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Mayor’s Research Fellowship Programme does not receive a single application

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 |

Although the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has forwarded ‘Mayor’s Research Fellowship Programme-2020’ for long-term solution of city-related problems, not a single application has been submitted yet. KMC City Planning Commission had published a notice in the month of January but it has not received a single application so far. The deadline to submit the application has been set for third week of March. Commission Vice-Chair Saroj Basnet said, “This is youth-target programme. There is a trend of doing work in last hour, so application will be submitted till last hour of the deadline.” A candidate should be at least a master degree holder and should have two years of work or research experience. He/she has to submit a proposal regarding measures to resolve problems of city area from new process along with the...

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Man convicted of rape sent to jail

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 |

A man convicted of raping a woman with physical disabilities has been sentenced to nine years in prison by the District Court Udaypur. The court also ordered him to provide compensation of Rs 50,000 to the victim, court registrar Raj Kumar Acharya said. The predator is Bheem Bahadur Tamang, 43, of Triyuga municipality-16, Udyapur. A bench of court judge Manoj KC on Thursday issued the verdict on a case dating back to the May 26, 2019. Police had arrested the perpetrator following the complaint by the relatives of...

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‘Will return to work soon’: PM Oli

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 | ,

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s health is gradually improving today, the third day of transplant of kidney. Prime Minister Oli’s chief advisor Bishnu Rimal met with PM Oli and held short talks this afternoon. Advisor Rimal in his twitter post said that the PM Oli told him he would return to work soon. Prime Minister Oli underwent kidney transplant at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, on Wednesday for the second...

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Officials from Nepal, India agree on seven issues of common interests

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 | , ,

A meeting of the district-level coordination committee of Nepal-India held Wednesday in Baitadi district ended with a seven-point agreement on issues of the bilateral interests. Chief District Officer (CDO) of Baitadi Ananda Poudel said that issues of law and order, disaster management, construction of a motorable bridge in Jhulaghat and others were agreed at the meeting, which was attended by the officials of bordering districts from Nepal and India. Similarly, the officials have agreed to exchange information during and prior to disasters as well as set up a health desk as a precaution measure against Covid-19. CDO Poudel shared that the meeting of the committee now would be held in every three months. During the meeting, CDO of Baitadi Poudel, CDO of Darchula Yadunath Poudel and others were present from Nepal while District Magistrate of India’s Pithauragadh Dr Bijay Kumar Jogdande and others were present from Indian...

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Indushankar Sugar Mill makes payment worth Rs 500 million to farmers

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 |

The Indushankar Sugar Mill, a leading sugar producing industry, at Harion, Sarlahi has started releasing pending dues to sugarcane farmers. In the first phase starting from December 27, 2019 to January 24, 2020, Rs 500 million was paid to the farmers, said company’s manager Yog Narayan Rajak. Established in 1984 in Sarlahi, the factor resumed its operation from December 27, 2019. Similarly, Annapurna Sugar Mill at Dhankaul, which is shut now, is yet to provide pending payments to the sugarcane farmers. The government has already released grants to the District Treasury Office for the affected sugarcane farmers. The grants would be released after the verification of the lands used by the farmers for producing sugarcanes, said Chief of the Treasury Office Jagat...

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