Shova Shrestha
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
3rd March, 2011
The UCPN (Maoist) has at last decided to join the government as the part of Jhala Nath Khanal-led government, after a month of government formation.
Leaders close to Prime Minister Khanal confirmed that he is preparing to expand the Cabinet within a couple of days. The Maoist decision follows an agreement between Khanal and Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to put aside the row over the home ministry after Khanal assured Dahal to hand over the ministry following “substantial progress” in the integration and rehabilitation process of former Maoist combatants. At the time of going to Press, the two leaders were still working out the details of power sharing arrangements.
The Maoist SC meeting will endorse the agreement between Khanal and Dahal on Thursday.
According to Maoist Spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma said the Standing Committee (SC) meet of the party that will be held on Thursday will take a final decision on the leaders joining the government. “The issue of portfolio allocation is still undecided, so we will take a decision after talking with the prime minister.”Sharma said.
Friday, March 4
Thursday, March 3
Marijuanaratri or Mahashivaratri
Deepa Rai Bangdel
Lalitpur, March 3
The day devoted to Lord Shiva called Mahashivaratri, made the youngsters celebrate Marijuanaratri. The Narcotic Drugs Acts states that anyone found using or selling cannabis shall be jailed for up to one month or fined up to Rs 2,000. But the holy site of Pashupatinath Temple was a 'lawless' region throughout Mahashivaratri.
Sadhus openly smoked cannabis with youngsters. According to The Himalayan Times, daily newspaper, Manav baba, a sadhu said he was selling a stick of cannabis for Rs 10 and had earned more than Rs 6,000 and police had told them to sell the contraband secretly. Although the government had mobilised 3,800 security and 8,000 volunteers, but they were mute.
Lalitpur, March 3
The day devoted to Lord Shiva called Mahashivaratri, made the youngsters celebrate Marijuanaratri. The Narcotic Drugs Acts states that anyone found using or selling cannabis shall be jailed for up to one month or fined up to Rs 2,000. But the holy site of Pashupatinath Temple was a 'lawless' region throughout Mahashivaratri.
Sadhus openly smoked cannabis with youngsters. According to The Himalayan Times, daily newspaper, Manav baba, a sadhu said he was selling a stick of cannabis for Rs 10 and had earned more than Rs 6,000 and police had told them to sell the contraband secretly. Although the government had mobilised 3,800 security and 8,000 volunteers, but they were mute.
Korean influence in youngsters
Soni Thapa
3rd March, 2011, Thursday
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
Have you watched the latest movie of Lee Min Ho, Jang geun suk or kimbum? This has been the question among the youngsters is being attracted to the Korean movies and the style of the actors.
According to Alisha maharjan a student of BSW “Korean movies has got its own attractive stories mostly which attract the teenagers and the style of the actors are perfect”. The youngsters today has been changing its style and following the Korean trend.
According to the beautician of nectars beauty parlor miss Doma lama “Most of the teenagers mostly the mongolid faces come to have a Korean haircut which matches with the Korean style “. This trend has been from last five years and is increasing rapidly.
The Korean movies have been very popular among the youngsters whereas the Nepali has not able to attract them. The Korean movie has set a trend of its different style in the teenagers.
According to a Psychologist Mrs. Monica “most of the Mongolian faces are similar with Korean faces and it match them. The youths are mostly attracted towards the new style .If this type of influence continue to takes place then that day is not so far when the coming generation forgets their own culture and tradition.
3rd March, 2011, Thursday
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
Have you watched the latest movie of Lee Min Ho, Jang geun suk or kimbum? This has been the question among the youngsters is being attracted to the Korean movies and the style of the actors.
According to Alisha maharjan a student of BSW “Korean movies has got its own attractive stories mostly which attract the teenagers and the style of the actors are perfect”. The youngsters today has been changing its style and following the Korean trend.
According to the beautician of nectars beauty parlor miss Doma lama “Most of the teenagers mostly the mongolid faces come to have a Korean haircut which matches with the Korean style “. This trend has been from last five years and is increasing rapidly.
The Korean movies have been very popular among the youngsters whereas the Nepali has not able to attract them. The Korean movie has set a trend of its different style in the teenagers.
According to a Psychologist Mrs. Monica “most of the Mongolian faces are similar with Korean faces and it match them. The youths are mostly attracted towards the new style .If this type of influence continue to takes place then that day is not so far when the coming generation forgets their own culture and tradition.
Country finally got its full-fledged budget
Rajani Maharjan
BA 1st Year
21st Nov 2010, Sunday
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
After the series of political hiccups, the country finally got its annual budget of the fiscal year 2010/11 on 19th November 21, 2010, Friday. Even though the main opposition UCPN [Maoist] against the caretaker government bringing the full- fledged budget, Finance Minister Surendra Pandey presented it on Friday at the Legislature parliament.
The Ministry of Finance [M o F] sources said the budget has been reduced by Rs. 5-6 billion to rest at Rs 338 billion. So, has been the revenue target. From the earlier Rs 222 billion, the M o F has now projected revenue at around Rs 216 billion. Finance Minister Surendra Pandey said that budget has given continuity to the priorities of earlier budge.
BUDGET SKETCH
>> Total expenditure up by 30.4% to Rs 337.9 billion
>> Recurrent expenditure up by 25.8%
>> Capital expenditure swells by whopping 45%
>> External sources to finance 26% of the budget
>> With Rs 57.83 billion, education largest absorber of budget
>> Health budget increased to Rs 23.81 billion from Rs 15.84 billion
>> Police budget up by 9.16% to Rs19.42 billion
>> Defense budget up by 2.7% to Rs 18.29 billion
>> Four wheelers to be costlier by around 20%
>> Two wheelers’ price goes sup by around 16%
>> Liquor and cigarette to be costlier
>> No change in income tax stricter
>> Reintroduction of cash subsidy to exporters
>> 5-man police post for larger factories
>> Low-interest loan for promoting livestock
>> Fund to study underground railway in Kathmandu
BA 1st Year
21st Nov 2010, Sunday
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
After the series of political hiccups, the country finally got its annual budget of the fiscal year 2010/11 on 19th November 21, 2010, Friday. Even though the main opposition UCPN [Maoist] against the caretaker government bringing the full- fledged budget, Finance Minister Surendra Pandey presented it on Friday at the Legislature parliament.
The Ministry of Finance [M o F] sources said the budget has been reduced by Rs. 5-6 billion to rest at Rs 338 billion. So, has been the revenue target. From the earlier Rs 222 billion, the M o F has now projected revenue at around Rs 216 billion. Finance Minister Surendra Pandey said that budget has given continuity to the priorities of earlier budge.
BUDGET SKETCH
>> Total expenditure up by 30.4% to Rs 337.9 billion
>> Recurrent expenditure up by 25.8%
>> Capital expenditure swells by whopping 45%
>> External sources to finance 26% of the budget
>> With Rs 57.83 billion, education largest absorber of budget
>> Health budget increased to Rs 23.81 billion from Rs 15.84 billion
>> Police budget up by 9.16% to Rs19.42 billion
>> Defense budget up by 2.7% to Rs 18.29 billion
>> Four wheelers to be costlier by around 20%
>> Two wheelers’ price goes sup by around 16%
>> Liquor and cigarette to be costlier
>> No change in income tax stricter
>> Reintroduction of cash subsidy to exporters
>> 5-man police post for larger factories
>> Low-interest loan for promoting livestock
>> Fund to study underground railway in Kathmandu
New Building for United Collage
Shova shrestha,BA 1st yr
30th November
A new building is being constructed with the premises of United Collage. It is being built due to lack of class room for the students. The construction was started from Kartik 11.
The building is estimated to be five storeys with one underground parking space. “We are most probably planning to make it an Engineering Block as we have already got approved letter from Tribhuvan University.” Said Rudra Chaulagaie, the supervisor of the United Collage. “The one said of the blinding of 32”DPC has been constructed and other part of it which is of 28” is still being made” he added.
Nearly 70 worker are working at the site daily, Birbal Sarkar, a guard who lives with his wife at the construction area says, the daily wage for labors are given according to their performance and experience ranging from Rs 250- Rs 550. Talking about the facilities Sarkar added, “we have to manage the food ourselves and we don’t get holiday.”
The building is estimated it be completed within 3 years. After completed immediately classes will be transferred at there.
30th November
A new building is being constructed with the premises of United Collage. It is being built due to lack of class room for the students. The construction was started from Kartik 11.
The building is estimated to be five storeys with one underground parking space. “We are most probably planning to make it an Engineering Block as we have already got approved letter from Tribhuvan University.” Said Rudra Chaulagaie, the supervisor of the United Collage. “The one said of the blinding of 32”DPC has been constructed and other part of it which is of 28” is still being made” he added.
Nearly 70 worker are working at the site daily, Birbal Sarkar, a guard who lives with his wife at the construction area says, the daily wage for labors are given according to their performance and experience ranging from Rs 250- Rs 550. Talking about the facilities Sarkar added, “we have to manage the food ourselves and we don’t get holiday.”
The building is estimated it be completed within 3 years. After completed immediately classes will be transferred at there.
Defiant PM leaves for Cambodia
Christina Rai Kathmandu, November 30
Simply ignoring the request from all quarters to remain the capital to solve the growing problem crisis, caretaker prime minister Madav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday left for Cambodia to attend the sixth International Conference for Asia Political Parties.
Political parties as well as speaker Subas Chandra Nembang, on Monday, requested the prime minister to cancel his trip to end the protracted deadlock by resuming the house session for the next election of a new Prime Minister, Nepal has been ignoring the call saying that consensus should first be forged among parties on unsettled issues.
The prime minister told reporters at the Tribhuvan International Airport, “my foreign visit will not obstruct the ongoing efforts to end the deadlock because there are other leaders available here to discuss on any issue. If my presence is needed I am ready to shorten my trip.”
Two other senior UML leaders have their own foreign trip. UML leader KP Sharma Oli for Cambodia and Chairman Jalanath Khanal is for South Africa to attend a meeting of labour parties. The absence of the prime minister and the other UML leaders arise a skeptic thought in people and other political parties that they are likely to delay negotiation among the parties.
During his visit, Nepal will hold meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen and head of government from Asian countries. He will also address the first meeting of the World Eco- Safety Assembly on December 3 according to a press release. After the General Assembly meeting he will leave for Brussels to attend a meeting of least Developed Countries on Dec 4. On Dec 9 he will return Nepal.
Simply ignoring the request from all quarters to remain the capital to solve the growing problem crisis, caretaker prime minister Madav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday left for Cambodia to attend the sixth International Conference for Asia Political Parties.
Political parties as well as speaker Subas Chandra Nembang, on Monday, requested the prime minister to cancel his trip to end the protracted deadlock by resuming the house session for the next election of a new Prime Minister, Nepal has been ignoring the call saying that consensus should first be forged among parties on unsettled issues.
The prime minister told reporters at the Tribhuvan International Airport, “my foreign visit will not obstruct the ongoing efforts to end the deadlock because there are other leaders available here to discuss on any issue. If my presence is needed I am ready to shorten my trip.”
Two other senior UML leaders have their own foreign trip. UML leader KP Sharma Oli for Cambodia and Chairman Jalanath Khanal is for South Africa to attend a meeting of labour parties. The absence of the prime minister and the other UML leaders arise a skeptic thought in people and other political parties that they are likely to delay negotiation among the parties.
During his visit, Nepal will hold meeting with his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen and head of government from Asian countries. He will also address the first meeting of the World Eco- Safety Assembly on December 3 according to a press release. After the General Assembly meeting he will leave for Brussels to attend a meeting of least Developed Countries on Dec 4. On Dec 9 he will return Nepal.
Wikileaks to release Nepal secrets
Soni Thapa
Kathmandu, Nov 30
Among more than 2,50,000 leaked files, a portion of which was released on Sunday 2,600 documents are related to Nepal.
Although none of the document on Nepal was released on Sunday, the website will be releasing the embassy cables in the next few months. The cables are about the Maoist rebellion, Tibetan refugees, political parties and Nepal- India relations among other things.
According to the website, the secret document has 2,278 sent by the US embassy in Kathmandu to the US state department. Eighty four of those documents were labeled secret and 1,399 confidential while the remaining 795 are unclassified.
Among all the cables obtained by the Wikileaks, there are 8,320 documents on china, 1,095 on Afghanistan, 5,087 on India,4,775 on Pakistan, 3,166 on Srilanka and 2,182 on Bangladesh.
“The documents will give people around the world on unprecedented insight into US government’s foreign activities, the website said on the release of documents despite the strong words from Washington.
“The cables which date from 1966 to February 2010 contain confidential communications between 274 embassies in countries throughout the world and the state department in Washington” the website added.
Kathmandu, Nov 30
Among more than 2,50,000 leaked files, a portion of which was released on Sunday 2,600 documents are related to Nepal.
Although none of the document on Nepal was released on Sunday, the website will be releasing the embassy cables in the next few months. The cables are about the Maoist rebellion, Tibetan refugees, political parties and Nepal- India relations among other things.
According to the website, the secret document has 2,278 sent by the US embassy in Kathmandu to the US state department. Eighty four of those documents were labeled secret and 1,399 confidential while the remaining 795 are unclassified.
Among all the cables obtained by the Wikileaks, there are 8,320 documents on china, 1,095 on Afghanistan, 5,087 on India,4,775 on Pakistan, 3,166 on Srilanka and 2,182 on Bangladesh.
“The documents will give people around the world on unprecedented insight into US government’s foreign activities, the website said on the release of documents despite the strong words from Washington.
“The cables which date from 1966 to February 2010 contain confidential communications between 274 embassies in countries throughout the world and the state department in Washington” the website added.
Dicaprio to give $1m to save wild cats
Srijana Kunwar
Kathnmandu,Nov 26
Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio gives 1 million dollar to world wild conservation efforts through his fund at the tiger conservation efforts at the California Community Foundation.
DiCaprio will be attending this week summit which is going to be held in St. Peters burg in Russia where the heads of the governments and states from 13 tiger range countries including Nepal are discussing about saving tigers. The main purpose of this summit is to doubling the number of wild cats by 2022.
DiCaprio a WWF board member, recently visited Nepal and Bhutan touring tiger habitat and met community members to learn about the national park tiger. DiCaprio donation will help support to protect critical tigers forests where the needs are most urgent. The government of Nepal gives totally support to International celebrity, Leonardo DiCaprio in conserving wild tigers in Nepal.
The 13 countries where tiger still exist are Bangladesh , Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , Laos, Nepal Russia, India Thailand and Vietnam .
WWF Nepal office informed that Nepal would receive more than 50% of the fund for tiger conservation. However the amount has not been located specification in the name of any country right now.
Kathnmandu,Nov 26
Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio gives 1 million dollar to world wild conservation efforts through his fund at the tiger conservation efforts at the California Community Foundation.
DiCaprio will be attending this week summit which is going to be held in St. Peters burg in Russia where the heads of the governments and states from 13 tiger range countries including Nepal are discussing about saving tigers. The main purpose of this summit is to doubling the number of wild cats by 2022.
DiCaprio a WWF board member, recently visited Nepal and Bhutan touring tiger habitat and met community members to learn about the national park tiger. DiCaprio donation will help support to protect critical tigers forests where the needs are most urgent. The government of Nepal gives totally support to International celebrity, Leonardo DiCaprio in conserving wild tigers in Nepal.
The 13 countries where tiger still exist are Bangladesh , Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , Laos, Nepal Russia, India Thailand and Vietnam .
WWF Nepal office informed that Nepal would receive more than 50% of the fund for tiger conservation. However the amount has not been located specification in the name of any country right now.
Wednesday, March 2
A man with 39 wives and 94 childrens
Deepa Rai Bangdel
Lalitpur, March 2
In India's remote Northeast, Ziona Chana, 66 year old man has 39 wives,
94 childrens and 33 grandchildrens and would not mind having more.
'' I once married 10 women in one year '' he said. They all live in a four storey building with 100 rooms and share a common kitchen. The wives take turns cooking, while his daughters do all the housework and men do outdoors works.
The total family, 167 consumes around 91 Kg of rice and more than 59 Kg of
potatoes a day. Ziona said, '' even today, I am ready to expand my family and willing
to go to any extent to marry. I have so many people to care and I consider myself a
lucky man. '' He followed Christian religious sect, called the 'Chana' , which allows
polygamy.
Lalitpur, March 2
In India's remote Northeast, Ziona Chana, 66 year old man has 39 wives,
94 childrens and 33 grandchildrens and would not mind having more.
'' I once married 10 women in one year '' he said. They all live in a four storey building with 100 rooms and share a common kitchen. The wives take turns cooking, while his daughters do all the housework and men do outdoors works.
The total family, 167 consumes around 91 Kg of rice and more than 59 Kg of
potatoes a day. Ziona said, '' even today, I am ready to expand my family and willing
to go to any extent to marry. I have so many people to care and I consider myself a
lucky man. '' He followed Christian religious sect, called the 'Chana' , which allows
polygamy.
Tuesday, March 1
Price down
Deepa Rai Bangdel
Lalitpur, March 1
The decrease in cell phone prices in Nepal has caught the attention of many.
The main causes of slipping prices of cell phones is Brand competition.
People are more prone to buy a particular cell phone model when it is brand
new, but a few months, its price falls. In today's market, the price of a cell phone hardly stays constant for more than few months. Suman Gurung, salesperson at Mobile plaza in New road said '' In December 2010, Nokia E71's price was Rs 24,800 but by February 2011, its price had fall to Rs 22,400 and Samsung Corby was Rs 13,900 but now it fall at Rs 9,900.'' The low range cell phones are with fall of only Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000. When the prices fall in the international market, there are more people to bring products into Nepal as said by Eakesh Bhandari,salesperson at Sony Ericssion store in Tamrakar Plaza. He adds more that the only way to sell old models which are losing their edge is to make them cheap.
Changes in sales can more often be attributed to the age of a model. The cell phone industry is flourishing in Nepal and the customer base for mobile stores is ever expanding.Some may wait those extra months to have had their eye on and others are busy to run to the markets to grap it. All
customers can look forward to more drops.
Lalitpur, March 1
The decrease in cell phone prices in Nepal has caught the attention of many.
The main causes of slipping prices of cell phones is Brand competition.
People are more prone to buy a particular cell phone model when it is brand
new, but a few months, its price falls. In today's market, the price of a cell phone hardly stays constant for more than few months. Suman Gurung, salesperson at Mobile plaza in New road said '' In December 2010, Nokia E71's price was Rs 24,800 but by February 2011, its price had fall to Rs 22,400 and Samsung Corby was Rs 13,900 but now it fall at Rs 9,900.'' The low range cell phones are with fall of only Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000. When the prices fall in the international market, there are more people to bring products into Nepal as said by Eakesh Bhandari,salesperson at Sony Ericssion store in Tamrakar Plaza. He adds more that the only way to sell old models which are losing their edge is to make them cheap.
Changes in sales can more often be attributed to the age of a model. The cell phone industry is flourishing in Nepal and the customer base for mobile stores is ever expanding.Some may wait those extra months to have had their eye on and others are busy to run to the markets to grap it. All
customers can look forward to more drops.
Degrading environment of Bagmati River
Christina Rai
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
1st March, 2011
The Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath which is supposed to be pristine and holy by devotes of inside and outside of Nepal is degrading day by day.
The condition of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath is such that people do not dare to touch the water. The smell of it becomes horrible that whoever passes through it covers his or her nose and mouth by his or her hand .and by other things. Even though the monkeys also do not drink the water of it, that in its vicinity.
Dumping of the solid wastes along its bank, discharge of sewage into the river without treatment, encroaching of land around the river bank by squatters and illegal sand mining are the major factors leading to the pollution and degrading environment of the Bagmati River. This makes the end to the Bagmati Rivers’ sanctity and beauty.
Despite numerous organizations working towards curbing the environmental degradation of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath, no tangible improvement has been seen yet. The government of Nepal has stated that they will bring major changes in the conditions of Bagmati River and its environment many times but the work has not yet been seen. This arise sadness in the mind people of Nepal.
Kumaripati, Lalitpur
1st March, 2011
The Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath which is supposed to be pristine and holy by devotes of inside and outside of Nepal is degrading day by day.
The condition of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath is such that people do not dare to touch the water. The smell of it becomes horrible that whoever passes through it covers his or her nose and mouth by his or her hand .and by other things. Even though the monkeys also do not drink the water of it, that in its vicinity.
Dumping of the solid wastes along its bank, discharge of sewage into the river without treatment, encroaching of land around the river bank by squatters and illegal sand mining are the major factors leading to the pollution and degrading environment of the Bagmati River. This makes the end to the Bagmati Rivers’ sanctity and beauty.
Despite numerous organizations working towards curbing the environmental degradation of the Bagmati River at Pashupati Nath, no tangible improvement has been seen yet. The government of Nepal has stated that they will bring major changes in the conditions of Bagmati River and its environment many times but the work has not yet been seen. This arise sadness in the mind people of Nepal.
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