23 May kathmandu – The Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted partial to general cloudy sky at most of the places of the country due to influences of westerly wind today. There is also possibility of light to moderate rainfall along with lightning towards the afternoon.
Senior meteorologist of the Division, Min Kumar Aryal said that the weather has been affected at western part due to influence of westerly wind while central and hilly areas due to influence of local wind. “This is a pre-monsoon period and this kind of weather is expected’, he added.
According to the Division, partial to general cloudy sky has been predicted at most of the parts of the country while there is possibility of light rainfall along with thunderstorm at some places of hilly area today night.
Similarly, hilly areas of the country would remain partial cloudy and there is possibility of rainfall along with lightning in the afternoon on Friday.
Likewise, the Division has predicted fully cloudy weather at eastern parts of the country on Saturday as well as possibility of partial to light rainfall at hilly parts of mid-western area. There is possibility of rainfall along with thunderstorm at eastern part of the country towards the afternoon.
Today’s minimum temperature of Kathmandu Valley is 15 degree Celsius and maximum is 32.4 degree Celsius, according to the Division. (RSS)
23 May kathmandu – Six hundred and ninety two Indian visitors have reached Simkot for their onward pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar in Tibet. This many tourists came here in the last five days.
Five helicopters were chartered to carry the visitors to Hilsa, the transit point on the Nepal-Tibet border in Humla, the Simkot airport sources said. The Simrik Air operated two helicopters, the Summit Air operated two helicopters and the Mountain Air operated one helicopter for the chartered flights.
Meanwhile, 20 Indian nationals who had reached Simkot en route to Kailash Mansarovar returned home from Simkot after they were rejected visa by Chinese Embassy, manager of Sun Valley Resort, Nima Lama, said. Sunny Trek was managing their travel.
The Embassy gave visas to travel to Kailash Mansarovar to 55 Indian nationals and rejected visas to 20 visitors.
2,000 people issued with border permits The District Administration Office Humla has issued border passes to 2,258 Nepali citizens in the last three months, Assistant Chief District Officer, Mahesh Kumar Pokharel, said.
The district administration issues border passes to the Nepali citizens for short visits to Tibet.(RSS)
23 May kathmandu – Three people of a single family were killed when their house caught fire last night
Those killed in the incident are 45-year-old Kare Luhar, his wife Brinda Luhar, 40 and their right-year-old son Manoj Luhar of Kuwakot, Purchaudi municipality-5 in the district, police stated.
The Luhar family had been living at Purchaudi municipality-7 by constructing a hut. A fire broke out from the hearth at their hut last night, killing the three who were asleep. The hut was completely gutted.(RSS)
23 May kathmandu – The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is to operate electric vehicles in its bid to reduce air pollution in the city.
KMC mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya said this in his address to a seminar on ‘Impact of Garbage in Climate Change’, organised by KMC here on Wednesday.
He said discussions were on with the bodies concerned regarding operating electric vehicles as doing so would drastically reduce vehicular emission thereby bringing some improvement in the environment.
Mayor Shakya stressed on collective efforts from all sectors in the sustainable management of household waste in the Kathmandu valley for stopping the impact of such waste in climate change.
Deputy Mayor Hariprabha Khadgi (Shrestha) emphasized on bringing change in individual thinking and behaviour for the sustainable management of waste.
On the occasion, environmentalist Bhusan Tuladhar presented a paper on the impact of city waste on climate change. The paper has made several recommendations to that end.(RSS)
23 May kathmandu – Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, has wrapped up her four-day visit to Nepal on Wednesday with a call to all constituents to “work beyond the normal” to help realize social justice and decent work for all.
The visit was part of her commitment to reinforce relations with ILO constituents, comprising the Government, and organizations of employers and workers, and to generate general public discourse on the ILO Centenary Initiative on the Future of Work, the ILO’s Country Office for Nepal stated in a press release.
Ms Nishimoto paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Tuesday and briefed him on the ILO’s Centenary Initiatives on the Future of Work.
Prime Minister Oli highlighted the reforms being made by Nepal, including increment on minimum wages, launching of contribution based social security scheme and labour legislations. He also appreciated the role of the ILO in promoting fundamental rights at work, equality and social justice.
In her meeting with Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the two discussed the challenges and opportunities of Nepalese labour market and translating provisions outlined in the contributory social security law for workers.
She shared the ILO initiative on the Future of Work, and made references to the experiences of ASEAN countries in this regard.
Minister Khatiwada highlighted some of the key initiative taken by the Ministry in support of application of minimum wage, contribution-based social security, labour rights, and strengthening of labour administration including inspection.
The ILO Assistant Director-General also called on Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Mr Gokarna Bista and took stock of the developments in the labour administration of Nepal.
The Minister spoke on the key priorities of the Government including application of labour legislations, contribution-based social security scheme and creation of employment in the country.
He emphasized on the need of more ILO technical support as Nepal is passing through a very crucial stage of political transformation.
Secretary at the Ministry Mahesh Prasad Dahal briefed Ms Nishimoto about the initiatives of the Ministry, the need to enhance capacity of labour administration towards protecting and promoting the rights of Nepali workers. He also said that the Government is mulling to ratify some ILO conventions relevant to Nepal this year.
Similarly, Nishimoto held separate meetings with Ms Bhawani Rana, President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and prominent trade union leaders on contemporary issues related to labour, social and economic changes unfolding in the world of work and how growth could go alongside unionism.
On 20 May, Ms Nishimoto attended a National Tripartite Discussion Programme on the Global Commission report on the Future of work co-hosted by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
During the discussion programme, the speakers shed light on, among others, the concept of life-long learning, universal labour guarantee, need to increase investment in people’s capabilities, institutions of work and decent and sustainable work.
During her stay in Nepal, she also had separate discussions with representatives of a number of development partners in Nepal, including Ms Valerie Julliand, UN Resident Coordinator. (RSS)
23 May kathmandu – Government has provided financial assistance to 625 Nepali migrant workers who died during their work abroad within 10 months of the current fiscal year. Each such family was provided with Rs 700,000 as insurance.
Similarly, financial assistance was provided to 246 people who were mutilated and taken seriously ill in course of abroad jobs during the same period.
Foreign Employment Promotion Board’s executive director Rajan Prasad Shrestha said people sustaining injuries or becoming ill have been provided with five per cent to cent per cent of the Rs 700,000 based on the seriousness of the injury.
Medical treatment expenses have been provided to the families of 19 migrant workers from mid-July 2018 to mid-May 2019.
The Board has been providing Rs 50,000 as medical expenses, in case of five types of critical diseases, to the members of the family of workers who have gone for abroad job by taking labour permit.
The Medical Treatment Assistance Standard, 2073 has provisions providing for financial assistance to the families of the workers for the treatment of cancer, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease and for kidney transplant and cardiac surgery.
In the same period, the Board has written letters for the rescue of 39 Nepalis stranded in the countries of destination due to various reasons and for the repatriation of dead bodies of 69 Nepalis.
Executive director Shrestha said 658 bodies have been transported from the Tribhuvan International Airport to the different addresses in Nepal.
Likewise, the Board has compensated the amount to the 1,037 women who were selected for foreign employment which they had paid while undergoing orientation training.(RSS)
Prashant Chalaune
BBA is a general course which develops the analytical skills of human beings. Technology develops data but analysis has to be done by human skills. Finance plays a major role in any business, we are to be taught the necessary skills in the financial sector of management.
Management is a broad field. At present situation in Nepal specialization is necessary each and every field of Management. That’s why one of the specialization course BBA Finance is developed. BBA Finance in Nepal generally covers the banking sector, insurance sector, capital market, derivatives market.
Nepal has a diversified financial sector undergoing rapid expansion, both in terms of strong growth of existing financial services firms and news entities the market. The sector comprises, non-banking, financial companies, co-operatives, pension funds, mutual funds, and other smaller financial entities.
Banks are one of the most important economic wings of a country. In this modern time, money and its necessity are very important. A developed financial system of the country ensures to attain development. A bank provides valuable services to a country. To attain development there should be a good developed financial system to support not only the economic but also the society. So, a bank plays a vital role in the socio-economic matters of the country. So in a developing country like Nepal, banking sector holds a major responsibility towards stabilizing the socio-economic condition of the country!!!
Nepal Derivative Exchange (NDEX) is a state of art online commodity and derivative exchange operating in Nepal. In the world of increasing volatility, NDEX is the best platform to manage risk across the major commodities from precious metals to base metals, from agro commodities to energies. It is one of the best and most diverse derivative exchanges encompassing the widest range of benchmarked product available. It brings buyers and sellers together on the electronic trading floor of NDEX. It provides you with the tools you need to meet your objectives and achieve financial goals.
The derivatives market is the financial market for derivatives is the financial instruments like futures contracts or options, which are derived from other forms of assets. In Nepal, the commodity market is introduced by commodities Exchange Nepal LTD(COMEN). COMEN have been providing trade services in agriculture goods.
So specialization is necessary for each and every sector of management. Specialization helps to develop the county.
Prashant Chalaune, BBA Finance – Sanker dev campus
Fifth UN Global Road Safety week 2019 (May 6- May 12, 2019) kicks up with the theme “Save Lives: Speak Up”. It demands for strong leadership for road safety worldwide to help achieve SDGs and other road safety targets. This program is the continuity of First UN Road Safety week started from 2007 with theme “Save Lives: Youth Road Safety”.
After that three road safety weeks have been observed at 2013. 2015 and 2017 with theme Pedestrian Safety, Save Kids Life and Slow Down respectively. More than 30 events have been planned by various organization throughout the country during this period. This will helps in improving road safety either by spreading awareness or enhancing technical knowledge among the stakeholder on the field.
Road Safety is one of the most common and critical issue globally as well as nationally these days. Supporting it with the facts, road crashes is the eights leading cause of death globally taking life of 1.35 million peoples annually. Even severe is the fact that it is the leading cause of death among 5-29 age group. The condition is worst among middle and low income countries, as 93% of the world fatalities occurs in low and middle income countries.
The most vulnerable road user comprises of pedestrian, cyclist and motorcyclists, which accounts 54% of the total fatalities (WHO Global Status Report, 2018). With this background UN Declared this decade as Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 with target of reduction of 50% fatalities in the period. This target is also addressed in Sustainable Development Goal.
Looking at the Nepalese context of road crashes and fatalities; it’s on darker side as 2,541 road traffic fatalities occurs in 10, 961 road crashes in the last fiscal year of 204/75 as per statistics of Traffic Police. The fatalities number rises by around 6.5% analyzing the last consecutive two years. These figures are heavily influenced by under reporting and under recording as evident from WHO estimated figures, which is more than 2 times than these figures.
The fatality rate of the country is on higher side as 9 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitant. Based on the last five year road fatalities of Kathmandu valley, motorcyclist share around one half and pedestrian share one third of total fatalities. Despite of our commitment of reducing road fatalities by 50%
As Road Safety is an interdisciplinary issue, it requires multi-sector involvements and coordination, which is the missing link till date in context of Nepal. Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) and Ministry of Home are currently most active governmental agency of our country involved till date in Road Safety, with Ministry of Education.
Apart from governmental agencies, various transportation various civil societies have been working on this sector; viz: Nasa Foundation, Road Safety Society Nepal (RSSN), Safe and Sustainable Travel Nepal (SSTN), Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal (SAN), Nepal Injury Research Center (NIRC), Road Safety Forum, RMR Foundation, Laxmi Foundation, and many other.
Main issue is the coordination, either it be among governmental organization or among private organization. We can clearly see the lack of coordination between Department of Road (DoR), Department of Transport Management (DoTM) and Traffic Police during traffic management and assessment of road safety. Coordination is missing not only among government organization but also among private organizations. Though the various organization from civil societies are trying something from their behalf, the outcome is not significant. The outcome will be even more if the effort would have been unified avoiding the duplication of road safety activities.
With the Global Road Safety Action Plan 2011-20, we develop our National Road Safety Action Plan 2013-2020 after two year. But even with only two year remaining for the completion of decade of action, we achieve nothing, even the stakeholder are unaware of their role and despite of reducing road crashes fatalities it’s on the opposite site. So one of the Speak Up issue will be the development of Autonomous Road Safety Council, who will then take over the leadership role and assign the responsibility to each stakeholder in most effective and efficient manner.
But in absence of such organization, each one of us need to step up as a leader. Representative of Civil society need to raise issue on road safety and advocate for better rule and policy; universities need to carry out research on the field and built proper database for discussion, parliament member need to sensitize this issue and make it the national agenda.
We always rely other either governmental organization or civil societies for change and never start from self. We want traffic police to enforce seat belt, helmet use or any road and traffic rule, but we can even step up in this regards. It’s our responsibility to step up and raise the issue. After that the pressurized group need to form for the implementation of law and policies. Leadership is grooming these days among us; Nepal Cycle Society demanding for Cycle lane; NASA Foundation demanding for International Driving Permit (IDP). Along with this many organization need to step up and lead the road safety along different perspective.
Event for the sake of event is not worthy, thus the program and activities related to road safety should not be confined in these international event, it should be planned for the entire year. We can improve the safety status by better education, engineering, enforcement and most importantly via better coordination removing the current trend of Blame Game among organization.
Let’s start from ourselves changing our behavior on road. Let’s Join Hand together for this social cause.
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(Tiwari, Traffic and Transportation Engineer, is Chairman of Safe and Sustainable Travel Nepal (SSTN)
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On April 12, 2019, Kathmandu University SDG Students Hub came to an agreement with Youth Opportunities Nepal by signing the memorandum of understanding on partnering for youth development and designing strategies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development of youths through opportunities.
Country Ambassador of Youth Opportunities Nepal Mr. Tej Raj Upreti and SDG Coordinator of Kathmandu University SDG Students Hub Mr. Ajit Bhatta had some great discussion about the role of such youth platforms in creating opportunities for youths and grooming the youths to be sustainable development practitioner. Reaching to an agreement, to work closely with each other with an aim of meeting common agendas, both the side has planned to schedule a workshop very soon on ‘Youth Opportunities and gateway to SDGs’. Youth Opportunities is already a global partner with SDSN (Sustainable Development Solution Network) youth which made the excitement more induced for signing the MoU between both parties. Observing the local issues and youth’s lacking in access to information about opportunities, the parties have agreed to work collectively in creating a better space for youth and shape their ideas into the initiative. Youth Opportunities Nepal a global online community has been tremendously doing a gem work, working as an information hub about multiple opportunities and openings that has hugely benefitted the youths over the world. YO Nepal has been a key instrument in transforming the dream of most of the youths into reality by linking them with their vision. This could be a huge milestone for both the parties for a joint initiative in mobilizing university students into the learning and action platform that best transform them from a development learner to the practitioner.
During the orientation and partnership program, most of the participants were found to be bewildered regarding the type of opportunities, Country ambassador on behalf of youth opportunities Nepal, helped them clarify about various types of opportunities that youth can be benefited by. In addition to that, Mr. Upreti helped the youth students to be linked with the important web portals and media platforms to be regularly updated with the opportunities like- exchange programs, workshops, conferences, interaction program, cultural programs, scholarships and so on. The main idea was to introduce such youths into the learning and seeking platform where youths from the relevant background can apply for multiple scopes.
YO Nepal and KU SDG Students Hub together have come to an understanding to work for the common goal of providing youths with multiple opportunities, groom and facilitate them to work on their interested area of sustainable development. Also, both teams has agreed in linking university students to the professional learning and implementing arena by building better networking with global youth leaders, intellects, professionals and advocates working on peculiar issues of sustainable development. This initiative from both the team can ultimately help build a better human resource within the university by transforming the youth students to the development practitioner through the illustrious steps of empowerment, facilitation, mobilization and engaging the youth students to their area of interest in sustainable development.
It has been learned through this partnership that, we can imagine potential growth even inside the area of limitations. When many such youth-led organizations, clubs, and student union come together to meet at the common ground to work for sustainable progress against the local threats, this can further boost the country in moving one step ahead of achieving sustainable development goals by 2030. One important asset that youth of today’s generation strives for is to seek for an opportunity that can make their dream, a reality. And that transformed reality could be the major turnaround for the holistic development of the country that often gets shaped by the skilled, empowered and trained youths who elsewhere has been the owner of opportunities.
Chris Evans, ‘Captain America’ of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) since 2011 cried six times while watching the movie ‘Avengers: Endgame’.
At the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday, he admitted that he had cried six times while watching the movie. “I have a lot of my friends and family here tonight, and a lot of them are right up here,” he told Variety. “We have this bond that transcends what we do for a living… I cried like six times [tonight].”
Marvel has declared ‘Endgame’ not only the sequel to the movie ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ but as the epic conclusion of the all 22 films that Marvel has released till date. The first film that the Marvel released was ‘Iron Man’ (2008) and the last was ‘Captain Marvel’ before ‘Avengers: Endgame’.