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Nepal aid group meeting reaffirms support to Nepal's war against terrorism The Nepal Aid Group at a review meeting held Friday pledged its full support to Nepal's fight against terrorism apart from assuring to back Nepal's development endeavors in the years ahead. Mike O'Brien, Minister at the British Foreign Office chaired the Aid Group meeting in the capital. Speaking at the meeting O'Brien said the Maoist violence is the biggest threat to human rights in Nepal and it is imperative to overcome the threat at any cost. The international community has given its word to the government of Nepal to back its war against Maoist terrorism, the British Minister said after the three hour long meeting. Reaffirming its commitment made at the earlier meeting held in London six months back, the meeting also expressed its worries over the present political crisis in Nepal and the uncertainty of democratic polity. O'Brien welcomed the formation of the new government under the leadership of Lokendra Bahadur Chand Friday. He said the new government must work towards restoring peace in the country and hold free, fair and impartial elections at the earliest possible. nepalnews.com am Oct 12 Surprise for newly appointed PM The road department hurriedly repaired the bumpy road leading to the newly appointed Prime Minister's private residence in Lokanthali without any instructions when it had shrugged off requests for the same for seven months when Lokendra Bahadur Chand was not in power. Chand who returned from the palace at 12:30 am after being appointed Prime Minister started worshipping for two hours after which well wishers started turning up to congratulate him. nepalnews.com am Oct 12 King Gyanendra Friday administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand after he was nominated the head of the government for the fourth time. Chand administered the oath of office to other members of the government in the presence of the King. Crown Prince Paras was present on the occasion. Chand was two-time prime minister in the panchayat and assumed office of the head of government for the second time in the restored multi-party system. Chand said Friday he will expand his nine-member government without specifying a date. He told this to reporters at his residence soon after his nomination by the King. Chand also said he is committed to hold early elections. The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and the Nepal Sadbavana Party welcomed the appointments of Chand and Badri Prasad Mandal who were members of the dissolved House of Representatives. "We are proud that a representative of our party has been nominated prime minister," RPP Vice-chairman Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohini said. Hridesh Tripathi, general secretary of the Nepal Sadbavana Party, echoed similar feelings Friday. Formal official reaction has not come from the Nepali Congress party and the CPN-UML to Chand's appointment and the King's rejection of a demand by six parties of the dissolved parliament for inclusion in the interim government. The King appointed Chand the caretaker Prime Minister exactly seven days after sacking Sher Bahadur Deuba for ineptitude because of failure to hold the November 13 elections as scheduled. The King rejected Deuba's suggestion for rescheduling the vote by 14 months. The King unilaterally formed the new government two days after political parties failed to submit names of untainted individuals without electoral ambitions by Wednesday. But individual members of the two parties extended guarded welcome Friday. nepalnews.com br Oct.11 Vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission Dr. Narayan Khadka resigned after the installation of a new government Thursday, an announcement said. Dr. Khadka was a nominee of the ousted prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Khadka extended his support of Prime Minister Chand. Political appointees Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, Dr. Jagdish Pokhrel, Ninendra Rijal and Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat also resigned. They were all Nepali Congress nominees. nepalnews.com br Oct.11 Security forces killed three Maoists in a shoot-out at Shika village in Ramechap district Friday morning, security sources said. Rebels killed the father of a soldier in Khotang last Sunday, the Defence Ministry said. Maoists have been targeting soldiers and their families in revenge killings and to terrorize the armed forces. Security forces recovered a 303 rifle, bullets, explosives and food grains from a village in Dang after a failed ambush bid Thursday, the Defence Ministry said. Rebels killed Nepali Congress Party activist Bal Krishna Ghimere in Kapilvasthu Thursday. The Jhimruk hydropower plant destroyed by rebels in Pyuthan six months ago started operations Friday, the management said. nepalnews.com br Oct.11 Former home minister and general secretary of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Khum Bahadur Khadka for the first time gave a deposition before the empowered Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Friday. Khadka was home minister in the ousted government of Sher Bahadur Deuba. Commission sources said Khadka was questioned on contracts awarded to businesses when he was water resources minister in the undivided Nepali Congress government headed by Girija Prasad Koirala. Communications Minister in the Deuba government Jayaprakash Gupta testified for the fourth consecutive day while number two man in the Deuba government Minister for Physical Planning Chiranjibi Wagle testified for the second time. The Commission is investigating corruption charges and ill-gotten wealth of political leaders. King Gyanendra Friday directed the Chand government to crack down on corruption and run a clean administration. Nepal's international donors, including the United States and the United Kingdom, Friday welcomed a crackdown of official corruption. The consortium reviewed June's development and military aid pledged in London to Nepal to fight a war against Maoist insurgency. nepalnews.com br Oct.11 Portfolio of the new council of Ministers The following is the portfolio of the new council of Ministers. Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand is likely to incorporate members from major political parties of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML. It is reported that some of the excluded parties are reluctant to join the government.
nepalnews.com dr Oct 11 Lokendra
Bahadur Chand new PM (breaking
news 3:15) The interim government has 7 full ministers and 2 assistant ministers. Dr. Badri Prasad Shrestha has been appointed Finance Minister, Narendra Bikram Shah Foreign Minister, Dharma Bahadur Thapa as Home Minister, Gorehe Bahadur Khapange as Women Affairs Minister and Dr. Upendra Devkota as Health Minister. The assistant ministers are Anuradha Koirala and Gopal Dahit. nepalnews.com br Oct 11 The King rejected the demand of six political parties represented in the parliament to be included in the interim administration. The King has formed a government of politicians, technocrats and an internationally recognised social worker.
Prime Minster Chand was the last PM of the Panchayat overthrown by popular movement in 1990. He is the number two man in the RPP. He is 62 years old. Badri Prasad Mandal is acting chief of Nepal Sadbhavana Party.
Dr. Badri Prasad Shrestha is an economist and a former ambassador to Japan. Narendra Bikram Shah is a retired foreign secretary and former representative to the United Nations. Dharma Bahadur Thapa is a retired home secretary and anchaladish. Gorehe Bahadur Khapange is a left leaning leader espousing the cause of the hill tribes. Dr. Upendra Devkota is Nepal's foremost neuro surgeon. Anuradha Koirala is head of Maiti Nepal that is working to stop the flight of Nepalese women to brothels in India. She also is working to stop child abuse. Her work has been internationally recognised. Prince Charles and other international figures visiting Nepal visit her headquarters while in Nepal. The King has included representatives of two of four national parties in the government. nepalnews.com br Oct 11 King delegates responsibilities to new government King Gyanendra Friday gave 5 broad responsibilities to the new government, a royal palace announcement said. The King ordered the government to restore peace as the first priority as a communist insurgency mounts, the announcement. The King then mandated the government to hold the suspended elections in a free fair and impartial manner soonest and consolidate multi party democracy. The King did not set a date for the elections. The King then told the government to control official corruption. The King directed the government to maintain friendly relations with all countries. The King asked the government to run the day to day affairs of the country effectively and efficiently to serve the people. nepalnews.com br Oct 11 King meets six political party leaders King Gyanendra Friday met separately with leaders of six political parties of the dissolved parliament at the Royal Palace, political leaders said. The King did not meet them jointly as requested by them. The King met Girija Prasad Koirala, Madav Nepal, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Badri Prasad Mandal Narayanman Bijukakchaya and Amik Serchand. The King Thursday resumed discussions with people of different walks of life to form an interim government after returning from Gorkha where he performed puja at the Gorakkali temple on Navaratri. nepalnews.com br Oct.11 Khadka next in line to face CIAA Former Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka is the next in line to be summoned by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to clarify about the alleged misappropriation that he carried out in an irrigation project while he was the Water Resources Minister prior to his recent appointment in the deposed Deuba led government. Khadka gave license for the construction of 12 different hydro projects. Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who was the then Prime Minister sacked Khadka after he demanded that the post of party president be handed over to a leader from the younger generation. Meanwhile the CIAA has continued to grill ex-Ministers Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta and Chiranjibi Wagle on charges of corruption. It has been found that Wagle’s son Devendra Wagle possesses another bank account at the Standard Chartered Bank Limited. According to the bank sources, junior Wagle has 5.7 million rupees at the bank’s branch office in Kantipath. This is the fourth bank account in the name of junior Wagle that has been made public. Earlier it was known that junior Wagle had nearly 11 million rupees in total in the Bank of Kathmandu, Himalayan Bank Limited and Nabil Bank. The former Minister has been arguing that he had nothing to do with the money, which his son possessed. He has told the press that the CIAA must probe his son instead. nepalnews.com am Oct 11 Fourth SAARC trade fair to kick off in capital The trade fair according to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies will provide opportunities for investors and traders to enhance business in the region, while helping them share experiences to attain higher and equitable economic growth. The fair will have more than 200 exhibitors who will be displaying various products such as machinery, vehicles, agricultural and handicraft products. Under the South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement (SAPTA), which has been in operation for the last seven years, some 5,500 plus products have been given preferential treatment. The eleventh SAARC Summit that was held in Kathmandu from January 4-6 this year had stressed the need for preparing a framework for the SAARC Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) before the 12th Summit to be held in Islamabad in 2003. nepalnews.com am Oct 11 Encephalitis claims three in Dang Three persons in Dang have lost their lives from encephalitis, the three were undergoing treatment in the local hospital. Dr. Bikash Devkota has been reported as saying that only some parts of the district have been affected by the disease. nepalnews.com am Oct 11 As political parties bickered over King Gyanendra's call to nominate members to an interim government to conduct the suspended November 13 polls, the monarch returned to the capital late Thursday afternoon after offering prayers and pujas at the Gorakhkali temple in Gorkha on the fourth day of Navarati. King Gyanendra ascended the throne at Gorkha Durbar before returning to Kathmandu. Queen Komal and Crown Prince Paras also returned to the capital Thursday. Political parties did not recommend their representatives to the government to the King within Wednesday-- the deadline set by the King. Instead, the six political parties in the dissolved parliament sought a joint audience with the King who should return executive powers to the new government, they demanded. The King has not obliged. The Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the RPP, three political parties in the dissolved parliament, Thursday called for a resolution of the crisis by a dialogue between the King and the parties. Dismissed former prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba will announce his party's protest programme Friday after calling his dismissal by the King unconstitutional, the party said. nepalnews.com br Oct.10 |
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