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THE ELECTION COMMISSION (EC) has appointed district judges of all 75 districts as chief election officers in the respective districts in order to carry out election related jobs. The EC has also delineated election constituencies under article 5 of the House of Representatives Member Election Act-2047 for the forthcoming mid-term elections. The Commission has fixed additional 26 election symbols other than for the political parties and independent candidates registered or recognized under clause 40 of the act. The Election Commission has also provided election symbols to 22 political parties out of the fixed symbols for the purpose of including those not recognized by the commission or the 21 out of the 23 registered and one party which had not taken election symbol in 2053 B. S. KATHMANDU FESTIVAL -2002, the
consumer-oriented trade exhibition got underway at Bhrikuti Mandap here Wednesday
for the benefit of the consumers who would be able to purchase essential and consumers
goods at the same place. There are 125 stalls of domestic and foreign consumer goods
at the week-long exhibition organized on the eve of the festival of Vijaya Dashami while
provisions have also been made for modern cultural programs, food festivals and
entertainment for children. Vijaya Dashami is the greatest festival of all Nepalese. IN RESPONSE TO THE Govt's
demand for 700 volunteer teachers to teach in schools in Maoist insurgency-hit
regions in the country, as many as 20,000 applications have been filed, officials said.
According to an official at the Department of Education (DoE), the number could even
increase. The government had decided to recruit volunteer teachers on a temporary basis
after most of the teachers left their schools in the wake of the rebels targeting the
hapless lot.. Most of the schools in districts like Rukum, Rolpa, Salyan, Jajarkot,
Gorkha and Surkhet have already been closed, putting the future of thousands of children
in jeopardy. Many school buildings have been destroyed. The Maoists have killed as
many as 100 teachers and abducted many others since the beginning of their insurgency
six-years ago. Director General at the DoE, Chuman Singh Basnet, said that the process
of enrolment of the volunteer teachers will be finalized by October 17 this year and
they will be paid Rs. 2,500-3,000 per month (around USD 40). He, however, did not tell
anything about the personal safety of the newly recruited teachers. MORE THAN A MONTH month after the
raids by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) at the
houses of 22 revenue officials, the revenue collection from Tatopani customs bordering
Tibet autonomous region of China has increased by nearly 50 percent, a newspaper report in
Kantipur daily said. According to the report, collections from the Tatopani customs have
amounted to Rs 127.6 million in the month of Bhadra (Aug-Sep.), up from Rs 87 million
collected in the previous month of Srawan (July-August). A businessman admitted that they
were paying just double the revenue of what they were paying earlier. General Secretary of
the Nepal Trans-Himalaya Traders Association, Keshab Bahadur Rayamajhi, said that the
customs official were now treating all the businessmen without any discrimination. THE UNITED STATES has agreed to
provide a grant assistance of US$ 14.3 million (approx. Rs 1.12 billion) to Nepal
for promoting peace through improved governance and incomes in targeted areas of the
country. According to Finance Ministry, under the agreement an initial amount of US$ 3.6
million will be disbursed soon by the US and remaining fund will be provide in increments
over a period of four years. The grant assistance will be utilized to improve
infrastructure and expand employment opportunities in targeted areas, support for
rehabilitation and reconstruction programs and technical assistance to strengthen the
government's policy decisions and short-term support for local governance, the Ministry
said. An agreement to this effect was signed by officiating secretary at the Finance
Ministry, Narayan P. Silwal, US ambassador to Nepal Michael E. Malinowski and
director of USAID in Nepal Joanne T. Hale here Sunday, the Ministry said. THE 52nd ANNIVERSARY OF Sarada secondary school was organized last Saturday under the chairmanship of Shashi Kumar Pandey, president of school management committee. On the occasion Bal Bahadur K.C., Minister of culture, tourism and civil aviation, distributed awards to the top scoring students in examination and extra curricular activities. Mana Panta, Gita Bhandary, Radha Poudel and Dipanjali Raut were awarded by gold medals for their more than two and a half decade long service in the school. Ravi Lamichhane, principal of the school lauded the service of these teachers and highlighted the school's activities. Kiran Shrestha, vice principal of the school also addressed the gathering and vowed to improve the quality of education and develop Sarada as a leading educational institution in the country. |
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