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CC meeting for collectivism, Prachanda says

Posted by | Feb 7, 2020 | ,

Chairman of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the recently concluded central committee meeting of the party was a new fusion of collectivism and integration. At a programme organised in the capital city on Friday, the former PM and NCP Chairman said that the party had moved ahead in a campaign by being united at the CC meeting. Prachanda also expressed his dissatisfaction over the massive despair and added that corruption should decrease from the local to federal levels so that people could realise this. On the occasion, he raised concern over the tax system stating whether it was not in favor of people. He was of the view that the communist party’s government should adopt the policy of liberal tax system to the national capitalists and poor but it was not...

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No military issues in MCC: leader Dr Mahat

Posted by | Feb 7, 2020 | ,

Nepali Congress leader and former finance minister Dr Ramsharan Mahat has said MCC is purely a financial project, and has no military issues in it. Speaking at an interaction organized by Nepal Press Union Sunsari chapter here Friday, Dr Mahat reminded, ”MCC was formed in 2004 and was passed by the American Congress to assist least developed countries for building good governance, transparency, open economy, civil rights, press freedom.” Also the central committee member of Nepali Congress, he added that Nepal was selected for this programme in 2014. Leader Mahat further made it clear that MCC is not a part of Indo Pacific Strategy of USA. ”MCC is a global programme while the Indo Pacific is just a programme within Indo Pacific region,” he reminded. On a different note, he asserted that filing corruption case against former deputy prime minister and Nepali Congress Vice-President Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar over the Baluwatar land scam was just a political bias. ”Gachchhadar has made it clear that he put the proposal in the Cabinet following prime minister’s nod”, he said, adding that Nepali Congress therefore found political biasness in filing case against...

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Condolence meet to commemorate Adhikari’s contributions

Posted by | Feb 7, 2020 |

The Village Service Trust has said the passing away of its founder Chairperson Bhim Bahadur Adhikari has caused an irreparable loss to the entire country. Founder chair and social activist Adhikari died of diabetes in Kathmandu on Thursday. He was 90. He was an inhabitant of Bhanu municipality-12, Mirlung in Tanahun district. At a condolence meet organized by the Trust at Damauli on Thursday, the late Adhikari’s personality and contributions were discussed. Trust’s vice-chair Tara Prasad Shrestha presided over the condolence meet. The late Adhikari had established the organization in 2033 BS. After taking retirement from deputy secretary of the Ministry of Finance, he served the Arrears Settlement Monitoring and Evaluation Committee as a member-secretary. It is shared that Bhim Bahadur Adhikari had contributed to design the scheme of social security allowance brought out by the then Prime Minster Manmohan Adhikari. The Trust has been providing scholarship to the most talented and outstanding students of the district every year. Likewise, the Trust has also been presenting awards to entrepreneurs working for promoting...

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Three held with 11-kg hashish

Posted by | Feb 7, 2020 | ,

Nepal Police have busted three people with three kilograms of contraband hashish from Bhimdutta municipality-3, Bhashi of Kanchanpur. A joint team from Nepal Police Drug Control Bureau Section Office Bhimduttanagar and District Police Office on Thursday arrested maker Dhami, 38, and Gopal Dhami, 35, of Kedarasyu rural municipality-6, Bajhang and Jaya Bahadur Dhami, 23, of Bungal municipality-2, Bajhang. Spokesperson of District Police Office Kanchanpur DSP Rabindra Poudel shared investigation is being carried out by taking the convicts under control. Meanwhile, Tulasi Devi Chand, 80, of Bhimdutta municipality-19, Bagphant of Kanchanpur died when a motorbike knocked her on Thursday evening, the District Police Office Kanchanpur confirmed. The motorbike (Ma 2 Pa 7358) hit senior citizen Chand at Dharmabhakta Tole in Bagphanta. Motorbike rider Ramdin Rana was arrested after the incident, said district police spokesperson...

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Leopard kills minor

Posted by | Feb 7, 2020 | ,

A leopard has killed a baby girl in Pokhara. The wild beast attacked and killed nine-year-old Puja BK of Pokhara metropolis-32, Kothegaun on Thursday night, shared Police Inspector at District Police Office Kaski Narahari Adhikari. Her parents Deepak and Apsara BK had immediately searched for Puja after she did not return home till the evening. Police personnel and locals had intensified the search for the missing girl. Later her dead body was found at a forest nearby the village, police inspector Adhikari informed. However, the man-eater leopard has not been spotted yet despite efforts. Earlier too, the incidents of children deaths in leopard attacks were reported in Tanahun...

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