Dailekh Jan 25,2008- A woman have has given birth to a child just one month after her first delivary. Twenty three year old Yagi Thapa delivared a healthy baby born month after giving birth to her first child. According to Dr Sapkota, whom Thapa gave birth to her first child on the day of Dec 24,2007, she was found carying another baby inside her womb. As thapa did not deliver even after sttaying three day of the health centre under observation,she was recommended to go to hospital. After a month long wait, Thapa finally gave birth to her second child on the way while being rushed to the health certre after getting into labor.  

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A specious hospital equiped with all latest state of the art techonology is shortly coming into operation in Kathmandu meant exclusively for Civil Servants in the country.

Both incumbent and retired Civil servants and their dependants will have an opportunity to get free of cost treatment once the 130 bed Civil Services Hospital comes into prepration within the next two months. The hospital is located at Minbhuwan.

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Don't worry with proverty. Don't go on depression or frustration, be patience and work hard honestly. You will get  success in your life.

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A major Indian kidney racket Dr Amit Kumar was finally caught in a police dragnet. Nepal Police arrested  him from a resort in Chitwan

from a wild evening life camp hotel at Souraha  around 5 PM thursday Feb 7,2008. Along with Dr Amit, police also nabbed one of his

close adides, Manish Singh.

Police also seized a bank draft for Indian rupees 936000 and Euros 145,000 and USD 18,900 in cash from the arrested.

The arrest comes after Interpol issued red corrner notice against Dr Anil recently.`

The network spread accross at least five Indian states, including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh and Haryana,

besides Nepal.

A sleuth probing the kidney racket had brought out the fact that a least three Turkish nationals had died during kidney transplants at

Amit's hospital between 2003 to 2005. The matter was allegedly covered up claiming the three died to due to cardiac failuer.

Dr Anil is said to be the mastermind behind an international racket in illegal kidney transplants which has been operating for many

years. He is accused of having fraud or duped around 500 people into donating their kidneys.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reached a loan agreement of US$ 137 million(around 9 billion rupees) for the Melamchi

project for until 2013.

The ADB took the decision during a meeting held at its headquarters in Manila, Phillipins on Feb7,2008, said a statement issued by the

Ministry of Physical Planning and construction.

The ADB has also withdrawn a past condition that barred award of contract for construction of the 26.5 kilometer diverson tunnel

without prior handover of management of the warter supply system in Kathmandu Valley to the private sector the Ministry said.

The Government has already commenced working accrodingly to a public-private partnership concept to manage water supply in

valley.

The   ADB said in its web-site that it has agreed to new terms for the project. The ADB agreed in new terms for the project for which

it is the lead financier.

The ADB said it agreed to remove a loan convenant requiring the award of a private sector management contract to support the new

utility as a precondition for awarding the tunnel Civil work contract.

This will enable to two sub-projects to be immplements in paralled without delay

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National flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation last week pulled out of its flights to New Delhi, one of its most lucrative sectors until a few years back.

Stoppage of the flights was due to low volume of passengers.

The Corporation was performing satisfactorily in the internatinal sector due to the absence of competition on many lucrative  routes and a comparative advantage as a domestic based airlines despite mis-management and poor services. But no longer.

Today's firence competition in the national and international sectors seems to have broken Nepal Airlines Corporation's back- bone-perhaps once and for all.

International carriers are jackeying for a bigger slience of the pie. At the same time domestic airlines-Yeti and Buddha with their sound management are taking a toll on Nepal Airlines Corporation. Yeti has now gone international.

The carreir is fast losing business not just on its Delhi route but almost every sector.

Nepal Air Corporation, which once used to fly to 49 destinations accross the country, is currently restricted the remote domestic areas where other airlines hesitate to go. Out of 6 Twen-Oter aircraft for the domestic sector, 3 lie idle and 2 are damaged. Yeti Airlines,lured by growing air traffic, has been requesting to be given both damaged aircraft on lease. Aside from paying the lease amount, it has offered to repaid, operate and return the aircraft after a certain period.

The only thing that keeps Nepal Airlines Corporatin going is its unnatural benfits ground handling.

This earns it nearly a billion rupees in revenue a year. But the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal can take away their business any time.

Nepal Airlines Corporation earned a profit of around 500 million rupees in the last fiscal year of 2006/07 and  suffered a loss Rs. 300 million in the year 2005/06,according to Financial Director of Nepal Airlines Corporation.
 

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Undaunted by two unsuccessful attempts to enter the police forces, Ramila Bohara of Kalti of Bajura district has come to Dipayal after

a three day long arduous walk to try her luck for the third  time. Bohara is hopeful that this time she will be selected for a job in the

force.

I  failed in the written exam in both my previous attempt, she said." But  I am quite optimistic this time and want to show that woman

too are capable like men and can support their family through this proffessiion".

If her dream materializes, she will be the first "police woman" from her village as well as a few after neighbouring VDC' s. After the

Government recently allocated certain quotas for woman candidates, sources of other woman have arrived here from Darchula,

Bajura, Achham, Bajhang and Dadeldhura districts of the far western region to apply for jobs in the police force.

It seems the days when one married off one's daughter at an early age are over new, said Bhora's father Gegane, while accompanied

her all the way from home,"I brought  her here as the expressed her desire to join the police".

However, he is haunted by his daughter's previous failures."As I am from a village and have no relatives in the police force. I am not

too hopeful" he said.

According to Regional Police Training Center of Nepal Police  here, as total out 128 woman have applied for the advertised 26

vacancies thiis time.

"Until a few years back, no woman wanted to join the police force,"said a police officer." But now, even over qualified woman have

applied for the post of constable.

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India's ministry of  Power in positive on providing Nepal 40 Megawatt (MW) of electricity,

which Nepal Electricity Authority is looking to import from the Dubhai-Katiya transmission link,

Nepal Electricity  Authority's  Managing Director Arjun Kumar Karki said on 11th Feb 2008.

After India's leading power trader PTC India Ltd told Nepal last month that it would be able to

provide the nothern neighbour only 15 Megawatta of the 40 Megwawatta India had promissed

last year, effort was initiated at the govennment level to procure power.

"Indian Government is ready to provide us the full forty megawatts "Karki told parlements'

Finance committee."We can import power from Dubai-Kataiya transmission link",he said, Nepal

is already importing 50 Megawatta from the link based on the power exchange agreement

between the two countries, still, consumers are facing up to eight hours of daily power cuts.

On 11 Feb,2008 Nepal Electricity Authority  also wrote to PTC India Ltd requesting it to supply

20 Megawatta of additional power from Tanakpur.

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Sirpanchami  is also called  Basanta Panchami. On 11 Feb 2008  all people, mostly students worship the Goddess Saraswoti temple. A child learns to  scrbble his first alphabets with his mother's help at a  Saraswati temple on the occassion of Basanta Panchami. Student visite temples and offer worship to Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom and learning to mark on Basanta Panchami.

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 A woman turning empty-handed from Nepal Food Corporation depot at Khalanga, headquarters of remote Jajarkot district on 12th Feb 2008. People came on foot from far-flung villages to receive their rice quota of 10 kilos per family per week but were forced to return empty-handed after stocks ran out. Food depots in the district, which were displaced during the insurgency, were restored last year. Even a year since the restoration of the depots, the government has failed to provide the promissed food quotas.

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Many factory will close production due to lack of diesel to operate its machines. The

factory had already been significantly curtailing production owing to the replaced

increase of load shedding hours. The factory was force to halt all production work 3

days after it resumed the production due to shortage of the diesel.

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Finace Secretary Rameswor Khanal said that for an immediate solu`tion on the power crises facing the country, there was no alternative to power purchase from India.

"We know this is not a good way tackle power cirsis in the long run. But, we have no option at present",  Khanal said at a program organized by Nepal Chamber of Commerce in Kathmandu.

"Efforts are underway in this regard", he added, Industralists, business persons and experts demanded that the Government adopt immediate, mid-term and long-term measures to tackel the power crisis.

"According to a preliminary study, Load sheeding has caused 40 per cent decrease in industrial productions. Eventually, production cost increased by the same percentage", said Surendra Bir Malakar, Chairman of Nepal Chamber of Commerce.

Due to the same reason, private sector industry that pays nearly 74 billion rupees in revenue to the government, will suffer losses worth around  four billion rupees, according to Malakar.

Foreign industors who were lately encouraged to invest in the Nepali market will hesitate if the power crisis is not addrssed in time.

Majority of speakers at the program empharized the need to promote compact Fluorescent Lamps and other gadgets that consume less power. They urged the government to lunch a media compaign to make people aware of such equipment  and lunch special initiatives for making people switch to such gear.

"Use of investors, irons, pumps and rice cookers among others, that consume excenssive power should be discoruaged", said Rastrabhushan, Executive Member of NCC. Experts urged that maximum tax be slapped on import of items like inverters.

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The British embassy will no longer issue visas in Kathmandu to Nepaleses. Instead, Nepali visa aspirants will have to wait longer as the United Kingdon has decided to issue the visas from New Delhi.

According to Mitra Pariyar, political offier at the embassy, The British High Commission in New Delhi will decide whether or not issue visas to Nepalis seeking entry into the UK, effictive from Monday 18 Feb. 2008, "British Ambassador to Nepal Dr Andrew Hall conveyed to United Kingdon government's new decision to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya on Friday, " he said.

When asked about the reasons, Pariyar said that the decision was taken as per the UK government's new policy under a Global Project."As per the policy, the UK Government has set a plan  to issue visas from selected regional posts accross the world by 2011 AD", he said.

Though it may not be as quick a service as to new delivered from Kathmandu the starategy of the UK government is to deliver quality services at low cost, he added.

Following the decision, Nepalis seeking UK visas will not have to face visa intervious nor will they have to visit New Delhi. "There will be normal requirements for the application process." he said, further adding, "VFS Global, as officially authorized agency in Kathamndu, collects the documents and sends them directly to New Delhi for their decision.

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A youth, who allegedly violatetd the curfew on 15,2008 Friday evening was killed in

police firing Golmani of Bhaktapur. According to police, the Youth with the surname

Lageju died while being taken to TU hospital  for treatment. 

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The government called on all Nepali's to extend financial support to save Dolma Sherpa on whom a Kuwaity Court has slapped death sentence for her alleged involvement in the murder of a woman, The Foreign Minister of a woman. The Foreign Ministery in a statement asked financial assistence from Nepali's residing inside the country and abroad. An estimated RS.5 million will be necessary to pay defience lawyer's fees and "blood money" to the family of the victim, ministry spokesperson Hira Bahadur Thapa told the Post that the government has set aside Rs.400,000 as seed money for the purpose., Dolma hails from Gumba-8 of Sindhupalanchowak district.

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Mid Marsyangdi Hydor-electricity Project here in the district has been shut down from 17th Feb 2008 due to shortage of fuel. All work came to a halt for an indefinite period although only 5 percent project work remained said the construction company. According to the Project, it needs a total of 20,000 liters of  petrol daily to carry out constructin work.

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Thousands of student inthe vally could not attend school from  18th Feb 2008 (Monday) as school buses have run out of fuel.

If the problem, contineous, all big schools that depand on busses to bring their students for classes will have to shut down.

Meanwhile, hospitals are on the verge of cutting all services except emergency, again due to the fuel crises.

Doctors insist the government should instantly come up with a contingencey plan and ensure that work at essential service providers like hospitals is not hampered.

Director of TU Teaching Hospital . Sr Mahesh Khakurel said the hospital may soon not be in a position to provide anything other then emmergency services. He said hospital  staff  have been commuting on food as staff   based are no longers in operation for lack of fuel.

The hospital will soon be unable to run its ambulances. Unless now we have been managing some how to operate ambulances. Howerver, they won's be in a position to continue duty so after a few days if the fuel cirsis persists..

Also, because of a lack of cooking gas and kerosene, the hospital canteen is not operating at full capacity.

Similarly, Director of Gangalal  National  Hurt Center, Dr Bhuwan Koirala said the hospital want be able to do much it patients sturd dying inventilators due to lack of fuel to ensure uninterrupted power supply. "Before the situation worsens, the government should bring in a contingency plan to provide hospitals with 24 hours of power and other fuel supply, Dr Koirala said.

So, the government should come upto with a special provision for supplying fuel to schools, hospitals and other essential sectors.

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Local adimistrations clamped curfew in four districts as Bara,Prasa,Dhunsha and Mahuttarai aand intefinitelly extended curfew in Banke district on Monday, on the sixth day  of the general strike called by united Domocratic Madhesi Frong in tarai.

Local administration in Nepalgunj clamped curfew for the second consecutive day on Monday, following vialent clashes between protesters and police on Sunday. Curfew -orders were also issued in Bara,Parsa and Dhunusha districts on Monday.

Curfew Director Oficer(CDO) of Banke, Narendra Raj Sharma, said the curfew was clamped after the situation slid out of control. He also said the curfew would be relaxed only after assessing the security situation.

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For seven straight days the terai and some eastern hill districts have seen no respite from the indefinite general strike called by United Democratic Madhesi Front and Federal Republic National Front.

Local Administration in Biratnagar and Siraha clamped curfews on Tuesday while the curfews in Mahottarai and Nepalgung of Banke entered their second and third day respectively.

22 Years, Rajesh Thakur died on Tuesday in a clash at Lahan of Siraha district.  Thakur, who had sustained bullet wounds to his chest and hand, died on the way to a hospital in Dharan. Over hundred protestors were injured in the clash.

As  the situation got out of control,the local administration clamped curfew around Lahan area from 6.30 PM on Tuesday till 4 PM of Wednesday.

Following a clash between protestors and Police in Biratnagar of Morang district on Tuesday morning,the local administration imposed curfew in Biratnagar form 11 AM on Tuesday untill further notice, curffew was clamped in Biratnagar.

Likewise, local administration at Nepalgunj extended the curfew for an indefinite period after lifting in for three hours on Tuesday. The authorities decided to continue the curfew saying that the security situation has not normalized.

Life in Sarlahi, Rautahut and the hilly districts of Dhunkuta and Taplegung was also affected on Tuesday due the indefinite strike.

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Non- Resident Nepalis Association has begun the process of collecting cash in a bid to save Dolma Sherpa following the Government's request for financial assistance from all Nepali Communities.

The government took the inititive to create a fund by contributing Rs.400,000 this week as seed money for saving Dolma on whom a Kuwaiti Court has slapped death sentence for her alleged roll in the murder of Filipino woman.

A meeting held under the chairmanship of Non Resident Nepal president Upendra Mahato in Moscow formed two committees in Russia and South Korea on Wednesday to speed up the fund raising campaign.

Talking to the Post over phone, Jeeba Lamichhane, executive member of NRN, said NRN Internatinal coordination council member Tendi Sherpa has been appointed coordinator of the committee formed in Korea to collect money from 40 different counties.

Likewise, another committe will be led by Ranga Poudel and Prawin Gauchan in Russia. As per the government estimate, around Rs.5 million will be needed for providing "blood money" to the family of the victim and fee for a defence lawyer to plead for Dolma in Kuwait.

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Alka Hospital Private Ltd, Jawalakhel, has announce to provide surgical operation services to aroud 125 poor and needy patients for free on the occasion of its first anniversary. According to a statement issued here Wednesday 20 Feb 2008, the services are being offered from Feb 23 to April 12 as part of its cooperate social responsibilities . Earlier, the ALKA Hospital Private Limited, together with FDP-Nepal, had announced  to provide free health check-up to all patients visiting the hospital for a week starting Feb 15, 2008.

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In South Asia, Nepal certainly total the list number of returning commercial female sex workers infected with AIDS in 2008, of nearly 100,000 back from Mumbai, Delhi, Kalkata, Bangalore and Madras in the past decade with various HIV-related infections and full blawn AIDS, various I/NGOS and donors have estimated nearly 40 percent have already died.

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The indefinite general strike called by United Democratic Madhesi Front and Fedural

Republic National Front across tarai and some eastern hilly districts entered day

nine on Thursday, continuous banda and curfew has paralyzed life especially in

tarai.

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Feb 22,2008 Police brought   Kathmandu Pankaj Jha, a close aide of the alleged 

kidney racket kingpin Dr Amit Kumar Ravat, to Kathmandu, Friday. He was arristed

by a special team of Armed Police Force from his home at Birhibirpur VDC-6 in

Saptari distirct, Thursday. Metropolitan Police crime Division   Hanumaandhoka, has

began inter-rogation for in further investigation on the racket,police said.

Dr Amit Kumar was arrasted from a resort in Chitwan on Friday7,2008 and

subsequently   deported to India the next day. He along with his Nepali accempolice

Jha, had allegedly duped some 300 people into donating their kidneys at sums

ranging from Rs.75,000 to Rs.100,000.   

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India, the United States, EU and the United Nations Mission in Nepal(UNMIN) have

welcomed the agreement between the government and United Democratic Madhesi

Front (UDMF) saying it has paved way for election of the Constituent Assembly as

scheduled.

 In seperate statements issued shortly after the agreement on (Thursday)

Feb 28,2008, they have also stressed implementtion of the agreement by both

parties to the agreement, reiterating their support for the election.

 

"It is our hope that all parties would honor and implement this agreement and thieir

previous understanding  said the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi in a 

statement made available by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. "It is far the people

of Nepali to choose therir representatives, their future and the manner in which

they wish to be governed".
 

Similarly, the US in a statement said, "We expect this agreement will lead the

United Democratic Madhsi Front parties to end their Tarai banda with immediate

effect and will pave the way for the three parties to participate fully in the upcoming

Constituent Assembly ellection on April 10."

 

"A free and fair election is the desire, we believe, of all Nepalis-in the mountains,

the hills and the plains and the United States   in committeed to doing its part to

assist the people of Nepal in making this historic opprotunity a reality", the

statement issued by the US Embassy added. "Its implementation will be an

important contribution to the election of an inclusive Constituent Assimbly," Ian

Martin special representative of the Scretary  Genral in Nepal, said in a welcome

statement.

 

"Meanwhile, the European Union in a statement of Thrusday welcomed in signing of

the agreement between Government and the United Democratic Madhesi Front. The

French Embassy in Kathmandu on behalf of  the EU said:"The agreement provides

opportunity for holding constitument assembly ellections across the country

including the tarai in an inclusive, credible, free and fair manner."         

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A helicopter of the United  Nations Mission in Nepal crashed in Bhwasa Bethan

VDC-9 of Ramechhap district Monday Feb 3,2008 afternoon killing at least   ten

people on board.

According to a statement issued by Home Ministry Monday evening, seven foreign

nationals and five Nepalis were on boaard the chopper that left for Kathmandu

from Dudhaili in Sindhuli district. The status of two of then in still unclear.

However, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said the ill-fated chopper was

carrying only 10 persons including 3 crew members..

Home Ministry under-secretary Eak Mani Nepal said poor weather conditions

have prevented aerial rescure efforts. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said two

choppers are ready to leave for the accident site for rescue and salvage, but 

have been held back due to bad weather.

Meanwhile, UNMIN confirmed in a statement issued take Monday 3,Feb 2008 that

at about 4 PM Monday UNMIN lost contact with a Mission helicopter which was

returning to Kathmandu from the Maoist cantonment site of Sindhauli in the east

of the country. 

      

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The tourism in dusting recorded an impresive growth of 17 percent in tourist

arrivals during February 2008.

 

The dta of Nepal"Tourism Board" shows that 30,041 air travellers entered Nepal

during the month up from 25,656 persons during the same period last year.

 

Most of the major Asian markets posted remarkable growth. The number of

holiday makers from Thailand surged 105 percent to reach 867 persons,

Bangladesh was up 99 percent (825 tourists) and South Korea was up 12 percent

(1,426 tourists). The numbr of European travellers' increased by 38 percent.

Arrivals frorm Britain grew by 37 percent (2,203 tourists) and f rom France by 41

percent (1,446 tourists).

 

"The increase in inbound figures reveals and encouraging picture of growing

consumer confidence in those markets,"said an Nepal Tourism Board" statement.

The Nepal Tourism Board added that rising consumer confidence, modrate travel

advisories  and good air connections were the reasons behind the higher tourist

arrivals form Europe. American tourists are visiting Nepal in greater numbers

too. The number of vacationers from the US grew by 28 percent to reach 2,21 

7 persons. However, the Indian market was a disappointment with the number of

 visitors from south of the border continuting to decline as they shifted their focus

to Southeast Asian distinations like Malasia,Thailand and Singpore.

 

The flow of tourists into Nepal has been going up continuously following the

peace process. The country welcomed a record half a milliion sight-sees in 2007.

Travel traders said  tourism would have expanded  much faster hadn't it been

constant labour disputers .

 

 

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Two Nepalis found dead in Dubai on 3rd March Nepalese workers  Mr Bichari

Sadaula and  Mr Purna Bahadur Sadaula of Birdur Municipality 6 were found

dead in Dubai on Friday 29th Feb 2008. They were uncle and nephew. Although

the actual cause of the death has not been ascertained yet, the companies that

Bichari and Purna Bahadur were working for have reportedly claimed that the 2

had killed each other in a fight. The victim's family has, however, maintained that

the companies are concealing the truth in a bid to save their own reputations.   . 

 

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Electric vehicles displayed at the made in Nepal expo in Bhrikuti Mandal

An  exhibation of Nepali industrial products kicked off on Wednesday,March 

5,2008 in the capital to attack local consumers toward domestic goods.

The second edition of the made in Nepal Exhibition is organized by the Nepalese

young Enterpreneours Forum with the assistance of the Federation of Nepal

Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

More than so large of small and medium enterprises are showcasing their

products at the five-day expo at the exhibition hall in Bhrikuti Mandap,

Kathmandu.

Saurab Joti president of the Nepal Young Enterpreneurs Forum said  the event

was aimed at popularizing and promoting domestic products and services among

Nepali people to encourage local entrepheneurs and create more jobs in the

country.

"At least 100,000 new unemployed youth enter the market every year in Nepal.

Jyoti said,"Nepali products should be promoted and encourage Nepali industrial

enterprises.

He streeted the need to promote SMEs rather than big industries as the

contibution of SMEs was crucial for the country's economic growth.

Chandi Raj Dhakal, present of the FNCCI, said that economic issues should

dominate the political agenda in the country as it was recling under a economic

slow-down due to the displacement of industries and the deteriorating condition

of peace and order.f

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On March 5,2008 Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited has launched online banking in a bid to provide easier and faster services to its customerr. A press realease issued by Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd on Tuesday says the newly introduced transfers and other non-financial transaction. Under the service, the bank's customers can get a majority of their banking needs catered from the comfort of their homes or offices any time. the Bank shaares the Standard Chartered Group's secured online platform, accessed by millions of customers world wide.  

 

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China is positive about providing US $ 187.million for building the 61 MW Upper Trishuli and 44 MW Upper Trishuli 3 "B" projects  that will sell electricity in the Nepalese market.

The money is part of a US $ 200 million  concessional credit committed to Nepal by China's state-owned Export-Import Bank in September 2006.

 

A Finance Ministry source said that the nine-member Chinese delegation that visited Nepal this week under the leadership  of China's Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs. He assured Nepalese  authorities that China's Commerce Ministry would be told "categorically" to provide US $ 125 million for building the Upper Trishuli and US $ 62 million for the Upper Trishuli 3 "B".

"It is a deal almost,"said the Finance Ministry source. The delegation has said it has no problem with such an arrangement and will categorically tell the Commerce Ministry  in China to agree to it.  

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As part of the arrangement the government of Nepal will use the rest of the

concessional loan to pay for purchase of one Chinese MA-60 turboprop aircraft,

the source said.

 

 

Nepal had placed an order for two of the turboprops during the royal regime and

the government had paid an advance of US $ 5 million.

 

 

After the regime change in April 2006, the government decided to cancel the

order and asked the China National Aero Technology Import and Export advance.

 

                                                                                                              
However, in a strongly worded letter sent to Nepal in September 2006, the

Chinese government said that cancellation of the order  would "seriously affect

bilateral ties", and there was strong Chinese pressure to use part of the

concessional credit to pay for the aircraft.

"We have settled on buying one of the aircraft with part of the concessional

credit. "said the source. The aircraft will cost Nepal US $ 13 million to 14 million,

the source said.  

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The government has formed a nine-member Organ Transplant Coordination Commettee as per the Organ Transplant Regulations, 2058.

Minister for Health Giriraj Mani Pokharel announced the formation of the committee at three-day conference of South Asian nephrologists and urologists that kicked off here Thursday March 6,2998.

Other member of the committee led by Dr Bisho Raj Joshi are Dr Sudha Khakurel, Dr Rishi Kumar Kafle and Dr Prem Gyawali. Similaarly, Dr Govinda Prasad Ojha, Director of the Department of the Health Services has been appointed the committee's member-secretary.

Doctors willing to conduct  human  organ transplants in Nepal have to procure a license from the coordination committee formed by the government.

The committee also decides it a medical facility in Nepal mis capable of carrying our organ transplants. The committee had been non-existent for the past two years.

Despite being capable, Nepali dodctors have not been able to transplant kidneys due to lack of transplant licenses.

As there is no kidney transplant facility in Nepal, patient seeking transplants go to hospitals and nursing homes in India.

According to nephrologist Dr Rishi Kumar Kafle, a patient spends somewhere between Rs 500,000 and Rs 1,500,000 for kidney transplant in India.

He says that kidney transplants can be done a cheaper rates in Nepal if private medical facilities are given the permission.

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The government has formally expressed its readiness to send Nepal workers to Japan, a high ranking officials said.

According to Shyam Prasad Mainali, secretary of the Ministry of Labor, the government recently send a letter to the Japanese government and the Japan International Training Cooperation Organization stating Nepal's interest in exporting labour to the largest economy in Asia.

"We accepted the Japanese proposal to recruit Nepal workers and forwarded the letter to the Japanese government and JITCO  through our mission in Japan", Mainali told the post.

In the first week of Janurary 2008 the government started  diplomatic efforts to send Nepali job seekers with varying qualifications  ranging from highly skilled to semi-skilled to Japan.

In 2003, the government had named the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Committee and Indurstry as the sole agency in charge of slecting and sending Nepali workers to Japan. The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commrce and Industry howerver failed to send any Nepali job seekers to Japan saying that   there  was no demand for them.

In addition tot he FNCCI, other organizations will also be allowed to send workers to the lucrative labour destination once Nepal and Japan finalize the new understanding," said a high level source.

Nepal's ambassador to Japan  Ganesh Yonjan had requested Labor Ministry officials to send a formal letter of approval to the Japanese authorities about the recruitment of Nepali workers to different Japanese indursstrial enterprises following the green signal from JITCO.

Last September, Japan International Trading Corporation Organization official had visited Nepal and inspected different government and private vocational training centers.

Japan plans to hire 1.3 million foreign workers from 16 different countries incluing Nepal, China, Bangladesh, Indonesian, Vietman, the Philippines, Myanmar and Peru.

Only a small number of Nepali workers have managed to find employment in Japan on their own for lack of a labor agreement between the two countries.

According to the data of the Deparement of Labour, only 147 Nepali left to work in the most development Asian economy in the first seven months of the current fiscal year  2007/08. Japanese agricultural farms and indurstry absorb most of the skilled and semi-skilled the foreign workers.   

 

                                                                                                                                                   
   

 

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A staffer service with United Nations Mission in Nepal committed suicide in his

rented apartment at Kathmandu Metropolitan City -3, Kapanmarg, Saturday

March 8,2008 evening. 

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Bikash Raj Khanal, Chief of

Metropolitan Police Circle Ofice, Maharjgunj, the person committing suicide has

been indentified as Russian national Evegeny Alexanddrov, 50, a helicopter

engineer.
 

The suicide comes five days after three of his colleagues -- Dzmitry

Malyshau(Belarus), Nikolay Yamshshikov (Russia), Sargey Oreshenko (Russia)--

died in the tragic  helicopter accident in Bethan VDC in Ramechhap district.

DSP Khanal said Alexandrov and five of his colleagues including those killed in

the chopper crsh had been living for the past one year in the house belonging to

one Dipak Khatri on rent. Alexandrov was mentally disturbed since the day of

the accident.

 

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Tibetans continue protest, 259 arrested released

Police arrested at least 259 Tibetan protestors from Hattisar

area in the capital as the latter were trying to stage

demonstions in front of the visa section of Chinese Embassy in

Kathmandu.

According to Superintendent of Police Sarbendra Khanal, Chief

of Metropolian Police Range Office, Kathmandu ,the arrasted

include 118 female protestors.

Some of the demonstratiors wrere runded up as they were

staging a sit-in protest in front  of the high-walled embassy

compound while many others wre carted off as they appeared

protesting around the Embassy compound at 11 am.

Agitating protestors chanted slogans demanding that the Dalai

Lama be allowed to live in Tibet and that they wanted to free

and peaceful Tibet.

All those arrested were freed later in the evening.

Meanwhile a group of about 100 foreigners gathered in Boudha

Stupa in the capital to express solidarity with the ongoing

protests of Tibetans Monday evening, according to police.

"However, ti is not confirmed whether they are human right

activists or foreign tourists,"said police officer over phone.

Exiled Tibetans have been staging protests almost on a daily

basis in Kathmandu since March 10.

   

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