Plea for judicial role

KATHMANDU: Chief Justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhi on Thursday called on judicial officials to enhance their role and capabilities in order to meet the challenges facing the judiciary. “We need to shoulder responsibilities necessary to meet the popular expectation,” he said, adding that only good performance would attain such a goal. The CJ was speaking during the launch of Nyayik Aawaj, a book published by the Judiciary Officers’ Society of the Supreme Court. Agni Thapaliya, chairman of the Society, said the court officials were ready

to learn and act as instructed but needed the support of the judicial leadership. — HNS

Software freedom day

KATHMANDU: Fifth Software Freedom Day will be marked by the Free and Open Source Software (Nepal Community) in Yala Maya Kendra in Lalitpur on Saturday. FOSS will organise the function in association with several information technology stakeholders. — HNS