GAIGHAT: Nepali Congress leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala has said the party is in crisis owing to the severe internal rift.
He lambasted the party leadership for doing factional politics thus affecting the entire party fold.
Speaking at a program in Gaighat today, Koirala argued that the party has been reeling under serious factionalism since the party deviated from the path shown by party founding leaders B P Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
He warned that the party would face even more serious circumstances if the leadership paid no attention to address the problems facing the party.
KATHMANDU: The Westerly wind triggered rains in most of the parts of the country, including the Kathmandu Valley since early this morning.
According to Meteorologist Manju Basi, the impact of the composition of westerly wind and local wind triggered rain again.
Basi informed that the impact of westerly low pressure in the eastern region, wind moving from the Bay of Bengal and local wind triggered weatherly variations and continuous raining with winds.
Moderate rainfall is likely to continue across the country today, she added.
ACHHAM: A person died while 16 others sustained injuries in a lightning strike that occurred in the district.
The deceased has been identified as 14-year-old Janak Rawal of Panchadev Binayak Municipality-7, Achham, confirmed DSP Janak Bahadur Shahi of District Police Office, Accham.
The lightning struck him while he was staying at in his house on Monday night. According to Shahi, the preparations are underway to take his body to the district hospital for postmortem.
Similarly, 33-year-old Darmendra Rawal, Govinda Rawal, 27, Dharma Rawal, 45, Ramesh Rawal, 12, Retuka Rawal, 22, Biplav Rawal, 1, Ujja Rawal, 57, Srijana Rawal, 19, Dhirja Rawal, 23, Radhu Rokka Magar, 20, among others were injured in the incident, said Far-West Provincial Police Office, Dipayal.
The injured are receiving treatment at the district hospital.
BAITADI: A tremor was felt in the far-western region of Nepal this morning. According to Tirtha Raj Dahal, a seismologist at the Seismological Center, Surkhet, the tremor measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale was recorded at 8.37 am with its epicenter in Darchula.
According to Dahal, it was an aftermath of the Gorkha earthquake that devastated Nepal on April 25, 2015. The jolts were felt in Baitadi, Darchula and Bajhang districts.
Earlier, the aftershock had struck thrice in a singe day with its epicenter in Lipulek, border point between Nepal, India and China on March 18.
KATHMANDU: Dharan Police arrested four people for their involvement in the smuggling of marijuana.
The arrested are 23-year-old Bijaya Rai and Madan Rai alias Aite Rai of Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality, Dhankuta, Nar Bahadur Rai, 35, of Pakhribas Municipality, Dhankuta and Raj Kumar Sah, 36, of Biratnagar Metropolitan City-13, said DSP Suman Kumar Timsina of Area Police Office, Dharan.
Timsina further shared that the police also arrested Sah for trying to bribe police with Rs 50,000 to release the arrested with the marijuana.
Police intercepted them with the contraband at Shivdhara in Dharan while they were heading to Dharan from Dhankuta in a tempo.
BIRATNAGAR: Chief Minister of Province 1 Sherdhan Rai has said that the long overdue issue of nomenclature of the province and its capital will be finalized with the beginning of Nepali new year.
Speaking at a ceremony organized on the occasion of Krishna Prasad Sigdel Youth Journalism Award distribution in Biratnagar on Monday, Chief Minister Rai said the name of the Province and its capital would be finalized soon.
Meanwhile, Rai has hinted that he would tie the knot immediately after sorting out the long-delayed issue of nomenclature of the province and its capital.
KATHMANDU: Passengers are increasingly attracted to the Sajha Yatayat after the company initiated e-ticketing service as a pilot project some two weeks ago.
Sajha said that it would be easier for passengers to pay bus fare through card rather than cash so the new service would be effective.
Mahendra Raj Pandey, manager of Sajha Yatayat, shared that the cards are being sold out from its Pulchowk-based office and staffs including helper of the bus.
“Enforcement of card system in other bus services beside Sajha would be easier for passengers”, he said.
The Sajha Yatayat has introduced new facilities in public transport sector of Nepal. It has recently added 20 city buses in different routes of Kathmandu Valley.
Sajha had started its transport service in the country some 56 years ago. It is gaining popularity as a public transport service provider.
KATHMANDU: With the general elections just around the corner, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India has unveiled its election manifesto with commitment for good governance, national security, and prosperity for the next rule.
The election manifesto was unveiled amid a special program in the Indian capital New Delhi on Monday for 17th Lok Sabha election which is beginning from April 11.
BJP, in the manifesto, expressed commitment to recognize 11 Nepali speaking communities of Darjeeling and Sikkim as indigenous nationalities in an effort to take them into confidence.
BJP had made similar commitments in the general elections of 2014, too.
KATHMANDU: The World Bank (WB) has projected that Nepal will achieve economic growth of over 6 % in the current fiscal and in the next two years.
The South Asia Economic Focus (SAEF) of the WB said so by making its projection of the economic growth of the South Asian countries including Nepal.
Nepal is placed in third in rank in terms of economic growth in the existing fiscal and in the next two years. According to the WB, India and Bangladesh will achieve highest economic growth while Afghanistan will lag far behind in terms of economic growth in as per the projection.
According to the WB’s projection, Nepal will achieve 6 % economic growth in the current fiscal and 6.1 % in the next two years.
KATHMANDU: The land of the official residence of the prime minister and chief justice is found to have been registered in the name of an individual.
Land mafias have registered 3 ropanis and 10 anas out of 34 ropanis 13 anas and 2 paisas of land where prime minister’s official residence stands is found to have been registered in the name of an individual in cahoots with a staffer of land reform office, Dilli Bazaar, Kantipur daily highlighted.
Similarly, 2 ropanis and 14 anas of land out of 14 ropanis of land belonging to the official residence of the chief justice has been registered in the name of an individual.
The panel led by former secretary Sharada Prasad Trital has found the land of official residence of prime minister and chief justice in Baluwatar to have been registered in an individual’s name.