Category: Breaker 1

  • Public urged for blood donation to address shortage issues

    Public urged for blood donation to address shortage issues

    BHAKTAPUR: The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), Bhaktapur has appealed to the public to donate blood in order to address a nationwide shortage of blood supplies.

    At present, blood banks across the country including in Bhaktapur are facing a shortage of blood when there is a significant demand for blood supplies amidst the soaring cases of dengue fever.

    The blood collection has remained halted during the Dashain festival, exacerbating the shortage.

    Despite this, the NRCS in Bhaktapur is making efforts to address the demand for blood for emergency purposes. Still, relatives of patients visiting the district in search of blood are not compelled to return empty-handed.

    The scarcity of blood has surfaced nationwide including in the districts in the Valley and neighboring Kavrepalanchowk, it is said.

    NRCS Bhaktapur’s outgoing president Manoj Kumar Thapa said the NRCS-operated blood bank supplies 30-35 pints of blood each day, but the demand is up to 150 pints.

    “A pint of blood could save a life,” he said, urging the public to donate blood.

  • Nepal Police Officer Limbu awarded BSF Trophy in India

    Nepal Police Officer Limbu awarded BSF Trophy in India

    KATHMANDU: Nepal Police officer Kailash Limbu, who trained in Hyderabad, India, has excelled in ‘outdoor’ training.

    According to the Indian Embassy in Nepal, Limbu has been awarded the BSF trophy.

    Limbu was given the award for excellence in ‘outdoor passing out’.

    He is an IPS trainee on behalf of Nepal at the Sardar Ballabhai Patel Training Center in Hyderabad, India.

    He was awarded at the ’77 RR Passing Out’ held at the same training center.

    Five police officers from Nepal are undergoing training at the training center.

  • Six more packages being X-rayed for possible gold

    Six more packages being X-rayed for possible gold

    The Department of Revenue Investigation has been examining six packages suspected to have contained smuggled gold after the seizure of one-and-a-half quintals of metals including gold last week.

    On Sunday, the investigation team formed by the department opened a few metal packs to examine if they contained smuggled gold. “Based on examination of two to three packs with open eyes, we failed to confirm the presence of gold in them,” said Nawaraj Adhikari, information officer at the DRI. “We plan to put them under an X-ray machine on Monday.”

    Adhikari said two large machines could not be opened on Sunday and they would be opened with the help of mechanics on Monday.

  • PM Oli claims ‘extraordinary performance’, blames Speaker Sapkota for MCC delay

    PM Oli claims ‘extraordinary performance’, blames Speaker Sapkota for MCC delay

    Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s address to the nation on the occasion of the New Year 2078 BS was full of political agenda.

    His speech, broadcast live on the state-owned Nepal Television on Wednesday morning, mainly had two major points. He said the government’s performance in the past year was extraordinary despite several challenges and then blamed House of Representatives Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota for the delay in endorsing the controversial Millennium Challenge Corporation grant agreement signed with the US government in 2017.

    The prime minister said the government made roads at the rate of five km per day that year whereas 12 houses were made every day in the country.

    Oli claimed works done by his government made people hopeful about the future but complained other forces tried to reverse that forcefully.

    Then, he presented the MCC grant as a major tool of national development and expressed dissatisfaction that it has not been tabled in the House yet for its endorsement. He, nonetheless, did not mention the name of Speaker Sapkota.

    “We have tabled that in parliament and are demanding the House put it to vote for a decision,” he said, “Noone has a right to not present it for a decision once the government forwards it.”

     

  • 2 killed, 7 injured in Kaski road accident

    2 killed, 7 injured in Kaski road accident

    Kaski: Two people have died and seven others have sustained injuries when a jeep they were travelling on crashed at Yamdi on the Pokhara-Baglung Highway on Saturday evening.

    Nine people were travelling on the vehicle (Ba 2 Cha 7410) heading towards Pokhara Bazar from Hemja. It veered off the road and fell some 25 metres from the road.

    Prakash Pun, 50, and Chitra Pun, 52, of Pokhara metropolitan city-10, who were critically injured in the accident, died in course of treatment on Saturday night, the Kaski District Police Office said.

    Prakash died at the Western Regional Hospital while Chitra breathed his last at the Manipal Hospital in Pokhara.

    The injured are receiving treatment at Sahara Hospital.

  • No change in Nepal’s position for Gorkha recruitment in Indian Army: Minister Gyawali

    No change in Nepal’s position for Gorkha recruitment in Indian Army: Minister Gyawali

    KATHMANDU: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali has said that there has not been any change in the position of Gorkha recruitment in the Indian Army.

    The remarks came following reports that Nepal is rethinking a change in Gorkha recruitment policy, Indian media reports said.

    In response to a question in Delhi, Gyawali said, “So far as the Gorkha recruitment in the Indian army is concerned, it is a reality and one of the important components of our relationship.” adding, “yes there are academic discussions in societies, in vibrant democracies, there may be different opinions in that regard, but so far govt of Nepal has not changed its position on this issue or made any new decision in that regard” -Khabarhub

  • Civil society leaders ask Minister Gyawali not to sign any agreements during his India visit

    Civil society leaders ask Minister Gyawali not to sign any agreements during his India visit

    KATHMANDU: Fifteen members of the civil society have urged Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali to not sign any agreements having long-term significance during his India visit.

    They have argued that a Foreign Minister of a caretaker government cannot sign any agreements.

    The civil society leaders issuing a statement include former Chief Secretary Leela Mani Paudyal, former chief of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Surya Nath Upadhyaya, Dipendra Bahadur Chhetri, Rishi Adhikari, Krishna Gyawali, Khagendra Prasai, Indira Dali, Ninu Chapagai, Yuvaraj Pandey, Manavi Paudel, Surya Raj Acharya, Shurbir Paudyal, Hrinaya Lal Shrestha and Sharada Prasad Trital.

    Foreign Minister Gyawali is going to India on Thursday on a three-day visit.

    According to them, since the government led by KP Oli has become a caretaker government after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, its Foreign Minister should not sign such agreements or treaties. -From_Khabarhub

  • Dharmendra Bastola of Biplav faction arrested

    Dharmendra Bastola of Biplav faction arrested

    KATHMANDU: Dharmendra Bastola, the western command chief of the outlawed Biplav rebel group, has been arrested.

    A police source said that he was arrested from the border area of ​​Lalitpur and Makwanpur.

    Bastola is also a member of the faction’s secretariat and head of the Foreign Department.

    Likewise, Bibek Kumal considered close to the faction’s spokesperson Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma “Prakanda” has also been arrested along with Bastola.

  • PM Oli to address National Assembly today

    PM Oli to address National Assembly today

    KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Oli is scheduled to address Sunday’s meeting of the National Assembly.

    The meeting of the upper house has been slated to be held at 1 pm today.

    According to Press Adviser to Prime Minister Oli, Surya Thapa, the Prime Minister, in his address, will speak on current issues of the country.

    Earlier on December 21, the Prime Minister had addressed the nation and had defended his move to dissolve the House of Representatives.

  • Former People’s Liberation Army’s state level meeting:… Sacrifice wasted, now let’s carry the country’s flag, not the party’s!

    Former People’s Liberation Army’s state level meeting:… Sacrifice wasted, now let’s carry the country’s flag, not the party’s!

    The Independent Former People’s Liberation Army is going to gather state level representatives. A meeting held in Dhangadhi on Saturday has decided to convene a state level representative within the month of March.

    From the meeting, a 25-member committee formed under the coordination of KB Ayadi will prepare the meeting along with publicity. Sanjay Kattel, who is also the commander of the former People’s Liberation Army, urged the people to move forward for the flag of Nepal and the social sector without carrying the flag of the leader and the party. He also claimed that the organization was not for any party but for the social sector.

    Giving information about the program, he said, “We cannot fit into any political party because now there is no such party in Nepal where we can fit where our objectives and goals meet.” We sacrificed not for the leaders but for the mother of Nepal, the country and the nation, but it also burst like a water bubble. Probably because he dared to change the face of the nation and the people by carrying the flag of an organization even then! Yes, therefore, our sacrifice and suffering says that now when it comes to building a prosperous future for the people, we urge the ex-People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officials and the general public to carry the burden of the country and not of any party organization.”

    He said. “My life confirms that no leader can guarantee their (people’s) future,” Kattel said. “I am also a victim of the people’s war.” Now I am wearing an artificial leg. There are many friends like me. They didn’t even look at us! Let’s face it, we are convinced that we have made sacrifices for the nation and the country, but the leaders have assured the people of the country that they will easily create an environment where they can work eight hours a day, have eight hours of entertainment and eight hours of sleep.

    Now millions of Nepali youth have to go abroad without finding work. Many people has lost his life on the streets due to starvation. constitutional provision of many of our comrades who have been martyred.” The monarchy was lying in front of us. The leaders are rejoicing in the blood and sweat of the heroic martyrs. He said.