IN BRIEF

Literary conference

KATHMANDU: A four-member team of Nepali litterateurs, led by chairman of the Nepal Children’s Literature Society Bishwombhar Pyakurel, is set to leave for Copenhagen on Thursday to participate in the 31st assembly of the International Board on Books for Young People Congress in the Danish capital from September 7 to 10. Other members of the team are litterateurs Dhruv Ghimire and Saurabh Kiran Shrestha and artiste Palpasa Manandhar. Around hundred countries are members of the congress. The Nepali team is also scheduled to take part in the four-day workshop to be organised by Danish Writers’ Association with the slogan of Good Stories for Children All Over the World. — RSS

Ramadan greetings

KATHMANDU: General secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist and Leninist Jhalanath Khanal extended greetings to the Nepali Muslim community on the occasion of holy month of the Ramadan. Khanal also wished for peace and prosperity of the Muslims in Nepal. — RSS