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FCAN gets new leadership

Posted by | Sep 24, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Rabi Singh has been elected the chair of Federation of Contractors’ Associations of Nepal. In the election, he secured 466 votes against 353 by his nearest rival Yakshyadhwaj Karki, confirmed chief election officer Baburam Dahal. Other candidates for the post– Ram Sharan Deuja and Purushottam Manandhar –got 66 and seven votes respectively. Similarly, Nicholas Pandey, the candidate for the senior vice chair, has obtained 465 votes to win the election. He beat his closest competitor Laxman Kumar Rana by 37 votes. Likewise, Dhirendra Kumar Dahal (vice chair- province 1), Surendra Prasad Singh (vice chair-province 2), Pemba Lama Sherpa (vice chair-province 3), Rajendra Pahari (vice chair-Gandaki province), Top Bahadur Raymajhi ( vice chair- province 5), Ratna Bahadur Khadka (vice chair- Karnali province) and Tek Bahadur Shetty vice chair-province 7) have been elected unopposed. Angdorjee Lama has been elected the associate vice-chair, Roshan Dahal general secretary, Tanka Prasad Chaulagai deputy general secretary, Narhari Thapaliya deputy general secretary (internal), Hiran Kumar Shrestha treasurer and Saraswoti Karki has won the election as the candidate for the joint –treasurer. The new members elected on the new executive committee are Pramod Lamichhane, Surendra Raj KC, Ashok Kumar KC, engineer Bhim Bahadur Pal, Dr Surya Bahadur Khadka, Sumant Koirala, Yagya Prasad Khatiwada, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Shambhu Thakur, Hom Kumar Sharma Acharya, Pancha Ram Tamang ( Padhma), Uttam Bhatta, Khim Prakash Malla, Balaju Shrestha, Megh...

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PAF activities slow off the mark, says NPC report

Posted by | Sep 23, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The social mobilization programme launched by the Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF) has been found questionable, and its strategy unclear. The monitoring report prepared by the National Planning Commission on the structural management and operation and the effectiveness of the PAF activities painted bleak picture. The PAF set up to help reduce poverty by mainstreaming the poor and excluded communities in the mainstream development is led by the Prime Minister. It has been conducting programmes on livelihood and small infrastructures by forming 32,000 community organizations with the expansion of its programmes in 66 districts across the country. The NPC report on PAF has mentioned that monitoring and evaluation was ineffective and the programmes failed to reach the target groups. Although nearly one million households were benefitted with various programmes as employment generation and capacity building, lack of professional capacity among PAF employees, disparity in experience, increase in corruption cases, lack of mutual trust among the units it promoted, and incompetent secretariats were severe problems suffering the PAF. The NPC has suggested the PAF to reduce the number of community organizations to a manageable level. The PAF is in need of reform, report pointed out.  ...

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PM arrives in Abu Dhabi

Posted by | Sep 23, 2018 |

Abu Dhabi – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli arrived in Abu Dhabi of United Arab Emirates (UAE) last night on his way to New York to attend the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). PM’s spouse Radhika Shakya has accompanied PM Oli. Chargé d’affaires at Embassy of Nepal in UAE Sagar Prasad Phuyal welcomed PM Oli at the airport in Abu Dhabi. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali, Bishnu Rimal, chief political advisor to the Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and other senior officials of the Government of Nepal are in the PM-led delegation to the 73rd UNGA. Prime Minister will address the United Nations General Assembly on 27th September and will hold bilateral meeting with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the same...

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Bridge construction gets one-side pillars in two years

Posted by | Sep 23, 2018 |

Darchula – The construction of a suspension bridge at Lalima of Lekam rural municipality-3 in Darchula has been left neglected for the past three months. The under-construction project to connect Nepal and India has stalled since last mid June. The construction work was halted citing a growing water revel in the river. The Manomalika Construction Company was awarded the contract for project construction two years ago at a cost of Rs 13.2 million, but no significant progress has been noticed so far despite the extension of the term twice. As promised in the latest agreement, the project needs to be completed by mid-December. A call for the tender was made following the announcement of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to free the country of ropeways, known as tuin, in the two years when he assumed the prime ministerial post first time. Now, Oli is in the post second time, but the problem is as it is. The locals here have no alternative but to cross the river with the help of tubes risking their lives. Under the project, only pillars have been erected at one side. Contractor Deepak Saud said the construction works could not take place in the initial year due to a lack of timely permission by the local government of India. The construction work was hampered also by a delay in importing construction materials from India...

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Sharma to lead Press Union Papla, Bhandari in Bardiya

Posted by | Sep 23, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The eighth district convention of Nepal Press Union, Palpa elected Bharat Sharma as the chairman. Sharma was also the chair of the Nepal Press Union, Palpa chapter prior to this. Pushkarram Regmi was picked as the vice-chairman under the open category while Mana Gaire was named as the vice-chair in women’s category from the district convention on Saturday. Likewise, Ram Chandra Rayamajhi, Bishnu Prasad Khanal and Sarswati Dangal were elected as the secretary, treasurer, and joint-secretary, respectively. Suman Karki, Bhabishwar Poudel, Bishnu Prasad Pandey, Sangita Thapa, Sarita Regmi, Dan Bahadur Hiski, Jiban Tiwari and Imansingh Rana are named as the members in the district committee. On the occasion, nine different journalists in the district were honoured for their contribution to journalism in the district. Meanwhile, Binayaraj Bhandari was elected to the post of chair in Nepal Press Union Bardiaya chapter through voting from the sixth district convention. Bhandari defeated his contender Dipaklal Shrestha by one vote. Bhandari got 30 votes while Shrestha secured 29 votes out of 60 votes. Similarly, Bishnu Prasad Adhikari was elected the vice-chairperson in open category while Goma Bista in women’s...

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