Good morning!
Here’s a quick summary of important, ignored and interesting reports from Friday evening to kick-start your day:
Important
Baburam adds fuel to Tikapur incident discussions
Samajwadi Party leader Baburam Bhattarai has said that the Tikapur incident was the beginning of a Tharu uprising. However, he did add that there were human casualties in the 2015 incident as it didn’t go entirely as planned. “Revolutions don’t exactly go as planned. It took its own way,” added Bhattarai who said that those in power have failed to understand the incident.
Bhattarai stated that the uprising was important as the people’s voices needed to be heard. “I ask my ex-comrades. If your situation was political, isn’t this incident political too? How is this incident different from other ‘political’ uprising the country has seen over the years?” he questioned.
Province 2 still hasn’t finalised name and capital
The process to finalise the name and capital of Province 2 has been extended as the parties within the province have not come to an agreement. Even though a meeting at the Provincial Assembly was called on Saturday to discuss the matter, it was adjourned until further notice.
Four names have been proposed by various parties. Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Janata Party have proposed the province be named Mades while Nepal Communist Party and Nepali Congress have proposed Janaki and Mithila-Bhojpura respectively. Some NC lawmakers have also proposed to name the province Madhyha-Mades.
Similarly, four cities have also been proposed for the capital.
Tough to protect state land due to people’s intentions: DPM Pokharel
Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel has said that the government was finding it hard to protect state-owned land due to people’s bad intentions. He said that everyone had a poor mindset which made it hard to protect the public land. “Everyone in the country would love to capture government land. That now is a poor mindset. One that needs to change. Until that changes, we will not be able to protect government land,” he said urging everyone to play a part to protect the government land.
Ignored
Infrastructural development a key factor in economic growth: Tourism Minister
Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has said infrastructural development will be rapid in the coming years. He added that it was necessary if the country wanted to prosper. Bhattarai also said that the economic growth rate of the country was rapidly increasing and predicted that it will be nearly double what it is in the next few years. “The government is working to make sure the nation is prosperous. It has spent most of its time in policy formation. Now its focus is on development and that will help us grow economically in the future.”
Nepal politically ready to deal with negative BRI campaign: Khanal
Senior NCP leader Jhala Nath Khanal has said that Nepal is politically ready to fight off all negative campaigns which will stop the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to become successful. Khanal presented his views during a seminar in China. However, Khanal did not mention what type of negative campaign that was being carried out. Khanal said that Nepal and China needed to have better relations and also said that Nepal and China economic corridor should be developed which would be better for both countries. He also said that the China-Nepal-India link, the former silk route, could also be reestablished through a train network.
Govt bringing new rules for teachers
The government is bringing a new provision making it mandatory for teachers to pass a preliminary exam if they want to become permanent teachers. The government is also planning to conduct the exam in the Public Service Commission style with two 100-mark written examinations (subjective and objective) and one 25-mark interview. Previously, teachers had to only get 40 percent of 100 marks to pass the exam. The Teachers Service Commission regulation has been amended in a way which hopes to bring good teachers. The reason why they are conducting both subjective and objective exams is that they feel that only the best will survive after the exams where they will also give negative marks for wrong answers.
Interesting
Govt planning to operate Dhanusha-Jainagar train route
The government is planning to revive its railway company to operate the Dhanusa–Jainagar rail service. The Rail Department states that over 200 employees will be deployed in the project which they aim to complete by November. Currently, there are only a few employees in the company and even those are not qualified, informed the department’s Managing Director Balaram Mishra. Mishra added that works were underway to make the company better.
PM’s treatment starts
The treatment of PM KP Sharma Oli, who in Singapore, has started at the National Hospital. Doctors say that PM Oli health at the moment is normal. The Prime Minister had to go back to Singapore again to check the effectiveness of his newly prescribed medicines. PM Oli reached Singapore on Thursday. He is due to stay there for 10 days.
Spat with Oli nothing serious, says Nepal
NCP leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has urged people not to take the spat between him and PM KP Sharma Oli seriously. He urged NCP cadres not to worry about the situation and said that such discussions were part of politics. “It’s like husband and wife fighting,” he said.
