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१५ साउन, चितवन । चार महिनादेखि बन्द रहेका सौराहाका होटल तथा रेष्टुराँहरु बिहीबारबाट खुलेका छन् । बिहीबार पहिलो दिन सौराहा सुनसान थियो । तत्कालै पर्यटकीय गतिविधि बढ्छ भन्ने आश नगरेका व्यवसायीहरुले दशैं लक्षित तयारी जारी राखेका छन् । क्षेत्रीय होटल संघ सौराहाका अध्यक्ष दीपक भट्टराईले दशैं र दशैंपछि हुने पर्यटकीय गतिविधिलाई लक्षित गरी अहिलेबाट तयारी थालिएको बताए । हवाई र सडक यातायातमा लागेको प्रतिबन्ध तथा एक जिल्लाबाट अर्को जिल्ला जान पास चाहिने विद्यमान अवस्थाका कारण तत्कालै पर्यटक बढ्ने आशा व्यवसायीलाई छैन । अधिकांश होटल व्यवसायीहरु अहिले सरसफाइमा जुटेका छन् । चार महिनासम्म बन्द, बर्खाका कारण लागेको लेउ, बढेका बोटबिरुवा तथा फूलको गोडमेल तथा मर्मतका काममा व्यवसायी जुट्न थालेका छन् । केही व्यवसायीहरुले घरबिदामा पठाएका कार्मचारीलाई बोलाएर होटलको सरसफाइमा खटाएका छन् । होटल खुलेपछि व्यवसायीहरु केही आशावादी देखिएका छन् । तत्कालै पर्यटक आउने सम्भावना निकै कम भए पनि ‘सौराहा खुल्यो’ भन्ने सन्देश महत्वपूर्ण भएको क्षेत्रिय होटल संघ सौराहाका अध्यक्ष दीपक भट्टराई बताउँछन् । उनले भने, ‘तत्कालै चल...

१६ साउन, काठमाडौं । नोवेल कोरोना भाइरस (कोभिड–१९) महामारी र लकडाउनका कारण सरकारी ढुकुटी रित्तिएको भन्दै १४ बैशाखमा बसेको मन्त्रिपरिषद बैठकले प्रशासनिक खर्च घटाउन सरकारी सेवामा नयाँ कर्मचारी भर्ना र नियुक्ति बन्द गर्ने निर्णय गर्‍यो । ‘संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको संगठन तथा व्यवस्थापन सर्वेक्षण (ओ एण्ड एम सर्वे) अत्यावश्यक बाहेक अन्यको हकमा अर्को व्यवस्था नभएसम्म हाललाई स्थगन गर्ने’ मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकको निर्णयमा भनिएको छ । त्यतिमात्रै होइन, त्यो दिन सरकारले ‘रिक्त दरबन्दी पदपूर्ति गर्न लोक सेवा आयोगबाट भएको विज्ञापन अनुसार परीक्षा सञ्चालन हुन बाँकी रहेका र पदपूर्तिका लागि विज्ञापन आह्वान गर्न बाँकी रहेका सम्पूर्ण पदपूर्ति सम्बन्धी कार्य स्थगित गर्न लोक सेवा आयोगलाई अनुरोध गर्ने’ निर्णय समेत गरेको छ । यो निर्णय कार्यान्वयनका लागि प्रधानमन्त्री तथा मन्त्रिपरिषद् कार्यालयले आयोगमा पत्राचार गरिसकेको छ । यो निर्णय भएको दुई हप्तापछि अर्थमन्त्री डा.युवराज खतिवडाले सरकारको मासिक खर्चको ५० प्रतिशत पनि आम्दानी नभएकोे हिसाब प्रस्तुत गरे । ३२ जेठमा प्रतिनिधिसभा बैठकमा आर्थिक विधेयकमाथि सांसदहरुले ...

Lee successfully pushed for more democracy, but took a controversially hard line against China. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30fW3xm

The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson triggered protests across the US in 2014. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2XeOC7P

Kathmandu, July 30 Record breaking temperature and COVID-19 are both warnings that humanity must reset its relationship with nature and address climate crisis, or face potentially deadlier pandemics and disasters, warned Save the Children, climate scientists, and youth activists in a press release issued today. The pandemic has largely buried public concern and discussion in Asia-Pacific and worldwide about climate emergency, according to new analysis by Save the Children, even though global heating remains the number one threat to the region’s societies and their children, it said. This is set to witness one of the top two warmest years in 141 years of temperature records. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States reports that the first half of 2020 was the second warmest January-June period on record. This was partly driven by record heat in Siberia in northern Asia, where average temperature in June was more than five degree Celsius above normal. ...

Rautahat, July 30 An elderly woman died after she was electrocuted at Gaur Municipality in Rautahat today. The deceased has been identified as Shanti Devi Pandey, 70, of the municipality. Police said the woman was electrocuted because she accidentally touched a naked wire while she was heading towards a nearby tea shop. Police said the elderly woman died on the way to a local health facility. Two bulls also died in the same incident. Further investigation into the incident is under way, said police. Locals have complained that they had tried a lot to give information regarding the incident, but no one had received their phone calls at Nepal Electricity Authority, Gaur branch and Sabgada-based sub-station. The locals said that the woman had died because the authority concerned did not receive their phone calls. They demanded compensation as the woman had died due to severe negligence on the part of staff at the authority office. Meanwhile, Nepal Electricity Authority Distribution ...

Zumrat Dawut said she was forcibly sterilized by the Chinese government for having one too many children. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2Dova1f

While the world continues to reckon with systemic racism and anti-Blackness during a summer of protest and awakening after the killing of George Floyd, a new novel explores another layer of discrimination experienced by people within Black communities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3fgkFKR

A Japanese court recognized dozens of victims of radioactive "black rain" as survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on Wednesday, clearing the way for them to receive medical benefits just days before the 75th anniversary of the attack. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2PaozKw

A Moscow court sentenced former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed to nine years in prison Thursday for endangering "life and health" of Russian police officers in an altercation, state-run news agency TASS reported -- a sentence that drew swift condemnation from the top US diplomat in Russia. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3gdfIUk

१६ साउन, वीरगञ्ज । कोरोना संक्रमणबाट वीरगञ्जमा अर्का एक व्यक्तिको मृत्यु भएको छ । जगदम्बा इन्टर प्राइजेजका प्रमुख कार्यकारी अधिकृत ५६ वर्षीय पुरुषको मृत्यु भएको हो । वीरगञ्ज–११ श्रीपुर बस्ने भारत घर भएका उनको गएराति निधन भएको नारायणी अस्पतालका मेडिकल सुपरीटेन्डेन्ट डा. मदन उपाध्यायले जानकारी दिए । ‘मुटुको रोगी हुनुहुन्थ्यो, कोभिड लागेपछि अवस्था गम्भिर नै थियो,’ डा. उपाध्यायले भने, ‘आईसीयु र भेन्टिलेटरमा समेत राखेर उपचार ग¥यौं तर बचाउन सकिएन ।’ मुटुको बाइपास सर्जरी गरेका उनलाई साउन ६ गते कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएपछि साउन ७ गते दिउँसो साढे १ बजे वीरगञ्जस्थित अस्थायी कोरोना विशेष अस्पताल गण्डकमा भर्ना गरिएको थियो । बिहीबार दिउँसोदेखि उनको शरीरमा अक्सिजनको मात्रा कम हुँदै गएको थियो । अवस्था गम्भिर भएपछि भेन्टिलेटरमा राखेर उपचार गरिएकोमा राति ११ बजे निधन भएको अस्थायी कोरोना अस्पताल गण्डकले जनाएको छ । बिहीबार मात्रै पर्सामा कोरोना संक्रमणका कारण दुई जनाको मृत्यु भएको थियो । योसँगै पर्सामा साउन महिनामा मात्रै कोरोना संक्रमणबाट मृत्यु हुनेको संख्या ९ पुगेको छ । यसअघि बाराका २, रौतहटका १ र ...

१६ साउन, काठमाडौं । एक अध्ययनले कोभिड–१९ रोगको कारक मानिएको कोरोना भाइरस (सार्स–कोभ २) दशकौँदेखि चमेरामा रहँदै आएको हुन सक्ने देखाएको छ । हालै गरिएको अनुसन्धानको क्रममा सार्स–कोभ २ भाइरस अहिले पत्ता लाग्नुभन्दा ४० देखि ७० वर्षअघि नै चमेरामा आएको हुन सक्ने बताइएको छ । यो अवधिमा उक्त भाइरस चमेरामा नै रहेको र अहिले मानिसमा सरेको हुन सक्ने बताइएको छ । यसअघि शोधकर्ताहरुले यो भाइरसको उत्पत्तिको विषयलाई लिएर अफवाहहरु पनि चलिरहेको उल्लेख गरेका छन् । विशेषगरी यो भाइरस चिनियाँ प्रयोगशालामा निर्माण गरिएको हुन सक्ने भन्दै चीनमाथि अमेरिकाले आरोप लगाएको थियो । अहिलेको अध्ययनले उक्त अफवाहलाई अझै कमजोर साबित गरेको छ । नेचर माइक्रोबायोलोजी पत्रिकामा प्रकाशित यो अध्ययन गर्ने युनिभर्सिटी अफ ग्लासगोका प्राध्यापक डेभिड रोबर्टसनले महामारीको लागि जिम्मेवार पाइएको कोरोना भाइरस (सार्स–कोभ २) आनुवंशिकरुपमा चमेरामा पाइने भाइरससँग निकै मिल्दोजुल्दो पाइएको तर यसमा धेरै दशकको अन्तर रहेको बताएका छन् । उनी भन्छन्, ‘यसको अर्थ मानिसलाई संक्रमित गर्ने भाइरस केही समयदेखि मात्र देखिएको थियो ।’ ‘हामीले यो भाइरस कहाँ र ...

१६ साउन, जनकपुरधाम । कोरोना कहरबाट गुज्रिरहेको प्रदेश २ मा जनता समाजवादी पार्टी (जसपा)ले भिड जम्मा पार्दै पार्टी प्रवेश कार्यक्रम आयोजना गरेको छ । सिरहाको गोलबजार नगरपालिकाको चौहर्बामा बिहीबार आयोजना गरिएको पार्टी प्रवेश कार्यक्रममा दर्जनौंको उपस्थिति थियो । अग्रपंक्तिमा बसेकाले मास्कको प्रयोग गरे पनि बीचमा र पछाडि बसेका धेरैले मास्कको प्रयोग गरेका थिएनन् । पार्टी प्रवेश कार्यक्रमको नाममा सामाजिक दूरीको खिल्ली उडाएको देखियो । कार्यक्रमस्थलमा ठूलो मञ्च बनाइएको थियो भने मञ्च अगाडि ठूलो पण्डाल निर्माण गरिएको थियो । पण्डालभित्र सामाजिक दूरी पालन नगरी कुर्सीहरु राखिएका थिए । मञ्चमा आसिन नेताहरुले केही सामाजिक दुरी पालना गरेको देखिए पनि तल पण्डालभित्र बसेका कार्यकर्ताहरु भने एकअर्कासँग टाँसिएरै बसेका थिए । सरकारले लकडाउन खुला गरे पनि सभा सम्मेलन गर्न प्रतिबन्ध कायमै राखेको छ । पार्टी अध्यक्ष उपेन्द्र यादवले आफ्नो भाषणको समयमा कोरोना भाइरस सम्बन्धी चेतनामूलक भाषण ठोके । उनले संक्रमण हुन नदिन व्यवहारमा परिवर्तन गर्नुपर्नेदेखि संक्रमित भइहाले अस्पतालसम्म पुर्याउनुपर्ने धारणा राखे । सोह...

Kathmandu, July 30 Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to strictly implement provisions related to open prison like engaging jailbirds in community service, releasing them on parole and providing them employment opportunity as stipulated by the Criminal Offence, Punishment, Determination and Implementation Act-2017. The MoHA took the decision after the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives expressed serious concern about non-implementation of existing law with regard to proper management of jailbird correctional sentence. According to the act, an offender, who has been sentenced to maximum six months in prison, may be ordered to perform community service instead of serving the jail sentence, depending on the nature and gravity of the offence, his/her age, conduct, circumstance of the offence and modus operandi of the crime. Concerned court is the final authority to decide who should be engaged in community service. It requires the court to tak...

WHO says nations must take account transmission patterns No ‘zero risk’ in international travel, WHO says Countries should gradually lift international travel measures based on a thorough risk assessment and must prioritise essential travel for emergencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The WHO recommended that priority should be given to essential travel for emergencies, humanitarian actions, travel of essential personnel, and repatriation. A surge of new infections in many parts of the world has forced many countries to reimpose some travel restrictions. The WHO has now urged each country to conduct a risk-benefit analysis of its own and decide on its priorities, before resuming international travel. In its latest travel advisory, the WHO said countries must take into account the local epidemiology and transmission patterns, the national health and social measures already in place. Should countries choose to quarantine all travellers on arrival, they...

Kathmandu, July 30 Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai said Padmasambhava Circuit would be a milestone for the development of tourism industry in the country. In a discussion program held at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation with stakeholders and office-bearers of Barbara Foundation on the development of Padmasambhava Circuit, Minister Bhattarai said the circuit was connected with the Buddhist philosophy and had cultural and religious significance. Bhattarai expressed confidence that the circuit would help attract many Tibetan and Chinese religious tourists and would help to lengthen their stay. He said the government had allocated budget for the development of the circuit in the new fiscal year. He also instructed the concerned department under his ministry to prepare a DPR for the same. Claiming that the circuit would be developed as an international cultural hub, he said, “Padmasambhava, a key religious leader to propagate Budd...

Kathmandu, July 30 Nepal will reopen its Himalayan mountains including Mount Everest to climbers for the autumn season, officials said today, to boost the tourism-dependent economy despite rising coronavirus infections. Home to eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, Nepal shut down climbing and trekking in March to stem the novel coronavirus, which has so far infected 19,547 people and caused 52 deaths in the country of 30 million. “We have reopened mountaineering and will issue climbing permits for the autumn season,” tourism department official Mira Acharya said, adding that climbers must follow health protocols issued by the government. The autumn climbing season in Nepal runs from September to November. While infections in many western nations are falling, South Asian countries including Nepal are still witnessing a steady rise in the caseload. The absence of climbing in the popular April-May season caused Nepal millions of dollars in losses. Hundreds of foreign travellers ...

Kathmandu, July 30 Hotels and restaurants, that had remained closed for the past four months due to the lockdown, have resumed their business from today. The government had decided to resume hotel business from July 30 after the four month-long lockdown. Offices related to trekking, travel and mountaineering have come into operation in view of tourism season. Tourism entrepreneurs plan to take the business ahead by following health protocol with new enthusiasm after the end of lockdown. First Vice-chairperson of Hotel Association of Nepal, Binayak Shah, said the dilemma persisted about issues like whether or not foreign tourists visiting Nepal have to stay in quarantine. There is still a slim chance of foreign tourists visiting Nepal any time soon. Tourism entrepreneurs said that they were ready to welcome tourists. They also said they would be able to uplift their business to some extent, pinning their hope on domestic tourists and that it would take some time for the business to r...

१६ साउन, काठमाडौं । नेपाली नागरिकहरुलाई कुवेत प्रवेशमा रोक लगाइएको छ । कुवेत सरकारले १ अगष्टदेखि नेपालसहित सात देशका नागरिकलाई कुवेत प्रवेशमा अनिश्चितकालीन रोक लगाएको हो । कुवेत प्रवेशमा रोक लगाइएका देशहरुमा नेपाल, भारत, पाकिस्तान, बंगलादेश, श्रीलंका, इरान र फिलिपिन्स छन् । कोरोना संक्रमणलाई मध्यनजर गर्दै कुवेत सरकारले बिहीबार यस्तो निर्णय गरेको जनाइएको छ । कुवेतमा करिब साढे तीन महिनासम्म बन्द रहेका अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय हवाई सेवा एक अगष्टदेखि फेरि सुरु हुँदैछ । लकडाउनका कारण कुवेतमा समस्यामा परेका कतिपय नेपालीहरुलाई नेपाल सरकारले उद्धार गरेर ल्याएको छ । from Online Khabar https://ift.tt/2BPr1TW

१६ साउन, जनकपुरधाम । प्रदेश २ मा अर्का एक न्यायाधीशमा पनि कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको छ । उच्च अदालत जनकपुरधामका एकजना न्यायाधीशमा बिहीबार कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको हो । ५० वर्षीय न्यायाधीशमा कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको अदालत स्रोतले जनाएको छ । यही साउन १३ गते उच्च अदालतका न्यायाधीशसहित २२ जनाको स्वाब संकलन गरी जाँच गरेकोमा एक जनाको पोजेटिभ आएको हो । न्यायाधीशमा पनि कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएपछि लकडाउनको अवधीमा गरिँदै आएका निश्चित कामकारवाहीबाहेक अन्य काम साउन १६ गतेदेखि ३१ गतेसम्म स्थगित गर्ने निर्णय उच्च अदालतले गरेको छ । उच्च अदालत जनकपुर, जिल्ला अदालत धनुषा, जिल्ला सरकारी वकिल कार्यालय र नेपाल बार एशोसिएसनसँग छलफल गरी यस्तो निर्णय गरिएको उच्च अदालतले जनाएको छ । प्रदेश २ मा न्यायाधीशमा कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको यो दोस्रो केस हो । यसअघि उच्च अदालत जनकपुरधामको राजविराज इजलासका ५८ वर्षीय न्यायाधीशमा कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भइसकेको छ । from Online Khabar https://ift.tt/3fcVGYY

१६ साउन, चितवन । चितवनमा बसको ठक्करबाट एकजना प्रहरी हबल्दारको मृत्यु भएको छ । पूर्वी चितवनको राप्ती ५ भण्डारामा बा ३ ख १५४७ नम्बरको बसको ठक्करबाट प्रहरी हवल्दार अर्जुनकुमार थापाको मृत्यु भएको हो । उनी इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय भण्डारामा कार्यरत थिए । थापा सवार प्रदेश ३–०३–००१ प ६३२५ नम्बरको स्कुटरलाई बसले ठक्कर दिएको थियोे । from Online Khabar https://ift.tt/2PalWIL

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Kathmandu, July 30 Senior leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel and party General Secretary Shashank Koirala today wrote a joint letter to the party President Sher Bahadur Deuba, saying they had lost confidence that the upcoming 14th National Convention of the party would be held in a free, fair and impartial manner. The leaders organised a press conference after submitting their memorandum to the president at the party office. They said it was important for the party to distribute active membership in a transparent manner and carry out its activities as per the party statute and rules. They said all party bodies, including President Deuba had become caretaker office bearers as the tenure of the current leadership and all party bodies had already ended in mid-March. Paudel and Koirala also opposed formation of some party departments arguing that as per the party statute, Deuba was supposed to form all departments of the party within six months, but he has been forming the dep...

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NEPALGUNJ, JULY 29 Four days have passed, since the swab samples of 53 staffers of Internal Revenue Office, Nepalgunj, Banke, were collected. But the reports have not come yet. The office was closed since Sunday after a section officer and a non-gazetted officer tested positive for coronavirus. Many service seekers have returned after reading the notice at the office. The office could not resume services as all the staffers are awaiting their test report before resuming work. All the samples were sent to Bheri Hospital for tests. Swab samples collected from Banke and Bardiya, among other districts, were sent to the Nepalgunj-based Corona Laboratory of Bheri Hospital. The lab has a large backlog of swab samples collected in the last five days. The government had given permission to a private laboratory to conduct tests, but no samples were sent to the private laboratory. Prasanna Mishra, chief at the Corona Laboratory in Bheri Hospital said that it would take at least three days ...

KATHMANDU, JULY 29 In support of the Government of Nepal’s effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu dispatched medical supplies to the Ministry of Social Development in Province 2, which has been worst hit by the pandemic. The consignment was delivered to the ministry today. The goods included 400 units of personal protective equipment, 1000 units of KN95 masks, 10,000 units of surgical masks, 5,000 pairs of surgical gloves and 500 litres of sanitiser. Provincial Social Development Minister Nawal Kishor Sah held a virtual meeting with Benny Omer, ambassador of Israel to Nepal and Tal Shvartsman, deputy chief of mission. Accepting the gift of the people of Israel, Minister Sah said, “As we are battling with COVID-19 in Nepal, specially in Province 2 the support and solidarity from Israel at this challenging time is very much appreciable. We hope of cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction response relief and rescue and post disaster l...

KATHMANDU, JULY 29 Initiator of ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign Iih, 26, who has been on fast-unto-death for the past 11 days, has refused to get admitted to the hospital. Supporters say his health continues to deteriorate. Iih, has been staging the strike at Basantapur, demanding the government to effectively handle the coronavirus pandemic. Iih and Pukar Bam, 30, had earlier on July 7, ended their hunger strike on the 12th day after the Ministry of Health and Population agreed to fulfil their major demands. As the government failed to implement the agreement, the activists started the hunger strike for the second time. Scores of youths, in support of the Satyagrahi have started gathering around the hunger strike location. Iih’s supporters have said he is getting weaker and his health condition is rapidly deteriorating. Aagrima KC, the movement coordinator said, “He will either get martyrdom or do good for the society this time. He has refused to end his hunger strike or get hospitalis...

KATHMANDU, JULY 29 As many as 24 amendment proposals have been registered by lawmakers at the House of Representatives with regard to various provisions of the Prison Bill-2020. After clause-wise discussion on the bill, which is under consideration in the lower house, members of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee had filed the amendment proposals. According to the parliamentary panel, member Yashoda Gurung Subedi has called on the Ministry of Home Affairs to revise some provisions proposed in the bill to transform prisons into correctional homes. “This bill has failed to envision provision of psycho-social counselling facilities inside prison. It should be a part of jurisdiction of the prison management,” she said. Gurung also stressed the need to incorporate provisions relating to construction of large prison infrastructures into the bill. Another house panel member Durga Subedi said the bill was not drafted to address new challenges facing prisoners and inmates. “T...

१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । प्रहरीले १५ किलो ‘सुन’ भनेर बरामद गरेको पहेँलो धातु सम्बन्धी अनुसन्धान विवादमा तानिएको छ । यसमा काठमाडौं प्रहरी परिसर र महानगरीय प्रहरी वृत्त, दरबारमार्गको गम्भिर लापरबाही देखिएको छ । प्रकरणको छानविनका लागि महानगरीय प्रहरी कार्यालय, रानीपोखरीले प्रहरी वरिष्ठ उपरीक्षक (एसएसपी) मनोज यादवको नेतृत्वमा गठन गरेको समितिले पनि अनुसन्धान अधिकृतको कमजोरी देखिएको प्रारम्भिक निष्कर्ष निकालेको छ । समिति स्रोतका अनुसार महानगरीय प्रहरी वृत्त, दरबारमार्गका डीएसपी रञ्जन दाहालले घटनास्थलसमेत परिवर्तन गरेर माथिल्लो निकायलाई गुमराहमा राखेको पाइएको छ । यसमा उनी एक्लै संलग्न हुन् वा अन्य पनि छन् भन्ने विषय खुलिसकेको छैन । काठमाडौं प्रहरी प्रमुख एसएसपी श्यामलाल ज्ञवालीले मंगलबार पत्रकार सम्मेलन गरेर कमलादीस्थित नबिल बैंक अगाडि सेतो रंगको कपडाको झोला फ्याँकेर एक गाडी फरार भएको उल्लेख गरेका थिए । तर, छानविन समितिले हेरेको त्यसक्षेत्रको क्लोज सर्किट (सीसी) क्यामरा फुटेजमा त्यहाँ प्रहरीले बताएअनुसारको घटनाक्रम देखिएको छैन । न त त्यसक्षेत्रका सर्वसाधारणलाई घटनाबारे जानकारी छ । बरु केहीसँग ...

१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । नेपाली राष्ट्रिय टिमका सदस्य सन्दीप लामिछाने क्यारेबियन प्रिमियर लिग (सीपीएल) खेल्न आज ट्रिनिडाड एण्ड टोबागो जाँदैछन् । उनी कोरियन एअरको चार्टर्ड फ्लाइटबाट कोरिया जाने छन् । त्यहाँबाट अमेरिका हुँदै ट्रिनिडाड एण्ड टोबागो जानेछन् । उनी अगष्ट १ मा प्रतियोगितास्थल पुग्नेछन् । अगष्ट १८ देखि हुने सीपीएलमा सन्दीपले यस सिजन जमैका तल्लावाहजबाट खेल्नेछन् । प्रतियोगिताअघि सबै खेलाडी त्यहाँ पुगेर दुई साता क्वारेन्टिन बस्नुपर्नेछ । बिहीबार उडे पनि लामिछाने आइतबार मात्र ट्रिनिडाड एण्ड टोबागो पुग्नेछन् । यसका लागि उनले नेपालबाट कोरियन एअरलाइन्सको चार्टर्ड विमानमार्फत कोरिया, त्यहाँबाट अमेरिका हुँदै ट्रिनिडाड एण्ड टोबागोको हवाई यात्रा तय गर्नुपर्नेछ । ‘त्यहाँ पुगिसकेपछि १४ दिन क्वारेन्टिनमा बस्नुपर्ने हुन्छ’, लामिछानेले भने । सीपीएल खेल्न जानुअघि उनले मंगलबार ललितपुरको स्टार हस्पिटलमा कोरोना परीक्षण गराएका थिए । उनले परीक्षणको रिपोर्ट बुधबार प्राप्त गरेका थिए । ‘कोरोना परीक्षणको रिपोर्ट नेगेटिभ आएको छ, अब ढुक्कका साथ जान पाउने भएँ, लामिछानेले भने । ‘उडान टुंगो नलागुन्जेल कैयौँ...

१४ साउन, काठमाडौं । नेपालले एक वर्षको अवधिमा विभिन्न कसुरमा मुछिएका ६७१ जना विदेशी नागरिकलाई निष्कासित गरेको छ । यसमध्येको ठूलो संख्या भिसा अवधि सकिएपछि नवीकरण नगराई बसेका विदेशी नागरिकहरूको छ । अध्यागमन विभागका अनुसार सन् २०१९ मा ‘ओभर स्टे’को कसुरमा ५७८ र अन्य कसुरमा ९३ जना विदेशीलाई नेपालले सम्बन्धित मुलुकमा फिर्ता गरेको हो । अध्यागमन विभागका अनुसार एक वर्षको अवधिमा इरानका १९ जना नागरिक जाली राहदानी/भिसा रहेको अभियोगमा नेपालबाट निष्कासनमा परेका छन् । यो अभियोगमा नाइजेरियाका ३ जना परेको अध्यागमनको तथ्याङ्कमा उल्लेख छ । जाली भिसा लिएर आएका ३ जना बंगलादेशका, २ जना श्रींलकाका र एक/एक जना काजकिस्तान र उज्वेकिस्तानका नागरिकसमेत निष्कासनमा परेका छन् । विभागका अनुसार विदेशीहरू यौन दुराचार, बैङ्िकङ कसुर, विना पासपोर्ट/भिसा नेपाल प्रवेश, लागुऔषध, चौरीपैठारी, अवैध हुण्डी/विदेशी मुद्रा अपचलन, ठगी, कल बाइपासजस्ता अभियोगमा मुछिने गरेका छन् । त्यसबाहेक ओभरस्टेको संख्या भने ठूलो छ । विभागका अनुसार सुन चोरी पैठारीको अभियोगमा पक्राउ परेका चार जना चिनियाँ नागरिकलाई समेत सन् २०१९ मा नेपालबाट निकालिएको...

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KATHMANDU, JULY 29 Darchula District Administration Office has written a letter to Indian authorities in Dharchula, Uttarakhand, stating that Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani are Nepal’s territories as per Article 5 of Sugauli Treaty, maps and historical facts and evidences. The letter adds that it was natural for Nepalis to go to these areas. Chief District Officer of Darchula district Sharad Kumar Pokharel told THT that he wrote to Indian authorities asking them not to create obstruction in Nepalis’ movement into these areas in response to Indian authorities letter to his office . India’s Dharchula Sub-district official Anil Kumar Shukla had sent an e-mail to Darchula DAO on July 14, calling for an end to ‘illegal’ entry of Nepalis into the territories. Stating that such ‘illegal’ crossing of the border would create problems for administrations of both countries, Shukla had urged the Nepali side to stop ‘illegal’ crossings and inform the Indian side about any such activity. ...

KATHMANDU, JULY 29 The Supreme Court has rejected US-Bangla Airlines’ request to halt the hearing of a case filed by the families of seven deceased passengers who were all pursuing their MBBS in Bangladesh. After the hearing of both sides on Sunday, the apex court stated that no such interim order could be issued in the ongoing case. A division bench of Chief Judge Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha and Judge Purushottam Bhandari issued the decision, observing that halting the hearing of such a sensitive case, which was under consideration at the district court, would be unjustifiable. Moreover, such a decision might affect the families of victims, forcing the apex court to reject the company’s demand to halt the case, said Bidur Man Shrestha, father of one of the deceased students. According to him, they received the SC order today and came to know that the apex court had called for another hearing on August 25. The 12 March 2018 flight from Dhaka crash-landed at Kathmandu airport and ...

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१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । नेकपा एकीकरण हुँदा गठित ४५ सदस्यीय स्थायी कमिटीमा तत्कालीन एमालेका २६ र तत्कालीन माओवादीका १९ सदस्य समेटिएका थिए । तीमध्ये एमालेमा प्रष्ट दुई गुट भएकाले केपी ओली पक्षमा १२ र माधव नेपाल पक्षमा १२ सदस्य प्रष्ट देखिए । बामदेव गौतम भने अस्थिर नै रहँदा उनी जता लाग्यो, त्यसको पक्षमा १३ सदस्य हुने भए । पूर्वएमालेभित्रको प्रष्ट विभाजनले स्थायी कमिटीमा प्रचण्डको पक्षमा सबैभन्दा बढी १९ सदस्य रहने भए । पछिल्लो समय अग्नि सापकोटा सभामुख भएपछि प्रचण्डको पक्षमा १८ सदस्य हुनुपर्ने हो । तर, सचिवालय सदस्य रामबहादुर थापा बादल पनि बामदेवजस्तै देखिए । बादलमात्र होइन, पूर्वमाओवादीका लेखराज भट्टले प्रचण्डलाई खुलेरै साथ छाडिसक्दा प्रचण्ड पक्षधर स्थायी कमिटी सदस्यको संख्या १६ मा झरेको थियो । तर, नेकपाभित्र उत्पन्न पछिल्लो संकट र ओलीविरुद्ध प्रचण्ड माधव गठबन्धनको निर्णायक लडाइमा भने प्रचण्डले अरु पूर्वमाओवादी नेताहरुको समेत साथ गुमाउन थालेका छन् । ओलीले एकतर्फी रुपमा स्थायी कमिटी बैठक स्थगन गरेपछि मंगलवार प्रचण्डको अध्यक्षतामा बसेको बहुमत स्थायी कमिटी सदस्यको बैठकमा पूर्वमाओवादीका चारजना ...

१५ साउन, चितवन । लकडाउनका कारण चार महिनासम्म बन्द भएको चितवनको पर्यटकीय क्षेत्र सौराहाका होटल आजबाट सन्चालनमा आएका छन् । सरकारले साउन १५ गतेदेखि विशेष सतर्कता अपनाएर होटललगायत पर्यटकीय गतिविधि सञ्चालन गर्न सकिने निर्णय गरेपछि क्षेत्रीय होटल संघ सौराहाले आजबाट होटलहरु सञ्चालन गर्ने निर्णय गत मंगलबार नै गरेको थियो । क्षेत्रीय होटल संघ सौराहाका अध्यक्ष दीपक भट्टराईले बर्खाको सिजन भएकाले अपेक्षितरुपमा पर्यटक नआउने भए पनि सौराहा खुल्यो भन्ने सन्देश महत्वपूर्ण हुने बताए । ‘अहिले त पर्यटकीय सिजन पनि हैन, अर्कोतिर लामो दुरीका सवारीसाधन अझै खुलेका छैनन्, विमान चलेको छैन,’ उनले भने, ‘तर पनि हामी सौराहा खोल्छौं, जो जति पर्यटक आउनुहुन्छ उहाँहरुलाई सावधानी अपनाएर ससम्मान सेवा दिन्छौं ।’ सौराहाका व्यवसायीहरुले केही प्रतिशत छुटको अफर दिने तयारीसमेत गरेका छन् । क्षेत्रीय होटल संघ सौराहाका निवर्तमान अध्यक्ष सुमन घिमिरेले सौराहामा हुने पर्यटकीय सबै गतिविधिमा विषेश छुटको प्याकेज दिनेबारे छलफल भैरहेको बताए । आन्तरिक पर्यटक भित्राउन र सौराहा खुल्दैछ भन्ने सन्देश दिन गत शनिबार व्यवसायीहरुले साइकल ¥याली ...

१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । नेपालको पहिले भू–उपग्रह भनिएको ‘नेपालीस्याट–१’ले पृथ्वीको परिक्रमा गर्न थालेको गत असार २ गते एक वर्ष बित्यो । यो स्याटेलाइट प्रक्षेपण भएकै दिन प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीले नै ‘ नेपाल अन्तरीक्ष युगमा प्रवेश गर्‍यो ’ भन्दै ट्विट गरेका थिए । अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय अन्तरीक्ष केन्द्रबाट नानो स्याटेलाइट अन्तरीक्षमा छाडिएलगत्तै विज्ञहरुले भने यो स्याटेलाइटलाई ‘ डुंगालाई पानी जहाज भनेजस्तै ’ भनेर टिप्पणी गरेका थिए । यद्यपि त्यसबेला नेपालले आफ्नै स्याटेलाइट पठाएको भन्दै सर्वत्र खुसी व्यक्त भएको थियो । तर, एक वर्षसम्म सो स्याटेलाइटबाट नेपालले कुनै पनि लाभ लिन सकेको छैन । अरु त परै जाओस्, यसबारे जानकारी लिने र चासो राख्ने विद्यार्थीले पनि स्याटेलाइटलाई ‘कमाण्डिङ’को अभ्यास गर्न पाएका छैनन् । यो स्याटेलाइट सुरुमा चर्चा गरिएजस्तो उपयोगी हुन नसकेको विज्ञहरु बताउँछन् ।  त्यसको खास कारण हो, नेपालको स्याटेलाइट ग्राउन्ड स्टेसनमा पर्याप्त पूर्वाधार नहुनु । यो स्याटेलाइटको कमान्डिङका लागि खुमलटारस्थित नेपाल विज्ञान तथा प्रविधि प्रतिष्ठान (नाष्ट) मा ग्राउन्ड स्टेसन तयार गरिएको छ । तर,...

१४ साउन, काठमाडौं । उपत्यकाका प्रहरी कार्यालय केन्द्र मातहत राख्ने निर्णय भएको छ । तर, उपत्यकाको महानगरीय प्रहरी सम्बन्धी अवधारणा भने खारेज हुने भएको छ । प्रहरी समायोजन सम्बन्धी समन्वय समितिका पदाधिकारीले प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीसँग छलफल गरेर यो निर्णय गरेका हुन् । योसँगै उपत्यका प्रहरीको महानगरीय प्रहरी कार्यालयको नाम परिवर्तन हुने भएको गृहका एक अधिकारीले अनलाइनखबरलाई बताए । हाललाई प्रदेश प्रमुख प्रहरी नायब महानिरीक्षक (डीआईजी) नै राख्ने समेत निर्णय भएको छ । प्रदेशका आन्तरिक मामिला तथा कानून मन्त्रीहरुले प्रहरी अतिरिक्त महानिरीक्षक (एआईजी) लाई प्रदेश प्रहरी प्रमुख राख्न माग गरेका थिए । प्रहरी समायोजनाको विषय गृहले टुंगो लगाएसँगै अब समायोजन प्रक्रिया सुरु हुनेछ ।   from Online Khabar https://ift.tt/3fg5Gk2

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KATHMANDU, JULY 29 As many as 152 members of the Central Committee of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) today wrote a letter to party co-chairpersons Pushpa Kamal Dahal and KP Sharma Oli demanding that a meeting of the Central Committee be held as soon as possible to discuss all issues that the party currently faces. The move of the ruling party’s Central Committee members comes at a time when the rival faction of the party led by Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has asked Oli to step down either as prime minister or NCP co-chair. Oli, however, has refused to quit any of the two posts. NCP Central Committee members who penned the letter to both co-chairs said that they were worried about the rift between the two leaders and wanted all issues to be settled by the Central Committee as per the accepted rules and system. Gopal Thakur, who is among the 152 NCP leaders seeking CC meeting, said all the contentious issues should be settled by the Central Committee as Dahal and Oli had ...

१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । भारतले नयाँ शिक्षा नीति लागु गरेको छ । नयाँ शिक्षा नीति अनुसार अब पाँच कक्षासम्म मातृ भाषामा पढाइ हुने छ । विदेशी भाषाको पढाइ माध्यमिक तहबाट हुने छ । भारतको ‘केन्द्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मन्त्रालय’को नाम परिवर्तन गरेर ‘शिक्षा मन्त्रालय’ नाम राखिएको छ । केन्द्रीय मानव संसाधन विकास मन्त्री रमेश पोखरियाल अब शिक्षा मन्त्री हुनेछन् । पोखरियालले नयाँ शिक्षा नीति २०२० लाई मन्त्रिपरिषदबाट पारित भएको जानकारी दिएका छन् । नयाँ शिक्षा नीतिमा पाँच कक्षासम्म मातृभाषा, स्थानीय वा क्षेत्रीय भाषाको माध्यमबाट पढाइ हुने उल्लेख छ । त्यसलाई कक्षा आठ वा त्योभन्दा माथिल्लो कक्षासम्म पनि निरन्तरता दिन सकिने छ । विदेशी भाषाको पढाइ भने माध्यमिक तहबाट सुरु हुने छ । यद्यपि नयाँ शिक्षा नीतिमा कुनै पनि भाषालाई नथोपरिने उल्लेख छ । हाल शिक्षाबाट बन्चित दुई करोड बालबालिकालाई मूलधारमा ल्याइने छ । त्यसका लागि विद्यालयको ढाँचा र नयाँ शिक्षा केन्द्रहरुका स्थापना गरिने छ । नयाँ प्रणालीमा १२ वर्षको विद्यालय शिक्षा हुनेछ भने तीन वर्षको प्री–प्राइमेरी कक्षालाई राखिएको छ । अघिल्लो चरणमा तेस्रो, चौथो र पाँ...

१५ साउन, काठमाडौं । कोरोना भाइरस संक्रमणका कारण अमेरिकामा एक लाख ५० हजारभन्दा धेरै जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । जोन्स हप्किन्स विश्वविद्यालयका अनुसार अमेरिकामा कोरोना संक्रमणबाट मृत्यु हुनेको संख्या १ लाख ५० हजार ४ सय ४७ छ । यसैगरी ४४ लाख १४ हजार ८ सय ३४ जनामा कोरोना संक्रमण पुष्टि भएको छ । अमेरिकाका संक्रामक रोग विशेषज्ञ डा. एन्थोनी फाउचीले कोरोना संक्रमण तीव्र रुपमा बढ्नुमा स्वास्थ्य विशेषज्ञहरुको सल्लाह नमान्नु एक कारण रहेको बताएका छन् । अमेरिकापछि कोरोनाबाट दोस्रो बढी प्रभावित देश ब्राजिलमा ९० हजार १ सय ३४ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । ब्राजिलमा कोरोना संक्रमितको संख्या २५ लाख ५२ हजार २ सय ६५ पुगेको छ । from Online Khabar https://ift.tt/3gcdp3Z

Large numbers of Yazidi were killed by the Islamic State when it overran their homeland in 2014. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30c8r1w

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had restricted Donald  Trump  Jr’s ability to tweet from his account for 12 hours, after it required him to delete a post that violated the social media site’s policy on coronavirus misinformation. The eldest son of US President Donald  Trump  posted a since-deleted tweet on Monday with a viral video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine. The video was posted by others on Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc-owned YouTube and taken down for breaking those sites’ rules on COVID-19 misinformation after racking up tens of millions of views. The US Food and Drug Administration last month revoked its emergency-use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 after several studies cast doubt on its effectiveness. The president regularly promoted the drug and said he had used it himself. “They’re censoring my account. They’re censoring others,” Donald  Trump  Jr. said in an interview with Fox News Channel later ...