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VOL. 27, NO. 45, July25 , 2008 (Shrawan 10 2065 B.S.)
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on July 17, 2008 by the Embassy of India, Kathmandu with District Development Committee, Kaski and Shree Janapriya Multiple Campus, Simalchaur, Pokhara for providing a grant assistance of Nrs.26.27 million for construction of four storied building and provision of furniture for the campus under the India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Programme. According to Indian Embassy Press Released, established in 1991, Shree Janapriya Multiple Campus at Simalchaur is the only community based institution in Pokhara affiliated to Tribhuvan University and Higher Secondary Education Board of Nepal. The Campus is providing education upto Bachelor’s degree to about 2500 students, about 35% of which are girls.
This is the fifth educational project undertaken by the Government of India in district Kaski in recent years and overall, is among more than 280 large and small projects currently being implemented under the India-Nepal.
SIXTEEN-DAYS AFTER HER HUSBAND ex-crown prince Paras Shah left the country for Singapore, former princess Himani Shah Thursday (July 17) left Nepal to join her husband. The former princess, along with her three children, boarded a Silk Air flight to Singapore at one this afternoon. Police escorted Himani to Tribhuwan International Airport. Former crown prince Paras Shah left Nepal on July 1 to find a good school for his children and home for his wife. The former royal couple went to Singapore to admit their three children in to a school in Singapore.
PRIME MINISTER GIRIJA PRASAD KOIRALA said that the government would book the Maoist cadres, involved in murder of Koteshwor businessman Ram Hari Shrestha as soon as possible. Speaking at a meeting with the members of the government commission who reached Baluwatar to submit the report on Ramhari's murder, PM Koirala said that the guilty persons would be punished as per the recommendation of the panel. The commission also presented the 150-page report on the case. The probe commission chairman Rajendra Bhandari said that the report recommends strong action against Chitwan 3rd division Maoist commander Kali Bahadur Kham 'Bibidh', Brigade commander Govinda Bahadur Batala, combatants Keshav Adhikari and Ganga Ram Thapa, who were found guilty by the commission. The government had constitued a three-member probe commission headed by former Supreme Court justice, Bhandari, to investigate the case on May 22.
IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2064/65, the authorities has approved issuance of high volume of shares in the public. According to Securities Exchange Board of Nepal (SEBON), shares worth Rs 11.56 billion have been approved for public issuance in this year – which is three times more than a year before. In fact, till now the SEBON has approved Rs 23.4 6 billion of public shares. Meanwhile, the total market capitalization value has reached Rs 350.23 billion.
UNITED NATIONS HAS SOUGHT CLARIFICATION from government on the scope of any future support by United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). In a new report presented before the UN Security Council, secretary general Ban Ki-moon says he does not believe that current monitoring arrangements (management of arms and army personnel) should be necessary for much longer. The Secretary-General notes that there is a "broad consensus" among the country's political parties and civil society that a continuing UN political presence and monitoring of arms and armed personnel "remain important to the completion of the peace process, and in particular to a successful transition regarding the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist army personnel." Government had recently written to the UN asking it to extend the UNMIN term by another six months in smaller size. "The key requirement now is not the continuation of monitoring arrangements so much as the transition to a durable and permanent solution. The United Nations' monitoring role must thus be understood in the context of immediate efforts to reach decisions on the underlying issues, which the United Nations will assist as requested," the report says. The Secretary General has also asked UNMIN chief Ian Martin to seek further clarification from the government about the scope of support it would like to receive from UNMIN before submitting his formal recommendation to the Security Council on the Mission's future. UNSG proposed one-month extension of the UNMIN term for the Mission to give the government time to respond to his request.
