Major Nepali and English broadsheet dailies published from Kathmandu on Monday have carried stories about various issues from political, sociocultural and financial affairs on their front pages. The murder of a six-year-old child in Bara has received significant attention from newspaper editors and reporters. Likewise, the Cabinet meeting held on Sunday has made some significant decisions, and some of them have been highlighted on the front pages today.
The government’s preparations to sign a labour agreement with Malaysia have also received significant attention today.
There are many stories about the biggest annual festival of Nepalis, Dashain, as it is being celebrated across the country with fervour.
Important
Six-year-old killed after abduction in Bara
Nagarik, Kantipur, Rajdhani, Annapurna Post and The Kathmandu Post report that six-year-old Deepak Yadav, who was abducted on Wednesday, was founded murdered near his residence in Simraungadh Municipality-3 of Bara district on Saturday night.
The son of Dhaneshwar Yadav, a local of Nayaka Tole in Simraungadh, was missing since Wednesday afternoon, when he had left for his friend’s house in the neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, Kantipur quotes the victim’s uncle Ganesh to report that the abductors had demanded Rs 1 million ransom to release him.
Govt staff recruitment halted for two months
The Cabinet meeting held on Sunday decided to tell the Public Service Commission to put on hold all programmes related to the recruitment of government staff for next two months, according to reports in Rajdhani, Kantipur, The Kathmandu Post and Republica.
“Amid confusion over staff positions necessary for provincial, local and federal governments; the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has sought two months to finalise the details,” reads The Kathmandu Post lead story.
India backtracks from air route agreement
Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post report that India has backtracked from an agreement it made with Nepal in June this year to let Nepal use two new air entry points.
Nepal had sent a technical team to New Delhi last week to finalise the agreement and pave way for the implementation, but the team returned empty handed after India responded them negatively, according to the reports.
The officials say India has cited ‘defence issues’ as reasons for the setback.
Ignored
Fuel crisis likely during Dashain
Naya Patrika in its lead story predicts that Kathmandu city will face a shortage of petroleum products during the Dashain festival as the government-run distribution monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation, is shutting the distribution service for five days. However, the demand will be at the highest point in the same season due to the citizens’ travel requirements to observe festivals.
The Corporation, however, has claimed that there will be not any problem in the supply system.
KMC not to collect garbage during Dashain
Kathmandu Metropolitan City will be unable to college garbage from the city areas during five major days of the Dashain festival, Nepal Samachapatra reports in its three column story.
The local government has requested members of the public to manage their wastes within home for five days as locals of Sisdole, where the landfill site is located, have requested it not to supply waste during the festival. On the other hand, the municipal staff will also be on leave during that time.
Six companies shortlisted for fast track bridges
The Nepal Army, which has been assigned to construct the ambitious Kathmandu-Terai fast track has shortlisted six foreign companies for the construction of high bridges along the way, according to a brief story in Gorkhapatra.
Five of the selected companies are Chinese whereas the sixth is Turkish, according Gokul Bhandari, spokesperson of the Army.
Nepal yet to make law on altruistic surrogacy
The Supreme Court on July 14, 2016 issued an order in the name of government to ban commercial surrogacy, and enact a new law to allow altruistic surrogacy for Nepali nations. The order, however, is yet to be implemented, reports The Himalayan Times in its anchor story.
Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population, Mahendra Shrestha, has told the paper that the Ministry is preparing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) policy, and it will be the first step to decide surrogacy issues.
Irregularities suspected in TU BCA affiliation
Republica reports in a three column story that the Tribhuvan University’s decision to give affiliation to various colleges of the country run Bachelor’s in Computer Application programme has been dragged into controversy as it accepted from 116 private colleges and only two government ones.
The report claims that most of the private colleges have received the permission without having required infrastructures.
Interesting
Nepal to host first Paragliding World Cup
Excited after winning a silver medal in the 18th Asian Games recently, Nepal is preparing to hold the first ever Paragliding Accuracy World Cup, reports Annapurna Post in its anchor story.
The event will be hosted in Swarek Mahapur and Daubphant of Syangja district in western Nepal from November 1 to 1, according to the report.
Various teams will vie for four gold medals during the event.
