An eighteen-year-old girl has died in Kathmandu as she used a date-expired medicine for abortion Monday.
Soniya Lama fell unconscious immediately after injecting the drug bought from a pharmacy in Balaju, according to police. She died while being taken to Janamaitri Hospital for treatment.
Lama is married to Purna Putwar. Putwar said, they decided to abort as they did not want to have children until being financially strong.
He said, they decided to abort at the local pharmacy as the service in other places was expensive. He was trying to abort at Rs 2500.
Abortion is legal in Nepal, but can be practised by certain licensed health workers at licensed health facilities only. nepalnews.com
Nepalis across the country and abroad are observing Mother’s Day Tuesday by offering greetings, fruits, sweets and gifts to their mothers.
People taking holy dip in Matathirtha Pond on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on Mother’s Day, Tuesday. Thousands of people flocked to Matathirtha to take holy dip and offer prayers in memory of their deceased mothers. nepalnews.com/rcm
People taking holy dip in Matathirtha Pond on the outskirts of Kathmandu…
According to Hindu mythology, Mother’s Day is observed on the New Moon Day of Baishakh according to Hindu calendar, every year.
Those whose mother has passed away observe the Mother’s Day by going to the nearest holy water body and worship in the name of their deceased mother with offerings.
A huge carnival is held at Mata Tirtha in the western suburb of Kathmandu with thousands of people from capital Kathmandu and surrounding districts who have lost their mother thronging there for worship. nepalnews.com
President Ram Baran Yadav
President Ram Baran Yadav has advised top leaders of the three largest parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA)- UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and UML – to try and find solution to the present deadlock before May 28 instead of talking about CA term extension.
President Yadav called Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, NC president Sushil Koirala and UML chairman and Prime Minister, Jhala Nath Khanal, for a joint meeting at his office in Shitwal Niwas Monday afternoon and advised them to forge concrete consensus on peace process and new constitution before May 28.
President’s press advisor Rajendra Dahal said, the President expressed deep concern about the current state of the country. He also asked the leaders about the possible scenario after May 28.
Dahal, Khanal and Koirala assured the president that they would find a solution and move ahead in consensus. nepalnews.com
After Jhala Nath Khanal UCPN (Maoist) Constituent Assembly (CA) member Jhakku Prasad Subedi has become the victim of public wrath against CA members.
One Premraj Devkota, running a tea stall in Tinkune of Kathmandu, slapped Subedi across the face Monday evening and scolded him for not making the constitution on time.
Devkota called Subedi to his tea stall and slapped him across the face twice while Subedi was walking towards his house in Koteshwar from CA building in Naya Baneshwar.
Devkota has been arrested and is kept at the custody of Metropolitan Police Circle, Tinkune. Police said, they are preparing to file a case of public offence against him.
In the statement to the police Devkota said, he slapped Subedi as CA members had done injustice to the people and that he does not repent his deed.
Subedi was elected Constituent Assembly member from Kathmandu constituency 2 defeating former Prime Minister and senior UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Earlier, one Devi Prasad Regmi had slapped incumbent Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal during a function in Sunsari before Khanal became the PM. nepalnews.com
Police arrested a Constituent Assembly (CA) member from Krishnanagar, Kapilvastu, for stealing electricity on Sunday, Nagarik daily reported.
An inspection squad from Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) found electricity being hooked to Indramati Yadav’s house in Kapilvastu during a random check. Police following the NEA officials arrested Yadav and took her to the District Administration Office (DAO).
The DAO released Yadav with a fine of Rs 3000.
Yadav is a UCPN (Maoist) CA member elected from Kapilvastu on proportional representation system.
CA members are given separate allowance for electricity in addition to their salary.
NEA has adopted a stringent measure against those stealing electricity to reduce electricity leakage after appointment of Gokarna Bista as the energy minister. nepalnews.com
Nepal government has said, Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden’s assassination is a victory against terrorism.
Issuing a press statement Monday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Nepal has always stood against terrorism and considers Laden’ a great feat in the war against terrorism.
Laden was killed in US army raid in Pakistan Monday, according to US authorities. He is charged of masterminding the 2001/9/11 attack in New York which claimed thousands of lives and destroyed property worth billions. nepalnews.com
United Democratic Madheshi Front (UDMF) activists obstructed the updating of digital voters’ identity card with finger prints and pictures in various district of Terai on Monday.
According to spokesperson of Election Commission (EC) ,Sarada Prasad Trital activists obstructed the electoral roll updating campaign in Banke and Morang districts.
We got information that activists warned to stop the work and disturbed the work of to enrolling digital voters’ identity cards in some areas of Banke and Morang, EC spokesperson Trital told Nepalnews.
They threatened us to seize our equipments if we continued work, added Trital.
The United Democratic Madhesi Front comprising of Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum – Democratic (MJF-D) and Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP) has announced obstruction in the campaign to update the voters’ card on the basis of citizenship. nepalnews.com
The third annual general meeting of the Nepal Telecom (NT) on Monday decided to distribute cash dividends to its shareholders at the rate of Rs. 40 per share from its profit in the fiscal year 2066/67.
A press statement issued by NT said the net profit of the company has increased by 6 percent to Rs. 10.77 billion in the fiscal year 2066/67 while it was Rs. 10.17 billion the previous fiscal year.
Sushil Ghimire, chairman of the management committee of the company said, the profit increased by 4 percent to Rs. 71.83 per share while there was only Rs. 68.85 per share last year.
Similarly, the total assets of the company has also increased by 13.43 percent to Rs. 52.5 billion this year while there was Rs. 46.28 billion last fiscal year. nepalnews.com
The upward trend of tourist arrivals via air has witnessed sustainable growth even in the fourth month the year 2011.
The arrival of international visitors via air increased by 34.3 percent to 51,969 in April 2011 compared to the same period last year.
According to the figure released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), all regions showed positive growth in the second month of 2011.
In aggregate, the South Asian segment registered a positive growth of 32.5 percent. India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, recorded positive growth of 38.3 percent. Also, arrivals from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have increased by 4.9 percent, 4.1 percent and 83.9 percent respectively.
Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) also recorded positive growth of 18.4 percent in aggregate.
The visitor arrivals from China have increased by 42.2 percent. Similarly, the arrivals from Japan, Thailand, Singapore and South Korea have also increased by 13.1 percent, 5.6 percent, 37.3 percent and 3.7 percent respectively. However the arrivals from Malaysia have declined by 9.6 percent.
An overall positive growth of 45.4 percent was observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia up by 56.2 percent, 30.4 percent, 47.7 percent, 7 percent, 49.5 percent, 58.6 percent, 70.5 percent, 23.8 percent and 16.5 percent respectively.
Tourist arrivals from Australia and New Zealand also increased by 47.3 percent and 46.7 percent respectively. Also, the arrivals from USA and Canada saw positive growth of 25.7 percent and 36 percent respectively.
Between January to April 2011, international tourist arrivals to Nepal rose by 18.4 percent to 168,958.
Nepal has enjoyed a sustained positive growth in the international visitor arrivals since June 2009.
A total of 55,630 foreign tourists departed from TIA in April 2011 while the number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 56,069 and 67,251 Nepalese departed from TIA in April 2011. nepalnews.com
The Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) marked the National ICT Day amid various programmes on Monday including an award function.
The association distributed the ‘ICT Business Excellence Award’ , ‘Best ICT Users Award in Public Sector’ and ‘Best ICT Users Award in Private Sector’ amid a function held in the capital.
Chief Executive of Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd., Sanjib Raj Bhandari, receiving ‘ICT Business Excellence Award 2011’ from Deputy Prime Minister and Communication Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara during a ceremony organised by the Computer Association of Nepal (CAN) in the capital to mark the National ICT Day on Monday, 02 May 2011. nepalnews.com
Chief Executive of Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd., Sanjib Raj Bhandari…
Sanjib Raj Bhandari, Chief Executive of Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd., was conferred ‘ICT Business Excellence Award’ for his contribution to the ICT sector.
Deputy Prime Minister and Information for Information and Communication, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, handed over the award to Raj Bhandari.
Similarly, Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and Kathmandu Model Hospital (KMH) were awarded with ‘Best ICT Users Award in Public and Private sector’ respectively.
The IRD was awarded for the using the computer applications to make its operations effective while KMH was awarded for its tele-medicine services.
CAN also organised a rally with the slogan “Walkathon for ICT Awareness” in the morning to mark the National ICT Day. nepalnews.com