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Ambassador Aryal presents letters of credence to Jordan King

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 |

Kathmandu – Nepal’s Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jhabindra Prasad Aryal has presented his Letters of Credence to His Majesty Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at Basman Palace amidst a grand ceremony on September 2. The Ambassador was received in audience by His Majesty the King following the submission of Credentials. During the audience, the Ambassador conveyed the best wishes from the President Bidya Devi Bhandari, to His Majesty the King for his good health and happiness as well as for peace, prosperity and happiness of the people of Jordan. The King also congratulated the Ambassador and assured full support and cooperation from the Government of Jordan in discharging his responsibilities in his capacity as Ambassador of Nepal to Jordan. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and senior officials of the royal court, among others, were also present during the...

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Bharatpur Eye Hospital gets new leadership

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 |

Chitwan –  A five-member new executive committee has been nominated for the Bharatpur Eye Hospital in Chitwan. Krishna Raj Dharel is the chair on the new Board of Directors which comprises Chij Kumar Maske, Jayram Shrestha, Tejendra Bahadur Khadka and Keshab Adhikari as members, the hospital said. The hospital is operated by Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh and the new leadership was picked by the Sangh’s central...

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Football Academy to open in Nepalgunj

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 |

Nepalgunj – A football academy is to be set up at Bishalnagar, Dhamboji in Nepalgunj sub-metropolitan city. The local Gokuleshwar Mahadev Temple Management Committee has provided 23 kaththas plot to the Banke District Football Association for this purpose. All Nepal Football Association has provided Rs 500 thousand to the Banke district football association for the construction of the academy, said the association district president Bhojraj Shahi. The goal is to train around 600 children between eight to ten years of age. Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City, Ward No 1 chairperson Pramod Rijal has committed all types of support on behalf the ward office for construction of the football...

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Role of Provincial Government

Posted by | Sep 3, 2018 |

Purna Bahadur Thapa Prosperity and development become a hotcake in these days. The dream of prosperity has further ignited among citizen with the government slogan of “Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali”.  Let’s assess the local government functions and hurdles to glimpse the big picture towards ‘prosperous Nepal and happy Nepali’. As the constitutional provision, by the end of Asadah, local governments have unveiled policies, programs and budgets for the fiscal year 2075/76.  Arguably, this is a first fiscal year of local levels which  had follow the seven steps planning process prescribed by the federal government which are regarded as democratic, participatory, equity and evidence based. Despite prescribed planning steps, complain was reported that some local governments who have a majority in their assembly did not follow these steps, instead ward level planning meeting was called with a short notice and selected like-minded people were invited. Focus on Infrastructure Development Government of Nepal has opted for formula-driven fiscal transfers: population, poverty and geography. Based on the formula one of the local governments of province number 1 had provided a ceiling ranges from 70 to 90 lakhs for each wards. Interestingly, intense focuses of ward level programs are for construction of road, bridge, sewage management and infrastructure development. One of the chairpersons expresses that “local citizens have perceive the meaning of development is an infrastructure development thus prioritized are made accordingly”. Same...

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Couple swept away by river

Posted by | Sep 1, 2018 |

Jajarkot- A couple was swept away by a river at Banfikot rural municipality in Western Rukum. Police confirmed the deaths of Amrit Gharti, 50, and his spouse Tulasa Gharti, 48, of Dulidulikha of Banfikot rural municipality-8 after being washed away by the local Badgai stream Friday. According to the Area Police Office, Banfikot, the couple fell into the river as they slipped all of a sudden from a wooden bridge over the river in course of crossing it. The dead body of Amrit was recovered from about 200 meters down from the incident site on Friday evening while the body of Tulasa was retrieved from some 150 meters down from the incident site this morning. Police personnel and locals worked together to search for the missing couple, according to ward member Bheem Bahadur...

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