KATHMANDU: The issue of  bonded labors and tillers has not changed. The government had made an announcement on freed kamaiya (bonded labor)  18 years ago and tillers 10 years ago, Naya Patrika daily highlighted.

The government has already spent around Rs 5, 337,900,000 in a bid to free and rehabilitate bonded labors and tillers in the far-west of Nepal but the problem has remained the same.

The government had announced the end of kamaiyas on July 17, 2000. However, the process of rehabilitation had started only after seven years.

KATHMANDU: District presidents of the main opposition Nepali Congress have have called for holding a Mahasamiti meeting yest again, complaining that the the party statute endorsed by the highest policy making body was violated, reported Nagarik daily.

A gathering of NC district presidents in the capital on Monday concluded that the some provisions of the statute were reversed by the Central Working Committee meeting.

Earlier, district presidents had put fourth their demand that the central committee members should be elected from party’s lower level and that the same candidate should not be elected twice through the proportional representation (PR) system.

Both the factions led by Deuba and Paudel are bent on bolstering their camps in order to turn the table in their favor in the coming 14th General Convention.

KATHMANDU: Annapurna daily has highlighted Nepal-China border Tatopani checkpoint and issue of test tube baby in today’s edition.

Tatopani checkpoint, which had been devastated by the mega earthquake in April 25, 2015, is coming into operation by the month of May. The construction is underway in full swing.

Similarly, the daily has reported that the government is bringing law that grants legal status to the father for the baby born out of test-tube technology.

KATHMANDU: Kantipur daily has highlighted issues of extortion and CIAA Commissioner Rajnarayan Pathak’s bribe-related case in today’s edition.

Nepal Communist Party led by Netra Bikram Chand alias ‘Biplav’ has sent a letter to all the municipalities and rural municipalities of Province 5, demanding 2 percent of development budget  in donation, says the report.

The daily reveals that Lambodar Neupane, former chief of Nepal Engineering College, Bhaktapur, had given Rs 7.8 million to Rajnarayan Pathak in kickback to cover his irregularities worth Rs 900 million.

KATHMANDU: Rajdhani daily has highlighted issues related to finalization of modality of Ranipokhari reconstruction and the recruitment of the staffers in the provincial governments.

According to the report, National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has given a final touch to the modality of the reconstruction of Ranipokhari.

A meeting of archaeological experts led by NRA Chief Executive Officer Sushil Gyewali on Sunday finalized the modality of the Ranipokhari reconstitution project.

Similarly, all the seven provinces are getting laws on the formation of the public service commission in the near future.

KATHMANDU: Annapurna daily has prioritized the issue related to the dispute of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in today’s edition.

According to the report, agitating NCP leaders have submitted a parallel report to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at his official residence in Baluwatar at 9 pm yesterday. The leaders have been dissatisfied following the dissolution of the unification task-force.

Leaders Yogesh Bhattarai, Beduram Bhusal, Lekhraj Bhatta, Barshaman Pun and Surendra Pandey are unhappy after the unification task-force was dissolved.

KATHMANDU: Nagarik daily has highlighted issues related to ongoing dispute of main opposition Nepali
Congress and wide-body aircraft procurement scam in today’s edition.

The Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the NC endorsed five proposals by majority despite objection by 12 senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel’s group.

These proposals had been endorsed by the Mahasamiti meeting. The CWC meeting of the party on Sunday endorsed the proposals related to party statute, political, organizational, financial among others.

Similarly, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has initiated its investigation into the

high profile wide-body aircraft purchase scam, says the report.

KATHMANDU: Kantipur daily has  covered issues of Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa’s response to the bomb attacks carried out by  ‘Biplav’ group and embezzlement of the state coffer by awarding contract to a single firm in today’s edition.

Reacting to the recent bomb attacks, Home Minister Thapa said that the  Biplav group detonated bombs due to the amnesty granted to it by the government in the past. Minister Thapa said so in response to the questions raised by the lawmakers in a meeting of the State Affairs Committee of the Parliament on Sunday.

Similarly, lawmakers have been embezzling a huge amount of money by awarding contract for the construction of office rooms of National Assembly chair, vice chair among others to a single firm or company by breaching existing regulations, says the report.

KATHMANDU: Naya Patrika has covered issues of Melamchi drinking water project and  ongoing dispute of the Nepali Congress over the statute.

According to the report, a total of 400 million liters of drinking water is required to meet the minimum demand of people of the Kathmandu Valley on a daily basis. Currently, only 80 million liters of water reach the consumers’ houses.

Nepali Congress statute drafting committee coordinator Purna Bahadur Khadka has proposed to endorse the party’s statute draft by putting the two disputed issues on hold.

Nepali Congress has not yet struck a deal on whether the General Convention representative should be elected from the lower level and repetition of proportional representation lawmaker.

KATHMANDU: The government has reached a deal with the Nepal National Teachers Association against the provision of the constitution, reported Kantipur daily.

According to the agreement, the teachers of primary and secondary level will remain under the purview of the federal government while the constitution has empowered the local governments to look after primary to secondary level education, says the report.

The Ministry of Education’s decision is against the spirit of the federal setup. The educationists have said that this agreement will impact the proposed federal education bill.