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Rain, snowfall make life topsy-turvy Sudden winter rains and snowfall has affected life throughout the country, bringing in a cold wave, various reports said Monday. Life has badly been disrupted in Taplejung in far-east Nepal, where the highest snowfall has been recorded in a decade, the reports said. People's movement has come to a halt, 22 schools have been shut down and the snowfall is likely to damage this year's crops in the district, the Rising Nepal said. Neighbouring district Panchthar is also facing the same problem, the daily said. Tourists, especially domestic, at the same time, enjoyed snowfall in the hilly areas nearby Kathmandu, which received snow as high as two feet, other reports said. Hill stations such as Nagarkot, Phulcnowki and Daman are packed with thousands of tourists from Saturday, the day when the light winter shower began, the reports said. The cold wave has brought life in the Terai belt to a standstill, according to the reports. No sunshine has been reported since last two weeks in almost all Terai districts ranging from Jhapa in the east to Mahendranagar in the west, the reports said. The mostly affected Terai cities are Biratnagar, Birtamod, Gaur, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj, among others, according to the reports. nepalnews.com mr Dec 29 Related
News Woman Maoist surrenders in Gorkha A disenchanted woman Maoist, Kholmaya Gurung, 20 recently surrendered to security forces in Lamjung district, published reports said Monday. Gurung joined the Maoists' party in August this year. She escaped after two months of joining the rebel party and returned to home in Bichaura VDC of the district, the reports said. According to her, the Maoists forcefully took her and two of her friends with them while they were collecting fodder in the jungle. She succeeded in escaping in her second attempt, the Rising Nepal said. nepalnews.com mr Dec 29 Related
News An aircraft of Sita Airlines bound for Kathmandu from Pokhara made an emergency landing at Bharatpur airport, as the windscreen of the Dornier aircraft, 9N-AHB, suddenly began to crack, the Rising Nepal said Monday. It happened just 12 minutes after takeoff from Pokhara airport at 11:15 a.m. with 18 people abroad, the daily said. Captain Nabin Gurung made the emergency landing to avoid a possible accident, the daily quoted Keshav Lamsal, Airport runway officer at Bharatpur, as saying. The fluctuation in the weather's temperature might have caused the screen to crack, Gurung said. It was raining when the plane was flying, the daily said. After making a forced landing at the airport at 11:24 a.m., the passengers were sent to Kathmandu by bus, the daily said. The aircraft flew to Kathmandu at 5:10 in the evening after necessary maintenance by technicians brought from Kathmandu, the daily quoted officials at the Bharatpur airport, as saying. nepalnews.com mr Dec 29 Rain, chill affect five parties' protests Five parties Sunday launched "anti-regressive" protests and rallies in and outside Kathmandu. Light rain and low temperature affected the protests across the country, various reports said. During the protests, party activists burned the effigies of "regression" chanting anti-King slogans, the reports said. In Kathmandu, the rallies marched major thoroughfares of the city and converged into a corner speech program. Nepali Congress leader Sushil Koirala, leftist leader Siddilal Singh and others delivered speeches on the occasion. Similar protests were also held in major cities like Biratnagar, Dharan, Birtamod, Janakpur and Nepalgunj, among other places, the reports said. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28 Related
News NEPSE index gained 0.14 points at the end of five-day trading Friday. The market opened at 201.51 points Monday and closed at 201.65 points Friday. Commercial bank share index jumped to 195.86 points from 195.63 points in weekly trading. Nepal Bangladesh Bank led the market trading 13,585 shares worth Rs.5.56m. Altogether 102,903 shares worth Rs.20.89m were sold in 1,073 transactions. nepalnews.com br Dec.28 Related
News India expressed hope Saturday that seven South Asian countries would sign a free trade pact during their January 4-6 summit in Pakistan, AFP reported from New Delhi. "It is our hope that it will get signed. It will definitely have a great impact," Indian Foreign Secretary Shashank, who uses only one name, told a news conference. Senior commerce ministry official S.S.Kapoor said only a "few issues" remained to be resolved in the proposed South Asian Free Trade Agreement and hoped they would be sorted out in meetings ahead of the leaders' summit. Unresolved issues include anti-dumping measures, safeguards on quotas and the timeframe of a draft agreement, Kapoor said. nepalnews.com br Dec.28 Related
News Manang Marshyangdi lifted the Budhasubbha Gold Cup beating Mahendra Police Club 1-0 in the finals in Dharan Saturday. Basanta Thapa scored the solitary goal. This is the fourth win for the Club this year. Basanta Thapa was declared player of the series. Surendra Tamang of Dharan Yellow received the highest scorer award while Hari Khadka was declared man of the match. Meanwhile, the King Mahendra Gold Cup Football Tournament will begin in Biratnagar from January 2. nepalnews.com br Dec.28 Chariot procession of Rastra Kabi Residents of Pokhara Saturday organised a grand chariot procession in honour of Rastra Kabi Madhav Prasad Ghimire. Thousands of people took part in the procession, reports said. The chariot procession was the first of its kind after conferring the title of Rastra Kabi, or national poet to Ghimire, RSS said. The procession began from Chipledhunga and ferried major thoroughfares of the lake city, the agency said. Traditional music of panche baja was played on the occasion. The procession converged into a gathering at the premises of Prithvi Narayan Campus, where he was felicitated on behalf of the literary associations and institutions as well as the local people, the agency said. National Poet Public Felicitation Main Organising Committee chairman Tirtha Man Shrestha draped Ghimire with a shawl and presented a felicitation letter to him. In the letter, it has been mentioned that he has been felicitated for his indefatigable, uninterrupted and unparalleled contributions to enriching Nepali language and literature for the last seven decades. National poet Ghimire, speaking on the occasion, said that he was overwhelmed by the hospitality and honour bestowed on him by the people of Pokhara as a gesture of recognition of his literary works and he received inspiration to undertake more creative activities. Ghimire expressed his commitment to continue with his literary works even at the age of 85 "instead of waiting for death if the Nepali people continue to shower their affection to him." He further said peace is the need of the hour. Poet and Vice Chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy, Mohan Koirala and Jan Kabikeshari Dharma Raj Thapa, among other guests, highlighted the contribution of national poet Ghimire to Nepali literature. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28 Nepali restaurateurs honoured in London Nepalese Caters' Association, UK, which is the umbrella organization of Nepali restaurateurs in Great Britain, Friday, honoured some Nepali restaurateurs in London for their contribution to the respective business, a statement said Sunday. They were honored with certificates and shawls (dosalla) amid a function organized to mark the Association's first anniversary on December 26, 2003, the statement said. Speaking as the chief guest, Royal Nepali Ambassador to UK, Prabal Shamsher JB Rana said it is great that the restaurant owners have been promoting Nepal and Nepalis in the UK by generating more employment opportunities for Nepalis. "It's my pleasure to honor those who have been promoting Nepali food and culture here," Rana said. Other participants of the program said the establishment of Nepali restaurateurs' organization in the UK is itself a very positive development. Late Krishna Bahadur Thapa was honored on the occasion. The other Nepalis to receive the honors in the program included Kaluram Thapa, Ishwor Prasad Manandhar, Shyam Maharjan, Dhan Bahadur Mali, Rup Bahadur Karki, Badri Prasad Joshi, Ram Prasad Sharma, Indra Bahadur Karki, Gangaram Sharma, Sohan Raj Sharma, Bhim Lal Gautam, Gopal Das Manandhar, Ganesh Shrestha and Puran Lal. Nepali artistes hosted a cultural program on the occasion. President of the Association, Dhruba KC chaired the program, according to the statement said. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28 Three workers die of suffocation Three employees of a factory in Kathmandu Saturday died of suffocation from the light-coal heater (locally known as makkal), they had lit in their common bedroom to keep them warm, published reports said Sunday. The three dead were the employees of Himalayan Noodles and were found unconscious in a room inside the factory compound in Basundhara, Dhapasi VDC-9, the reports said. Those who were found dead were identified as Dipesh Tamang, 18, from Sanglekhola, Suman Tamang, 17, from Sarlahi and Buddhi Parja, 18 from Chitwan, the reports said. Jeevan Tamang, 20, from Sanglekhola, was found unconscious, but is reported to be out of danger now after receiving treatment at the Teaching Hospital, according to the reports. The four workers of the factory were staying there for the past four months, the reports said. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28 |
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