31 may, Okhaldunga-Regular air flight from Kathmandu-Rumjatar-Biratnagar would come into operation every Friday from today.
Preparation has been made to resume the Rumjatar airport, closed for the past three years, after linking it with Kathmandu and Biratnagar, said member of State-1 assembly, Ambir Babu Gurung.
He said that it would be easier in movement of people of this area along with tourism promotion once Rumjatar airport comes into operation in regular manner.
Regional Manager of Nepal Airlines Corporation, Narayan Puri, said that the Corporation has made preparation to make flight at Rumjatar every Friday.
Puri added that the Corporation has set a plan to make flights in other days too after coordinating with local government and administration viewing the crowd of passengers in near future. (RSS)
31 may, Banke- Fifty-four people have been arrested on the charge of their involvement in drug snuggling in state-5 during two-week.
Of them, four are women, according to Drug Bulletin published by State-5 Police Office, Dang, at Kohalpur on Thursday. A huge quantity of drug was confiscated from May 15-29.
Four thousands and 927 gram of marijuana, 9,856 gram of hashish and 37.650 gram of brown sugar during the period. Similarly, 285 ampoules of diazepam, 685 ampoules of phenergan, 660 ampoules of nufin and 500 tablets of nitravet were also seized during 15 days.
While releasing the bulletin, Police Chief of State 5, Deputy Inspector General Pitamber Adhikari said that smuggling of drugs and number of drug users is rising in Banke due to open border with India.
He said the statistics published in the bulletin shows the vulnerable situation of this state, adding that it could be controlled with collaboration and support of all.
Similarly, Chief District Officer of Banke, Madan Bhujel, pointed out the need of spreading awareness as people from all communities including doctors have also become drug user. (RSS)
31 may, Dhambojhi- A total of 185 malaria patients have been found in state-5. According to statistics released by State-5 Health Directorate under the Social Development Ministry revealed this. The statistics was released at an interaction related to malaria organised in Nepalgunj.
The statistics reads that 49 malaria patients have been found in Kapalvastu, 34 in Bardiya, 24 in Rupandehi, 10 in Dang, seven each in Arghakhachi and Nawalparasi (east) and two in Palpa.
As per the statistics released by Director of the State-5 Health Directorate, Dinesh Kumar Chapagain, there are 52 malaria patients in Banke.
Although the government has launched a campaign for malaria-free nation within 2025 BS under the slogan “Zero malaria starts with me’, Banke is at high risk of malaria disease.
Though the campaign launched by government has help to reduce the number of malaria patients, Banke is high risk of malaria disease in the state-5. (RSS)
31 may, Hedauda- Construction of buildings of six community schools and two health posts damaged by Gorkha earthquake, has been started in Makawanpur district at a cost of more than Rs 1 billion.
At a programme held on Thursday, it was informed that the buildings of the schools and health posts going to be constructed with financial and technical support of USAID.
At foundation stone laying ceremony of Janata Secondary School at Makawanpurgadhi-7 Deputy Mission Director USAID Nepal, Adriana Hayes, informed this.
The buildings of Mahendra Kiran Secondary School, Basamadi, Bhrikuti Secondary School, Churiyamai, Yugchetan Basic School, Gyan Jyoti Secondary School,Bandevi Secondary School and Janata Secondary as well as Sukura health post and Kankada health post would be constructed, informed Adrina.
The construction of the buildings would be completed within Baishakh, 2077 BS. The Deputy-Mission Director said that the buildings are going to be constructed under Nepal Community Reconstruction Project. (RSS)
१६ जेठ, काठमाडौँ l अख्तियार दुरुपयोग अनुसन्धान आयोगले अकूत सम्पत्ति जोडेको अभियोगमा त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल अध्यागमन कार्यालयमा कार्यरत अध्यागमन अधिकृत रमाकान्त अर्यालविरुद्ध आज मुद्दा दायर गरेको छ ।
आयोगका अनुसार अधिकृत अर्याल विसं २०५९ भदौ २३ गते सार्वजनिक सेवामा प्रवेश गरेको अवधिदेखि परीक्षण गरिएको गत मङ्सिरसम्मको आयव्यय तथा सिर्जित सम्पत्तिको तुलना गर्दा अनाधिकतरुपमा चल÷अचल सम्पत्ति जोडेको पाइएको छ ।
अधिकृत अर्यालले तलब, भत्ता, कर्जा, कृषि आय, अंश नगद र जग्गा बिक्री लगायतबाट रु दुई करोड ४९ लाख ९२ हजार ७३० बराबरको आय वैध रहेको छ तर सोही अवधिमा अर्यालले आफू र श्रीमती सरिता नेपालसमेतका नाममा खरीद गरी राखेका एवं लगानी गरेको चल÷अचल सम्पत्ति तथा बैंक तथा वित्तीय संस्थामा रहेको मौज्दात गरी कूल रु चार करोड ५६ लाख ८१ हजार ८४१ बराबरको खर्च तथा लगानी गरेको अनुसन्धानबाट खुलेको छ ।
वैध आयको तुलनामा स्रोत नखुलेको रु दुई करोड छ लाख ८९ हजार १११ बराबरको सम्पत्ति देखिएकाले आयोगले अधिकृत अर्याल र उहाँका श्रीमती सरिता नेपालविरुद्ध विशेष अदालतमा मुद्दा दायर गरिएको आयोगका प्रवक्ता प्रदीपकुमार कोइरालाले जानकारी दिए । (रासस)
30 may, kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday pointed out that there should be an equal opportunity for women for their upliftment.
“There is not possibility of the elevation of the society without the upliftment of women. For their elevation, there should be equal opportunities,” he said while inaugurating ‘First National Women Rights Day, 2076’ organised here by the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen.
Prime Minister Oli ensured that women would get opportunities ahead as the state has adopted the policy of helping women to get to the executive head of the country.
He also viewed that the policy should also be extended to local level, referring to President and Vice President of the country held by woman and man respectively.
The Prime Minister lauded a proportional participation of women in Parliament and parliamentary presidential system despite their dismal participation in the incumbent government.
The government has started celebrating the ‘National Women Rights Day’ from this year under the slogan, ‘End of gender-based discrimination: Destination of prosperous Nepal.”
Om the occasion, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Thamamaya Thapa, said that they celebrated the Day as per the government’s decision to observe Jeth 16 as the National Women Rights Day every year with the happiness of four achievements– guarantee of getting citizenship certificate to the children even in the name of mother or father, guarantee of representation of at least one-third women in all bodies of the state, scrapping the discriminatory laws and ending violence against women.
The then lawmaker and current President Bidya Devi Bhandari had tabled the proposal of four issues of women rights in the House on May 30, 2006. The proposal was passed on the same day.
The incumbent government has made arrangement to institutionalize the achievements in the budget of coming fiscal year.
It is believed that the campaign against gender-based violence would help to reduce incidents of domestic violence, rape and thrashing people on the charge of witchcraft. (RSS)
30 may, Surkhet- The District Police have arrested Gyan Bahadur Shahi (Gyanendra), 32, on charge of misbehaving with journalists.
Shahi was arrested acting on a complaint saying Shahi damaged the prestige of media persons by calling journalists of Karnali state thieves and dogs through Facebook on May 1, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Pradeep Bahadur Chhetri, Spokesperson for the District Police Office.
The written complaint was filed in the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu through District Police Office, by Surkhet chapter president of Federation of Nepali Journalists, Durga Thapa, and FNJ state committee president, Ganesh Kanchan Bharati.
The police filed a cyber crime case against Shahi, he said. Likewise, two women and six men have also been arrested when they tried to intervene the arrest of Shahi. Inspector Niranjan Ghimire, police head constable Prakash Budha, security personnel—Jit Bahadur Bohora, Hasta Singh, Ram Sagar Barma and Pawan Subedi were injured in the incident. (RSS)
30 may, kathmandu- The Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has predicted partly cloudy weather and rainfall, from light to moderate, for three continuous days in Kathmandu Valley as well as to other parts of the country.
According to the meteorologist Manju Basi, the current weather pattern has been attributed to the low atmospheric pressure formed in the eastern area since Wednesday and the moisture laden wind from Bay of Bengal.
Such weather pattern will continue till coming Saturday, shared Basi, adding that thunder showers were also expected in some of the places in the eastern part of the country tonight.
Similarly, the eastern and central parts will witness partly cloudy weather while western hilly areas will have light rainfall on Friday.
On Saturday, the eastern part of the country will remain sporadically cloudy while there is possibility of partly cloudy at rest other parts of the country.
Likewise, thunder showers are predicted in some places in the eastern and central part as well as some places in the mountainous areas in the western part of the country.
Today’s minimum temperature of Kathmandu Valley is 16.5 degree Celsius while maximum temperature is 31.3 degree Celsius. Dhangadi recorded the highest temperature, measuring at 40.8 degree Celsius. (RSS)
30 may, kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for New Delhi today to participate in the Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India’s prime minister after a resounding victory in the recently concluded parliamentary elections.
Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, National Assembly chair Ganesh Prasad Timalsina, Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel, Deputy leader of the Nepal Communist Party Parliamentary Party Subas Nembang, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Finance Minister Dr Yubraj Khatiwda, Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, other ministers, parliamentarians, and chiefs of all three security bodies bade farewell to Prime Minister Oli at VVIP lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport.
A contingent of Nepal Army offered a guard of honour to the Prime Minister on the occasion. PM Oli is scheduled to return home on Friday.
PM Oli is accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya. Prime Minister Oli is one of the VVIP guests, out of eight VVIP guests from neighbouring countries, invited by the Indian government in swearing-in ceremony.
In the previous swearing in ceremony of Indian PM Modi in 2014, then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala was in attendance in the capacity of the chief of the government of a SAARC country, Nepal. Unlike in the previous swearing in ceremony in 2014, chiefs of the government of all SAARC countries have not been invited for this ceremony this time, according to Indian media.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Modi is taking the oath of office and secrecy for his second term as PM of India today evening. The venue for the swearing in is Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (RSS)
30 may, New delhi- Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Thursday arrived in Delhi to attend his counterpart Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
He was received at the airport by Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled at 7 pm in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and secrecy at the function.
Leaders from all BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member-states have confirmed their attendance for Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. The bloc’s member nations include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand besides India.
President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid, President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, President of Myanmar U Win Myint, Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli, and Thailand’s Special Envoy Grisada Boonrach will be present in the national capital for attending the ceremony. The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbay Jeenbekov will also be present at the event.
Several overseas friends of BJP from 15 countries, including the US, Australia, Germany and the UK, have also been invited. (RSS)