UML leader Nembang blames govt of trying to defer NA election

Jan 13, 2018-CPN-UML leader Subas Chandra Nembang has alleged the government of trying to postpone the election of the National Assembly, the Upper House of parliament.
Speaking in a programme organised by the Dolakha-Kathmandu Liaison Forum here Saturday to congratulate and extend best wishes to the lawmakers elected to the House of Representatives and the State Assembly, he said the government's not appointing the province chiefs and the temporary headquarters of the provinces has raised doubts whether it was trying to defer the National Assembly election.
"The government is trying to postpone the election in a conspiratorial manner. If not, then it should assign the province chiefs and the temporary capitals," he said, adding that the government was tempted to extend its term by not holding the National Assembly election on time.
The former Parliament Speaker stated that the incumbent government was not paving the way for the formation of a new government even through the leftist alliance has garnered majority votes in the election.
On the topic of the unification of the UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre), Nembang said the two parties have become one in practice and the unification was left only in the ideological realm.
He said the unification of the two parties would be given a concrete shape after party chairperson KP Sharma Oli returned home from Bangkok where he has gone for undergoing a regular health check-up.
Leader Nembang said that there is no alternative other than taking the country ahead on the path towards economic prosperity as the electoral contest among the political parties was already over now.
On the occasion, House of Representatives member elected from Dolakha, Parbat Gurung and the Province Assembly members Pashupati Chaulagain and Bishal Khadka bowed to work wholeheartedly for the development of the Dolakha district.

Grade 11 results published in grading system

Jan 13, 2018-National Examination Board has published the results of Grade 11 on Saturday. The results of all faculties have been published in the grading system for the first time.
Exam Controller Damber Batas informed 347,748 students had appeared in the examination seven months ago. The board has graded results in nine category. Batas said the board has only assigned grades and not overall GPA to different subjects. Students can only know the grade they received in their subject.
Students scoring between 90 to 100 will be given A+ while A to students scoring between 80 to 89. Similarly, B+ to those scoring between 70 to 79, B to scores between 60 and 69, C+ to scores between 50 and 59, and C to scores between 40 and 49. Grade D+ will be given to scores in between 30 to 39 while D to those between 20 to 29. Students scoring between 0 to 19 will be given E grade.
Batas said students scoring grade D+ or grades below D+ can appear in another exam on February 10 to increase their grades.

Ex-king Shah meets Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath in Lucknow

Jan 8, 2018-Former king Gyanendra Shah on Monday met with the Chief Minister (CM) of the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India.
Shah, along with his spouse Komal Shah, daughter Prerana, sister Shova Shahi and brother-in-law Mohan Shahi had arrived at Lucknow city in the Indian state after attending a inauguration programme of newly opened Soaltee Hotel in Nepalgunj.
The UP Chief Minister tweeted photographs of the meeting with the former king, however, particulars of their conversation were not mentioned. “Met with former king of Nepal Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah at Lucknow-based governmental residence today. Presented him a shawl and the logo of Kumbh as a token,” read the UP Chief Minister’s tweet.

3 more die of viral fever in Jajarkot, toll reaches 9

Jan 6, 2018-The death toll caused by viral fever in Jajarkot district has reached nine in the past two weeks following death of three more persons.
Auxiliary health worker Hari Bahadur Singh informed the fever has claimed lives of four elderly and five children. The viral fever has taken its toll in the district, with around 2,000 people taken ill in the past few days.
Singh, also the in-Charge at Badkule-based health post, said people above 60 years and children are the most affected by the fever. He said the number of people suffering from the viral fever will increase if it is not controlled in time.
Fever, joint pain and vomiting are symptoms of the viral disease.
As many as 100 patients with viral fever visit the health post on a daily basis.
The viral fever has been detected in Junichande, Kapra, Badkule, Karki Gaun, Majkot, Alimaugana, Dandakot and Parale of the district, Junichande Raural Municipality Chairman Krishna KC said.
He informed that villagers of Majkot have been affected the most due to the fever.
KC said that 3-4 members of a single family are suffering from the fever in Majkot.
District Health Office Chief Ram Bahadur Nepal said that a team of health workers under Krishna Khatri, focal person at Jajarkot District Public Health Office, has been deputed to Junichande to control the epidemic.

Bandh enforcers vandalise vehicles in Dhankuta

Jan 3, 2018-Normal life in Dhankuta has been affected due to the ongoing general strike.
  Dhankuta folks have been staging demonstrations for the past few weeks demanding that Dhankuta be declared the capital of Province-1. They have obstructed the Dharan-Dhankuta road section along the Koshi Highway since this morning.
The bandh enforcers vandalised four vehicles for defying the bandh, police said.
A large number of security personnel have been deployed in the incident site.
Meanwhile, police have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in vandalising the vehicles.
The arrestee has been identified as Suman Katuwal of Sankhuwasabha.
Though the agitating side had decided to withdraw the bandh from 5 pm today, the area has turned into a battle ground after police arrested one of the protesters.
The bandh enforcers said that they would withdraw the bandh only after the police release Katuwal from the custody.
The local administration, however, said that the bandh enforcers should pay the compensation for the vehicles vandalised.
According to Sundar Babu Shrestha, Coordinator of Protest Mobilisation Committee, they were forced to continue the protest after the government turned blind eye to their demand.

January 3 coldest day of this winter, says meteorologist

Jan 3, 2018-January 3 has been recorded the coldest day of this winter season so far, says the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
The mercury in Kathmandu Valley plummeted to 2.2 Degree Celsius on Wednesday, shared meteorologist Barun Poudel.
Earlier, the temperature had gone down to the lowest 2.8 Degree Celsius on December 16 last year. The temperature of Jiri, Jomsom and Jumla dropped to minus today. Jumla recorded minus 6.4, Jomsom minus 2.2 and Jiri minus 2, Poudel said.
Almost all regions of the Tarai saw foggy weather today. Tarai has witnessed decline in the maximum temperature while hill and mountainous regions have recorded decline in minimum temperature. RSS

EC dissatisfied over false accusations

Jan 3, 2018-The Election Commission (EC) has expressed displeasure over accusations from several corners that the election body is delaying to announce the election elections.
Saying that there is constitutional and legal hurdle to announce the results of PR system of the House of Representatives, the EC for the first time has officially urged all not the spread such news.
The election body opened its mouth after the leaders and cadres of left alliance, precisely CPN-UML, exerted pressure over the EC to make public the results of PR system.
Issuing a statement on Wednesday, the EC said that the results of PR system could not be made public until the conduction of National Assembly election.
“Though the EC is trying its best to announce the results of PR system at the earliest, it fails due to some legal hurdles,” read the statement.
The EC has not been able to send letters to the parties urging them to recommend the names of elected candidates from the closed list and to allocate seats to the parties under the PR category of the House of Representatives due to delay in holding the National Assembly election.
The EC is stunned at the accusations made by several quarters when it has been doing its work as per constitution and law, EC Commissioner Ishwor Prasad Paudel said.
“It was not the intention of the EC to delay the results,” he said, adding, “The provision of constitution was the stumbling block. All need to understand this.”
The EC has drawn the attention of the government once again to announce the date of National Assembly election and to appoint province chiefs, read the statement.