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Machindranath journey starts Saturday Kathmandu, May 18: The Red Machindranath will be pulled to Jawalakhel from Iti Tol in Lalitpur Saturday after a team of astrologers found an auspicious date. The Bhoto or the vest, according to tradition, is displayed on the fourth day of the chariot's arrival at Jawalakhel. For the first time there will be no public holiday in the capital when the vest in being displayed as part of a government policy to reduce the number of public holidays. The festival heralds the beginning of the rainy season. The date was fixed by a team of astrologers headed by Kirti Bhara Joshi. nepalnews.com br 22 Kilos of refined hash recovered at airport Kathmandu, May 18: In the biggest haul
in two years, police recovered 22 kilos of refined hash concealed in a
consignment of carpets being exported to Germany Thursday at Kathmandu
International Airport. The illegal export was found at the Airport godown.
There were 100 carpets in Thugs loot jewellery shop in capital Kathmandu, May 18: Even as police
stepped up a drive to nab thugs in the capital, a group of thieve as looted
Rs. 1.5 million in cash and kind from a shop in New Road Thursday afternoon,
police and eyewitnesses said. The group targeted the shop of Sanjaya
Aggrawal in the heart of the Private schools to reopen from Monday Kathmandu, May 18: Private boarding schools are to be reopened from Monday following a tripartite agreement reached among representatives of government, private schools and student leaders. Private boarding schools all over the country were closed for a week at the call of Maoist students' wing the All Nepal National Free Students Union (Revolutionary). The ANNFSU(R), called a one-week nation wide closure of private boarding schools demanding reduction of fees by 50 per cent, among others. Representatives of government, private schools and the ANNFSU(R) agreed late Thursday that the report of a high level panel formed to study the demands of Maoist students and other aspects of schools would be implemented in order to solve the problems in the education sector. Central president of Maoist student organisation Devendra Parajuli said that if the report of the panel was not implemented, we would continue our protest. Following the threat of Maoist students to close the school for a week, the government formed a five member high-level panel to study the demands and other different aspects of schools and report to the government with necessary recommendation. Maoist students had threatened to close down more than 10,000 private boarding schools all over the country for an indefinite period unless their demands were met. Private boarding schools have refused to reduce fees by 50 per cent. However, they have now agreed to adjust the fees based on the report of the high level panel. Nepalnews.com/yl/at Maoists blow up police posts Kathmandu, May 17: Nobody was injured when Maoists blew up two police posts in Morang and Sunsari districts Wednesday night. Windowpanes at Ithari were shattered and insurgents set off two explosions at Kerabari in Morang. Maoists recently abducted three junior forest officials in Ramechap district, police said. nepalnews.com br NEPSE index again slips Kathmandu, May 17: China gave passage for 200 metric tons of grain for the starving population of the isolated district of Humla in far west Nepal through Tibet Wednesday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The Chinese gesture reduces transport costs. The WFP is sending food supplies to the district under a work-for-food programme to construct a road. The WFP plans to seek an extension of the transport clearance granted for an initial year. nepalnews.com br Six Gurkhas detained in Belize Kathmandu, May 17: Six British Gurkhas have been detained in the central American state of Belize for questioning following the death of a 14-year-old boy after a brawl, BBC reported. The incident occurred outside a club in Belize City Thursday. The Nepali soldiers with the 2nd Parachute Regiment based in Essex were on a six-week exercise in jungle warfare and were scheduled to return to base Saturday. nepalnews.com br Cricket team for ICC Trophy selected Kathmandu, May 17: The final Nepali squad for the upcoming International Cricket Council trophy tournament was announced Wednesday. The team includes: Captain Raju Khadka, Vice-captain Ganesh Bahadur Shahi, Jaya Prakash Sarraf, Dipendra Chaudhari, Binod Das, Sanjam Regmi, Birendra Bikram Shah, Kiran Agrawal, Paras Lunia, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Paresh Lohini, Kush Gurung, Mehboob Aalam and Munik Shrestha. Reserves are: Sandeep Shrestha, Manoj Katuwal, Aamir Akthhar and Durga Sen. A National Sports Council selection committee headed by Resham Guruing picked the team.nepalnews.com br
Tax officials seal hotel, business firm NEPSE index falls further 11 points Kathmandu, May 16: The NEPSE Index fell another 11 plus percentage points Wednesday in a continuing bearish trend in the Nepali stock market. Share values dropped by seven percentage points the previous day. The fall in share prices is largely the result of a decline in value of commercial bank shares; last week more than 60 percent of the total shares traded were of commercial banks. nepalnews.com br Two killed, four injured in bus accident Iranians climb Makalu China to consider third road link with Nepal and Tibet Kathmandu, May 16: China will consider the construction of the third highway linking Nepal and Tibet after the completion of Syprubesi-Rasuwaghadi highway, an announcement said Wednesday. China said it will "positively consider" extending the Baglung Beni Highway to Jomsom to link Mustang adjoining Tibet. China agreed to construct 19 kms of the Syprubesi-Rasuwagadhi highway-the second road link between Nepal and Tibet during the just concluded visit of Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji. Zhu called for "press, progress and stability" in Nepal. Zhu flew to Maldives Wednesday after concluding a three-day official visit of Nepal; Zhu will also visit Sri Lanka and Thailand. China will send a study team to Nepal to increase imports to reduce the wide Rs.12 billion trade gap in China's favour, a three-page press statement released after the visit said. Nepal urged Chinese investments in the industrial and tourism sectors. China has agreed "in principle" to allow Nepal to open a consulate in Shanghai, the statement said. China agreed "to give positive consideration" to a Nepali request to renew visa on arrival facility for Nepalis withdrawn by Hong Kong last year after widespread abuse, the announcement said. Zhu's visit will take "bilateral relationship into the new millennium with more co-operation and closer understanding," the statement said. An invitation was extended to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to visit China. nepalnews.com br Kathmandu, May 16: Four policemen were
injured when a booby trap set by Maoists went off at Hangdev village in
Sankhuwasabha district Tuesday. A police patrol was returning to base when
the incident happened. Insurgents completely destroyed a police post in a
bomb attack at Pokhari in the sate district Tuesday, police said. There were
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