Job for cops’ widows

KATHMANDU: Fifteen widows of the policemen who were killed while discharging their duty have been sent to Male, capital of the Maldives, for employment. They have been sent on their own will, at the initiative of the Armed Police Force and with the cooperation of Madhusudan Lamichhaney, an officer at the SAARC Secretariat. They would work at the Maldives Industrial Fishery Company in Male. Lamichhaney on Saturday left for Male taking with him a batch of 15 women; 10 widows of Armed Police personnels and five widows of Nepal Police personnels; according to a press release issued by the Armed Police force. All the costs were born by the Armed Police Force.

Madan Das Shrestha feted

KATHMANDU: Senior artist Madan Das Shrestha was felicitated for his contrib-

ution to theatre for last four decades at

the Rupak Art Felicitation Programme organised by the Rupak Memorial Foundation

here on Sunday. The vice chairman of the Royal Nepal Academy, Mohan Koirala,

who was the chief guest presented Shrestha with a shawl and cash prize of Rs 10,000.

The general secretary of the foundation, Keshav Marahatta, said Rupak Raj Sharma

was a versatile personality and felicitating other artists in his memory would give them encouragement.

KMC to revamp legal cell

Kathmandu: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is redesigning its legal department by introducing a new regulation. After the regulation is passed, the department will bear more authority and responsibility to settle legal problems. The new structure will clearly divide the department into seven sections -- litigation, illegal construction control, public property conservation, decision execution, legal consultancy, documentation and court. "We have most of the provisions in our

existing department but due to lack of written scope of work, the officers have not taken

the responsibility and the performance

has become weak," said Ram Sharan Dangol, coordinator of the Justice and Legal Regulation Committee, addressing a workshop here on Sunday.