01 June 2019, Kathmandu
The following are some of the key stories today:
National News
The process for distribution of National Identity Card has begun in Rasuwa. The National ID and Civil Registration Department organized an interaction at the District Administration Office here Friday.
The State no. 2 Government is to present its policy and programmes for the fiscal year 2019/20 on Sunday. This information was shared at the State Assembly meeting on Friday by Pradesh Pramukh Ratneswar Lal Kayastha.
Classes for Agriculture science has begun at the Mangala secondary school in Babiyachaur of Mangala rural municipality. The subject is being taught from Grade 9 to 12 with technical support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, according to the programme coordinator Humanath Pandey.
There are 1,197 drug abusers in Nepalgunj sub-metropolis. This was revealed in preliminary survey carried out by seven organisations working against drug abuse in the district.
The State no. 1 government has decided to take full responsibility of the girl who manage to flee and save herself in the mass murder that took place in Aarubote in ward no.3 of Miklajung rural municipality, Paanchthar.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has arrived in Pokhara today to participate in several programmes. The Prime Minister is scheduled to inaugurate the First National Moot (Youth Jamboree) of Nepal Scouts starting here from today. The jamboree will be held at the Komagane Park in Pokhara. Five thousand youths from 14 countries are participating in the youth meet, the organizer, Nepal Scouts, stated.
Three people who had gone to pick yarsagumba, the valued herb, in the highlands have died due to high altitude sickness. Two people from Jajarkot died due to high altitude sickness in the alpine area of Shey-Phoksundo rural municipality. Eighteen-year-old Krishna BK of Barekot rural municipality-1 who fell ill died this morning while being brought to Ringmo village near the Shey-Phoksundo lake. Twenty-two years old Ramesh Chalaune also from Jajarkot district died at a place called Pyari Bhokpa on Friday, the District Police Office stated.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has sent a message of congratulations to Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on his appointment as Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India.
Rainstorm is predicted in most of the places across the country including the capital city Kathmandu owing to general weather change caused by westerly wind, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. The rain coupled with thunderstorm will occur after the afternoon today.
The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the party unity would be implemented with all sincerity.
The women of rural areas are affected more due to the impact of climate change, a study conducted by the Nepal Participatory Action Network (NEPAN) shows.
Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara has said it is the present need to internalize the spirit of constitution while taking any decision. The disputes surfaced among three-tier of governments on exercise of rights needs to be settled down with this concept, he stressed.
Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh has said the party would be further weak as it distances with people. At a programme organized by Rautahat-Kathmandu liaison committee as part of the national awareness campaign here today, leader Singh reminded, “Although NC played historic role in country’s politics, people’s trust on it eroded badly.”
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gokul Prasad Banskota has said the new model of development would be started from State 2.
Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Padma Kumari Aryal, said that 108 land revenue and survey offices across the country would start carrying out works online within the current fiscal year.
The governing Nepal Communist Party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has complained that the secret agreement among the top leaders in course of party unification was misinterpreted by media.
Shares worth Rs 4 billion 331 million 624 thousand were traded in the share market this week. The Nepal Stock Exchange Limited’s Nepse index which measures the share transactions has increased by 16.86 points. Nepse which was at 1302.61 points on the first day of the week rose to 1,319.47 points on the last day of the trading week. A total 13 million 663 thousand 271 units of shares of 174 companies were traded throughout the week.
Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun who had left home on Sunday for Austria to attend the R20 Austrian World Summit in Vienna on May 28 has returned home today.
International News
The death toll rose to 12 plus the suspect shooter in a mass shooting on Friday at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center in the eastern U.S. state of Virginia, local police said.
Sonia Gandhi on Saturday was elected as chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) for the fourth consecutive term ahead of the start of the first session of Parliament after the general elections.
New entrant to the North Block, Amit Shah on Saturday took charge as Home Minister in the Modi government.nd Rai, who have been named the Ministers of State in the Home Ministry, were with him. The ministers of state presented bouquets and shawl to Shah. The two ministers also took charge of their office later.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday denounced the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to make homophobia and transphobia crimes as severe as racism.
A series of restriction laws to make closed spaces smoke-free have resulted in a reduction of 15,000 in the number of child deaths in Brazil from 2000 to 2016, according to a study published on Friday.
Hong Kong will cull 4,700 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the second such case in a month in the crowded financial hub.
The US will end preferential trade status for India next week, President Donald Trump has confirmed amid a deepening row over protectionism.
The African Champions League final was abandoned due to a row over the Video Assisted Referee (VAR) system. Play was halted for over an hour after Wydad Casablanca refused to play when VAR was unavailable to judge a disallowed equaliser.
