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Capital has dirtiest air? WB denies saying so

KATHMANDU, Dec 30 - The World Bank Nepal Office today refuted a recent news report putting Kathmandu on the top of the 17 Asian cities with the dirtiest air, saying that the World Bank did not come up with any report like that, and that the fact was "misrepresented" by the press.

FULL STORY

H E A D L I N E
Capital has dirtiest air? WB denies saying so	India detained UML leader for 16 hours
Five more die in winter related cases	APF personnel gang-rape 16-yr-old
Get set for a date with dazzling Saturn	Police subdue students’ protest
Wintry fluctuations in Nepal, South Asia	Refugees tell govt: We won’t go
Court order to five Maoist leaders	Preserve achievements of 1990: Koirala

L O C A L
Philatelic exhibition on mountains held	Badhghars face official harassment
NPI panel formed	Maoists loot industrial bank in Chitwan
Tailoring-cum-adult education programme for army widows	Children below five years to be administered polio drops
Maoists kill 3 securitymen	Poaching reduces Red Panda popuation
Crown Prince’s birthday observed nationwide	First +2 level school a boon for locals at Abukhaireni
Age no bar when it comes to preserving tradition

E D I T O R I A L

Miles to go

F E A T U R E
Private affair	On Nepal-India relations
Bhutan’s phoney offensive	It’s kind of a love story
NTB facing bigger challenge ahead	China is preparing a ‘peaceful ascendancy’
Vortex of electric, electronic and techno-mechano music	South Asian forum

E C O N O M Y
Industrial Policy, IEA, FITTA to be amended	Trade deficit increases to Rs 20.6 b
No gold, silver purchases	Milk producers to fund 250 cooperatives
Auto Fair begins in Hetauda	Eastern Sugar Mills resumes operation
Cyprus realised as a new market for Nepali workers	Setting up 1,500 telecentres during Tenth Plan unlikely

S P O R T S
NOC de-registered	Taekwondo selection concludes

L E T T E R
WTO membership essential	Cooly hot

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