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From the Kathmandu Press: Thursday, November 29, 2018

Various issues from sociocultural, political and socioeconomic sectors have been featured on the front pages of major Nepali and English broadsheets published from Kathmandu on Thursday. Among political affairs, internal meetings of ruling Nepal Communist Party and main opposition Nepali Congress have received significant attention from the newspapers. Likewise, meetings of some parliamentary committees including the Public Account Committee’s concern over the purchase of two wide body aircraft for the Nepal Airlines Corporation have also been published on the cover pages today.

A jeep accident occurred in Dailekh of Karnali, which killed six persons by the evening, has also been published.

Important

Activists tell govt to raise Rohingya issue with Suu Kyi

File: Aung San Suu Kyi

Human rights activities have said the Nepal government should hold talks with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi over the safe return of the Rohingya Muslim minorities as the leader is paying an official visit to Nepal from Thursday.

The Kathmandu Post reports that the activists have suggested the government make efforts to ensure the safe return of the refugees and a fair investigation into the alleged abuses.

CIAA blames parties for most corruption cases

File: Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA)

A research work carried out by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has concluded that political parties and their cadres are responsible for around 25 per cent corruption cases in the country. No any agency including middlemen and contractors and staff, according to the study report highlights as published in Annapurna Post.

Meanwhile, the constitutional anti-corruption watchdog has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Money Laundering Investigation in order to control money laundering activities, Rajdhani reports in a three column story.

NCP provincial panels get full shape

Nepal Communist Party office in Dhumbarahi

The Secretariat of ruling Nepal Communist Party on Wednesday gave the full shape of all of its seven provincial committees after the exercise of months, according to reports in Kantipur and Gorkhapatra.

Party spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha told journalists after the Secretariat meeting that the names of provincial committee officials will be made public on Thursday, Gorkhapatra informs.

Ignored

NOC’s Biratnagar depot records excessive leakage

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Though the Nepal Oli Corporation has claimed the amount of fuel leaked during transportation is decreasing thanks to advanced locking systems, its depot in Biratnagar has recorded ever increasing leakage, Nagarik reports in its lead story.

The depot’s records show that diesel worth Rs 11.1 million were leaked in the period of four months, according to the report.

Nijgadh trees to be chopped down in three phases

File: A design prepared for Nijgadh airport

Naya Patrika lead story reports that the government has changed its plan about chopping down the trees for the construction of an international airport in Nijgadh, owing to criticisms from the stakeholders.

Earlier, the government had planned to cut down 2.4 million trees at once, it is now thinking of cutting total 2.24 million trees in three phases.

Underage marriage affecting young women’s life in Karnali

The Kathmandu Post informs in its anchor story that many young, economically backward girls in remote Karnali province of Nepal are forced to marry early. As they live with the lack of awareness about reproductive health, they put their lives at risk during pregnancy and labour pains.

Meanwhile, many of such women also go through psychological problems including depression and violent marital relations, the report adds.

Auditor General trying to sanitise controversial purchase?

File image: Auditor General Tanka Mani Sharma

A three column story in Republica claims that Auditor General Tanka Mani Sharma has launched an effort to prove that the recent controversial purchase of a mansion in Washington, DC for the residence of Nepal’s Ambassador to the United States does not involve any irregularities.

The report claims that Sharma and is assistant Mahesh Paudel visited the US capital to audit the financial records though the auditors general do not go out in general.

Interesting

Manakamana Temple welcomes devotees after 3.5 years of reconstruction

The reconstructed Manakamana Temple captured in September 2018.

The Manakamana Temple in Gorkha district, one of the most popular religious shrines for Nepali Hindus, is now open for the devotees, Kantipur reports in its anchor story. The temple was closed since the magnitude-7.6 earthquake in April 2015 left significant damages in it.

The temple’s reconstruction works had been complete recently.

 

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