Nepal should be made a ‘hub’ of higher education: PM Dahal

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.

Vote count in Budhi Ganga Municipality started

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.

Speaker directs to take action against the culprits of the Achham incident


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.