the election successful by including the suggestions, feedback and good practices received during the election. The Commission has expressed its concern that the voting of the educated people of the urban areas was less than that of the uneducated people of the remote villages in the last local level elections.
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapalia made it clear that due to the short period of time, it was not possible to do as much work as expected in the last local level elections, and he expressed his determination to complete the elections of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly to be held on November in a simple, easy and frugal manner by including the good aspects of the previous election.
Chief Election Commissioner Thapalia clarified that the commission is in favor of holding the upcoming general elections in partnership and cooperation with all the responsible agencies of the state including media. Mentioning that the state-run mass media will play an important role during the election campaign, he requested everyone to participate in the election process by making maximum use of their resources.
The government has prepared to make a legal arrangement to maintain the service period of civil servants up to 60 years. The Federal Civil Service Act, 2049 Amendment Bill prepared by the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, it is sought to increase the service period from 58 years to 60 years. The draft bill has been sent to the Ministry of Finance for approval.
It seems that the Bill seeks to bring the Unified Civil Service Act by unifying the previous Civil Service Act and the Health Service Act. It is proposed that the Health Services Act be repealed after the bill becomes legal.
In the draft of the bill provided by Ministry of Finance sources, it is mentioned that after the promulgation of the Act, the service period of 58 years will be maintained at 59 for two years. And after two years it will be increased to 60. The Ministry has proposed to increase the age limit in two stages as new personnel will not be able to enter the service when the age limit is fixed from 58 to 60 years.
In the proposed amendment bill, it is stipulated that permanent employees in the federal civil service will not be subject to age limit to be candidates for provincial or local service posts. And there is a proposal that there will be no age limit for provincial civil servants to be candidates for local service. Local service employees can also be candidates for state service. If they change the service, the old period will also be counted.
But to come to the upper level, the employees will have to compete in the limited quota within the inter-level competition. It is said in the bill, “A system to provide opportunity to change levels through inter-level competition.” There is no restriction on competing from any level to another level in inter-level competition.
In the bill, if there is a vacancy in a local level within the province and if the position has to be filled by promotion, the employees of all local levels within the province can compete for promotion.
A provision is also proposed in the bill to allow employees working at the local level to be transferred to another local level within the province. But for that, every state government will have to make a certain basis and criteria.
Former Controversial Indian Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar has been appointed as the head coach of Nepal’s National Cricket Team.59 years old Prabhakar was appointed by (CAN) the cricket association of Nepal on Monday.
Manoj Prabhakar was found guilty of match-fixing and was charged by the BCCI and subsequently banned from playing cricket for the Indian National team. Prabhakar was also sacked as Delhi’s coach two days before the start of the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season. He was also a bowling coach of the Afghanistan cricket team and head coach of the Rajasthan Cricket team.
The Democratic Socialist Party (LOSAPA) and Rastriya Ekta Party have reached an agreement on party unification.
LOSAPA president Mahant Thakur and Rashtriya Ekta Party president Premdeep Thamsuhang have jointly signed a five-point agreement and agreed to party unification. Rastriya Ekta Party has been taken over by LOSAPA as per the agreement reached by Rastriya Ekta Party by accepting the name, flag and seal of LOSAPA. According to the agreement, all organizations of Rastriya Ekta Party will be accommodated in LOSAPA.
It has been agreed that Rashtriya Ekta Party President Prem Kumar Thamsuhang will be accommodated as a central executive member of LOSAPA and will be given the responsibility of Province 1.
On the second trading day of the week, today NEPSE decreased by 17.68 and closed down at 2106.15. Similarly, the sensitive index also decreased by 3.44 and stopped at 406.11 points.
Today, 65,27,414 shares of 214 companies were traded, and the total transaction amount reached 2,857,072,961 rupees. In today’s business, all other sub-indices except the Manufacture & production and Mutual funds have decreased. Today, Gurans Microfinance and Himalayan Hydropower managed to trade on a positive circuit level.
Nepali Congress has decided to deploy its central leaders in all 77 districts to prepare for the provincial and federal elections scheduled to be held on November 20.
While the issue of seat distribution has not yet been decided, the Nepali Congress is going to mobilize its central members in all 77 districts of the country for the election campaign. The Nepali Congress has emphasized that there should be practical, scientific and natural electoral harmony by saying that the coalition parties should also be taken along.
Earlier, the meeting of the ruling alliance held at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, also constituted an 11-member committee to decide the issue of seat distribution.
Similarly, the Nepali Congress has also informed that a training program will be organized in Kathmandu on 15th and 16th of August to train the elected people’s representatives at the local level.
As the Ministry of Finance announced a new and different salary scale than the one mentioned in the budget statement, the employee in Sighdurbar has gone on strike. The ministry’s regular operations are affected when the civil servants in Sighdurbar went on strike.
The lower level employees have ‘pen down’ today in the first phase of the protest saying that the salaries of the higher level employees have been increased much against the budget announcement.
The organization of government’s employees has issued a press release and said that it has taken serious notice of the fact that the new and different salary scale of the national service employees with the seal of the Ministry of Finance and the signature of the responsible officer has increased the confusion among the common national service employees and that two different documents have been published by a responsible organization.
The employees gathered in the hall of the Ministry of Information and Communication has said that they will submit a memorandum to the Minister of Finance, Minister of General Administration and Federal Affairs, Chief Secretary and Finance Secretary.
It has been agreed to coordinate the elections between the ruling coalition parties in the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections. The meeting between the top leaders of the coalition parties held today has informed us that according to the agreement, the seat distribution will be finalized by the end of August.
Today’s meeting of the ruling alliance held at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, has also constituted an 11-member committee to decide the issue of seat distribution. Krishna Sitaula, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and Gagan Thapa of Congress are in the committee, while Dev Gurung and Barshman Pun from CPN-Maoist Center are in the committee. Similarly, Vice President Pramesh Hamal and General Secretary Beduram Bhusal from Ekikrit Samajwadi Party, Rakam Chemjong and Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav from Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and Himlal Puri and Anand Sharma from Rashtriya Jan Morcha are in the committee.
The committee has been given the responsibility to submit a report along with the decision on seat distribution within the end of August.
Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka is scheduled for a three-day official visit to China on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Khadka is going to visit China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry has mentioned that Foreign Minister Khadka will be visiting China from the 9th to11th of August.
On the 10th of August, there is a delegation-level bilateral discussion between the two ministers in Qingdao, the eastern city of Shandong Province. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also be hosting a banquet in honour of Khadka and the members of the delegation, while there is a repatriation program on the 11th.
The Election Commission has decided to stop the voter list registration process.
Election Commission has decided to stop the voter registration after the meeting of the Council of Ministers announced the election of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly on November 20. The Election Commission has decided to postpone the voter list registration for the time being in view of the upcoming elections.
The Election Commission has said that the voter list registration by the district election office and other related offices will be suspended from the 5th of August, but arrangements will be made to take fingerprints by the 6th of August for those who have already applied online and submitted the form.
The government has dismissed Yuvraj Adhikari, the Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers held today decided to dismiss Chairman Yuvraj Adhikari. Earlier, he was suspended on charges of irregularities within the corporation and misbehaving with employees. He was also asked for clarification on the controversy, including entrusting the sale of tickets to an organization without public competition. After the Supreme Court overturned his suspension, he returned to work. But today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers finally dismissed him as he could not improve the situation of the corporation.
The Council of Ministers meeting held today has announced that elections for the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly will be held on November 20.
Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Government Spokesperson and Minister of Communication and Information Technology, while announcing the decision of the Council of Ministers meeting held at Singh Darbar, informed that the election of the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly will be held on the 20th of November.
According to the suggestions given by the Election Commission to the government, the government announced the decision to hold the elections on November 20th after reaching an agreement between the parties to hold the federal and provincial elections at one stage.
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.
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 .”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Bulgaria is set to expell 70 Russian diplomats. This will be the first time that so many diplomats have been expelled from the Balkans at once.
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said,”They are being expelled because our services have identified them as the people working against our interests.”
Meanwhile,Russia has also banned US President Biden’s wife Jill and daughter Yashley from entering Russia.Russia has previously banned hundreds of US diplomats from entering Russia, including US President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence in October next year. Sturgeon also warned of legal action to ensure voting if the British government tried to stop it.
Sturgeon said the Scottish government, led by the pro-independent Scottish National Party, would outline plans for a second referendum in October 19 2023 and write a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Addressing parliamentarians in the Scottish Parliament, she said she would not accept Scottish democracy as a prisoner of Prime Minister Boris Johnson or any British prime minister and would never allow that to happen.
About 5.5 million Scottish voters rejected independence in a 2014 referendum. But Scotland’s semi-autonomous government has called for a second referendum saying that, British government supported the decision to leave the EU, despite the opposition from a majority of Scots.
Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Johnson and his ruling Conservative party have opposed a second referendum, saying the 2014 referendum had concluded everything.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and senior military official Patrick Sanders have warned that the military should be mobilized against the threat posed by Russia.
Defense Secretary Wallace also suggested that the government should increase defense budget in the face of the growing threat. He told the military think-tank at the Royal United Service Institute that “long-range missiles alone cannot guarantee security if Russia lash out against wider Europe. “
He also called for the military to be ready before it is too late to address the lessons learned from Ukraine.
The G7 leaders have ended their meeting in Germany with an agreement to assist Ukraine as much as possible and isolate Russia.
The G7 summit is pushing for a long-term strategy with a plan to limit Russia’s oil revenue, which is helping to finance a war against Ukraine.
During the three-day meeting, the G7 leaders agreed to ban Russian gold imports and increase aid to food-strapped countries through a blockade on Ukraine’s grain shipments via the Black Sea.
As the road from Sisdol to Bancharedanda has to be repaired, waste management work in Kathmandu Valley will be affected today and tomorrow (Tuesday and Wednesday).
Garbage collection will be stopped today and tomorrow due to the problems on the way to Bancharedanda as the garbage has been piled up on the way to Sisdol of Nuwakot. To reach Bancharedanda, two kilometers from Sisdol, vehicles have to cross a pile of garbage and that has been difficult due to the regular rainfall.
The Department of Environment of Kathmandu metropolis has stated that it is going to clean the place by stopping the work as there is a danger of an accident while transporting the garbage from the valley.
After the split of the Nepal communist party, Bamdev Gautam, who has been playing a neutral role , has announced the Nepal Communist Party Ekta Rastriya Abhiyan at the Reporters Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Nepal communist Party Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan established with the objective of reorganizing the disbanded NCP / Nepal Communist Party and creating an environment to move forward by working together in the upcoming federal and state elections will have 75 member central committee.
There will be a standing committee with 15 members for day-to-day operations. The party, which has adopted the concept of multi-post system, will have one chairman and seven vice-chairmen, one general secretary, one deputy secretary general, one secretary and one treasurer . Including Bamdev Gautam himself there are 8 members in the central secretariat.
The Nepali stock market, which has been declining for a long time, suddenly rose by 94.92 points on Sunday, but the gradual decline of Nepse has not stopped.
Tuesday Nepse stopped at 1921.31 falling by 11.82 points. Today’s toatal share turnover shrunk to Rs.1,058,263,522 declining by 0.61 percent . With the trading of 3,037,680 shares of 230 companies, all indicators except bank and life insurance declined.
The bodies of 46 dead immigrants have been found inside a truck trailer in San Antonio, Texas, on the US-Mexico border while entering the United States illegally.
Their bodies were found inside the trailer of a truck parked next to a railway track in a remote area on the southern outskirts of the city, a San Antonio Fire Department official said. According to the preliminary investigation of the police, it is estimated that they died due to high temperature and lack of water inside the trailer of the truck.
Police said that three suspects have been detained during the preliminary investigation of the incident. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it is investigating the “alleged human trafficking” in coordination with local police.
Republicans have criticized Biden’s border strategy ahead of the midterm congressional elections in November, who vowed to reverse Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies.
The newly appointed ministers of the Unified Socialist Party have taken oath of office and secrecy today. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office to the newly appointed ministers at Shital Niwas.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha, Minister for Urban Development Metmani Chaudhary, Minister for Health and Population Bhawani Prasad Khapung, Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Sher Bahadur Kunwar and Minister of State for Health and Population Hirachandra KC were appointed from unified socialist party.
TheCPN-Unified Socialist party has included new faces in the cabinet after a long period of internal disputes within the party over the issue of ministerial reshuffle. Recalling the old ministers, the Unified Socialists have appointed Jeevan Ram Shrestha as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Metmani Chaudhary as Minister for Urban Development, Sher Bahadur Kunwar as Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Bhavani Khapung as Minister for Health and Population and Hirachandra KC as Minister of State for Health and Population. Non-MP Sher Bahadur Kunwar has also been appointed as the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security in the reorganized Council of Ministers. According to Nepal’s constitution, a person must be an MP to become a minister. But this is not the first time a non-MP has been made a minister in Prime Minister Deuba’s cabinet. Law Minister Gobind Bandi, who was appointed earlier, is also a non-MP. However, if non-MPs are appointed as ministers, they must seek a vote of confidence from parliament within six months. But with less than six months remaining to go to the election, the government has been sharply criticized for recalling former ministers and appointing non-MPs just to settle the internal issues of politiacal party.
The swearing in of the newly appointed ministers will take place on Monday at 11 am, according to the Office of the President.
The Office of the President has stated that the new ministers have been appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister in accordance with Article 76, Clause 9 and Article 78, Clause 1 of the Constitution. Implementing the decision of the CPN-Unified Socialist Party to recall the old ministers from the party and appoint new ones, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has reconstituted the cabinet.The CPN-Unified Socialist has included new faces in the cabinet after a long-running internal dispute within the party over the issue of ministerial reshuffle.
Urban Development Minister Ram Kumari Jhankri, Health and Population Minister Birodh Khatiwada, Labor Minister Kishan Shrestha and Tourism Minister Prem Ale have been recalled and the new faces of the Unified Socialists Jeevan Ram Shrestha, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Metmani Chaudhary, Minister of Urban Development, Sher Bahadur Kunwar, Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security, Bhavani Khapung, Minister of Health and Population, and Hira KC, Minister of State for Health and Population has been appointed as the new ministers.
The stock market, which has been declining continuously for a long time, rose by 94.92 points on Sunday.
The stock market rose 5.10 percent on Sunday and stopped at 1956.98 points. Along with this, the sensitive indicator alsoincreased by 4.91 percent. The total turnover reached Rs 2,196,141,849 with 6,363,590 shares traded on Sunday. While shares of 230 companies were traded, 21 companies broke the circuit level and all the sub-indies grew green.
The government has reduced the fare of public transport after the Oil Corporation reduced the price of petroleum products with effect from Saturday midnight.
Under the provision of automatic adjustment of fares in case of changes in fuel price by 5 percent or more, the fare of passenger vehicles has been reduced by 5.41 percent, freight vehicles on hilly roads by 6.97 percent and freight vehicles on Terai roads by 7.68 percent.
Nepal Oil Corporation is going to announce the new price of petroleum products with effect from midnight today.
Under the new price to be announced by the corporation, the price of petrol will be reduced by Rs 20 and diesel by Rs 29. The new price of petrol will be Rs 179 and the new price of diesel and kerosene will be Rs 163.
The cabinet meeting convened after a meeting of the ruling coalition at the PM’s residence in Baluwatar agreed to reduce the price of petroleum products by reducing the tax on petroleum products.
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya has informed that the Election Commission is preparing for the state and federal parliamentary elections by November 25.
Addressing a meeting of the Women and Social Affairs Committee, Thapaliya said that the participation of women in the local level elections was low and urged the parliamentarians to play a role in registering at least 33 percent women candidates in the state and federal parliamentary elections.
He also said that some legal and practical issues need to be settled in accordance with the spirit of the constitution.
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution with 529 votes in favour to 45 against and 14 abstentions that calls on heads of state – who hold their summit on Thursday and Friday – to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova “without delay”.
They should do the same with Georgia “once its government has delivered” on the priorities indicated by the European Commission, the parliament said in a statement.
“Ukrainians, Moldovans and Georgians deserve to live in free, democratic and prosperous countries that are proud and committed members of the European family,” it added.
Nepal has slipped eight position below to 176th position in the latest rankings released by FIFA on Thursday. Earlier, Nepal was ranked 168th in the ranking released in March.
Nepal had lost all three matches of the group stage in the final round of the AFC Asian Cup in Kuwait last May. In the selection, Nepal lost 2-0 to Jordan, 4-1 to Kuwait and 7-0 to Indonesia. Losing in three games has also affected the rankings.
This is the first time since 2014 that Nepal has lost such a huge position in the ranking at once. In September of that year, Nepal dropped 17 places at once.
Among the South Asian nations, Nepal is after India and Maldives. India is ranked 104th and Maldives 156th. After Nepal, Bhutan is ranked 186th, Bangladesh 192nd, Pakistan 196th and Sri Lanka 207th.
In the world rankings, Brazil remains at the top and Belgium remains at the second position, while Argentina has risen to the third position. France dropped to fourth place while England remained in fifth place.
Spain is sixth, Italy is seventh, the Netherlands is eighth, Portugal is ninth, and Denmark is tenth. Leading Asian nations are Iran at 23rd and Japan at 24th.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has decided to take action against the people of Kathmandu for mixing decomposable and non-decomposable garbage in the same place without classifying them.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City had earlier agreed with the affected locals of Sisdol and Bancherdanda landfill sites to sort the garbage at the source and allow the dumping of garbage only in the status quo till the end of Ashad. However, the residents of the landfill site have warned to stop dumping garbage if any unclassified garbage comes to the source from first of Shrawan.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has stated that action can be taken against those who do not classify waste at source as per the provisions of Section 51 (th) of the Environment and Natural Resources Protection Act 2077 BS and Section 38 (th) of the Waste Management Act 2068 BS.
Taliban, which came to power after the fall of a Western-backed government, has appealed for international assistance following the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan.
Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a senior Taliban official, said in a statement that Afghanistan needs an international assistance as they are in the midst of a humanitarian and economic crisis and that the government is unable to provide financial assistance to its people.
The quake has so far killed more than 1,000 people and injured more than 1,500. Houses and physical structures have been destroyed. Heavy rains and a lack of resources have hampered rescue efforts. Rescuers say the death toll could rise further.
The Nepal Army has stated that it has not entered into any agreement with the United States regarding the State Partnership Program (SPP).
The Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepal Army has issued a press release today stating that it has drawn its attention to the media reports about the SPP. The statement said that the Nepal Army had not entered into any agreement or understanding with the US military or the US government regarding the SPP and that there is no process to reach such an agreement in the coming days.
The statement also said that the military has always been clear and vigilant that no military agreement should be reached with anyone in the future that would adversely affect Nepal’s non-aligned foreign policy, Nepal’s unique geopolitical position and strategic sensitivities.
Meanwhile,the US embassy said that in 2015 and 2017, the then Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri had applied to join the SPP twice and the offer was accepted in 2019.
The US Embassy in Nepal has said that the US has accepted Nepal’s offer to participate in the State Partnership Program (SPP).
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Manuel P. Micaller, charge D’Affaires of Mission of the US Embassy in Nepal, said that Nepal had written to the SPP twice in 2015 and 2017 to participate in the SPP and that the US had approved it in 2019.
The US embassy also said that no agreement is required to join the SPP. According to the embassy, the then Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri signed the petition twice in 2015 and 2017. Stating that the request has been submitted to the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the United States approved the proposal in 2019 and included in the report of Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that he will not enter into any agreement against the national interest after reports emerged that the government is positive about the US military agreement on the State Partnership Program (SPP).
In a meeting with top leaders of the ruling coalition, Prime Minister Deuba assured that no agreement would be reached against the national interest after the government was sharply criticized at the civilian level for being positive about the US military agreement on the State Partnership Program (SPP).
The Election Commission (EC) is starting the work of compiling the voter list across the country from today targeting the upcoming election of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.
The Election Commission has stated that voter list compilation will be done from all 77 Election Offices, District Administration Offices and Area Administration Offices.
The commission also said that if there is any error in the voter list it can be corrected during this period and the voter list can be transferred to a suitable place. The commission has stated that those who have temporarily resided outside their permanent address for work or any other reason can register their names in the voter’s list from the place of residence.
According to the Meteorological Department, Department of Water and Meteorology, there is a general effect of monsoon winds in Province No. 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and effect of local winds and east-west low pressure of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of India in other parts of the country .
At present, there is a complete change in Province 1, Madhesh Province and Bagmati Province and there is partial change in the rest of the land. Light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning is falling in a few places of State 1, Madhesh and Bagmati.
June 15 2022 (Wednesday)
The weather will be generally clear with partial to moderate cloud cover in the hilly areas of other provinces including Province 1, Madhesh , Bagmati and Gandaki . There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in one or two places in the hilly terrain of Province 1, Madhesh , Bagmati and some parts of Gandaki Province. There is a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province.
June 16 2022 (Thursday)
Afternoon: There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in some places in the hilly terrain of Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and some of the Gandaki Province.
Night: The weather will be generally clear in the hilly areas of other provinces including Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province, Gandaki and Lumbini Province. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in one or two places in the hilly terrain of Lumbini province, Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province. There is a possibility of heavy rain in one or two places of Province 1, Madhesh Province and Gandaki Province.
June 17 2022 (Friday)
Afternoon: Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and some area of Lumbini and Gandaki Province will have partly to moderate cloud cover. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in some places in the hilly terrain of Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province, Gandaki Province and some area of Lumbini province.
Night: The weather will be generally clear in the hilly areas of other provinces including Province 1, Madhesh, Bagmati , Gandaki and Lumbini . There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in one or two places in the hilly terrain of Lumbini province , Province 1, Madhesh , Bagmati and Gandaki Province.
Warning and counseling for the next 24 hours.
There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at one or two places in the hilly terrain of Province 1, Madhesh Province, Bagmati Province and some of area of Gandaki Province. There is a risk of erosion, landslides and debris flow in the area as well as rising water level in rivers and streams may affect daily life .
In areas without rainfall, it is requested to take necessary precautions to avoid the effects of rising temperatures.
Stating that the explanation of Finance Minister Janardan Sharma regarding the involvement of unauthorized persons in the Ministry of Finance during the preparation of the budget was not satisfactory, the main opposition party UML has obstructed today’s meeting of the House of Representatives demanding formation of a parliamentary inquiry committee.
Finance Minister Sharma said that the allegation are false and fictitious. He also clarified that the budget was formulated by a committee headed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and the Secretary of Revenue and he also acted in accordance with the responsibilities given to him.
Meanwhile, UML chief whip Bishal Bhattarai said that CPN UML would not allow the parliament to function until a parliamentary committee is formed to investigate the issue.
The meeting of the National Assembly convened for Wednesday has been postponed .
The Parliament Secretariat has stated that the meeting of the National Assembly has been postponed to June 16 2022. Earlier the meeting was scheduled for June 15.
This has been mentioned in the statement issued by the Secretary General of the Federal Parliament Dr. Bharatraj Gautam.
UML’s Narayan Prasad Adhikari has been elected as the chairman of the District Coordination Committee Chitwan.
In the election between the ruling coalition and the UML, 7/7 number of vote for the each candidate made the result equal. After the equal number of vote a lottery system was held for the final result. From a lottery between Purna Bahadur Ranabhat of the alliance and Narayan Prasad Adhikari of the CPN-UML,Adhikari emerged victorious .
Kalpana Kafle Sapkota, a candidate of the unified socialist from the coalition, was elected unopposed as the deputy chief.
Minister of State for Health of Lumbini Bimala Oli has been arrested by the police.
Police have arrested Oli on the charge of assaulting Ekraj Basnet’s wife and daughter, a resident of Tulsipur Sub-Metropolis-5.District Police Chief SP Suresh Kafle said that Oli has been taken under control after the locals reported the incident.
Minister of State Oli has been involved in various controversies in the past as well. Earlier, after a picture of YCL activist Ekraj Basnet and Oli became public on social media, Oli objected to the attempt of her character assassination by associating a photo with a man.
College students have staged a protest demanding the reconstruction of Trichandra College in Kathmandu, which was damaged by the earthquake. Students gathered in front of the college on Tuesday to protest against the failure to rebuild and upgrade the long-dilapidated college buildings.
Students protested by reading a book for half an hour on the street in front of the college. During the protest they displayed the banners with slogans such as ‘Save Trichandra, Save Ghantaghar’ , ‘History is collapsing, government is silent’.
The visit of General Charles A. Flynn, Commanding General of the US Army Pacific Command, to Nepal has made the politics of Nepal even more turbulent. However, since the MCC’s approval, there has been a strong presence of US diplomats in Nepal. Opposition party leaders had said that, the visit of General Flynn to Uzra Zeya (the coordinator for Tibetan affairs), shows that Nepal has forgotten its independent foreign policy and is moving towards military policy.
Oppositio party leaders have been accusing the government saying that, the PM is secretly preparing to sign the SPP agreement during his visit to US. Some of the MP’s has asked to cancel the visit of PM and army chief to US. Although the United States has repeatedly written to Nepal to participate in the State Partnership Program since 2015, no agreement has been reached to date.
The main opposition UML MP Dr. Bhim Rawal has accused the government of secretly preparing to sign a state partnership program under the US Department of Defense.
At a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on International Relations, Rawal said the government had violated Nepal’s non-aligned foreign policy. He also demanded that the Parliament be informed about the visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to the United States.
MP Rawal has also claimed that Prime Minister’s wife Arju Rana had gone to India for advice before Prime Minister Deuba’s visit to the US.
The meeting, which started at the party’s central office in chyasal a while ago, will discuss the review of local elections, the completeness of departments and contemporary politics. The meeting will also discuss the action plan for the upcoming state and House of Representatives elections.
Similarly, the issue of providing training to the elected people’s representatives in the local electionswill also be discussed.
Regarding the recall of Finance Minister Jarnadan Sharma Internal discussions have started within the CPN-Maoist center.
Representatives of the Maoist center are now engaged in internal discussions on the issue of recalling Finance Minister Sharma, who has been repeatedly dragged into controversy. It has been learned that the issue has been discussed for more than two hours after Chairman Prachanda called Finance Minister Sharma to his private residence Khumaltar after the UCPN (Maoist) was dragged into a controversy over the issue of action of the Finance Minister.
Removal of sharma was demanded earlier too, who has been repeatedly criticized for his role in the governor’s suspension and for his controversial remarks. However, after the government being criticized for the budget,now internal discussions have started for sharma’s removal.
Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has stopped trading of shares of Nepal Investment Bank and Mega Bank.
With the agreement of merger between Investment Bank and Mega Bank, the trading of shares of both the banks has been stopped. Earlier, the two banks had written to Nepse to suspend their share trading for the purpose of merger.
After the merger, the name of the bank will be Nepal Investment Mega Bank Limited. As per the preliminary agreement reached between Investment Bank and Mega Bank, the bank will become the largest commercial bank in Nepal after the merger. The merger work has been moved forward so that the business will start in an integrated manner by the end of September.
The main opposition party CPN-UML has registered a motion to adjourn the parliament.
Chief Whip of the CPN-UML Vishal Bhattarai and 15 other UML lawmakers have filed a motion to adjourn the parliament.
The proposal submitted by the UML to the Parliament Secretariat has demanded the discussion about the solutions on providing the chemical fertilizers on time to the farmers.UML has accused the government being not serious about the issues of the farmers problems.
Proposal to adjourn Parliament registered by CPN-UML has also been included in the agenda of the parliament
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has urged the Nepal Army to rescue Mila BK of Belkotgadhi Municipality-12, Nuwakot, who climbed on the wire of Trishuli Matatirtha transmission line under Kakani Gaonpalika-7 on Saturday afternoon.
NEA had stopped the flow of electricity in the transmission line and shutdown production from Trishuli 3A and other nearby power plants after BK climed on the wire of the transmission line.
Nepal Army has been instructed to rescue the man using the helicopter after he refused to get down despite the efforts of the police and locals.
In the meeting of the House of Representatives, UML MP Surya Prasad Pathak has demanded to inform the House about the visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to the United States.
Pathak also said that the visit of the Prime Minister and the Chief of Army Staff to the United States has raised suspicions that Nepal may be participating in the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Stating that the remarks made by the Chief Whip of the ruling party regarding national security sensitivities have raised concerns about national independence, sovereignty and geographical integrity, Pathak demanded that the Speaker should rule on the issue to the Prime Minister.
Chief Whip of the UCPN (M) Dev Gurung had also demanded in the House of Representatives to postpone the visit of the Prime Minister and the Chief of Army Staff to the United States regarding the national security sensitivities. Gurung also remarked that the current foreign policy is shifting to military policy.
About one week after the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) started selling the surplus electricity consumed in the country at competitive rates in the Indian Energy Exchange Market, 364 MW of electricity has been exported to India from today.
NEA, which has been allowed to export only 364 MW of electricity, had earlier been exporting 23 MW of electricity from Trishuli Hydropower Project, 14.39 MW from Devighat Hydropower Project, 140 MW from Kaligandaki Hydropower Project, 67 MW from Marsyangdi Hydropower Project and 68 MW from Madhyamrsyangdi Hydropower Project. With the addition of 51 MW of electricity generated from Likhu-4 of Green Ventures under the private sector from Friday, Nepal has exported electricity at full capacity as per the agreement.
The excess electricity during the rainy season is being exported to the Indian market on a daily basis through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV interstate transmission line.
In the energy exchange market of India, electricity is being auctioned in 96 blocks every 15 minutes. The Government of India allows to buy and sell in those blocks up to a maximum of Rs.12IC. The price will be decided differently according to the rate of supply and demand in each block.
The Teachers Service Commission has made public the results of the internal competitive written examination for the post of secondary level, first class teacher conducted on 4th April 2022..
According to the information issued by the commission, the interviews of those who have passed the written test will have interview on 5th July 2022.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City and the locals of Sisdol and Banchare Danda reached an 18-point agreement on waste management at midnight on Friday.
As soon as the agreement reached last night, the the passage for the waste management in Banchare Dada has been cleared. As per the agreement between the people’s representatives of the landfill site affected area and the metropolis, garbage will be transported only at night from now onwards. For the locals, the metropolis has agreed to compensate the affected locals, allocate regular budget and build infrastructure.
As per the agreement reached between the metropolis and the locals, the road section to reach the landfill site will be constructed within three months and the necessary lights and other infrastructures will be constructed.
Nepal oil corporation has increased the price of fuel with effect from midnight on Thursday. Petrol price has gone up by Rs 8 per liter and kerosene and diesel by Rs 12 per liter, according to the Nepal Oil Corporation. The board of directors of the corporation has decided to increase the price saying that the price of fuel has increased in the international market and the arrears due to the Indian Oil Corporation have piled up.
Now, a liter of petrol will cost Rs 178 while kerosene and diesel will cost Rs 165. Even after price adjustment, the corporation claims a loss of Rs 24.70 on petrol and Rs 18.01 on diesel.
Thailand has became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis.
Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he expected legal cannabis production to boost the economy but cautioned that recreational use of the drug remains illegal.Tough penalties will still apply to those who use the drug to get high.”We still have regulations under the law that control the consumption, smoking or use of cannabis products in non-productive ways,”said Anutin.
Under decriminalization, it is no longer a crime to grow and trade marijuana and hemp products, or use parts of the plant to treat illnesses. Cafes and restaurants can also serve cannabis-infused food and drinks , but only if the products contain less than 0.2% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the plant’s main psychoactive compound.
Anutin also said he hopes the Thai cannabis industry will generate billions of dollars in income by boosting agriculture.”We expect the value of [the cannabis] industry to easily exceed $2 billion dollars,” he said, highlighting recent incentives such as collaborating with the Agriculture Ministry to distribute 1 million free cannabis plants to households across the country.
At least one person was killed when a Chinese military plane crashed in a residential area of central China on Thursday, China’s state-run national broadcaster CCTV reported.
During the training, a People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-7 crashed in Hubei province, damaging several homes, CCTV reported. One person was killed and two others were injured in the accident. The pilot, who sustained minor injuries, successfully parachuted out of the plane before the crash, according to Xinhua.
The pilot and injured civilians have been sent to hospital for treatment. Videos posted on social media show some homes on fire due to an accident near Laohekau Airport in Xiangyang, Hubei Province. The cause of the accident and related damage are being investigated.
Charles A. Flynn, Commanding General of the US Army’s Indo-Pacific Command, has arrived in Nepal.
Flynn, who arrived in Nepal after a four-day visit to India, was welcomed at the Tribhuvan International Airport by a high-ranking Nepal Army official.
Flynn is scheduled to meet with Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma at the Army Headquarters on Friday. He will also hold other high-level political talks in coordination with the US Embassy in Nepal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Saturday, Flynn will go to a mountain flight and after returning from there, he will participate in the program arranged by the embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On Sunday, Flynn will go to the Birendra Shanti Sainik Training Center in Panchkhal, Kavre and after that he will address the students at the Command and Staff College of the Nepal Army in Shivapuri.
After visiting Shivapuri, he will return home on the evening same day.
The Kathmandu-Muglin road section, which was blocked due to landslide caused by incessant rains, has been restored.
Landslide removal was started on the road section as soon as the rainfall subsided. As the stones and soil piled up by the landslide have been removed, the two-way traffic has been restored.
Even though the landslide has been removed, it would take some time for the traffic to move smoothly due to the pressure of hundreds of vehicles parked on the road since last night.
The road was blocked due to landslide caused by incessant rains since last night.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started exporting electricity worth Rs 75 million to India daily.
According to the NEA, the amount of electricity exports has increased as soon as the electricity generated from Marsyangdi and Madhyamrsyangdi enters the Indian energy exchange market.
NEA, which has been granted permission to export up to 364 MW of electricity, is now exporting 284 MW of electricity to India. NEA is currently exporting 23 MW of Trishuli Hydropower Project, 14.39 MW of Devighat Hydropower Project, 138.91 MW of Kaligandaki Hydropower Project, 66.14 MW of Marsyangdi Hydropower Project and 41.81 MW of Madhyamrsyangdi Hydropower Project. From this, Nepal will be earning about 75 million rupees in a day.
In the energy exchange market of India, electricity is being auctioned in 96 blocks every 15 minutes. The Government of India has allowed to buy and sell in those blocks up to a maximum of IC 12rs. The price will be decided differently according to the rate of supply and demand in each block.
Nepal lost to Jordan with 2-0 in the first match of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers at the Javer Al-Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait.
Experienced players including captain and goalkeeper Kiran Chemjong, vice-captain Rohit Chand, Anjan Bista, Vimal Ghartimagar and Sujal Shrestha were left out of the team.After a dispute between the coach and the players Nepal played the game without 11 senior players of the team in the captainship of Navyug Shrestha.
Nepal will face Kuwait in the next match on Saturday.
Due to the continuous rain, the road has been blocked by a landslide at Ghopte Bhir on the road section about two kilometers from Muglin under Prithvi Highway towards Kathmandu at around 11 last night.
According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the landslide could not be removed due to incessant rains. Even if the rain stops, it will take time to remove the landslide as the landslide with large stones has piled up on the road.
Similarly, Muglin Narayangadh road section has also been blocked due to landslide at Namsi Bridge in Topekhola under Ichchakamana Village Municipality-6 of Chitwan. Similarly, floods and landslides caused by incessant rains since last night have blocked the road at more than a dozen places on the Baglung-Galkot section of the Mid-Hills Highway. From Ghodabandhe of Kathkhola village municipality-5 to Galkot municipality-1 Dudilabhati . The road has been blocked due to floods and landslides in more than a dozen places on the highway section in Narethanti area.
Two planess from New Delhi, the capital of India, had been diverted due to bad weather at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
Vistara Air flight from New Delhi had been diverted to Lucknow, and the Indigo Air flight from Delhi has diverted back to Delhi.
The flight of Nepal Airlines from Tokyo, Japan and the flight of Korean Air from Korea are in the process of landing after being held for a while due to the bad weather condition.
The weather in Kathmandu had deteriorated on Wednesday evening after a sudden downpour.
The terrorist group threatens to carry out suicide attacks in response to a remarks about the Prophet Muhammad by Nupur Sharma, the spokeswoman of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Al-Qaeda had released a letter saying the states of Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat would be targeted.The group vowed to use suicide bombers, and attack Hindu politicians living in fortified compounds.
On May 26, Sharma took part in a TV debate and expressed her views on the Prophet Muhammad . The video later went viral, and was condemned by many Muslims country.
Sharma later apologized on Twitter, claiming that she never intended to insult anyone’s religious beliefs.
However,her apology failed to quell Muslim anger, which has spread far beyond India. As of Today, Indonesia, UAE, Maldives, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya, Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Afghanistan have all lodged official complaints over the comments made by Sharma.RT
The Ministry of Finance has formed a committee to study the problems of the share market as the share market is declining regularly.
The Ministry has requested the Executive Director of the Securities and Exchange Board to submit a report with solutions. For the study, a committee has been formed with one representative each from the Ministry of Finance and Nepal Rastra Bank, with the representative of the Securities and Exchange Board as the member secretary.
Finance Minister Sharma has been criticized for ignoring the share market and not being serious about the issues of market.
Speaker Agni Sapkota has directed the government to investigate the death of Kishore Binod Shahi of Panchadewal Municipality of Achham and take action against the culprit.
In the meeting of the House of Representatives, Speaker Sapkota said that he had taken serious note of the fact that the police had refused to take any action in the incident of Binod Shahi’s death and had not even conducted a postmortem of the body.
According to a complaint lodged by a Nepali Congress (NC) cadre on the issue of dispute between the NC and UML cadres in the local level election, a clash ensued when the police tried to arrest the UML cadres involved in the incident. Shahi, a member of a CPN-UML supporter’s family, was later found dead. As the situation became tense after Shahi was found dead, a CIB team was also mobilized to investigate the incident.
The Department of Roads has banned digging and demolition of roads from1st of Ashad till the end of Bhadra.
The Federal Road Monitoring and Supervision Office, Kathmandu has issued a notice stating that digging and demolition of roads will not be allowed from the 1st of Ashad till the end of Bhadra.
The department has also stated that strict action will be taken as per the Public Roads Act 2031 BS for forcibly digging roads and disobeying the directives of the department.
A single woman has been killed by setting a fire in Shailyashikhar Municipality-1 of Darchula district.
According to police, the body of 40-year-old Aniva Khadayat was found burnt near her house. Preliminary police investigations have confirmed that she was killed by setting fire to a haystack near her house. Khadayat, who lost her husband about eight years ago, has two daughters and a son. Police have arrested Birendra Khadayat and Tula Khadayat of the same village for investigation.
US Army Pacific Commanding General Charles A. Flynn will pay a four-day visit to Nepal from tomorrow.
Spokesperson of the Nepal Army Narayan Silwal said that General Flynn is scheduled to meet with the Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma. General Charles A. Flynn is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Thursday tomorrow by a special US Army aircraft.
It is said that such a visit will further enhance the friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries, including the Nepalese and US forces. However, General Flynn’s visit to Nepal after the PM Deuba and Chief of Army Staff Sharma’s visit been scheduled to the US has been analyzed as a geopolitical link of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy against China.
The Yampaphant and Ghansikuwa sections of Tanahu will be closed for five hours daily from today under the Mugling-Pokhara road expansion work.
The road will be closed for five hours daily from today as excavation work has to be done in the section under the Mugling-Pokhara road expansion plan. Vehicles have been banned from operating at Yampaphant in Bandipur Gaonpalika-5 and Ghansikuwa section of Byas Municipality-12 from 11 pm to 4 am till further notice.
Roads will be closed at night because of the inconvenience of regular traffic. Road widening is underway on the eastern side of the project. The contract for the eastern section has been awarded to China Communication Construction. Trees along the highway have been cut down for road expansion. So far, 3,014 trees have been cut down in the eastern part.
Work has also started from the western section under the Mugling-Pokhara road expansion work. The contract for the west (Jamune-Pokhara) section has been awarded to Yanhui Kaiyuan Highway and Bridge Construction Company. The four-lane road is being constructed with the loan assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the traffic congestion is increasing on the road which was demarcated in 2026 BS. Eighty kilometers of road has been divided into two sections and contracted.
31 new motorable bridges will be constructed along the four-lane road at a distance of 80 km from Aabukhaireni to Pokhara.
The Far West and Madhesh State Governments are going to make public the policy and program for the Fiscal Year 2079/80.
Both the states have convened a meeting of the state assembly today at 4 pm to make public the policy and program for the fiscal year 2079/80. The provincial heads of both the provinces will present the policies and programs of their respective provinces.
Regarding the budget for the Fiscal Year 2079/80, it has been stated that both the states will present policies and programs by giving priority to agriculture, education, health and employment. There is a provision that the state government will present the budget on June 15 every year.
A CIB team has been mobilized to investigate the death of 15-year-old Binod Shahi of Panchadewal Binayak Municipality-4 of Achham.
Binod Shahi who has been missing since May 31, was found dead near his house on Saturday. After the dispute between the NC and UML cadres in the local level election, NC lodged a complaint against UML cadres.Shahi gone missing after a clash ensued when the police tried to arrest the UML cadres involved in the incident. Shahi, a member of a CPN-UML supporter’s family, was later found dead. A CIB team has been mobilized to investigate the incident as the situation became tense after Shahi was found dead.
Nine people have been killed and about three dozen others injured when a passenger bus (Lu 2 Kha 3841) heading to Bhairahawa from Janakpur had an accident on Bhairahawa-Parasi road .
The bus fell into the river below the Rohini river bridge at around 5:45 am on Sunday. The injured passengers have been rescued by security personnel and locals and rushed to the hospital for treatment. Nine injured passengers died in the hospital during treatment.
According to the Meteorological Department, Department of Water and Meteorology, Nepal is currently affected by local winds and a low pressure line extending east-west from Uttar Pradesh in India to East Bangladesh.
Currently, light rain is falling in one or two places of State 1, Madhesh State and Bagmati State with partial to normal cloud cover. In the rest of the country, the weather is generally clear with partial cloud cover.
According to the Meteorological Department, Department of Water and Meteorology, three-day weather forecast for the entire country:
June3, 2022 (Friday)
Afternoon: Part 1, Madhesh Pradesh, Bagmati Pradesh and Gandaki Pradesh will have partly to moderate cloud cover and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy weather. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in a few places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and one or two places in Madhesh Province.
Night: Partly to moderate cloud cover in the hilly areas of the country including Province 1 and the weather will be generally clear in the rest of the country due to partial cloud cover. There is a possibility of light rain with thunder / lightning in a few places of Province 1 and in one or two places of hilly areas of Bagmati and Gandaki.
June 4,2022 (Saturday)
Afternoon: There will be partial to normal cloud cover in the hilly areas of the country including Province 1 and there will be partial cloud cover in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in a few places in Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province.
Night: Partly to moderate cloud cover in the hilly areas of the country including Province 1 and the weather will be generally clear in the rest of the country due to partial cloud cover. There is a possibility of light rain with thunder / lightning in a few places in hilly areas of Province 1 and in one or two places in hilly areas of Bagmati and Gandaki.
June 5,2022 (Sunday)
Afternoon: Partly to moderate cloud cover in the hilly areas of the country and partial cloud cover in the rest of the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder / lightning in some places of State 1, Bagmati State and Gandaki State and in one or two places of Madhesh State.
Night: There will be partly to moderate cloud cover in the hilly areas of Province 1, Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province and other provinces. The weather will be generally clear with partial cloud cover in the rest of the region. There is a possibility of light rain with thunder / lightning in a few places of State 1 and in one or two places of hilly terrain of Bagmati State and Gandaki State.
Warning and counseling for the next 24 hours.
There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunderstorms / thunderstorms and windstorms in a few places in State 1, Bagmati State and Gandaki State and in one or two places in Madhesh State.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has demanded reforms in the form of government and electoral system to end corruption and instability.
In the meeting of the Central Working Committee held in Dhulikhel, the issue of changing the form of government to have a directly elected Prime Minister and a King was discussed. RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden has demanded that the current form of government and electoral system be reformed to have a fully proportional parliament, a directly elected executive prime minister and king as a guardian institution.
Nepal Students Union, a sister organization of Nepali Congress, has locked the central office of Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur.
In a statement issued today, the Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) said that the central office of the TRI has been locked. The statement said that the NSU had locked the office saying that its demands had not been addressed and warned that if their demands are not addressed, they would retaliate.
The statement said that the Nepal Students’ Union had earlier locked the central office of the TRI and it was regrettable that the lock was broken by pasting a fake statement with the signature of in-charge Safal on the letter pad of the Central Command of the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary).
Chairman of the Unified Socialists Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that immediate unity between leftist is not possible.
Addressing a press meet in Surkhet, he said that the rumors of electoral unity with the UML were baseless and untrue. During his address, Nepal said, “Such rumors have been spread by arrogant and conspirators trying to break the alliance and there is no possibility of any unity or electoral coordination with the CPN-UML.”
Nepal has said that the current Left-Democratic Alliance will be continued till the upcoming state and House of Representatives elections.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started exporting electricity from Trishuli and Devighat hydropower plants to India. In India’s competitive energy exchange market , Nepal has its electricity for sale in a ‘block’ every 15 minutes.
Although electricity for each block is sold at different prices, India has set a limit of Rs 12 per unit. Although the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will get a maximum price of up to Rs 12, electricity will be sold at an average price of 6.28 Indian rupees (10 rupees 4 paise Nepali rupees) per unit. NEA is also preparing electricity for sale of Kaligandaki A Hydropower Project.
Nepal had sought approval from Indian companies for the sale of 200 MW of electricity after receiving approval for the sale of up to 364 MW of electricity in the Indian market. NEA has also called for tenders to sell the electricity stored in Nepal during the rainy season in India. NEA has prepared to export the surplus electricity through Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV inter-country transmission line.
A meeting between the top leaders of the five ruling parties to review the local elections has discussed when the parliamentary elections will be held.
At a meeting of top leaders held in Baluwatar for the first time since the local elections, the top leaders of the coalition have confirmed that there was an informal discussion on the issue of parliamentary elections.
According to the top leaders of the coalition, the meeting also discussed about holding the parliamentary election on 13 November or 20 November. Meeting also decided to consult the Election Commission about the date.
The Nepali stock market has declined for the third day in a row after the budget of the Fiscal Year 2079/80. The Nepali stock market has been declining day by day even though it has declined by only a few points as compared to yesterday. The market, which had declined by 35.53 points yesterday, has declined by 7.21 points today and stopped at 2130.71.
Compared to yesterday, the number of shares traded and the total transaction amount has also decreased.While 3,020,067 shares of 227 companies were traded, the share amount has shrunk to 1,078,484,182.
President Biden has announced to send more advanced rocket system in Ukraine to help defend itself.Mr Biden said the lethal aid would strengthen Kyiv’s negotiating position against Russia and make a diplomatic solution more likely.
The weapons will help to strike enemy forces more precisely from a longer distance.New weaponry will include the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).The systems can launch multiple precision-guided missiles at targets as far as 70km (45 miles) away – far further than the artillery that Ukraine currently has. Helicopters, anti-tank weapons, tactical vehicles and spare parts are to be included in what will be the 11th package of military aid approved by the US for Ukraine since the invasion began in February.
Previously Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of “pumping up the Ukrainian nationalists with weapons” and said that any cargo of arms bound for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Moscow.The ministry has said that Nato countries are “playing with fire” by sending weapons to Ukraine.
Denmark has become the fifth country to be cut off from Russian natural gas following the refusal of its biggest power wholesaler Orsted to pay for deliveries in rubles. Supplies to Shell Energy Europe Limited in Germany have also been halted for the same reason.
Russia’s new payment mechanism requires gas buyers from “unfriendly” countries that have placed sanctions on Moscow to open accounts in Russia’s Gazprombank. They can then deposit funds in their currency of choice, which the bank converts to rubles and transfers to Gazprom.
The Russian energy giant recently suspended gas exports to Bulgaria, Poland, Finland and the Netherlands after they refused to comply. According to the Russian Energy Ministry, about two dozen European companies have so far opened ruble accounts. RT
After a two-months restriction, China eased covid sanctions on the World Trade and Economic Center Shanghai. China has eased sanctions, allowing about 25 million people to move freely around the city.
Despite China’s easing of sanctions, China’s overall policy of “zero covid” remains. Those suspected of covid will still have to stay in quarantine or hospital. Residents will have to show a green health code on their smartphone to leave their residential compounds and enter other outdoor areas. Those wishing to use public transport or enter banks or malls must show a negative PCR test certificate for the last 72 hours. However, they will not be able to leave Shanghai, and anyone traveling to another city will have to stay in a quarantine for 7 to 14 days .Cinema halls, museums and gyms and schools will remain closed.
Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal beat longtime rival and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros early Wednesday to advance to the semifinals at the French Open.
The 59th installment of the storied rivalry between the two all-time tennis greats was another thriller, with Nadal winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4). The quarterfinal match, which ended after 1 a.m. local time in Paris, lasted more than four hours and was one of the most anticipated of the tournament. The 35-year-old Spaniard is seeking a record-extending 14th French Open title and also a record-extending 22nd major title. Nadal will face Alex Zverev of Germany in the semifinals. Zverev, the world No. 3, advanced after besting 19-year-old Spaniard and world No. 6 Carlos Alcaraz in four sets on Tuesday. In their head-to-head matches, more than any other two men in the sport’s professional era, Nadal has beaten Djokovic 29 times, while Djokovic has won 30.cnn
England confirms Matthew Potts will make Test debut against New Zealand.
Durham seamer Matthew Potts will make his England debut in the first Test against New Zealand on Thursday.
The 23-year-old has been picked ahead of Somerset’s Craig Overton and will join an attack led by the two most prolific wicket-takers in English history, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, at Lord’s.
The share market has declined for the second day in a row after the budget of FY 2079/80. The market, which had declined by 35.53 points today, has stopped falling at 2137.92 points. The market had declined by more than 50 points on the first day after the budget.
While 37,69,812 shares of 229 companies were traded, the share amount has shrunk to 1,317,699,090.
In view of flight safety, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has decided not to allow planes to fly until the weather is clear at the departing airport and the airport to be reached and the flying route.
The decision was taken after 22 people were killed in a Tara Air plane crash. Preliminary investigation have also shown that adverse weather conditions was the main reason for the Tara Air plane crash.
Earlier, the planes were allowed to fly after the weather at the departing airport and the destination airport is ensured, but now the authority instructs that the flight will only be allowed after the weather is clear on the flight route too.
While participating in the discussion on the budget in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the leaders of the main opposition party CPN-UML and parties outside the government have criticized the budget and questioned its relevance.
Vice Chairman of the main opposition party UML and former finance minister Bishnu Poudel has said that the budget brought by the government is against federalism. Poudel also remarked that the budget has cut the rights of the state and local levels. He was outraged that the government had cut off the power of the state and local levels to choose their own plans, saying it was an anti-federal move.
CPN-UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai said that the budget presented by the government is standing at a crossroads and was aimless. He said that the budget would not benefit the country. This budget stands at a crossroads. Smells like Mao and Marx. There is no destination of this budget. Bhattarai had criticized the budget for not increasing the budget for education and health as the commission would not come from such sectors. Criticizing Finance Minister Sharma, Bhattarai said that the briefcase was not smashed while the budget was presented by the Finance Minister in the Parliament and it was a positive achievement and is the sign of Nepal’s democracy and constitutional process being matured.
Anil Kumar Jha, an MP from Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LOSPA), said that the budget was brought for the upcoming elections focusing on the party cadres. It seems the budget is to engage your cadres in the election to be held in 6 months. He has criticized the government saying that the budget has been prepared in such a way that some sort of amount could be distributed to two to four lakh cadres.
The hearing on IGP appointment dispute has been postponed by the supreme court today.
The case against Inspector General of Police (IGP) promotion was scheduled to be heard in a joint sitting of Justices Bishwabhar Prasad Shrestha and Dr. Kumar Chudal in the Supreme Court today. Though a hearing has been scheduled, the Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing in the case of three DIGs Ishwar Babu Karki, Ghanshyam Aryal and Prakash Jung Karki saying that the time limit has not been met.
DIG Bishwaraj Pokharel had filed the writ petition after the government decided to appoint Dhiraj Pratap Singh as IGP. In the writ petition, Pokhrel has demanded to be IGP. AIG Pokharel had filed a writ petition at the apex court alleging that the government had promoted IG by violating seniority .
The government has closed the main entrance of the tunnel of Melamchi Drinking Water Project and water supply from Melamchi to Kathmandu will be stopped for next four months.
The Melamchi Drinking Water Development Committee has stated that the tunnel had to be closed due to the onset of rainy season. Although the Melamchi water supply has been resumed in Kathmandu by constructing a temporary structure at the dam site in Sindhupalchok, it is said that the tunnel has been closed due to the possible danger in the rainy season. The project committee has informed that Melamchi water will be distributed only from mid october, so that the water of Melamchi could be pumped into the tunnel again after regular rains stopped.
The coastal area of Melamchi is still at risk of landslides and floods . Therefore, Melamchi water could not be brought to Kathmandu after the monsoon became active.After the flood damage in 2078 BS., the project has put forward a plan not to distribute water till mid october by closing the main gate of Melamchi.
European Union to cut Russian oil imports by 90 percent by the end of the year
EU leaders on Monday agreed at a summit focused on helping Ukraine to ban most Russian oil imports to the European bloc by the end of the year.
The agreement covers more than two-thirds of Russia’s oil imports. The EU agreement is expected to effectively cut oil imports by about 90% by the end of the year.
It also agreed to provide 9 billion euros in aid to support Ukraine’s economy. But it is unknown at this time that if the amount will be a loan or a grant . This is the sixth EU embargo on Russia. Earlier, the United States and Europe had imposed various sanctions on Russia.
The government has formed a five-member commission to find out the cause of the Tara Air plane crash on Sunday.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has constituted a commission headed by Senior Aeronautical Engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman to investigate the accident..
The members of the commission are Captain Dipu Jwarchan, Senior Maintenance Engineer Upendra Lal Shrestha, Senior Meteorologist Maniratna Shakya and Technical Joint Secretary of the Ministry Wuddhisagar Lamichhane.
The committee has a mandate to find out the cause of the accident and recommend measures to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future, said Home Ministry Joint Secretary Hom Prasad Luintel.
On Sunday, a twin-engine plane of Tara Air en route to Jomsom from Pokhara was found crashed at the foot of Manapathi Himal in Mustang. All people on board were killed in the crash.
The International Relations Committee of the Parliament has directed the government to move ahead with the construction of Nijgadh International Airport by removing the legal hurdles.
Despite the Supreme Court order not to build Nijgadh Airport and to study its alternative arrangements, the government has included Nijgadh International Airport in its budget for the fiscal year 2079/80. A meeting of the International Relations Committee of the Parliament has directed the government to expedite the construction of the airport by removing the legal hurdles as soon as the budget includes Nijgadh Airport.
The committee has concluded that the decision to stop the construction of Nijgadh International Airport is not appropriate from any point of view.
Newly elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah (Balen) has taken oath of office and secrecy. Chief Election Officer Raju Kumar Khatiwada administered the oath of office to Mayor Shah at the National Assembly. After Shah took the oath in Nepali language, he also recited the oath in Nepal Bhasha. After taking oath, Shah administered the oath of office to Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol and elected ward chairpersons and members. Shah also said that the he has decided to broadcast every meeting of metropolis live after taking oath.
The Department of Transportation has issued a notice today stating that all online applications for driver’s licenses have been canceled.
The department said it would launch a new online system, but all previous applications were canceled . Also, those who want to apply for a new application can login to applydl.dotm.gov.np and fill out a new application from 6 pm today. For the additional category, the application will be opened from next Monday, it is mentioned in the information issued by the department. Click here to fill out a new application form.
The National Examination Board has started this year’s Class 12 examination all over the country at once. According to Dr. Mahashram Sharma, Chairman of the Board, the Class 12 examination has started peacefully in 1292 examination centers in all 77 districts from 8 am today.
The National Examination Board has stated that the questions have been sent online to all the examination centers half an hour before the commencement of the examination and arrangements have been made to make photocopies of the questions and distribute them to the students.
For the past two years, due to the epidemic of Kovid-19, online arrangements were made to send questions to students’ homes. The board has stated that the same arrangement has been made this year as well.
Missing plane of Tara Air has been found crashed.The wreckage of the missing plane has been found at an altitude of 14,500 feet.
Locals had informed the Nepal Army rescue team after finding the wrecked plane on a hill at the foot of Manapathi Himal, three hours above Kowang. It is suspected that all the passengers on board died in the accident and the bodies of the deceased will be brought to Kathmandu.
It is estimated that the plane crashed into the Manapathi Himal after turning left from the sky of Titi Lake at the foot of Nilgiri Himal due to heavy clouds at Jomsom Airport.
The search for the missing Tara Air flight has been stopped for today.
Nepal Army rescue team has informed that the search operation has been stopped today due to darkness and unfavorable weather. The search operation had to be postponed due to inclement weather and the rescue team of the Nepal Army will resume the search operation from tomorrow morning. The army’s air rescue team has now returned to Jomsom.
Cabinet approves budget for FY 2079/080 Today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers has approved the budget for the Fiscal Year 2079/080. Finance Minister Janardan Sharma is scheduled to present the approved budget in the parliament today.
After discussing the policies and programs made public by the government, the size of today’s budget to be presented in the parliament will be around Rs. 17.5 trillion.
Tara Air’s plane with call sign 9N Alpha Echo Tango , which flew from Pokhara to Jomsom, has been out of contact since this morning.The plane was in contact with the Pokhara airport tower when it reached Lete Pass and then suddenly lost contact.
The search for the pane has been made intensified. A team of 10 Nepal Army personnel and two members of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) went to find the location of the mobile phone while tracking the phone of Captain Prabhakar Ghimire. A Himalayan rescue team has also been sent from Kathmandu and the ground search team of Nepal army has also been deployed.
The plane was carrying 19 passengers and three crew members
A Tara Air flight bound for Jomsom from Pokhara at 9:55 am has lost contact.
It has been learned that the 9N Alpha Echo Tango was in contact with the tower of Pokhara Airport when it reached Lete Pass and then suddenly lost communication. Two private helicopters from Mustang and Pokhara have been used for the search operation after the plane lost contact and preparations are being made to use Nepal Army helicopters in the search operation.
It is said that there were 13 Nepalese, 4 Indians, citizens of 2 other countries and 3 crew members on board.
On the occasion of the 15th Republic Day, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has expressed her best wishes to move forward on the path of achieving prosperity including social justice by further strengthening national unity.
In a congratulatory message issued on the occasion of Republic Day, President Bhandari wished happiness, peace and prosperity to all the Nepalese at home and abroad.
The message says, “On this historic day, I would like to express my heartfelt best wishes, with the expectation that the country’s geographical integrity, national sovereignty, independence and national unity will be further strengthened and motivated to move forward on the path of social justice and prosperity.” The real message of the republic is to bring meaningful and positive change in the lives of the people and move Nepal forward as a developed nation with a strong and self-reliant economy.
President Bhandari paid a heartfelt tribute to the martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the establishment of a democratic republic.
Profits of state-owned enterprises have been declining due to weak government policies and inefficient managerial capacity.
According to the economic survey submitted by the Ministry of Finance, the profit of public enterprises has decreased by 45.42 percent and dividend by 52.33 percent as compared to the last fiscal year.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Finance, out of the 44 public enterprises with full and majority investment of the government, 22 are in profit and 19 are in loss. Net profit of such enterprises , which was Rs. 48.29 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year, has come down to Rs. 26.35 billion.
The government, which has adopted open market economy, has so far privatized 30 corporations. Twelve of the 30 public sector enterprises privatized by the government have been scrapped in line with the government’s policy of making loss-making state-owned enterprises profitable.
The Economic Survey of the fiscal year 2022/23 is to be presented at the House of Representatives (HoR) on Saturday.
Though there was a pre-scheduled agenda for presenting Economic Survey in the parliamentary meeting on Friday, it was not materialized due to obstruction of CPN-UML, the main opposition party.
There is an arrangement for presenting the Economic Survey before the unveiling of upcoming year’s budget. Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma is scheduled to present the economic survey in the parliament on Sunday.
Likewise, Finance Minister Sharma will also present the annual budget for the fiscal 2022/23 in the joint meeting of federal parliament .
The Constitution has set Jestha 15 (May 29) as the date for presenting the budget in the federal parliament.
Absconded former DIG of the Armed Police Force Ranjan Koirala has been arrested after the Supreme Court overturned its verdict.
According to the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, he was arrested while hiding in a house in Baneshwor. Koirala was sentenced for life imprisonment for the charge of killing his own wife.Later he was released after the former Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabra and Justice Tej Bahadur KC reduced his life sentence to eight and a half years.
Koirala was released from Delhi Bazaar prison on July 29, 2020 .Koirala was lost of contact after the Supreme Court overturned his sentence.
A resolution has been filed in the National Assembly demanding complete removal of the time limit for filing a complaint for punishment for child sexual abuse. Nepali Congress MP Kamala Pant filed the resolution in the Parliament Secretariat on Friday with the support of all parties and independent MPs.
The proposal also calls for revision and reconsideration of the provision of time limit for filing a complaint in rape cases against other than children.
The resolution proposes to review the law as the incidence of sexual violence against children is on the rise in the society, due to fear, greed or various physical and mental conditions.
The government has decided to reduce the tax on petroleum products after widespread protests and criticism from the people.
Although the government has given its consent to the Ministry of Finance to remove the tax on two headings, it has not been decided which heading tax will be reduced and how much. The government has moved ahead with discussions on reducing the customs and infrastructure tax by Rs 5 each to Rs 10 in total.
The government has been levying Rs 25.23 as a custom tax and Rs 10 as infrastructure tax per liter in petrol. Similarly, diesel is taxed at Rs 12.2 pais as a custom tax and Rs 10 on infrastructure tax.
CPN-UML has blocked the parliament after Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu termed the remarks made by CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli as gradeless and baseless .
CPN-UML lawmakers had blocked the house after Minister Badu termed the remarks made by leader KP Sharma Oli during the discussion on the policy and program as baseless and said that Mr.Oli could not see anything except the commission as he used to do so before he lost the prime ministerial power.
CPN-UML Chief Whip Vishal Bhattarai demanded that the statement be removed from the record. The main opposition party, the CPN-UML, has also challenged the formation of a parliamentary inquiry committee to confirm the allegations. After the UML’s obstruction, the parliament sitting has been postponed.
Newly elected Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah has said that the voters of Kathmandu Metropolitan City are his family and everyone’s support is needed to make Kathmandu a beautiful city.
He made the remarks as soon as the Election Commission announced the final results.Shah’s supporters have staged a victory rally in kathmandu.
Balendra Shah, an independent candidate for the post of mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, got 61,767 votes while his nearest rival Nepali Congress candidate Sirjana Singh got 38,341 votes and CPN-UML candidate Keshav got 38,117 votes.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale and European Ambassador Nona Deprez have discussed the issue of lifting the air embargo imposed on Nepal from the EU security list. During the discussion, Minister Ale urged to lift the air embargo imposed on Nepal.
Reminding that Nepal’s aviation sector is now safer than in the past and Nepal is above average with a score of 70.1 percent in terms of safety implementation under the eight categories prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organization, Minister Ale urged to lift the air embargo.
Eight years ago, the EU blacklisted Nepal’s international aviation and banned flights to European countries, citing poor security in Nepal’s aviation sector. However, even after the ICAO lifted the ban on Nepal, Nepali pilots have not been allowed to fly, demanding more qualifications and training to meet international standards. Meanwhile, Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal Pradip Kumar Adhikari said that Nepal has provided training and qualifications for pilots.
Currently in Nepal, Nepal Airlines, Buddha Air and Himalayan Airlines are awaiting EU approval for international flights.
The Election Commission has decided to hold re-election in Budhiganga Municipality of Bajura stating that the election was not fair.
The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold re-polling in Bajura’s Budhiganga Municipality following clashes at polling stations on election day, beating of candidates, expulsion of voters and seizure of polling booths by Congress and UML cadres.
The Commission has decided to instruct the Election Officer to fix the date and time of polling as soon as possible as per sub-section (4) of section 41 of the Local Level Election Act, 2073 BS. The commission has also directed the government to take departmental action against the chief district officer of Bajura, Nepal Police and the district chief of the Armed Police Force for the election offenses.
The Supreme Court has reversed the earlier decision of a joint bench of the Supreme Court to release former DIG of the Armed Police Force Ranjan Koirala on charges of murdering his wife.
Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki, Justices Tanka Bahadur Moktan and Dr. Kumar Chudal’s full bench has reversed the earlier decision.
Koirala, who was imprisoned for only eight and a half years, was released after the decision of the Supreme Court made earlier. He will now have to spend about 11 and a half years in prison.
A bench of suspended Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Jabra and Justice Tej Bahadur KC had quashed Koirala’s imprisonment two years ago.
The Supreme Court has issued an order not to build an international airport in Nijgadh, Bara.
A full bench of Justices Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Harikrishna Karki, Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Prakash Man Singh Raut and Manoj Kumar Sharma has issued an order not to build an airport in Nijgadh.
The apex court issued the order while hearing a writ petition filed by senior advocate Prakash Mani Sharma.
The passport department will be open on Sundays, the day of public holiday. The department will be open on holidays to make electronic passports available easily.
According to the information issued by the Passport Department, as the pressure of service recipients in the department is increasing remarkably, it has started providing passport service even on public holidays.
The department will be open every Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm effective from May 29.The department is also providing passport related services to the service recipients who book the date to apply for the passport.
Youth Renaissance Nepal Chitwan has organized a motorcycle rally in Narayangarh protesting against the move of the state mechanism and the government. The protest, which started from Pokhara Bus Park in Narayangarh with slogans, “Stop foreign intervention, stop border encroachment, Indo-US Army leave Nepal”, reached the Central Bus Terminal and turned into a corner rally.
About 60 motorcycles and 100 youths were participated in the rally. The program was addressed by Samundra Chhetri, Central Chairman of Youth Renaissance Organization Nepal. Addressing the corner meeting, Chhetri protested against the rising prices of petroleum products in Nepal and said that the government has not been able to come up with any long-term plan to control the prices. Stating that the government has remained silent against the increasing violence against women, border encroachment and foreign intervention in the country, he warned that now the independent and patriotic youth will unite and take strong action against it. He also said that the youth renaissance organization will now take strong action against corruption in every government body.
Central members of Trimul Nepal Party Sant Bahadur Ghising, Rishi Khatiwada and Navin Gaire were present in the program coordinated by Youth Renaissance Organization Nepal Chitwan.
India has decided to ban the export of sugar and all its raw materials from its country with effect from 1st June.
India has decided to ban exports, citing the Russia-Ukraine war. This could have a direct impact on the Nepalese economy, which is dependent on Indian production. India has said it will suspend exports for the next four months.
Rabindra Mishra, chairman of Bibekshil Sajha, has resigned from his post. He informed this by writing the status on the social network Facebook.
He said that he had resigned on moral grounds due to the disappointing results of the local elections. He also said that he would remain an ordinary member of the party and urged all the party members to join the party who had resigned earlier. The full text of his resignation letter is as follows:
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has increased the salaries of national cricketers and staff.
The CAN meeting held on Tuesday has informed that the salary of the players has been increased. According to CAN, the monthly salary of all male players in Central Contract has been increased by Rs.10000. So on,six thousand for A & B grade women’s team players and five thousand for C grade women’s team players has been increased.
Similarly, the monthly salary of field staff has been increased by Rs 3,000, field office assistant by Rs 5,000 and pitch curator of TRI ground by Rs 6,000.
According to the increased remuneration, A grade players will get Rs 60,000 and B and C grade players will get Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 respectively. Similarly, A grade female players will get a monthly salary of Rs 21,000, while B and C grade players will get Rs 18,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively.
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning.
The missiles were fired less than a day after US President Joe Biden returned to the United States, promising to step up measures to stop North Korea during a visit to South Korea and Japan.
North Korea has been testing ballistic missiles since the beginning of the year.
During Biden’s visit, US and South Korean officials reportedly warned that North Korea was preparing for a weapons test. During Biden’s visit, Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Eun Suk-yol, agreed to conduct large-scale military exercises and deploy additional US strategic assets if necessary to halt North Korea’s rapid weapons tests.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox.In the UAE, health officials announced a case had been detected in a traveller who had recently visited west Africa and is now receiving medical treatment.
The Czech Republic and Slovenia also reported their first cases on Tuesday, joining 18 other countries to detect the virus outside its usual Africa base.That number is expected to rise further still, but experts say the overall risk to the general population remains low.
Outbreaks of the virus have been found in Europe, Australia and America.The symptoms often include a fever and rash – but the infection is usually mild.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus can be contained with the right response in countries outside of Africa where it is not usually detected.
The government has presented policies and programs for the coming fiscal year.
President Bhandari presented the policy and program in the joint sitting of the federal parliament. Full text of the policy and program presented by the government.
Less than a week later, the Nepal Oil Corporation has again increased the price of fuel. The corporation has increased petrol, diesel and kerosene by Rs 10 per liter. According to the new price, petrol will cost Rs 180 per liter and diesel and kerosene Rs 163 per liter.
Similarly, the price of cooking gas has increased by Rs 200 per cylinder. According to the new price, the per cylinder of gas has reached 1800. Oil Corporation has increased the price of fuel saying that the loss has increased. According to the corporation, the new price will be effective from 12 tonight.
The government has promoted one Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Nepal Police and one Deputy Inspector General of Armed Police to the post of Additional Inspector General (AIG). The cabinet meeting today promoted DIG of Nepal Police Basanta Lama and DIG of Armed Police Force Narayan Dutta Poudel to AIG.
Promoted lama will retire in a few days due to age limit. Poudel, on the other hand, has become the sole claimant to lead the Armed Police Force after the current Inspector General Raju Aryal. As there are two AIG posts in the armed forces, the government has given only one promotion to Poudel.
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Dhiraj Pratap Singh has given the rank to Lama who was promoted to AIG of Nepal Police today.
Demonstration has taken place in front of the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar demanding action against the perpetrators of sexual violence against a teenager participating in a beauty pageant.
The youths have spontaneously staged a sit-in in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar by launching a campaign in the name of ‘Occupy Baluwatar’ to demand justice for the girl who was raped in the name of beauty pageant eight years ago.
The victim had revealed on social media that a beauty pageant organizer had raped her after she was unconscious with a drink given by the organizer.
They have also demanded the removal of the time limit on serious issues like rape in the demonstration which started demanding not to weaken the morale of the victim and punish the accused.
Birendra Majhi of Janmat Party led by CK Raut has been elected as the mayor of Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality of Saptari. Majhi has been elected mayor after defeating the outgoing mayor Shailesh Kumar Sah. Majhi won by getting 6,407 votes. His nearest rival Sah got 6,246 votes.
In the previous local level election Majhi was the candidate from the then Forum and Sah had was the candidate from the then Rajpa who won the election. After Rajpa and the Forum together formed the LOSAPA, both of them were in Jaspa. But after Jaspa decided to field Sah as the candidate, Majhi joined the Janmat Party only a day before the nomination.
Similarly, Sarita Devi Siplia Yadav from JASAPA has been re-elected as the Deputy Mayor of Hanuman Nagar Kankalini. She was elected deputy mayor with 6,512 votes. Her nearest rival Rekha Devi Mandal of Janmat Party got 5,982 votes. In Hanumannagar Kankalini Municipality, which has 14 wards, Jaspa has won in 7 wards, Maoist Center in 4 wards, Janmat Party in 2 wards and Congress candidate in one ward.
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