KATHMANDU: The central government has sent 468 tarpaulins meant for the windstorm victims of Bara and Parsa districts.

According to Disaster and Conflict Management Division at Ministry for Home Affairs, the tarpaulins were sent to the affected families through trucks of Armed Police Force.

Under Secretary at the Division Bed Nidhi Ghimire informed that it has been established that some 400 families were hit by the disaster and thus tarpaulins were send accordingly.

He added that 468 tarpaulins were sent as District Administration Office, Bara has 140 tarpaulins in stock.

At least 32 people were killed and over 500 were injured in the windstorm that hit Bara and Parsa districts on Saturday night.

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has drawn the attention of the authorities concerned towards making immediate arrangement for the treatment of the people injured by the windstorm in Bara and Parsa districts.

Issuing a statement here today, she expressed profound sorrow over the huge damage caused to human life and property, and extended heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family. She has wished for speedy recovery of those injured in the incident.

In a similar statement, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun has expressed the confidence that the government would give special attention to rescue and treatment of the injured, and relief, rehabilitation to the survivors.

KATHMANDU: Land mafias have captured as many as 230 bighas of land belonging to the Nepal government in Srilanka Tappu (island)  in  Sunsari district.

They have captured a huge amount of land in cahoots with the government officials along the course of the Sapta Koshi river in Barahakshetra Municipality-6. According a report in Kantipur daily, the land mafias tilled the land from March 27 to 30.

They threatened the locals when they protested the move with the help of police personnel.

KAVREPALANCHOWK: Former President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has said that Nepali art, culture and civilization have earned global popularity.

Stating that it is the duty of one and all to protect and promote the country’s art and culture, he said Nepal’s originality will help the country known to the world.

Speaking at a program in Kavrepalanchowk today, former President Dr. Yadav stated that Nepal has both the Aryan and Mongol civilizations, and that the Nepalis have not forgotten but cherished the originality begun from Vedic period.

The diversity is fostered by various ethnicities and lingual communities here, he added.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged over 600 investors attending the Investment Summit to confidently flow their investment in Nepal.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the third Investment Summit held here today, leader Dahal shared that the government had put in place legal and policy level reforms to enable investment-friendly climate in the country.

Stating that the political stability in Nepal had given an impetus to development works in the country and assured the investors for investment, Dahal shared that new practices were put in place for management and marketing.

KATHMANDU: Police have arrested a taxi driver on the charge of dumping a patient in the middle of the road.

Taxi driver Kamal Bahadur Shrestha pulled out 60-year-old diabetic patient Gopal Karanjit of his taxi and left him  on the roadside near Helping Hands Hospital after noticing him unconscious, Naya Patrika reported.

Police arrested Shrestha based on a CCTV footage installed on the road, said DSP Sunil Malla of Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala.

Karanjit, a resident of Gokaneshwor, was returning home in the taxi after receiving treatment at Chabahil-based Medicare Hospital when the taxi driver treated him inhumanely. Locals took Karanjit to the hospital but he died later.

INARUWA: Property worth Rs 2 million was destroyed after a fire broke out in a house in Sunsari Harinagar Rural Municipality -4 in Sunsari district.

According to District Police Office, Sunsari a fire started in a house belonging to Bijaya Jain due to short-circuit, in which property worth Rs 2 million was gutted.

Clothes, grocery items and other belongings were destroyed in the fire that broke out last night, said DSP Gyanendra Phuyal.

The fire was doused by locals and fire engines brought from Inaruwa and Itahari Sub Metropolitan City.

KATHMANDU: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has sought the role of National Information Commission (NIC) to inhibit the dissemination of information capable of damaging democracy. The Speaker was speaking at the national conference on Rights to Information (RTI).

He was of the view that all should contribute constructively to the dissemination of information and such information should be capable of promoting the real national unity, according to the Speaker.

KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has filed a graft-case against former CIAA commissioner Raj Narayan Pathak at the Special Court on Tuesday.

According a report in Kantipur daily,  a CIAA meeting held  yesterday filed a case against Pathak and Lambodar Neupane, then chairman of Nepal Engineering College, seeking a fine of Rs 7.8 million. Both Pathak and Neupane have been mentioned as dependents in the case.

Pathak had taken Rs 7.8 million from Lambodar promising that he would settle a case related to the engineering college which was sub judice at the CIAA.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE)  went up by 2.7 points to close at 1140.72 points on Tuesday.

Similarly, sensitive index increased by by 0.42 points to close at 242.67 points.

A total of 882,885 units of shares worth Rs 215,121,580 were sold yesterday.

The investors are in a ‘wait and see’ mood as the benchmark index is yet to improve.