BIRATNAGAR: Governor Yubaraj Khatiwada has urged workers not to form trade unions with the aim of harming the industries. Addressing a programme in Biratnagar today, he said, “Trade unions are necessary, but they should not have political leanings.” While calling on trade unions to be professional, Khatiwada took the occasion to ask the industrialists not to exploit the workers, calling for friendly relations between the two. Industries can benefit a lot by training their workers, he said, adding, “Employment is the best option for social security and society will be secur...
Published On: 2011-02-05

DHARAN: The decade-long insurgency ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord on November 21, 2006, but the relatives’ long wait for those, who went missing during the insurgency, continues. The parents of Chet Nath Dhungana of Singiya-9, Sunsari, are among those waiting for the return of their disappeared kin. Speaking to this daily, Chet Nath’s father Punya Prasad Dungana (61) demanded that the government find his son if he is alive or hand over his body if he is dead. “I worked hard to provide him higher education in the capital,” Punya Prasad sai...
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BIRATNAGAR: Nepali Congress central member and lawmaker Dr Shekhar Koirala today underscored the need for NC and the Maoists to work in coordination to draft the constitution within the extended deadline. Speaking at the regional meeting of Nepal Teachers’ Union at Bahuni of Morang, Koirala said, “Peace process cannot reach a logical conclusion without NC.” Koirala added that peace process and the constitution were more important for NC than government formation. Stating that the Ranas, the monarchy and the Panchayat regime failed to wipe out NC, Koirala said, “The ...
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KATHMANDU: Medical experts today advised people to opt for early tests to protect themselves from cancer. Coinciding with the World Cancer Day, Dr Bhaktaman Shrestha, director of the BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, said cancer patients can be saved if the disease is detected early. He advised people to eat balanced diet and adopt healthy lifestyle to keep the disease at bay. Dr Shrestha said rising tobacco consumption is mainly to blame for the increase in the number of cancer patients in the country. This year’s slogan for the day is ‘Join hands to save humanity from canc...
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DAILEKH: One person died and 21 were injured, three critically, when a bus bound for Surkhet from Dailekh veered off the road in Siddakuwa on Friday. Police identified the dead as Rekha Acharya (24) of Narayan municipality-6 and the critically injured as Jamuna Thapa (40) of Naumule-1, Man Singh BK (52) of Salleri-3 and Dharmaraj Acharya of Narayan municipality-6. Police have taken the driver into custody. It’s learnt that the accident occurred as the road was slippery. Clash in casino KATHMANDU: A scuffle broke out between members of workers’ unions affiliated to the UCPN-Maois...
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Min Kumar Dahal Sindhulimadhi, February 4 Hearing-impaired children across Sindhuli and neighbouring districts are likely to be deprived of education as the Nawajyoti Primary School in Kamalamai municipality-6 has stopped taking in more students. The school administration maintains it is in no position to admit more children in the region’s only residential school meant for the hearing impaired at least for now as it has been operating way beyond its capacity. Though supposed to provide for 40 students, it has been accommodating 26 students, all for free, according to the school au...
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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh congratulated Nepal’s Prime Minister-elect Jhalanath Khanal today. Prime Minister Dr Singh has offered his best wishes to Khanal to build upon and consolidate the gains of democracy, achieved by the people of Nepal, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said in a press release. Dr Singh spoke to Khanal last evening over the phone to convey his best wishes. “Today, PM wrote to Prime Minister-elect Khanal to convey his heartiest congratulations on the latter’s election as the Prime Minister of Nepal, noting that his el...
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KATHMANDU: Outgoing Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today thanked all government officials and leaders of political parties for supporting him during his tenure as the country’s top executive. “I thank you all for the support you extended to me in a complicated situation,” PM’s press adviser Bishnu Rijal quoted him as saying in a dinner party organised for officials and leaders. Nepal, who was elected the PM on May 23, 2009, is due to vacate the official residence at Baluwatar tomorrow. PM-elect Jhala Nath Khanal is set to take oath of office on Sunday. ...
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KATHMANDU: Foreign Secretary Dr Madan Kumar Bhattarai is likely to lead the Nepali delegation at the 33rd meeting of SAARC Council of Ministers to be organised in Thimphu next week. The meet, to be held on February 8-9, will be the SAARC meet of the highest-level since the 16th SAARC Summit, held in Thimphu in April 2010. With Jhala Nath Khanal elected the prime minister, the outgoing foreign minister, Sujata Koirala, is certain to drop her plan to represent Nepal at the meeting of foreign ministers from SAARC member states. “The foreign secretary is expected to participate in the mee...
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KATHMANDU: Constituent Assembly Chairperson Subas Chandra Nembang today said work is on to amend the CA rules and authorise the Constitutional Committee to sort out the differences on the remaining 80 issues related to the new constitution. The CC will settle the issues before presenting the draft to the CA, said Nembang. At an interaction on ‘The Differences in Constitution Writing and Measures to Resolve Them’ organised by Human Rights Alliance, the CA chair said a constitutional court could have resolved all the contentious issues. “With the election of the new prime...
Published On: 2011-02-05