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From the Kathmandu Press: Monday, August 20, 2018

Nepali and English broadsheet dailies published from Kathmandu on Monday have given priority to a host of issues from political, sociocultural and economic spheres. Supreme Court Justice Deepak Raj Joshee, who is on a home leave for two weeks after being rejected for the position of Chief Justice, has decided to extend his leave for next six days though some people had expected him to resign. Many newspapers have published the report on the front page.

Likewise, the Cabinet decision to recommend President Bidra Devi Bhandari to appoint Purna Chandra Thapa to the position of Chief of Nepali Army has also received significant attention. Some other Cabinet decisions have also been covered significantly on the front pages.

Meanwhile, activities of the main opposition Nepali Congress have also been well highlighted on the cover pages of major newspapers today.

Important

Joshee extends leave, not to resign

Deepak Raj Joshee attends a meeting of the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee, on Thursday, July 26, 2018.

Kantipur, Gorkhapatra and The Kathmandu Post report on their front pages that seniormost Justice of the Supreme Court has extended his 15-day leave by six more days, with a hint that he is not going to resign anytime soon despite pressure from a section of society.

His 15-day leave expired on Sunday and has applied for the leave for six more days, Gorkhapatra reports quoting a source at the Supreme Court administration. The report adds that he has sought casual leave so that its notice can be sent to the President at a convenient time later.

Meanwhile, the Constitutional Council has failed to hold its meeting owing to the absence of Nepali Congress President and opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, according to The Himalayan Times.

Ignored

TU changes GPA requirement for degree

File image: Tribhuvan University Central Office, Kirtipur

A snippet in Naya Patrika reads that Tribhuvan University has decided to increase the score required to complete the master’s degree from 2.7 to 3.0 GPA. Accordingly, some students who passed individual semesters also got failed to acquire the degree, and it has affected hundreds of students as some students scoring between 2.7 and 3.0 have gone abroad on scholarship to pursue further education.

3,000 families at risk of Koshi flood

Around 3,000 families living on Sri Lanka Tapu of Sunsari district, surrounded by the Koshi River, are living under the fear of flooding every year, according to the lead story of Annapurna Post.

These families have around 10,000 farmers and they are engaged in agricultural activities, the report adds, some section of the island is being eroded by the flood every year.

Shashanka or Shekhar to run for Congress presidency

File image: Shashanka Koirala

Nepali Congress General Secretary Shashanka Koirala has announced that either himself or his cousin Shekhar Koirala will run for the party presidency in the next general convention, claiming the current leadership could not lead the party effective, according to a snippet in Kantipur. Speaking with journalists in his hometown Biratnagar, the leader also accused party President Sher Bahadur Deuba of ignoring his request to hold the mahasamiti meeting at the earliest.

Borrowed vehicles to be used for BIMSTEC guests

A security and transport subcommittee under the government formed to prepare for the fourth BIMSTEC Summit going to be held in the capital later this month has urged top VIPs of the country to lend the vehicles they are using to the government so that they can be used for the summit, reports The Kathmandu Post.

A meeting of the panel headed by Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa yesterday urged the Office of the President and the office of Prime Ministers among other bodies to hand over their vehicles as it needs more carts for international guests of the Summit and their escorting personnel.

Oli govt ignores constitutional commissions

Fie: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

Republica reports in a three column story that the incumbent government has failed to form various statutory bodies though it has already been nearly three months since the promulgation of the constitution.

According to the constitution, there shall be 13 commissions. But, the government has failed to give full shape to various eight new commissions. In addition, it has also failed to pick head for existing Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, the report informs.

Interesting

Opposition canteen popular among ruling party lawmakers

The two column story of Annapurna Post reports that the canteen of Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party in Singhadarbar has been popular among lawmakers of other parties including those of the ruling Nepal Communist Party as it has a variety of food choices. The report adds that some lawmakers of the ruling party spend their time more at the opposition canteen than at their own office.

 Govt registers bill to ensure food sovereignty

In order to ensure that Nepali citizens can effectively enjoy the right to food sovereignty as envisioned in the constitution, the government on Sunday registered a bill in Federal Parliament Secretariat, according to Gorkhapatra anchor story.

As food sovereignty has been listed as a fundamental right, the bill has to be endorsed before September 18, the third anniversary of the constitution promulgation, according to the report.

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