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  • Fresh mandate essential for peace and stability: President Bhandari

    Fresh mandate essential for peace and stability: President Bhandari

    KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that a fresh mandate is essential for peace, stability, and development.

    Receiving the annual report of the Election Commission, President Bhandari also said that the elections should be held on time.

    “President Bhandari said that a fresh mandate is essential for peace, stability, and development, it is imperative for holding polls on announced dates. Stating that the preparations being made by the Commission are positive, President expressed confidence that the Commission would be able to work seriously and resolutely for free, fair, credible, economical and fearless elections,” reads the statement by the Election Commission.

    On the occasion, Bhandari suggested that since the task of institutionalizing and strengthening democracy lies with the Election Commission, it should work towards ensuring maximum voter turnout and voting rights of all voters and making polling stations and centers voter-friendly.

    The commission on Monday submitted its annual report 076/77 BS to President Bhandari as per Article 294 of the constitution.

  • ECN presents its annual report to President

    ECN presents its annual report to President

    Kathmandu:  The Election Commission, Nepal (ECN) today submitted its annual report for the fiscal year, 2019/20 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya presented the report amid a function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Sheetal Niwas. The occasion was attended by also election commissioners Narendra Dahal and Ishwori Prasad Paudyal and the ECN Secretary Dev Kumari Guragain.

  • 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

  • Guidelines prepared to mobilize volunteers in disaster management

    Guidelines prepared to mobilize volunteers in disaster management

    KATHMANDU: The government is to mobilize volunteers for mitigating the damage caused by disasters.

    The final preparations are made for forming the National Volunteers Bureau in line with the provisions made in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, 2074, the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management National Strategy, 2075, and the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Regulations, 2076.

    A guideline is also being prepared in this connection. Volunteer mobilization for disaster damage prevention would be the first such exercise in the country with the implementation of this guideline.

    The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority has prepared the draft of the ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Volunteer Bureau Formation and Mobilization Guidelines, 2077’ and preparing to implement it at the earliest.

    The executive body of the Authority will likely approve the guidelines in its next meeting, the Authority’s chief executive officer Anil Pokharel said. The preliminary draft of the guidelines was tabled in the Executive Committee’s meeting before this. The Home Minister chairs the executive committee.

    Pokharel said the main goal of the guidelines is capacity enhancement in disaster risk reduction by mobilizing the volunteers.

    Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has expressed the belief that the guidelines will help make the disaster preparedness, risk reduction, and rescue and rehabilitation programs effective.

    “The proposed draft of the guidelines is in discussion process. The plan is to get it approved and implemented at the earliest,” CEO Pokharel said.

    It is stated in the proposed guidelines that there would be separate institutional structure at the federal, province and local levels.

    The Bureau will carry out its works in coordination with the local level and the administration offices concerned. Its structure will reach to the ward level itself.

    The proposal states that the ward volunteer committee and the community volunteer groups would be formed.

  • 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.

  • Nepal Telecom operating IP TV from Friday

    Nepal Telecom operating IP TV from Friday

    Nepal Telecom is bringing the IP TV into operation from Friday.

    Nepal Telecom had been preparing for this since two years and it will bring the IP TV service into operation through the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) in the NT TV brand from the New Year’s Day 2021.

    Nepal Telecom has been presently providing voice service and data service through FTTH and it is adding the IP TV service as well.

    Access to FTTH network would be required for viewing the NT TV service. For now this service would be available in Sundhara, Babarmahal, Thimi, Balambu, Bhaktapur, Chabahil, Chhauni and Gongabu within the Kathmandu Valley.

    Nepal Telecom’s FTTH network has reached Patan, Hattigauda, Jorpati, Kirtipur, Sainbu, Lubhu, Naxal and even up to Banepa outside the Valley and it would be available at places where the FTTH can be technically distributed.

    Nepal Telecom’s spokesperson Rajesh Joshi said the subscribers who are taking the voice and data service or both through the FTTH service should contact the nearest Nepal Telecom office for availing of NT TV service.

  • 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.