Bhaktapur, Feb. 23: Nepal Revolutionary Students Association central committee organised an open blood donation programme here to mark  Martyrs Day.

Sixty-nine persons donated their blood at the programme held to commemorate four persons who attained martyrdom on the second day of the Historic People’s Movement of 1990.

President of Nepal Workers Peasants Party Narayan Man Bijukchhe mp, giving away certificates to the blood donors, said the younger generation should be motivated to bring about a revolution in the interest of the people and the country.

Central president of the association and journalist Saroj Raj Gosai said a new revolution should be launched in keeping with the ideals of the martyrs.

Various student leaders including Laxmi Bhakta Kuwar also expressed their views at the programme chaired by chairman of ward No. 7 committee of the association Balaram Gosai.

Kathmandu, Feb. 23: A high level delegation of Amnesty International led by its General Secretary Pierre Sane called on Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat and held discussions on the problem concerning the Bhutanese refugees.

Likewise, the delegation also met Attorney General Badri Bahadur Karki and held talks on the various aspects of human rights.

Kathmandu, Feb. 23 : CPN-UML Standing Committee member and deputy leader of the Parliamentary Party k. P. Sharma Oli chaired an extended meeting of the action Mobilisation committee formed by the Party Standing Committee here today.

The meeting decided to make public its action programme soon through a press meet.

Biratnagar, Feb. 23: Gyan Bahadur Tamang, a security guard at the  Cooperative Ltd in Biratnagar Municipality Ward No. 5 chased away a gang of armed robbers intending to loot the premises at 3:30 am yesterday and killed one of them while he was jumping the wall, according to the district police office, Morang.

The dead man was identified as 24-year-old Aftab Alam Miya Alias Pappu of ward No. 4 in the Sub-municipality.

The security guard attacked the robbers while they were ransacking a steel cabinet and lockers inside the office room and warehouse of the cooperative. The rest of the robbers fled without taking anything.

Nobody was hurt in the incident, it is learnt. Meanwhile, police superintendent Kalyan Timilsina has awarded Tamang a purse of Rs. 2,000. Robbers had twice before made unsuccessful attempts to rob the cooperative, the police said.

Kathmandu, Feb. 23: MinIster for Finance, and Foreign Affairs Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat has expressed dissatisfaction over auditing of the Rastriya Beema Sansthan (rbs) or National Insurance Corporation which has not being done for the past four or five years.

Addressing the 33rd anniversary function of the rbs here today, Dr. Mahat said its fiscal work and services also needs to be updated.

Things should be made clear as to why the rbs could not function in a systematic and satisfactory manner, he said, adding that the liberal economic policy pursued after the restoration of democracy in the country has widened and broadened the fiscal sector.

Dr. Mahat also spoke of the need to modernize and enhance the efficiency of the bureaucracy for the progess of the fiscal sector.

Rbs executive chairman Shambhu Prasad Paudel presided.

Sarlahi, Feb. 23: The Sana Guthi (Small Trust) in Sarlahi district held a group Bratbandha or thread ceremony at the district headquarters of Malangwa the other day. Some 10 boys, aged between six to 13 went through the ceremony as per Newar tradition. It cost each of the boys a total of Rs. 701 to undergo the ceremony, member of the Trust Gopal Nandan Karmacharya said.

Kathmandu, Feb. 23: General secretary of the cpn-ml Bamdev Gautam has issued a congratulatory message stating that it is a matter of pride for the entire nation that “Caravan”,  a Nepalese motion picture directed by French artiste Eric Valli in collaboration with National Studio has been nominated for the world renowned Oscar Award. In the message he also extended heartly congratulations to the director, producer, co-producer and all artistes associated the picture and wished them success in winning the award.

Kathmandu, Feb 23: Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is to hold discussions and consultations with Nepali congress mps on February 25 in view of the existing political deadlock, according to the Prime Minister’s Private Secretariat stated today.

According to a notice issued by the secretariat, discussions will be held with mps from the far western and mid-western regions at 8.30 am that day, with mps from the Western Region at 9.30 pm, mps from the central region at 2.30 pm and mps from the eastern region at 3.30 pm.

The notice has requested the mps concerned to be at the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar at the times fixed.

Bhaktapur, Feb. 23 : The Nepal Cancer Prevention Centre, Bhaktapur is to run a cancer clinic in Bhaktapur.

Oncology specialists Dr. Rajendra Baral and Dr. Arati Shaha will render service at the clinic free of cost, district secretary of the association and coordinator of the proposed clinic Dhanman Shrestha said.

Pokhara, Feb. 23: Speaker Taranath Ranabhat initiated the Apurba Srimad Bhagawat Saptaha Mahayagya and the special Dhandhanyanchal Parba-2056 organised at the premises of the Machhapuchhre Education Campus at Dhikur Pokhari village development committee, Kaski district.

Speaking on the occasion Speaker Ranabhat said the hearing of the Bhagawat will improve the mental state of a man and help banish malice, greed, sins and   dutilessness thereby giving peace.

At the function presided over by the chairman of the Mahayagya Organising Committee Pandit Ananta Nath Subedi, various other speakers including mp prakash Bahadur Gurung, Baachan Shiromani   Narayan Prasad Pokhrel, central vice chairman of the Sanatan Dharma Sewa Samiti Rabindra Makaju, ddc chairman Punya Prasad Poudel, campus chief Ram Chandra Subedi, vice chairman Mahesh Parajuli, Vednidhi Sharma, vdc chairman Kedar Nath Adhikari, vice chairman Karna Bahadur Gurung, ddc member Indra Bahadur Gurung, and Ramesh Raj Poudel also expressed their views.

The Mahayagya organised to help in construction of the Machhapuchhre Education Campus and to set up a revolving fund will run until Fagun 19.