06 May 2019, kathmandu
These are today’s main news:
National News
Bardiya district has only three fire engines to cater to all eight local levels at times of fire emergency. The incidents of fire have increased with the summer heat in the district but the district has only three fire trucks.
The Kathmandu University and the Institute of Automotive Engineering are organising the National Automotive Engineering Conference at Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchok district on May 10 and 11.
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers by farmers is found increasing the acidity of the soil in their fields in Kanchanpur. The level of acidity in the soil has increased due to the lack of organic matter.
A team from the Narcotic Drugs Control Bureau Kathmandu and the Area Police Office Gajuri has arrested a person for possessing opium and marijuana this morning.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari is expected to arrive in Baglung today. She is arriving here in connection with handing over a new building to the school management committee, said Guru Datta Pathak, Ward chair of Baglung municipality-12.
People of Sarmi at Tatopani rural municipality-7 in Jumla district have started falling ill due to an outbreak of an unidentified disease. The entire village of Sarmi has been affected by the disease, said Hemraj Kunwar, a teacher at Janata Sevak Basic School, Katiya Sarmi. According to him, no house in the village is spared from the disease.
A newborn taken for cremation was taken back to hospital after the people attending the funeral procession found out the child alive.
Two people have been arrested by the Myagdi Police on charge of assaulting school principal allegedly motivated by caste-based discrimination. Resh Bahadur Bishwakarma, head teacher at the Janajyoti Basic School based in Raghuganga rural municipality, 42, was allegedly manhandled by two locals Bal Bahadur Roka and Jitendra Jugjali for just the victim belongs to the Dalit community, said the police. The two have also been charged with verbally abusing and thrashing the school principal, leaving him injured.
The festival of Ramadan, which is observed as the month of fasting by the Muslims, begins from Tuesday. The festival is marked to observe the month when the Qaran, the great holy book of the Muslims, was revealed. The beginning and end of Ramadan are determined by the lunar Islamic calendar called Hijri.
The Nepali Congress has amended its circulation in connection to the upcoming nationwide public awareness drive scheduled to kick off from May 8 and has made sure that every programme under the campaign would have women participants.
Deliberations on the government’s policies and programmes for the fiscal year 2019/20 have begun in the National Assembly (NA) from today.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said quality education is the need of the hour. In her address today to a school building handover ceremony at Baglung municipality-12, the President asserted that it was the responsibility of the State to ensure quality education to the present generation who in future are expected to contribute to the causes of nation. The President was of the view that combined efforts were required to build an atmosphere for quality education. She further highlighted the need for initiations right from the local level to make schools competitive.
The Bhaktapur-based Manav Kalyan Society (Human Welfare Society), Bhaktapur, has rescued over 100 children and women from the streets in a year.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has asserted that some forces demanding the reinstatement of monarchy in the country was an attack on public, their humiliation and a criminal activity.
The government has decided to observe the upcoming Republic Day for three days, and has formed a committee to facilitate the celebrations. A meeting held today at the Home Ministry formed the Republic Day Main Celebrations Committee under the chair of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli decided to observe the Day for three days from May 28 to 30 by organizing various programmes at home and Nepali Missions abroad. Nepal celebrates the 15th Jeth in Nepali calendar every year as the Republic Day. This year, the Day falls on May 29.
The Federal Socialist Forum Nepal and Naya Shakti Party Nepal have unified amid a programme here in the capital today. After the unification, the new party is named Socialist Party Nepal.
International News
An earthquake of 5.8-magnitude struck Ilocos Norte province in the northern Philippines on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
President Donald Trump sent Asian markets plunging Monday after threatening to hike tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods at the end of the week in a bid to speed up stuttering trade talks between the economic superpowers.
Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed a ceasefire with Israel on Monday to end a deadly two-day escalation in violence that threatened to widen into war, officials with knowledge of the deal said.
Former Panamanian minister Laurentino Cortizo declared victory in presidential polls on Sunday that saw a large number of voters turn out amid concerns over corruption scandals and the country’s image as a money-launderer’s paradise.
The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a “clear and unmistakable” message to Iran, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Sunday.
