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Sitaram Dahal unopposed appointed as a Chairman of The Nepal Accountancy Law Practitioners Association

Posted by | Apr 11, 2021 | ,

Butwal- Sitaram Dahal has been re-elected unopposed as the Central Chairman of the Nepal Accountancy Law Practitioners Association. From the eighth national general convention of the association, the responsibility of the second term has become universal on the shoulders of Dahal. Similarly, Krishna Prasad Dahal (Nawaraj) has also been unanimously elected as the General Secretary. Leadership is being selected through voting for other posts of the association, which is an umbrella organization of accountancy professionals across the country. Stating that the Dahal leadership has succeeded in providing services to the people by maintaining good relations with the government and the rights and interests of the accountancy profession and professionals, the members of the accountancy profession across the country have handed over the responsibility of the future leadership to Dahal. Even before this, Dahal’s leadership was widely praised.  ...

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Biska Jatra begins today

Posted by | Apr 10, 2021 | ,

Bhaktapur : The renowned Biska (Bisket) jatra of Bhaktapur is beginning from today. The festival of cultural and historical importance is celebrated for nine days and eight nights. The festival begins with the pulling of the chariot of Bhaila Kha: (Bhairavnath) from the Panchtalle (five-storey) temple in Taumadhi this evening. The three-storey chariot made of wood in the pagoda style will be pushed and pulled in the upper and lower tole or settlements with the statues of Bhairavnath and Betal. Bhaktapur municipality has discussed with stakeholders to outline a routine to observe the festival in an organized manner, also considering the risk of Corona Virus infection. It may be noted that the Bhaktapur district administration had decided to stop the festival from being observed with mass participation, citing increasing rate of infection in the valley. However, the Supreme Court issued an interim order staying the decision, thereby giving way for people to observe the festival. The organizers however have made arrangements to exercise caution to the extent possible....

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Five houses gutted in fire

Posted by | Apr 10, 2021 | ,

Jajrkot : Five houses were gutted in a fire that broke out in Mangsiri of Nalgad municipality. The fire reportedly spread from the forest fire in the local Naadhari forest. In the incident that took place last night, the houses of Ammar Bahadur Singh, Khadka Singh, Bedraj Singh, Chandra Bahadur Singh and Yagya Bahadur Singh were burnt to ashes, according to teacher Manod Sharma of Himalaya basic school. All assets inside the house were damaged while livestock were killed. In a similar incident on Friday, five houses and 15 cow-sheds were burnt to ashes in Dandakahun of Paiyun rural municipality-6 of Parbat district. The fire from the Dandakahun forest spread to the nearby settlement, engulfing the houses. The houses of locals Sher Prasad Gautam, Resham Lal Gautam, Nam Prasad Sapkota, Resham Lal Sapkota and Jaya Kala Sapkota were fully gutted in the fire, while the houses of Khadga Prasad Gautam, Ek Narayan Gautam, Cholakanta Sapkota, Chabi Lal Gautam and Umesh Gautam suffered partial damage, according to police inspector at Area Police Office, Hubash Bijaya Kumar Singh. The fire was put out late at night with the joint effort of armed police and army persons from the district headquarters Kusma Bazaar....

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National Census: collection of data including financial access

Posted by | Apr 8, 2021 | ,

Siddharaj Bhatta, Sudurpaschim-  The national census being held next year, 2078, is to collect data on people’s financial access, bank account, number of houses built on government grant and their structure. It is the first time such data are being collected in the census. Detailed information would be collected on number of Nepali people absent in the country, ancestral language, and people living with disabilities. Information to this was shared by Director at Central Bureau of Statistics, Badri Kumar Karki. ‘National census this time is being conducted in a comprehensive and different way,’ he said, adding that Bureau had already set up 37 census offices at local levels of Sudurpaschim Province. There are two census offices in Kailali district. Currently, a seminar is being held at Dhangadhi for the necessary preparation of the national census. Training to supervisor, area census officer, and enumerators is provided as part of seminar. For the census, the households would be listed from May 9 to 28. The ward level information would be gathered under community questionnaire- agricultural products, its exports, major source of revenue, ethnic communities facing extinct, marginalized community, and physical, health and social facilities at ward, status of disaster risk, loss caused by wild animals etc....

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No discrimination on budget allocation: CM Poudel

Posted by | Apr 8, 2021 | ,

Makawanpur- Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Dormani Poudel, has said the government did not discriminate political parties in terms of allocation and use of budget in various districts of the province. The budget was utilized based on the policies and programmes of the current fiscal year, he made it clear. CM Poudel said it while furnishing response to a query by lawmaker Shalikram Jammakattel in the meeting of the province assembly on Wednesday. He further said government was not influenced by any political interest but spending budget in line with economic standard. Poudel further said Rs 5 million was provided to the Madan Bhandari Foundation as per economic standard. ‘Necessary preparations were made for the operation of electric bus. The bus routes would be finalized after the suggestion from the technical experts’,  he informed the meeting, adding that tender notice was issued to purchase 30 electric buses for the first phase to be operated from Makwanpur to federal capital Kathmandu and in Hetauda city too. According to him, Nepal Electricity Authority had already issued tender notice to set up 50 charging stations in 10 cities including Kathmandu and along Tribhuvan Highway. The charging stations would be setup within some months. ‘Preparations were finalized to operate electric buses by coming July’, he vowed. Other priorities of province government, as the CM said, were upgrading of district hospital, creation of quota...

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