CIAA bid to check graft

Kathmandu: Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Lalit Bahadur Limbu, said at a programme on Tuesday that the corruption watchdog is working to fulfil the wish of the King and the expectation of the common people. “We are doing our best to make our officials more competent,” Limbu said at the concluding session of a week-long basic training on corruption control for CIAA officials. —HNS

Chinese assistance

KATHMANDU: Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Sun Heping, handed over 60 sets of sewing machines and two sets of laptop computers to the chairman of the Business and Professional

Women-Nepal, Ambika Shrestha at a function held here on Tuesday. At the function, the Minister for Education and Sports, Radha Krishna Mainali said that the relationship between Nepal and China has expanded to people-to-people level as well. — RSS

Books discussed

KATHMANDU: Critics and experts commented on three exploratory books published recently by Martin Chautari at a programme held here on Tuesday. The books entitled Half Century of Journalism in Morang written by Pramod Pradhan and Social History of Radio Nepal edited by Pratyush Wonta, Shekhar Parajuli, Dev Raj Humagain, Krishna Adhikari and Komal Bhatta and Discussion on Poverty in Nepal edited by Bhashkar Gautam, Jagannath Adhikari and Purna Basnet. — RSS

Minister heads meeting

KATHMANDU: Minister for General Administration Krishna Lal Thakali headed the meeting of administration improvement committee held at the ministry on Monday. Member-secretary of the committee and joint-secretary at the ministry Shyam Prasad Mainali presented the progress report on different improvement works carried out by the ministry during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. — RSS