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Accident kills four Nepalis in Almora Four Nepali workers were killed when a jeep in which they were traveling fell into a gorge at Chaunsli, eight km before Almora after midnight Sunday, the Hindu reported from Dehra Dun, India Monday. The jeep, carrying 12 Nepali workers, was going from Haldwani to Almora when the accident occurred, the newspaper said. The injured have been admitted to Base Hospital in Almora, it said. The daily has not disclosed identities of the dead. nepalnews.com mr Dec 15 Strike paralyses life in Terai The Maoist-called general strike in the Terai belt Monday paralysed life in most of the southern districts, bringing vehicular movement and commercial activities to a halt, various reports said. Maoists exploded bombs and frightened civilians in Baidehi bazaar of Dhanusha district at around 5 pm Monday. At least three locals were injured when the Maoist group, numbering more than 100, moved around the bazzar and looted shops, the reports said. The strike mainly affected life in Biratnagar, Inaruwa and Dharan, the reports said. In Lahan, Siraha, even the dispensaries were shut down for the day. Vehicular movement and commercial activities were almost zero in the rest of the eastern districts, the reports said. The strike also affected life in the Terai districts of western, far western and mid-western regions, as most of the western cities were also closed down, the reports said. No unpleasant incident was reported until 9:15 pm Monday. Maoists blasted pressure cooker bombs in a police post in Birtamod, Jhapa in the wee hours Monday. nepalnews.com mr Dec 15 Related
News India disapproves Maoist, CPN-UML Lucknow meet Nepal has given a "very prompt and positive response to requests from the Embassy of India to provide additional security" to Surya Nepal and Dabur Nepal after extortion demands from Maoists, The Indian Embassy said Monday. They are joint venture companies. The Embassy" deeply appreciates" the government action, the Embassy said. "We do not approve of Indian territory being used for such clandestine meetings and we would urge that all concerned should refrain from such activity in future," the Embassy said of a recent meeting between Maoists and CPN-UML leaders in Lucknow. "Yes, India is providing sanctuary and refuge to hundreds of thousands of Nepali people, who are fleeing indiscriminate violence and adversity in their own country," the Embassy said while reacting to comments that India was providing sanctuary to Maoists. "Yes, this is possible. But does this add up to India giving them sanctuary and encouraging their violent activities against Nepal? Certainly not. We have time and again stated that the Maoists insurgency represents as much a threat to India's security as to Nepal, and that we are committed to cooperating closely with Nepal in meeting this challenge," the Embassy said quoting Ambassador Shyam Sharan. Earlier reports said the Indian envoy made the comments while talking to Indian correspondents this week. The Embassy Monday put out extracts of the comments. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 Related
News Joint security forces shot dead 15 Maoists in fresh clashes in five districts, the Defence Ministry said Monday. Government forces shot dead nine rebels in Rolpa Sunday, two each in Palpa and Ramechap and one each in Kavre and Dhading. Security forces and insurgents clashed in Sankhuwasabha Monday morning. Rebels fled after an hour-long battle. Two teenage students, nine and 11, were injured in an accidental banner bomb explosion in Kaski near Pokhara Monday along with a 48-year-old man, a radio report said. Maoists had strewn the bomb across a highway in the west Nepal district. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 Related
News Norway Monday gave Nepal a Rs.99m grant to implement poverty alleviation and food security programmes. Representatives of the two governments signed an grant agreement in the capital. Nepal thanked Norway for the assistance. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 PM Thapa to visit Bangladesh, Maldives Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, the current Chairman of SAARC will visit Bangladesh and Maldives from Dec.17 to 22 on the second and last leg of visits of SAARC member states ahead of the 12th summit of the regional body in Islamabad in January next year, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. PM Thapa will be in Bangladesh from December 17 to 19 and Maldives from December 20 to 22. The prime minister will be accompanied by Ambassador-at-large Dr.Bhek Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. PM Thapa has already visited India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bhutan. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 Related
News A condolence meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday afternoon to pay tributes to veteran diplomat and former member of the National Council of Parliament Udhav Dev Bhatta who died Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador-at-large Dr. Bhek Bahadur Thapa paid glowing tributes to the former Foreign Secretary for his contribution to Nepali diplomacy. Dr. Thapa lauded his role as a member of the National Council where he was respected as an expert on foreign policy by leaders across party lines. Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya spoke of late Bhatta's contributions as a career foreign service diplomat, Foreign Secretary and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, and after retirement, as head of a high level task force on foreign service and member of the board of directors of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and B.P. Koirala Nepal-India Foundation. A minute's silence was observed in memory the former Foreign Secretary. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 Related
News Manang Marsyangdi Club (MMC) Monday lifted the Martyrs' Memorial ANFA San Miguel Invitational Football Tournament 2003 Cup by beating Eveready Association of Kolkata in a tie breaker 4-2. The match was played before a packed audience at the Dasharath Rangashala. MMC benefited from hometown support. MMC entered the finals by beating fancied Mahendra Police Club while Eveready Association beat Three Star Club in the semi-finals. nepalnews.com br Dec.15 RBB will be in profit from next year: New management The loss-making Rastirya Banijya Bank (RBB), in the last 11 months of management handover to the private sector, has "progressed" a lot and will go into "normal profit" from "next year", the new RBB management team told a press meet Monday. "We are fully confident that RBB will be in profit from next year," Basudev Ram Joshi, RBB Chairman and a member of the new management team, told journalists present at press meet Monday. Justifying his arguments, Joshi said the ailing RBB was running under losses of Rs.1.22 billion in the fiscal year 2058/059 B.S. "We managed to lower the losses to 730 million in the fiscal year 2059/060 B.S." As a matter of pride, the new team further managed to reduce the losses just to Rs.20 million in the first three months of the current fiscal year (2060/2061), Joshi said. "If this trend and improvement continues, RBB will soon regain its glorious position, which it used to enjoy in the past," he said. Bruce Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the bank, said the new team has been launching massive reforms to revive the bank. "Through transparency and our highly spirited team, we are steadily nearing our targets," Anderson said. The RBB has now updated its account and audit reports, which had not been updated for a long time, they said. Meanwhile, a statement, distributed during the press meet, said the RBB had net liabilities in excess of 22 billion rupees and more than 60 percent of its loans were classified as "non-performing", at the time when the new team took over the management of the bank 11 months ago. "During the eleven months under review, Rs.2.3 billion in principal and interest has been recovered from the non-performing loans," said the statement. Downsizing the branches across the country, the RBB is now providing attractive and standard services, it said. "On the basis of our reform programs, we firmly believe that the RBB will soon emerge as a model bank," the statement said. The government, eleven months ago, handed over the management of RBB to private sector aiming at rescuing the almost-collapsed bank. Along with RBB, management of Nepal Bank Limited (NBL) was also handed over to private sector for the same reason. RBB and NBL are Nepal's two largest and oldest commercial banks. nepalnews.com mr Dec 15 |
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