JAJARKOT: Students of Bhayar Secondary School, Nalgad Municipality-8 of Jajarkot district are giving their terminal exam under the open sky in lack of class rooms.
Students of Pashupati Secondary School, Kushe Rural Municipality-5, Damdala of Jajarkot district are giving their terminal exam under the open sky in lack of class rooms.
KATHMANDU: A new technology will be introduced in the Bagmati River, nearby the revered Pashupatinath temple, in a bid to clean the holy river.
Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) is introducing the bio-toilet technology for cleaning the Bagmati River in collaboration with the Bagmati Civilisation Integrated Development Committee (BCIDC).
The aim is also to increase water flow in the river by ridding it of garbage. The drainage from toilets would be processed and only water would be discharged by using the bio-toilet technology at Pashupati area.
PADT says this technology would be used to purify the water in the Bagmati River in the stretch from Guheshwari to Tilganga.
PADT Member-Secretary, Dr Pradip Dhakal said they are conducting a feasibility study to check the efficacy of the new technology.
Although works had been started for purifying the river water that flows on this stretch some 24 years ago by establishing the result has not been desirable.
PADT stated that works on this project would be started once the feasibility study team submits its report.
Bagmati Clean Up Mega Campaign was started on May 19, 2013 with the initial objective of making the water in the Bagmati river up to Pashupati area fit for bathing purpose.
In the course of the campaign, river cleaning has been carried out on various stretches of the river.
The river and its catchment area are cleaned to some extent but due to discharge of drains in the upstream areas, the river gets polluted to the extent that it cannot sustain marine life.
Thirty-seven metric tons of waste from the river area was collected today in the course of cleaning up works carried out in the rivers and various places along the Ring Road area in the Kathmandu valley today.
KATHMANDU: Laxmi Bank has announced to sponsor the study of a Nepali student at a Nepali educational institution as part of boosting Nepal French relation. This was announced by Rajendra Khetan, promoter of Laxmi Bank, at a program organized here to mark the 70th anniversary of bilateral relationship between Nepal and France.
Khetan a former Vice-President of Alliance Francaise and current founder Vice President of Nepal France Friendship Society, is a French speaker and an active promoter of Nepal – France relations.”
This will create a history to mark the 70th Diplomatic Friendship between Nepal and France. Students getting the sponsorship will be a bond to remember this meaningful Anniversary Year,” Khetan said.
Nepal France Friendship Society (NFFS) was established in 2017 with the aim of enhancing cooperation between Nepal and France at the initiative of Binod Khakurel, chairman of NFFS who has been residing in Paris for past 23 years. The organization was set up with the objective of exploring cooperation opportunities between Nepal and France as well as supporting and connecting culture, people and art and literature of the two countries.
The scholarship program is for the undergraduate level and covers the tuition fee, membership, exam fees in Nepal and is sponsored by Laxmi Bank. Student selection, sponsor criteria, payment modality will be decided by the joint meeting of representatives from French Embassy in Nepal, Nepal France Friendship Society and Laxmi Bank.
SURKHET: A passenger bus has caught fire due to short-circuit in the district on Saturday afternoon. The bus was heading to Kalikot from district headquarters Birendranagar when the incident took place.
According to DSP Pardip Bahadur Chhetri of District Police Office, Surkhet, the bus caught fire due to short-circuit at Hudke of Barahtal Rural Municipality at 12 pm today.
However, no casualties took place due to timely evacuation of the passengers. Chhetri said they have started investigation into the case.
KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested a government official for taking bribe of Rs 22,000 from his client.
The CIAA team acting on a complaint by clients held Saroj Rokka, non-gazetted first class officer, who is posted at the National Public Health Laboratory, Teku.
Investigations are ongoing, said the CIAA’s spokesperson Pradip Kumar Koirala, adding that a case against Rokka has been filed in the Special Court.
KATHMANDU: Police have arrested a cadre of Netra Bikram Chand Biplav-led Nepal Communist Party in Udayapur.
District Committee member of Udayapur Tilak Tamang alias Akrosh was arrested from Triyuga Municipality-7, Chisapani.
Tamang was arrested at 8 pm on the day of nationwide strike imposed by Biplav group following a ban on its activities by the government, police confirmed.
Meanwhile, Party Secretary Prashant, in a pres release, said the government has arrested the district party member in political prejudice.
KATHMANDU: The Nepal government has decided to grant 15 days as public holidays in the coming Nepali new year 2076 BS.
The government made its decision on national holidays (except Saturdays) public in the national gazette issued on Friday.
According to the decision, national holidays include April 14 (Nepali New Year), May 1 (Labor Day), May 18 (Buddha Jayanti), September 3 (Constitution Day), October 5 – 9 (Dashain), October 27-29 (Tihar), February 21, 2020 (Shivaratri), March 9, 2020 (Holi/Hill), March 10, 2020 (Holi/Tarai), March 11, 2020 (Women Day).
The government had slashed 13 public holidays in the year 2075 BS. Various ethnic communities protested against the government’s decision to cut public holidays. Following the protest, the government had formed a review task-force on public holidays under the coordination Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.
However, the government has given continuity to its previous decision, rejecting the task-force’s recommendation. The task-force had recommended to add 12 public holidays on January 3, 2019.
KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal (GoN) has condemned the shooting at mosques in Christchruch, Zealand through a condolence message. The government has extended condolences to the government and people of New Zealand and the aggrieved family. Similarly, GoN also wishes for speedy recovery of those injured in the incident in its condolence message.
The death toll in the mosque shootings has reached 49 after 10 more people were reported to have been killed in another mosque on Friday.
The incident occurred at 1:30 pm (according to local time) during prayer time at the mosque. The culprit is believed to have been inspired by the racist motive of white supremacy.
Incidents of gunshots had been reported at Linwood Mosque and a Hospital outside of Christchurch.
DAMAULI: Tulasa Thapa, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader and House of Representatives member, has announced to set up a revolving fund of one million rupees at a school in her parental village.
The revolving fund would be set up at Kaliganga Secondary School at Baidi, Devghat rural municipality-2 in the memory of Thapa’s father, Pahal Singh and mother, Bhim Kumari. It is called the Pahal Singh- Bhim Kumari Memorial Revolving Fund.
Thapa is the spouse of NCP secretariat member and former Deputy Prime Minister, Bamdev Gautam. The amount from the interest of the fund would be provided as stipend to a meritorious girl and a meritorious boy student in grade one at the school coming from poor families.
KATHMANDU: The total 34,037 vehicles have faced action for defying the ‘no horn’ rule in the Kathmandu Valley since the rule is in force.
On April 14, 2017, the government declared the valley a ‘no horn zone’ keeping in view noise pollution affecting the health of the people. “The number of vehicles violating the rule has increased. So the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has tightened the screw on vehicles blowing horns rampantly,” said Senior Superintendent of Police Basanta Panta.
Noise pollution may cause various health problems like hearing loss, high blood pressure, heart attack, paralysis, respiratory problem and memory loss, according to doctors.
The division imposes a fine of Rs 500 on each vehicle defying the rule. Out of the total 3,200,000 vehicles plying across the country, the valley has 800,000, said the Department of Transport Management.