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State-level public health lab office set up

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 |

State-5 Ministry of Social Development has set up a ‘State Public Health Lab’ at Ramnagar in Butwal. Opening the operation of laboratory on Thursday, Minister for Social Development Sudarshan Baral informed that the ministry has put health service on top priority. Ministry’s secretary Dr Gopi Krishna Khanal highlighted the need to develop strong collaboration among three tiers of governments to deliver health service in an integrated manner. Tilottama municipality mayor Basudev Ghimire expressed his municiplaity’s readiness to provide land for state-level laboratory. Acting chief of the laboratory office Dr Rajendra Giri said the office having vacancy for 12 permanent staffs has started collecting...

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Ex-President Dr Yadav stresses on applied education

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020 | ,

Former President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has stressed the need to keep technical education on priority. Addressing the golden jubilee function of Tribhuvan Secondary School at Bhanu municipality-13 in Tanahun on Thursday, Dr Yadav noted that the technical and employment-oriented education should be mandatorily implemented in schools. “Applied education with life skills is imperative”, he underscored. Former joint general secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC) Govinda Raj Joshi urged all to put their efforts to develop own place. Also speaking at the golden jubilee function presided over by school management committee chair Nawaraj Shrestha, various speakers including Bhanu municipality mayor Udaya Raj Gauli, NC Tanahun ex-President Raghunath Poudel and former lawmaker Urmila Thapa also stressed the need to engage all sectors for the educational enhancement of the...

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Bangladeshi national arrested for killing friend

Posted by | Jan 30, 2020 |

Police have arrested a Bangladeshi national, Dula Miya, on the charge of murdering his friend. Miya had been absconding after killing Mohamuddin Ahmad, proprietor of Sunray Travel ad Tours Pvt Ltd in Dhaka. Miya and Ahmad had arrived Kathmandu together on January 20. Chief at the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu, Senior Superintendent of Police Uttamraj Subedi, said Miya, who had been absconding after murdering Ahmad at room no 114 of Soltimod-based Hotel Grand Villa attacking with a liquor bottle, was arrested from Lahan on Wednesday night. The incident had occurred on January 20. Police said that absconding Miya was arrested while he was returning to Nepal again via Raxaul and Kakadvitta. Accused Miya is manager at Ocean Travel and Tors Pvt. Ltd, run by brother of Ahmad. Although the incident had taken place on January 20, police was informed about the incident on January 21. However, the relatives of the deceased have taken the body four days ago after completing the necessary...

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Dhungana appointed NSU president

Posted by | Jan 30, 2020 | ,

Rajiv Dhungana of Sunsari has been appointed the central president of Nepal Students Union (NSU), the sister organisation of the Nepali Congress. Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba nominated him to the post and also constituted the NSU central ad-hoc working committee today. Deuba nominated Dhungana as per the decision of the party’s central working committee meeting on February 13, 2019. Dhungana had started student politics as the NSU district president in 1991. He has served as NSU central member, treasurer and vice-president before this. Similarly, Deuba has nominated Manoj Baidya of Kathmandu and Maheshwori Kunwar of Palpa as the general-secretary of the ad-hoc committee, chief secretary at the party office Krishna Prasad Poudel said. The Ad-hoc Committee has been assigned the responsibility of conducting the 12th central convention of NSU within six months from today. It is stated that the office-bearers and members on the Ad-hoc Committee cannot stand in the election to be held in the NSU’s forthcoming 12th general convention. Students who have not crossed 32 years of age on February 12, 2019, the date when the erstwhile NSU central working committee was dissolved, can however participate in the 12th general convention. The party office has stated that the remaining office-bearers and members of the NSU Ad-hoc Committee would be nominated at the...

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Foreign Minister of Luxembourg meets PM Oli

Posted by | Jan 30, 2020 | ,

Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn has paid a courtesy call on Prime minister KP Sharma Oli at latter’s official residence at Baluwatar this afternoon. During the meeting discussions were held on enhancing economic cooperation, including trade, investments, tourism and transfer of technology and continuing EU support to Nepal, said joint secretary Nirmal Raj Kafle. On the occasion, PM Oli urged the Luxembourg Foreign Minister to encourage invest in Nepal as environment conducive was made after promulgation of new constitution. He stressed on co-work on uplifting Nepal from least developed country to developing country and achieving sustainable development goal. Foreign Minister Asselborn shared that they were ready to co-work with Nepal in common issues. Minister Asselborn who had arrived yesterday morning in Kathmandu for a two-day official visit of Nepal has met with foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali yesterday itself. During the meeting, the both had reviewed a wide range of matters of mutual interests. Foreign minister Jean is scheduled to return home today...

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