BIRATNAGAR: Province 1 is observing the 69th Democracy Day for three days starting today.
It has formed a 501-member main committee under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai to celebrate the Day.
As part of the celebration, several programs such as illumination at government offices, industrial centers, and educational institutions, rallies among others would be organized in the Province, according to Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Hikmat Kumar Karki.
GAIGHAT: Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokharel has said that the government was working out to resolve disputes regarding the rights and jurisdiction of all the three governments.
He said the government would soon clear the confusion. On the occasion, he claimed that the government was making its efforts to materialize the agendas committed to the public during the elections.
Speaking at a program in Gaighat today, Minister Pokharel said that the government was committed to ensuring security to the people.
BELAURI: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Sunday caught Hridaya Raj Bajgai, sub-engineer of Belauri municipality, while taking bribe from a contractor.
A team of CIAA investigators arrested Bajgai at the municipality premises while he was receiving Rs 60,000 in bribe from the contractor for the construction of a culvert in the municipality.
DANG: Priests of different temples in Dang have assured their support to stop child marriage prevailing in the district. They have assured of their support on stopping child marriage in the district. They also assured of discouraging child marriages taking place in the temples.
Priest Buddhiram Bhattarai informed that 28 incidents of child marriage have been aborted at Trishiddheshwori Temple so far. He said they will allow couples visiting the temple to get married only after scanning their citizenship cards and academic credentials. “We allow the couples crossing the legal age of 20 years to get married by going through their legal documents,” he said. In some cases, he said, they were under pressure from parents to allow child marriage.
The Sub Metropolis, in coordination with Nawajagaran Women and Children Center, provides training on child marriage two times a year.
PAANCHTAR: Lightning has claimed one life while 10 others were injured in separate incidents in Tehrathum district last Saturday. Bhagendra Tamang,17, a resident of Pauwasartapka in Falgunandana rural municipality-3 died after being struck by lightening. His 11-year-old brother sustained injuries. He was rushed to Jhapa after primary treatment at the Paanchthar hospital.
They were inside their home when the incident took place during yesterday’s rainfall, Paancthar police said. Likewise, eight people were injured in a similar incident that took place at the house of Faudaman Tamang. The injured received treatment at the local health post.
Also on Saturday, Dipak Sawa,18, of Sarsiula in Phidim municipality-5 suffered injuries after being hit by lightning inside his home. He was reportedly sleeping when the incident took place. Sawa has returned home upon treatment at the District Hospital, Paanchthar.
KATHMANDU: Pashupati Sharma ‘s new song “Lutna Sake Lut” was removed from the YouTube late Saturday night. The song was released on last Thursday only. In his Facebook status, singer Pashupati Sharma says that the song was removed after some of his friends expressed dissatisfaction on its lyrics. He also says that the song will be uploaded after revising its lyrics. His Facebook post further says that he has no intimacy with any political parties.
The song was loaded with irony against the entire political and bureaucratic system of Nepal. The song condemned the Prime Minister’s act. In the song, he mocked the government for delivering nothing expect making lofty speeches.
Nepal is a heaven, but the ruler (i.e. prime minister) is a devil, he expressed in the song. He also made fun of the infrastructure development of the country as to how the contractors only hold the tenders but never complete construction projects. The song is also satirical to the President, Bidya Devi Bhandari for her interest to have a sophisticated helicopter.
The song expressed how a mere government clerk within a few years of joining the service erects a posh house in the capital city worth over 15 million. The song gave the messages that everyone can loot this country and that no one gets punished for any acts of corruption. The song further said that there is no other country in the world except Nepal where one can indulge in looting at ease. The song said how the people could not feel the governments’ presence in their life. Release of the song coincided with the one year term completion of the government.
KATHMANDU: Tuberculosis claimed over half million people in SAARC countries in the year 2017, according to Dr Rajendra Pant Director at SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Center. On a global scale the disease claimed total 1.8 million last year whereas 4.3 people were deprived of the treatment.
Similarly, around 70,000 people died of HIV/AIDS in the SAARC countries in 2017. Meanwhile, a two day SAARC parliamentary meeting is being held in Kathmandu in the first week of May.
The meeting is being held for the first time with the joint initiative of Ministry of Health and Population, House of Representatives’ Education and Health Committee and SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre.
The meeting shall deliberate on the status of the disease, promotion of investment to curb the disease, relations of the interstate acts and rules, among others. The meeting will be attended by high level officials from the Health Ministry of the SAARC countries.
KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has forecast rainfall for coming three days.
Light to moderate rain, which began from Saturday, will continue in the hilly areas of the country until Monday. It is said that the country is likely to be partly cloudy today with possibility of moderate snowfall in mountainous parts of the country. There is a chance of light rain in one or two places of the eastern hilly terrain.
On Monday, moderate to light rain is expected in some areas of the eastern and central hilly regions.
Similarly, Kathmandu Valley witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday afternoon.
BHAKTAPUR: Newari people observed Pulu Kisi dance in Bhaktapur on Thursday. Artists disguised as various creatures performed dance in the streets.
After observing the Madhavnarayan fast, the they came out in the streets, passed through Bamune, Balkumari, Maru Tole, Dathu Tole, Layaku, Digu Tole, Chapacho before concluding it at Bahakha.
Pulu Kisi dance, which falls on the eleventh day of lunar calendar, is a part of Indra Jatra. It is believed to the carrier of Indra himself. Impersonating as elephants, young lads dance in the streets in excitement, at times swinging its tail in an amazing manner and doing naughty things and knocking anyone that comes in their path.