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Koirala asks splintered party to join protests President of the Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala Sunday asked rebels of his splintered party to join protests against the King. Koirala issued the appeal in a statement after a telephonic conversation with former prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba. "I ask all to join for the nation, people and democracy and your contributions will be suitably judged," he said. Koirala claimed the anti-King movement was gaining momentum as it enters is third week Wednesday. "Our serious attention has been drawn to the appeal," spokesman of Nepali Congress (Democratic) Hom Nath Dahal said. He said the party was ready to conditionally cooperate with the Koirala Congress. "If there is an agreement to restore the status quo ante before October 4, we are ready to participate in meeting of legislators of the dissolved parliament," Dahal said. The five opposition parties have called the two-day meet Wednesday. RPP President Pashupati SJB Rana said Sunday his party will not meet. nepalnews.com br May 25 Opposition ready to meet King collectively: Nepal Five opposition parties are ready to meet the King "collectively with a package" to resolve the current political crisis, CPN-UML General Secretary Madav Nepal said Sunday. "The protests will continue until doors are open for an understanding," he said. "The movement will be peaceful," Nepal said while asking other parties to join protest. Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and Nepal, in separate statements, claimed the protest movement was gaining momentum. nepalnews.com br May 25 Deb Narayan Maharjan, central committee advisor of CPN-UML, died Saturday of a heart attack, the party said. General Secretary Madav Nepal condoled his death. He was 72. He died as he was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city. Maharjan was a peasant leader of the Party. He was cremated Sunday. nepalnews.com br May 25 Seven teams still continue Everest climbs Seven teams are still vying to climb Mount Everest after 84 climbers with 15 teams scaled the world’s tallest peak Thursday and Friday, the Ministry of Tourism said Sunday quoting fresh reports from base camp. Three expeditions have withdrawn after abortive attempts, the Ministry said. Week-long celebrations began Sunday to commemorate the historic ascent of the peak 50 years ago by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary with a street festival in neighbouring Lalitpur. nepalnews.com br May 25 Maoist students remove padlocks Padlocks in 36 boarding schools were removed by Maoist students in the Valley Saturday following an agreement with a government negotiating team to implement uniform fees in private schools nation-wide from June 15, students and government negotiators said. The agreement was reached between Maoist students and a government team headed by Joint Secretary Laba Tripathi after two days of negotiations. "We will discuss the problem with other unions," said Tripathi. The two sides have signed a five-point agreement, they said. The schools will not take fees until June 15 under the terms of the agreement, an announcement said. Besides Maoists, seven other student unions affiliated with other opposition political parties are also conducting independent campaigns demanding reduced fees at the start of the new academic year. The month-long Maoist campaign has also
been temporarily suspended. The students have threatened to re-launch a
campaign if Saturday's agreement on a uniform fee structure being
worked by another 11-member committee headed Jai Giri, another senior
Education Ministry official, is not enforced from June 15. Maoist
students formed a five-member committee to monitor the agreement, The agreement came
as school administrators threatened to close down educational establishments Probably youngest person climbs Everest Probably the youngest person, a teenage girl, climbed Mount Everest with her sister and brother from the North in Tibet Thursday, the expedition representative in Kathmandu told Nepalnews Saturday. Ming Keepa, 15, climbed Everest with her sister Lakpa, 29, and brother Mingha Gelu, 24. "She is probably the youngest person to climb Everest. We cannot confirm this right now. She said she was 15 when she left for the mountain. We will have to examine her records for final confirmation," Ang Tshering Sherpa, President of Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) told Nepalnews. Pemba Tshiri holds the record for climbing the peak at 16. Lakpa climbed Everest for the third time to become the only woman to scale Everest three times; she scaled the peak one day before the second anniversary of the second ascent of Everest with Japan's Nuguchi Everest Expedition from Tibet; she climbed Everest for the first from Nepal in 2000 with the Millennium Women Expedition. Late King Birendra decorated her with the Gorkha Dakshin Bahu for her climbing exploits. This is also the first time three siblings have climbed Everest together, Ang Tshering said. Altogether 81climbers scaled the 8848 meters high world's tallest peak Thursday and Friday from Nepal -52 Nepalis and 29 foreigners, the Ministry of Tourism said Saturday. More climbers with the 25 expeditions on Everest from Nepal are still continuing their climbs in the current spring climbing season. nepalnews.com br May 25 Great way to honour Tenzing, Hillary: Jamling The son of late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa said Saturday Nepal's week-long celebrations to commemorate the golden jubilee of the ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, was a great way to remember his father and Edmund Hillary. Nepal's celebrations begin Sunday with the Lalitpur street festival. "It's a great way to honour Hillary and my father for their historic ascent," Jamling, 28, told Nepalnews. "It is great to see Hillary still around," he said after arriving in Kathmandu from Darjeeling to take part in the celebrations. "We wish that my father was around; his spirit is with us," Jamling added. Jamling's brother, Norbu and nephew Tashi, are also in town to participate in the celebrations. Tenzing died in 1986. Altogether 229 foreign Everest climbers have so far confirmed their participation for the biggest gathering of Everest summiteers, organizers said. King Gyanendra is expected to grace a gala dinner for the climbers next Thursday-- the same day 50 years ago Tenzing and Hillary stepped on top of Everest. Each summiteer will be presented a gold medallion, Minister for Tourism Kuber Sharma said. Hillary and Junko Tabei will be especially honoured, he said. nepalnews.com br May 25 The Defence Ministry Saturday blamed Maoists for this month's abduction and murder of a soldier whose decomposed body was found near a village in neighbouring Makwanpur district Friday. "The Army is ready to take any action," a statement of the Defence Ministry said Saturday. The Ministry condemned the ' irresponsible and inhuman act" the Ministry said. The Ministry again blamed the rebels for violation of a code of conduct with the government to steer peace talks. nepalnews.com br May 25 Five opposition parties will convene a two-day meeting of the dissolved parliament beginning May 28 in continuing protests against the King for what they call his regressive actions since October 4 last year when he dismissed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba after assuming executive powers, Nepali Congress Spokesman Arjun Narsingh K. C. said. Members of the
National Assembly, the permanent upper chamber of parliament, will also be
invited, he said. On May 31, they will appoint representatives to dissolved
local bodies after their five-year Government is contemplating new local bodies after amending a local government act by ordinance next month to replace government officials. The opposition will burn effigies of "regression" Saturday, the last day of celebrations to commemorate the conquest of Everest 50 years ago by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary. Managers of the celebrations had asked the opposition to put off protests during the celebrations of the historic climb. The parties will observe blackouts and disrupt traffic as in the past, the opposition said. The parties will meet Monday to discuss the phase-wise protest movement. In a bid to win their support, Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand told doctors Saturday that the opposition recommended the King the formation of a government under article 127 of the constitution before the protests and they were obstructing peace talks between the Government and Maoists, Nepal Television said. Chand reiterated he will resign if it will resolve the present crisis. nepalnews.com br May 25 Vice-President of Rashtriya Prajatanatra Party (RPP) Padma Sundar Lawati resigned within 24 hour of his appointment by newly elected President Pashupati SJB Rana, he said Saturday. He accused Rana for arbitrary nominations and work divisions in the working committee. Kamal Thapa was appointed general secretary Friday. Rana Friday assigned responsibilities to other central committee members. nepalnews.com br May 25 The NEPSE index was constant as it slipped only 0.01 points at the end of five-day trading Friday. The market opened at 208.31 points Monday and closed at 208.30 points Friday. Commercial bank share index gained 0.62 points to reach 203.82 points at the end of the week. Commercial bank shares captured 57.37 percent of the market. Rs.2.20 million shares of the Standard Chartered Bank Nepal were sold to lead weekly trading. Altogether 49,916 shares worth Rs.12.01 million were sold in 1,696 transactions. nepalnews.com br May 25 A policeman shot
dead his second wife and then turned a revolver on himself at Dhaughalia
police Suddharshan Ghimire died on the spot while wife, Chanda, died in en route to hospital for treatment of chest wounds. The motive for the murder was not known. nepalnews.com br May 25 Eight blocks opened for exploration Nepal has again opened eight blocks for exploration of petroleum which has not been found as yet. Nepal has opened the blocks averaging 4,800 sq. kms in Dhangadi, Karnali, Lumbini, Birgunj, Malangawa, Janakpur, Rajbiraj and Biratnagar. The Department of Mines and Geology has invited bids for exploration. nepalnews.com br May 25 Following the disclosure of financial misappropriations running into millions at the Royal Drugs Limited, the government Friday sacked general manager Bishnu Bahadur Shrestha and appointed Pushpa Raj Shrestha to the post, Nepal Samacharpatra reported. Nine other high level officers at the Royal Drugs Limited have been implicated for corruption along with ex-general manager Shrestha. Assistant Minister for Industries, Commerce and Supply Jagat Bahadur Gurung is learnt to have instructed the Board of Directors to suspend immediately the officials found to have been involved in corruption. Investigation into the alleged misappropriations carried out by the officials will be carried out soon, according to the new general manager. nepalnews.com am May 25 Bhutanese refugees cannot be given citizenship : Mahat Former Foreign Minister Ram Sharan Mahat termed the recent outcome of the 14th Nepal-Bhutan ministerial level talks on refugee repatriation as faulty and said the agreement to consider giving citizenship to Bhutanese who wanted to stay back in Nepal was against national interests and the interest of the refugees, published reports said. Speaking to newsmen at his residence on Saturday Mahat who who has already led three rounds of joint ministerial level talks on the refugee crisis said the flexibility shown by Nepal to consider granting citizenship to those Bhutanese who would not want to return is against national interests. In the recent ministerial level talks, Nepal had shown a soft corner towards the demands of the Bhutanese negotiators saying that it would put under positive consideration the issue of awarding citizenship to those Bhutanese who were not for returning to their home country. Mahat said the issue had already been internationalized but now with the recent decision of the government the issue has been made national rather than international. The meeting had agreed that those identified as bonafide Bhutanese among those verified at the Khudnabari camp in eastern Nepal would be allowed to return to Bhutan very soon. According to official figures only three percent of the nearly twelve thousand refugees verified at the camp have been put under the category of bonafide Bhutanese. Over hundred thousand refugees have been
residing in seven different UNHCR supported camps in eastern Nepal for the
last twelve years after they were forcefully evicted from Bhutan.
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