Major Nepali and English broadsheet dailies published from Kathmandu on Monday have given priority to a host of political, sociocultural and economic issues. Almost all newspapers have published reports about the meeting of Nepali Congress Central Working Committee and its decision to extend the term of its student wing on their front pages. Some newspapers have published reports about Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa’s statements at a meeting of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee also on their front pages.
Whereas Kantipur has published its lead story on the government’s preparation to relocate the Office of Vice-President, Nagarik and Republica have said stakeholders have objected to the preparation to expand the Office of President.
Important
Nepali Congress extends NSU term amid protest
Despite the objection of senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel and influential leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Central Working Committee meeting of Nepali Congress extended the term of the central committee of its student wing, Nepal Students Union, by two months, according to newspaper reports.
The term of the Nain Singh Mahar-led panel was about to expire yesterday itself.
Thapa refuses to speak on Pant murder probe
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has decided to give information regarding investigation into the rape and murder of Nirmala Pant in Parliament’s State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, reports The Himalayan Times.
Meanwhile, Thapa at the meeting warned that naturalised citizenship could jeopardise the country’s national interests and security, according to The Kathmandu Post lead story.
Expansion, relocation of President’s, Vice-President’s Office draw flak
Nagarik reports that the land where Nepal Police Academy has been located has been donated by a former police official, claiming the government’s plan to acquire this land to extend the Office of President’s is not good. Likewise, Republica says people who know the history of Sheetal Niwas, the current Office of the President, have called for removing the office from the historic building.
Meanwhile, Social Welfare Council officials have objected to the government decision to relocate the Office of Vice-President to the Council’s existing office, reports Kantipur.
Supreme Court to act tough on verdict execution
Gorkhapatra, Rajdhani and Nepal Samacharpatra report in their lead stories that the Supreme Court has announced to take stern action against those who fail to execute the court verdict.
The government is yet to collect Rs 12 billion in fine and refunding from the convicts of various cases, Nepal Samacharpatra reports. Meanwhile, Rajdhani adds that around 150,000 convicts are yet to serve their jail terms.
Ignored
Govt doesn’t have evidence to support wide body purchase deal
Amid a controversy about irregularities in the purchase of two wide body aircraft for Nepal Airlines Corporation and questions that if the aircraft were purchased or borrowed on lease, the Civil Aviation Minister has said he does not have evidence to support that the aircraft were purchased rightly, claims Annapurna Post.
Adhikari told a television programme that he will mobilise investigators to look into the issue and reach conclusions within next two and half months, according to the report.
China recalls its ambassador to Nepal
The Chinese government has decided to call back its Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong, and proposed sending Hou Yanqi as her successor, The Kathmandu Post reports in a snippet.
Though anonymous sources confirmed that Beijing has already sent the name to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to approve the new name, the government officials have refused to speak on the issue formally, according to the report.
Stakeholders divided over transitional justice mechanism
Republica reports in its lead story that conflict victims and stakeholders are sharply divided over a proposed political mechanism to conclude transitional justice process in Nepal.
The report adds that some of them are for mandating the mechanism to formulate policies on truth seeking, reparation and reconciliation and national policies as required, whereas some view that the proposed process supports the perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
Interesting
Korea to gradually increase number of Nepali workers
Concluding that Nepali workers are honest and hard working, the South Korean government is preparing to increase the number of the migrant workers to be recruited under the Employment Permit System every year, according to a brief story in Karobar.
The report informs that the number of Nepali workers illegally staying in Korea is the lowest among the people staying illegally in the country.
