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Youth in politics

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:29:22 +0545

KATHMANDU: Politics is a determining factor for the overall development of a nation which may be one reason that thousands of people are seeking their future in politics. Today’s younger generation too seem interested in the politics of the country. Whether it is through student politics or being directly involved in mainstream politics, t...Read More

Mahato evicted from protest site‚ hospitalised

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:42 +0545

KATHMANDU: Sadbhawana Party Chairman Rajendra Mahato, who had been sitting on a fast unto death since Tuesday, was forcibly evicted from the protest site and admitted to Bir Hospital by the police today.
Kathmandu Chief District Officer Basant Raj Gautam said Mahato’s deteriorating health prompted the government to hospitalise him. ...Read More

Trip into space with DiCaprio costs $1.55m

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:24:28 +0545

CANNES: Leonardo DiCaprio is going to get closer to stars of a different kind as he heads into space aboard the Virgin Galactic, and a well-heeled bidder at the Cannes Film Festival has paid 1.55 million dollars to be his travel buddy.
The Hollywood star’s sub-orbital trip was among 20 goodies up for grabs at the 20th amfAR bash, a ...Read More

Decision to withdraw murder case rejected

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:21:07 +0545

SARLAHI: Sarlahi district court today refused to abide by the erstwhile Baburam Bhattarai-led government’s decision to withdraw a murder case, stating that the decision was inappropriate.
A meeting of the Bhattarai-led Cabinet had taken the decision to withdraw the case on 4 October 2012. The case was filed by Rampukar Ray of Jamun...Read More

Move afoot to sever school teachers' ties with parties

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:20:23 +0545

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to bar school teachers from having membership of any political party, a welcome move for students and guardians but a matter of discontent for teachers.
A secretary-level meeting called by the Ministry of Education recently decided to bar community school teachers’ from becoming members of poli...Read More

Busy UK motorway shut

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:17:46 +0545

LONDON: British police closed one of the country's busiest motorways in both directions on Friday to deal with an incident which highway officials said involved a suspicious vehicle, which was parked at Corley service station, a rest area north of Coventry, on the M6 motorway that forms the backbone of Britain's road system.

68 million yen for Mainali

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:16:42 +0545

KATHMANDU: A Japanese court has ordered the Government of Japan to pay 68 million yen (approximately $ 669,324) as compensation to Nepali national Govinda Prasad Mainali, who was imprisoned for 15 years on false murder charge in Japan before his acquittal last year. Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered to pay the amount what Mainali had clai...Read More

HLPC‚ govt to talk election progress

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07:47 +0545

KATHMANDU: The High Level Political Committee (HLPC) today said it will meet the government’s talks team on Sunday morning to review the current progress on the Constituent Assembly polls.
Although the government is awaiting an unanimous view from the HLPC on the disputed issues, including one per cent PR threshold and number of CA ...Read More

Leader backs poll govt

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:07:10 +0545

Rajbiraj: CPN-UML leader Bidhyadevi Bhandari on Friday said political parties had opted for Khil Raj Regmi-led interim election council of ministers as a last resort. “There were doubts that the Unified CPN-Maoist will hold free and fair elections. On top of it, parties were not one on the formation of a political government. Amidst this s...Read More

Threshold demand a tactic to delay polls: Leaders

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:04:19 +0545

KATHMANDU: Leaders of three parties today claimed that the the issue of threshold is nothing but a tactic of some parties to delay Constituent Assembly polls.
Addressing an interaction programme organised by Janasanchar Abhiyan, leaders of the Unified CPN-Maoist, Tarai Madhesh Democratic Party and the Federal Socialist Party stressed that...Read More

Abductee set free after 11 days

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:03:34 +0545

NEPALGUNJ: Twenty-six-year-old Mahendra Shahi of Dhamboji, Nepalgunj, tested freedom today after spending 11 days in captivity. Police have arrested four people suspecting their role in the May 13 abduction of Shahi from the Rupaidiha bazaar in India.
A group of kidnappers from Nepal and India had abducted Shahi after he came to Rupaidiha...Read More

Former CA member's last rites performed

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:42 +0545

RAJBIRAJ: Final rites of former Constituent Assembly member Sadrul Miya Haque were performed as per the Muslim tradition today as Home Minister Madhav Prasad Ghimire arrived in the former’s hometown, addressing a key demand of Haque’s kin and supporters, who had been staging protests against his murder.
Former lawmaker, busin...Read More

Bridge swept away‚ 26 villages affected

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:07 +0545

ROLPA: With a makeshift bridge over the Madikhola River swept away, over two dozen VDCs in Rolpa and other neighbouring districts have been cut off from Liwang, the Rolpa district headquarters.
A rain-swollen Madikhola had washed away the wooden bridge on Thursday night. Without the bridge, vehicles heading to the district headquarters an...Read More

Gagan for elections with CPN-M on board

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:59:48 +0545

RUKUM: Nepali Congress youth leader Gagan Thapa has underscored the need to hold Constituent Assembly (CA) elections by mid-December at all costs by bringing disgruntled political parties, including the CPN-Maoist, into confidence.
Addressing a party meeting in Nuwakot of Rukum today, the NC leader briefed about the ongoing initiatives of...Read More

Downpour leaves Capital city in a bad shape

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:58:21 +0545

KATHMANDU: Chief Secretary Leela Mani Paudyal today held a meeting with concerned authorities to review the damage occurred after heavy downpour in the Valley yesterday and the disaster preparedness measures to be adopted to tackle such situations in future.
The single-day record high rainfall had wreaked havoc in various parts of the Ca...Read More

Valley records highest single day rainfall

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:57:01 +0545

KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division said the heavy downpour of about four hours yesterday, with 100.5 mm of rainfall, was the highest-ever record of single day for the month in the Kathmandu Valley.
Meteorologist Rajendra Prasad Shrestha said the previous highest record was of 73.2 mm rainfall on May 29 of 1990.
Asked ...Read More

Buddha Jayanti

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:55:35 +0545

KATHMANDU: The 2557th Buddha Jayanti was observed by organising various programmes across the country on Saturday. On the occasion, President Ram Baran Yadav extended his greetings to Buddhists and Nepalis living at home and abroad. “The quotes of Lord Buddha, who was born in Nepal and spread messages of peace across the world, has become ...Read More

Activists urge early approval of anti-sexual harassment bill

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:30:42 +0545

KATHMANDU: Women rights activists today demanded that an anti-sexual harassment bill be immediately endorsed to ensure women’s security at workplace. Senior Advocate Meera Dhungana said the bill should have specific legislation making the employer accountable to guarantee a safe and healthy workplace environment and for recognising sexual ...Read More

4 Nepalis among injured in Taliban attack on Kabul

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:10 +0545

KABUL: Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul Friday as the Taliban launched a major attack close to buildings occupied by the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The exact target of the assault was unclear, with intelligence agency facilities and the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) headquarte...Read More

Police startled to find uniform of their kind in raid; criminals at large

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:28:18 +0545

KATHMANDU: A police raid on a rented room left the security personnel startled with the findings that included police uniform, name plates, boots and insignias of Assistant Sub-Inspector. The name plates had Raj Kumar Tamang and Shumsher Bahadur Thapa etched on them; both are not employees of Nepal Police.
The raided room at Aryal Gaun i...Read More

Public hearing on maintaining city greenery soon

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:27:38 +0545

KATHMANDU: Chief-Secretary Leela Mani Poudyal has asked concerned secretaries and officials to organise a public hearing in relation to cutting down hundreds of trees along the Kalanki-Satdobato-Koteswor stretch of ring-road.
The move to cut down the trees along ring road has sparked public outcry, with some activists blaming authorities...Read More

Two minors killed by lightning

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:17:51 +0545

DHANGADHI: Two minors were killed when lightning struck them in eastern Kailali on Thursday evening. They are Sunil Tharu, 15, and Ashok Chaudhary, 10, of Patharaiya VDC-5, the police said. The incident took place while the boys were grazing goats near the village.

KMC to bring stronger laws to improve tax collection

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:14:48 +0545

KATHMANDU: The Capital-based only metropolis of the country — Kathmandu Metropolitan City — has started working to bring in a stronger legislation to collect tax from the coming fiscal year.
The metropolis has begun to discuss it with all the departmental heads, division chiefs and ward secretaries on how to enforce the existi...Read More

NSU padlocks KU's SWD office sine die

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:59 +0545

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress-aligned Nepali Students Union of Kathmandu University today locked up the office of Student Welfare Directorate for an indefinite period, putting forth a five-point demand.
The NSU central committee said students’ demand included conducting Student Welfare Council poll, allowing the first year students to ...Read More

Driving licence racketeer held

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:57 +0545

KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police nabbed Prem Krishna Maharjan, an absconding fraudster dealing in fake driving licence, from the Capital, yesterday.
Maharjan, 31, of Harisiddhi-9 had been on the run since the Lalitpur District Court convicted him of selling counterfeit driving licences on November 22, 2011. The...Read More

Police rescue man from kidnappers' clutches

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:11:11 +0545

NEPALGUNJ: A youth was released from the captivity of the abductors after 11 days of his abduction in Nepalgunj on Friday.
A 26-year-old Mahendra Shahi was successfully released by the Nepal police at around 10:00 am from Mihipurwa. Shahi was freed with the help of the Indian Police.
Four people hav...Read More

Sushil seeks Regmi's resignation as CJ

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:28 +0545

MANGALBARE: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sushil Koirala has argued that Chairman of Interim Election Council of Ministers Khil Raj Regmi should resign from the post of Chief Justice (CJ) for building atmosphere conducive for election in the country.
Speaking at a press meet organised here Friday by Nepal ...Read More

Koshi hospital's parturition ward faces closure

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:04:18 +0545

BIRATNAGAR: The Parturition Ward at the Biratnagar-based Koshi Zonal Hospital is on the verge of closure. The situation has arisen because of shortage of the staff at the ward.
Dr Yogendra Mishra and Dr Tapesworlal Karna have been serving at the ward, which once boasted seven doctors. Not so long ago, more than a dozen surgeries used to ...Read More

Road accidents in Chitwan leave four people dead

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:03:37 +0545

NARAYANGADH: Four people died in two separate road accidents in Chitwan yesterday night. Three individuals, including a driver, died when a tanker ferrying petroleum products to Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River at Chitwan’s Darechowk along the Prithvi Highway.
According to an eyewitness, the tanker had caught fire when it f...Read More

Election a prerequisite for democracy: US envoy

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:02:09 +0545

KATHMANDU: US Ambassador Peter W Bodde today said holding free and fair elections for the Constituent Assembly early is the best way to ensure democracy.
Addressing an event to mark the United States of America’s 237th Independence Day at his residence, Bodde said, “I want to stress that holding free and fair election soon is ...Read More

Govt to bring FITTA soon through ordinance

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:00:40 +0545

KATHMANDU: The government will bring the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act (FITTA) immediately after the Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Policy, through ordinance, to reverse the current trend of import-led economy, according to minister for industry, commerce and supplies Shankar Koirala.
“Though the incumbe...Read More

CPN-Maoist protest

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:58:50 +0545

KATHMANDU: All Nepal Revolutionary Federation of Trade Union, affiliated to the CPN-Maoist, staged a protest at the secretariat of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), in Teku, Kathmandu, on Friday, to pressurise the umbrella organisation of private sector to fulfil their 25-point demand. Coordinator of the trade...Read More

Prospectus of financial instruments to be more informative‚ says Sebon

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:57:28 +0545

KATHMANDU: Prospective investors will find offer letters for share and debenture issues more informative as it will contain the well-defined credit rating of the instrument being offered
to the public.
“Since the symbols used by the credit rating agencies to denote the credit worthiness of certain instruments will not be en...Read More

Revenue mobilisation rises

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:54 +0545

KATHMANDU: In the next two months, government needs to mobilise only Rs 55.15 billion revenue to meet current fiscal year’s revenue mobilisation target of Rs 289.60 billion.
The government has been able to mobilise Rs 234.45 billion revenue against the target of Rs 226.05 billion — by the 10th month of the current fiscal year ...Read More

Services sectors key to growth

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:54:32 +0545

KATHMANDU: Research and trends in the global economy indicate that developing countries cannot develop without expanding and deepening their services sectors — spheres of economic activity that range from energy, to telecommunications, to knowledge — and skills-based work like engineering and computer programming.
Services mad...Read More