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From the Kathmandu Press: Monday, October 1, 2018

All major Nepali and English dailies published from Kathmandu Valley on Monday have given the top priority to the results of DNA profiling of three key suspects of rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant in Bhimdatta Nagar of Kanchanpur district around two months ago. All of them have claimed that the murder case turned more mysterious as the DNAs of the suspects did not match with the vaginal swabs of the victim.

Meanwhile, the dispute surfaced in the ruling Nepal Communist Party continues to be the hottest topic from politics to be discussed on broadsheet cover pages. Some other issues from sociocultural and economic life have also been featured on the front pages today.

Important

Why DNA tests of Pant murder suspects were performed at police lab

Whereas other newspaper reports point out the failure of police to forward the investigation with the result of DNA tests, Naya Patrika lead story claims the tests were faulty. It claims the tests should not have been carried out at the police lab to ensure objectivity of the investigation as a key suspect was a police official and another was his son.

Meanwhile, quoting an unnamed investigator, The Himalayan Times claims that the victim’s vaginal swab was not properly collected and stored; hence the suspects’ DNAs did not match.

On the other hand, Birendra KC, a member of the panel was attacked by an unidentified group in Dhangadhi, according to Republica.

Over 16,000 porn sites blocked

Gorkhapatra and Nepal Samacharpatra have reported that the government blocked over 16,000 porn sites following a controversial decision few days ago.

In compliance with a decision of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority blocked the sites, Gorkhapatra reports quoting the NTA Chairman Digambar Jha.

He claims there are more than 100,000 porn sites in the world, and most popular among them have been blocked in Nepal.

Ignored

NCP leaders warn of launching campaign to correct leadership

File: Madhav Kumar Nepal

The Nepal Communist Party leaders, who are against the party leadership and close to senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, have warned of launching an awareness campaign among the party cadres if the leadership does not correct its unilateral decision making, reports Naya Patrika in a snippet.

The leaders have been claiming that the leadership of KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal is not giving any role and responsibility to the leaders opposing to them.

Monsoon ending this week

File: Rainfall in Kathmandu

This year’s monsoon is ending after a couple of days so that members of the public can celebrate their greatest festival of Dashain without worrying about wetting their attires, Nepal Samacharpatra reports.

According to meteorologist Shanti Kandel, the monsoon ends in the far-western part first and its impact gradually expands towards the east.

House panels functionless for want of offices

File: The Federal Parliament Secretariat

Nepal Samacharpatra reports that 10 committees in the House of Representatives have turned functionless for the want of offices though they got full shape few weeks ago.

Some of these panels are doing their meetings at the canteen of Parliament Secretariat, the report says, adding, the leaders of the panel have requested Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara to provide offices at the earliest.

Interesting

Nepal Army to select peacekeepers through competition

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The Nepal Army has decided to end the existing system of letting senior officials select participants of peacekeeping missions, reports Annapurna Post. New Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa made the decision as the existing system hampered professionalism of the organisation.

Now onwards, the national military organisation will hold a free competition to select the personnel for lucrative missions.

Meanwhile, the Army also finalised new criteria for the participation in peacekeeping missions.

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