MOSCOW: Three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist Kelly Catlin has died aged 23, USA Cycling has confirmed.
Catlin won three straight team pursuit world titles on the track from 2016 to 2018, claiming silver in the same event at the Rio 2016 Games.
She competed for Rally UHC Cycling on the road and was studying for a graduate degree at Stanford University.
“We are deeply saddened by Kelly’s passing,” said USA Cycling president and chief executive Rob DeMartini.
“We will all miss her dearly. Kelly was more than an athlete to us and she will always be part of the USA Cycling family.
KATHMANDU: Korean government has set June 9-10 for conducting Korean Langue Test under the Employment Permit System (EPS).
According to the Department of Foreign Employment, EPS section, the candidates will have to fill out forms from March 22 to 31 online.
Human Resource Department under the Korean government has announced vacancies for 10,050 Nepali workers – 7,050 for productive sector while over 3,000 for agriculture and livestock sector – at the request of the department for the year 2019.
KATHMANDU: A Nepali woman was killed in an Ethiopian airlines plane crash that occurred on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Ekata Adhikari of Gorkha district. Adhikari was working for the United Nations World Food Program based in Ethiopia.
UN World Food Program informed the Adhikari’s family about the accident yesterday evening. According to her family sources, Ekata had worked with UN WFP based in Kathmandu two years ago.
A total of 157 people were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines passengers Boeing, 737 Max 8, bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off at Addis Ababa yesterday.
KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari left for the US this evening to attend a high-level event in New York. The event ‘Women in Power’ is to be hosted by the President of UN General Assembly (PGA) Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces on March 12.
President Bhandari is scheduled to deliver her speech on the theme “How Women Leaders Change the World.”
In the evening of March 11, the President will attend a welcome dinner to be hosted by the PGA Garces in honor of the women Heads of State/Government.
On the side-lines of the high level event, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces will call on the President at the UN Secretariat.
The President will also hold bilateral meetings with the President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid and the President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. On the same day, former Prime Minister of Ireland Mary Robinson will call on the President Bhandari.
On the 13th of March, the President will visit Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN. Ambassador of Nepal to the United States of America, Dr. Arjun Kumar Karki and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN Amrit Bahadur Rai will jointly host reception in the honor of the President.
The delegation comprises Tham Maya Thapa, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Chairperson of the Women and Social Committee of the House of Representatives Niru Devi Pal, expert at the Office of the President, Laxmi Kumari Karki, Foreign Secretary, Shanker Das Bairagi, Secretary at the Office of the President Binod K.C., Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Yam Kumari Khatiwada and other senior officials from the Office of the President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen of the Government of Nepal.
TANAHU: People busy counting the money collected from the Srimad Bhagwat Gyan Mahayagya organized by the Sahid Krishna Madhyamik Bidyalaya at Tanahu Shuklagandaki Municipality-3.
Photo: RSS
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli has said that international cooperation and investment were necessary for Nepal’s development.
He emphasized on support from its neighbors and development partners to accelerate Nepal’s development efforts.
Speaking on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Nepal-Japan Alumni Association of Nepal (JAAN) in Kathmandu today, Prime Minister Oli said Nepal needs to move ahead with coordinated efforts with its development partners.
Maintaining that his government is set to organize an international investment summit in Kathmandu, PM Oli said international cooperation and investment were necessary for Nepal’s development.
The Prime Minister also appreciated Japan’s continued support to Nepal.
Likewise, Japanese Ambassador to Nepal, Masashi Ogawa, assured Japan’s continued support in Nepal’s development efforts.
JANAKPUR: Two days after signing an 11-point agreement with the government, CK Raut, coordinator of Alliance for Independent Madhesh (AIM), received a hero’s welcome in Janakpur.
Commando-attired guards wearing black glasses and bullet-proof look-alike jackets escorted Raut from the Janakpur Airport this afternoon.
Scores of his supporters carrying flags of AIM flanked him shouting slogans of ‘Independent Madhesh’ such as “Go down with Nepali colonization”, “Hail CK Raut”, among others.
Raut looked cheerful while he was escorted by his guards first time after he reached Janakpur after signing the agreement with the government.
KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lawmaker and leader Bhim Rawal has expressed serious concern over some terms used in the agreement between the government and Alliance for Independent Madhesh.
Rawal said CK Raut, coordinator of the Alliance for Independent Madhesh, has failed to clarify his secessionist stance. “Raut has to clarify it,” Rawal demanded while speaking at the House of Representatives (HoR) today.
The NCP leader also sought Raut’s apology for spitting venom against the country’s nationality and indivisibility in the past.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Rawal also demanded the government to amend the words in the agreement that are not in the interest of the nation.
NAIROBI: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 jet en route to Nairobi crashed killing all 157, including 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, media reports said.
According to reports, there were no survivors.
The ill-fated flight had left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time when it lost contact with the control tower a few minutes later.
The state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said there were no survivors onboard the flight. The airlines was carrying passengers from 33 countries, reports said.
The flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, some 62 kilometers southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, according to the airlines.
Officials said search and rescue operations were in progress. (Agencies)
KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP-N) has officially withdrawn its support to the government from today.
RJP-N lawmaker Mahendra Yadav informed the House of Representatives (HoR) that his party officially withdrew its support to the government saying the government ‘failed to heed the commitment’ as agreed with the party.
“The RJP-N had supported the government following the latter’s committed to addressing the party’s agenda of addressing the Madhesh issues, peace, stability, and good governance,” Yadav told the parliament.
He said that the government did not address the party’s agenda, including the party’s demands relating to citizenship and other problems.
Yadav also questioned about the government’s perspective towards federalism and constitution.
On the occasion, he said, “Even though the agreement with Free Madhesh Alliance is positive, we are concerned over some points about Nepal’s integrity and independence.”
Lawmaker Yadav also asked the government to come up with clear views on the country’s sovereignty and independence.
He warned that his party would not allow the HoR run its business until the report of the Madhesh uprising probe commission was not made public.