KATHMANDU: Police have arrested a teacher on the alleged charge of sexually harassing a teenage student in Panchthar district.
Upendra Chaudhary, a teacher of a school based in Hilihang Rural Municipality, Panchthar district, rounded up on Tuesday for sexually abusing eight grader.
According to the victim, Chaudhary, the science teacher, coaxed her into having sex with him promising her with highest marks in the subject while she was alone in her house.
Police said they are investing the case after taking Chaudhary into custody, said Police Inspector of Panchthar District Police Office, Anil Kumar Paudel.
ILAM: Ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) completed its merger process in Ilam district.
A party meeting on Tuesday evening finalized the office-bearers at the district level, party sources said.
The NCP has finalized the names of party in-charge, sub in-charge, chairpersons and secretary.
Similarly, the positions of in-charge and chair at the state and local levels have been allocated to two different parties.
KATHMANDU: China is all set to roll out the red carpet in Beijing for President Bidya Devi Bhandari during her upcoming visit to the northern neighbor. Preparations are underway in both the countries for President Bhandari’s China visit, a report in Annapurna daily said.
According to sources, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s is likely to visit Nepal following his counterpart President Bhandari’s China visit.
President Xi might visit Nepal in 2019 itself, said a Chinese official. Even though Xi’s Nepal visit does not fall in the schedule of Chinese President Xi, it might happen towards the end of the year.
China has not welcomed Nepal’s head of state with the red carpet following the end of the monarchy. Even though former President Ram Baran Yadav visited China during Boao Forum for Asia and Sanghai Expo, it did not give him the red carpet treeatment.
KATHMANDU: Police were found to have been involved in the leakage of questions of Science and Social Studies of Secondary Education Examination held on March 28 and 29 in Province 2.
An investigation carried out by Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police fond involvement of two police officials Bramhadev Sunrait and Dipendra Kumar Mandal of Area Police Office, Kalyanpur.
The National Examination Board and Province 2 government had carried out investigation separately on the issue. The arrest of the two police personnel came at a time while the investigation was still underway.
Police said they are investing the case after taking Sunrait and Mandal under control.
KATHMANDU: Locals of remote Palata Rural Municipality of Kalikot district have to still go to district headquarters Manma to purchase daily commodities including salt.
According to Aja Sarki, a local, they have to spend around Rs 2,000 including transport expenses to bring their home 11 kilos of last, even though it costs only Rs 9 per kilogram.
“It takes two days to reach the district headquarters Manma and other two days for returning home. We have to spend one day to line up for salt in the depot,” said Sarki, adding, “It takes five days for us to bring 11 kilos of salt.
Locals of 11 VDCs including Palata Dhaulagoha, Nanikot of Pachal Jharana, Gotri, Mumra and Rupsa of of Bajura, located in the northern part of the district have to spend four to five days to bring a packet of iodized salt.
NUWAKOT: A child died after being hit by a waste disposal vehicle at Kakani Rural Municipality-2, Sisdole on Tuesday.
District Police Office said that 13-year-old Sanjok Nepali died after he was hit by a minitruck, Ba 4 Kha 9647.
SP Krishna Bahadur Palli Magar said that the kid injured in the mishap breathed his last while being taken to Kathmandu for treatment.
KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) on Tuesday started hearings of Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya and Bishnumaya Ojha recommended as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and member of National Inclusive Commission respectively.
A meeting of the committee held at Singha Durbar called for complaints against Thapaliya and Ojha.
The Constitutional Council (CC) on March 25 had picked Thapaliya, Secretary at Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, as the CEC of the Election Commission Nepal and Ojha as the member of National Inclusive Commission.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli has directed Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) to utilize science and technology for speedy development and economic prosperity.
Addressing the 42nd Senate meeting of NAST today, Prime Minister Oli, who is also the Chancellor of NAST, asked NAST to carry out works in an innovative way for the country’s development and prosperity.
Today’s meeting also endorsed the policy and program of the fiscal year 2018/19, and approved a budget of over Rs 300 million.
Likewise, the meeting also passed NAST’s annual report.
The NAST is set to launch its own satellite on April 17.
KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft case against the Chief at Food Import Export Quality Certification Office, Nepalgunj.
The anti-graft body said it filed a case against Food Research Officer Binod Kumar Srivastava for seeking Rs 35,000 in bribe from a service seeker.
CIAA said it filed the case at the Special Court as per the Anti-corruption Act 2059.
BIRGUNJ: Five-year-old Faijal Ansari of Feta Rural Municipality-6 in Bara, who was injured in the incident caused by the powerful storm on Sunday evening died on Tuesday in course of treatment.
Following the incident, he was admitted to the Birgunj-based National Medical College. With this, the death toll from the disaster in Bara has reached 28 while two deaths are reported in Parsa.