KATHMANDU: Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar, U Thaung Tun, has paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas on Friday.
According to the Office of the President, issues relating to the bilateral relations and mutual benefit were discussed in the meeting.
Minister Tun is in Kathmandu leading a delegation from Myanmar to the Nepal Investment Summit 2019 begun today. Earlier today, he met Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali.
SYANGJA: Leaders and cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand Biplav-led Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) are being arrested from different parts of the country after the government banned their activities. On Friday, police nabbed two leaders of the outfit.
DSP Nabin Krishna Bhandari at District Police Office, Syangja informed that District Secretary of the party Gokul Parajuli and Chairman of Worker’s Union Govinda Oli ‘Jeewan’ were arrested from Putalibazaar-13 while they were running away on a motorcycle.
Police have kept a close tab on leaders and cadres of the outfit after government banned their activities.
KATHMANDU: An inhumane behavior by a taxi driver has taken social media by storm. A video has been doing rounds in social media in which a taxi driver can be seen throwing a passenger out of his cab to die on a dusty busy road. A life could have been saved if the passenger was rushed to a hospital, but the cabbie showed no mercy.
Pravin Ranjit of Gokaneshwor Municipality-4 seated his father Gopal Ranjit on taxi following treatment at the Chabahil-based Medicare Hospital. Pravin then returned home on a scooter. But, to his surprise, his father didn’t turn up at home.
Pravin was shocked to know that his father was no more after receiving a call from police from Helping Hands Community Hospital. After reaching the hospital, he came to know that the cabbie dragged his father out of the taxi after he suffered a cardiac arrest. Later police took the patient to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Based on the footage of CCTV camera police have arrested the driver of the taxi, BA 1 KHA 3851, Kamal Shrestha. Shrestha told police that he left the patient on road as he was perplexed after the patient lost consciousness. Police said he will be charged with an offence against public peace.
चाबहिलबाट गोकर्णेश्वर जाने क्रममा आफ्नो ट्याक्सीमा रहेको पेशेन्जरलाई हार्टअट्याक हुँदा चालकले भित्रबाट बाहीर निकाली भागेछन् , जस्ले गर्दा बिरामीको दुखद देहावसन हुन पुग्यो । कस्तो मानवता ?
त्यस पछाडीको ट्याक्सी चालक अनी ती वरीपरी रहेका मान्छेहरू के हेरेर बसेका ?
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KATHMANDU: National Sports Council (NSC) has finalized the new date for the eighth national games.
The board meeting of the NSC has finalized the new date to be held from April 18 to April 24.
Earlier, the NSC had decided to hold the games from April 8. However, the date was extended since the construction of the VIP Parapet could not complete on time, NSC Member Secretary, Keshar Kumar Bista said.
KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has been entrusted to investigate the incident of irregularities in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE).
The SEE Security Committee chaired by Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel took a decision in this regard on Friday.
The CIB will investigate the irregularities committed during this year’s SEE, including the leakage of question papers before the examinations.
MORANG: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) arrested an officer of sub-division forest office, Latijhoda of Morang, along with a bribe amount of Rs 35 thousand.
Salaudhin Ansari, forest officer at Latijhoda, was caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 35 thousand from a service seeker.
A team of Itahari-based CIAA officials caught Salaudhin Ansari red-handed.
KATHMANDU: The government has called on all investors attending the ongoing Investment Summit to invest in Nepal.
Addressing the Summit that kicked off here in the capital on Friday, Minister for Finance Dr Yubraj Khatiwada said Nepal has become an appropriate place for investment with the procedural and institutional reforms in this regard. He also referred to politically favorable environment and formation of government at all three levels.
“Affordable tax rates have been fixed and laws made targeting investors. There is possibility for investors to have a big market in Nepal standing between big countries China and India. I want to urge all investors to invest and get high returns on their investment,” he said.
Vice president of the Asian Development Bank Shixin Chen said investments had already been made in energy, drinking water, town infrastructure and education of Nepal, and strategies had been made for more investments. He referred to the Bank’s investment in Melamchi Drinking Water Project, Gautam Buddha International Airport. “Plans have been made to make long-term investment in Nepal,” he said.
Likewise, Hartwig Schafer, Vice president of the World Bank for the South Asia Region, expressed his readiness to invest in Nepal so as to help its goals of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’, stating that is environment conducive for investment in Nepal lately with some changes in legal structures in this regard. He also expressed his willingness to cooperate with the private sector of Nepal.
U Thaung Tun, Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar, suggested that Nepal should focus on agriculture to boost its economy while referring to progresses it has achieved in poverty alleviation, trade increment and attracting foreign investment.
Similarly, chairperson of the Muthoot Group, M.G. George Muthoot said a favourable environment has been created in Nepal for investment with the formation of a stable government.
He said that the government has been working to become economically strong, saying it has made commitment to bring in foreign investment.
Addressing the summit, former Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat said that the private sector in recent period has made big achievement in telecommunication and energy sectors, presenting the fact that private sector has been encouraged in Nepal for investment after 1990.
The former Finance Minister said that Nepal faced big problems like political instability and earthquake in last two decades, adding that Nepal has now reached to a new place after coming out from all these problems. He further said that Nepal has been continuously achieving success in human development index, saying only 15 per cent population is now under poverty line in Nepal.
Saying it was the high time for economic development, former Finance Minister Mahat said that foreign investment was necessary for the same.
Discussion would be held on investment opportunity in Nepal today itself during the summit. As per the schedule prepared by IBN, discussion would also be held on ‘Energy and Information Technology’ and issue of development of women and youth entrepreneurship this afternoon.
Various projects on agriculture, hydropower, industry, tourism, transport, urban infrastructure, education and health sectors are being presented at the summit that runs till Saturday. The projects are worth between Rs. 640 million to 350 billion.
Nepal government ministers, Chief Ministers of all the seven States, non-resident Nepalis, and the private sector representatives are also taking part in the summit.
CHITWAN: Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi has ruled out the possibility of reinstating Nepal as a Hindu state.
Speaking at a program in Chitwan today, Nidhi said even Nepali Congress is not in favor of the agenda.
He also dismissed claims of restoration of monarchy. “It’s a mere daydream,” he said.
On a different note, Nidhi said Nepal has to welcome foreign investors to accomplish the country’s goal of prosperity.
BHIMDATTA: In a bid to increase the number of tourists, the Suklaphanta tourism festival kicked off today at the Suklaphanta National Park.
Organized by the Bhimdatta Municipality in collaboration with the National Park, the week-long festival is expected to promote the national park as well as increase the number of visitors.
Chief of the Municipality, Surendra Bista informed that the park is like an open university where once can find and explore diversity. He added that they are also planning to construct Suklaphanta Tourism route, bridges, park and Rana Tharu home stays.
According to him, the festival is also aimed at supporting the government’s initiative of Visit Nepal 2020 campaign.
The Bhimdatta Municipality has announced year 2019 as the year of Promotion and Infrastructures.
KATHMANDU: Weather Forecasting Division has forecast of sudden change in weather, and possibility of rain in different parts of the country in the next three days.
According to the Division, this is a result of the impact of the westerly low pressure system.
It said there is possibility of a partly and general change in weather in mid and western areas. Likewise, hilly, mid and western hilly areas could witness heavy rain.
It also said there are chances of snowfall in high mountainous areas.