Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu- A delegation headed by Coordinator of 26th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-26) organizing committee and British lawmaker, Alok Sharma, called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.  The COP-26 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place from 1-12 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK. At a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Baluwatar, on Wednesday, the delegation enquired the PM on climate change impacts in the Himalayan region of Nepal, shared PM’s press adviser Surya Thapa. Thapa further shared the delegation also told PM Oli that the COP-26 was interested to study emerging impacts of climate change in the Himalayan region of Nepal. The delegation further said they were positively taking Nepal’s planning to convene Sagarmatha Dialogue Programme so as to address the issues of climate change. On the occasion, delegation leader Sharma expressed readiness to collaborate with the government to that end, Thapa informed. Sharma also lauded Nepal’s planning to reduce carbon emission from 2030 to 2050. According to press advisor Thapa, PM Oli extended thanks to the host committee of COP-26 for including Nepal in the list of countries to be visited prior to the convening of the conference. On the occasion, Prime Minster Oli informed the delegation about Nepal’s efforts and commitment towards reducing carbon emission. “Prime Minster noted the delegation that Nepal wants proper attention...

Kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli went to the Supreme Court today and submitted a written reply in response to a contempt of court case. The apex court had on January 28 ordered Prime Minister Oli to be physically present and submit within seven days a written reply to the court, stating all the details. According to Surya Thapa, the Prime Minister’s press advisor, the PM Oli has presented the written reply becoming present in the court in person for the respect, reverence and dignity of the Supreme Court. Thapa said the Prime Minister could have only submitted the written reply but he personally came to the court to present the reply out of respect to the court. A single bench of Justice Dr Manoj Sharma had issued order in the name of the Prime Minister to himself submit a written reply within seven days from the date of receipt of the order, stating all the details. Senior advocate Dr. Kumar Sharma Acharya and advocate Kanchan Krishna Neupane had filed a case under contempt of court against the Prime Minister, stating that he created obstruction in the dispensation of justice by giving a statement on a topic of the dissolution of the House of Representatives which was sub-judice in the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench. Four former Chief Justices – Meen Bahadur Rayamajhi, Anup Raj Sharma, Kalyan Shrestha and Sushila...

Kathmandu- The weather will be cloudy with light rainfall occurring at some places of the hilly region including in the Kathmandu Valley due to the influence of the Westerly today. The change in weather beyond the afternoon today is because of the start of pre-monsoon period, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said. Senior meteorologist Meen Kumar Aryal said it will be partly cloudy in the hilly region for two or three days starting from Friday but there is no possibility of heavy rainfall.According to him, the rapid change in weather takes place with the increasing influence of local wind following rise in temperature. P re-monsoon activity generally starts from March and it goes till May. The pre-monsoon is characterized by sunny days and brief rainfall with thunder towards the afternoon or evening. The weather will be partly to generally cloudy in the hilly region of the country including Province no 1 and Bagmati province towards the afternoon today with chances of light rainfall at some places of the hilly region and of light snowfall at a few places of the high-hilly and mountainous region. The weather update issued by the Meteorological Forecasting Division states that Kathmandu Valley recorded minimum temperature of 5.0 degrees Celsius and maximum of 23.3 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours. Similarly, the lowest minimum temperature was recorded in Jumla at minus 3.0 degrees...