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Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange kicks off

Posted by | Sep 25, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) aims at strengthening coordination among multinational armies in the humanitarian assistance, rescue and assistance mobilization in the aftermath a major earthquake kicked off here today. The Nepal Pacific Resilience DREE is an annual civil-military disaster preparedness and response initiative between the Nepali Army and the US Army Pacific ( USARPAC) and this year’s exercise will focus on exercise and evaluation of civil military coordination mechanism; a mass casually simulation; search and rescue exercise; camp coordination and Tribhuvan International Airport disaster response plan during a mega scale earthquake in Nepal, using a scenario developed by the National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal. It is jointly organized by the NA and USARPAC. Representatives from military and disaster preparedness and response initiative of 14 countries including Nepal are taking part in the four-day event. Armies from Nepal, the US, Sri-Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Singapore, Canada, Philippines, Britain, Denmark, Belgium, Israel, India and China are attending it. According to the NA Disaster Management Directorate’s director Jeet Bahadur Gurung, earlier this type of exercise was held in 2011, 2013 and 2016 in Kathmandu. The mobilisation and coordination among multinational armies during the search, rescue and relief in the aftermath of ‘Gorkha’ quake that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015 was said to be highly effective. Inaugurating the event, Chief of Army Staff, Purna Chandra Thapa,...

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India to co-host meeting with US over drug menace

Posted by | Sep 25, 2018 |

New York [USA] – On the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, India will co-host a meeting on Monday with the United States and other selected countries over the issue of how to combat the drug menace. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and United States President Donald Trump will be a part of the meeting. Today will be a jam-packed day for Swaraj as she will be holding back-to-back bilateral meetings, starting from meeting with Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini. She will also be meeting Liechtenstein Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick, Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Spain Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, Colombia Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo later in the day. In the afternoon, Swaraj will be attending the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the General Assembly Hall, at the United Nations headquarter in New York. The Indian External Affairs Minister will resume her remaining bilateral meetings with other countries representatives like with Ecuador Foreign Minister Jose Valencia, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Mongolian Foreign Minister Tsogtbaatar Damdin. At last, Swaraj will be attending a reception by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa in honour of the Centenary of president Nelson Mandela. The General Debate will commence on September 25. World leaders from 193 UN member states will...

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Ticket booking opens in advance for Dashain holidays

Posted by | Sep 25, 2018 | ,

Kathmandu – Bus ticket booking has opened from today in advance for the convenience of passengers going home for the Dashain holidays. Although a joint meeting of the Department of Transport Management and the transport entrepreneurs had on September 16 decided to open the ticket booking from September 21, the transport entrepreneurs had refused to start the ticket booking in advance citing hike in the price of petroleum products. A meeting of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs on Monday decided to open the advance ticket bookings saying the government has agreed to increase the transport fare by 10 per cent. Federation general secretary Punya Prasad (Saroj) Sitaula said they have decided to open the ticket bookings in advance from Tuesday following the adjustment in the price of transport fare following the hike in the petroleum product prices.  ...

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PM Oli holds talks with Canadian counterpart, agreement signed

Posted by | Sep 25, 2018 |

New York – Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau have signed an agreement on establishing a bilateral consultation mechanism between Nepal and Canada. The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. The signing of the MoU has now paved the way for holding consultation on the various facets of bilateral relations between the two countries. The two Prime Ministers held discussions prior to signing the MoU. On the occasion, PM Oli expressed his happiness on the high level meeting since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Canada in 1965. He thanked the government and the people of Canada for the assistance provided so far to Nepal and the Nepali people as well as the support given after the April 25 earthquake. The Canadian Prime Minister expressed his pleasure to have bilateral meeting at the Prime Minister’s level and to deepen, through this meeting, the bilateral ties between the two countries. Both the Prime Ministers have arrived here in connection with participating in the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. Present on the occasion were Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister Bishnu Rimal, Nepal’s ambassador to Canada, Kali Prasad Pokharel, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, joint secretary Bharat Raj Poudel and Chief of Protocol Deepak...

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Foreign Affairs Minister Gyawali and his Indian counterpart hold talks

Posted by | Sep 25, 2018 |

New York – Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India, Sushma Swaraj, at the UN headquarters here today. Discussions were held on matters of bilateral concern and interest during the meeting. Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi said it was agreed during the talks to further expedite the development projects being operated as per the bilateral agreement reached between the two countries before this. Present on the occasion were Foreign Secretary Bairagi and other senior government officials of Nepal. The two ministers have arrived in New York to attend the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA 73). The UNGA73 opened on 18 September and the high-level General Debate will start from...

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