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Vol. 20 :: No. 38
THE NATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE
Apr 06 - Apr 12 ,
2001.
THE BOTTOMLINE

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LEFT: Foreign Minister Chakra Prasad Bastola, for Denmark and Finland. Bastola will hold discussions with senior Danish and Finnish officials on matters of bilateral interest during his official visit.

ANNOUNCED: Nepali Congress lawmaker Narayan Singh Pun, that he will not take allowance for the ongoing 19th session of the parliament, "as the present session has failed to do anything concrete to resolve the problems facing the people." He is the first lawmaker to make such an announcement.

REJECTED: The resignation tendered by Defence Minister Mahesh Acharya, by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.

REINSTATED: Tilak Rawal, as the governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank, by the Supreme Court.

FILED: A writ petition at the Supreme Court, by two advocates Chandra Kanta Gyawali and Thakur Raman Acharya, seeking revocation of those clauses in the Constitution that do not allow a Nepali woman to transfer her citizenship right to her children.

RECOVERED: The bodies of two missing trekkers — Michelle Hackett, a flight sergeant in the Australian Air Force, and her eight-year-old daughter Kathleen Cassandra, who were swept by an avalanche, by rescuers.

RETURNED: Ram Krishna Tamrakar, Minister for Health, after taking part in the 25th meeting of health ministers of non-aligned countries, held in Johannesburg, South Africa.


| Coverstory | Governor's Case | Least Developed Countries | Army Mobilization | Interview |
| Anfa Row | Junoon Concert
| Melamchi Project | Ice Cream | Kashi Raj Dahal | Editor's Note | Forum |
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Letters | Book Review | News Notes | Briefs | The Bottomline | Quote Unquote | Off The Record |


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