Wednesday, December 31
Monday, December 29
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Friday, December 26
Foreign Ministers level talks in the capital
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Nepal and China are holding Foreign Ministers level talks in the capital on Friday.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey is leading a 15-member delegation from Nepali side while Minister Wang Yi is heading a 13-member Chinese side.
The discussion would touch on the issues including revision of bilateral relations, economic cooperation and other aspects of mutual cooperation in view of marking 60 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and China next year.
High-level officials of Nepal government including secretaries from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Industry, Home, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management, Commerce and Supplies and General Administration are taking part in the meeting. Likewise, a seven-member delegation headed by Chinese Minister Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai and other Chinese Embassy officials are present in the meeting. RSS
Australian cricketer on top of the Mount Everest
Australian cricketer on top of the Mount Everest
In a unique tribute to Phillip Hughes , the Cricket Association of Nepal ( CAN ) is planning to place a bat belonging
to the late Australian cricketer on top of the Mount Everest. CAN has written a letter to Cricket
Australia (CA) and they are working on the initiative. In the letter addressed
to CA chairman Wally Edwards, CAN outlined how it wanted to honour the
fallen Test opener with a 63-over tribute match.
"The Nepalese have asked CA
if it would be possible to have one of Hughes' bats, a piece of his clothing
and a CA flag to take to the world's highest point during the next climbing
season in March-April," wrote WAtoday.com. "What a wonderful
tribute," Edwards was quoted as saying by the website. Meanwhile, Cricket
Australia trademarked the phrase "63 not out" to stop people from
making money at the expense of the former Test opener, who died after being hit
by a bouncer during a domestic match in Sydney. He was on 63 when he was hit by
the ball. "Cricket Australia registered the trademark in conjunction with
Phillip's management purely as a defensive registration to prevent others
trying to exploit Phillip's memory," a CA spokesman said. "There was
some evidence of that starting to occur which is why we have taken this
action." There was unlicensed Phillip Hughes merchandise being sold on online
auction sites including t-shirts, stickers and memorial trophies, the report
said.
Australian cricketer on top of the Mount Everest Thai tourist murder trial under way
The trial is under way in Thailand of two Burmese men charged with the murder of British tourists Hannah Witheridge and David Miller in September.
Thursday, December 25
Hubble Sees the Beautiful Side of Galaxy IC 335
Hubble Sees the Beautiful Side of Galaxy IC 335
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the galaxy IC 335 in front of a backdrop of distant galaxies. IC 335 is part of a galaxy group containing three other galaxies, and located in the Fornax Galaxy Cluster 60 million light-years away. As seen in this image, the disk of IC 335 appears edge-on from the vantage point of Earth. This makes it harder for astronomers to classify it, as most of the characteristics of a galaxy’s morphology — the arms of a spiral or the bar across the center — are only visible on its face. Still, the 45 000 light-year-long galaxy could be classified as an S0 type. These lenticular galaxies are an intermediate state in galaxy morphological classification schemes between true spiral and elliptical galaxies. They have a thin stellar disk and a bulge, like spiral galaxies, but in contrast to typical spiral galaxies they have used up most of the interstellar medium. Only a few new stars can be created out of the material that is left and the star formation rate is very low. Hence, the population of stars in S0 galaxies consists mainly of aging stars, very similar to the star population in elliptical galaxies. As S0 galaxies have only ill-defined spiral arms they are easily mistaken for elliptical galaxies if they are seen inclined face-on or edge-on as IC 335 here. And indeed, despite the morphological differences between S0 and elliptical class galaxies, they share some common characteristics, like typical sizes and spectral features. Both classes are also deemed "early-type" galaxies, because they are evolving passively. However, while elliptical galaxies may be passively evolving when we observe them, they have usually had violent interactions with other galaxies in their past. In contrast, S0 galaxies are either aging and fading spiral galaxies, which never had any interactions with other galaxies, or they are the aging result of a single merger between two spiral galaxies in the past. The exact nature of these galaxies is still a matter of debate. European Space Agency Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA
December 24, 2014
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Frosty Slopes on Mars
Frosty Slopes on Mars
This image of an area on the surface of Mars, approximately 1.5 by 3 kilometers in size, shows frosted gullies on a south-facing slope within a crater. At this time of year, only south-facing slopes retain the frost, while the north-facing slopes have melted. Gullies are not the only active geologic process going on here. A small crater is visible at the bottom of the slope. The image was acquired on Nov. 30, 2014, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. > More information and image products Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Caption: Livio Tornabene, Ryan Hopkins, Kayle Hansen and Eric Pilles
December 23, 2014
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Tuesday, December 23
Holiday Lights on the Sun: Imagery of a Solar Flare
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The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:28 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This flare is classified as an X1.8-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. Image Credit: NASA/SDO
December 22, 2014
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Sunday, December 21
Hubble Sweeps a Messy Star Factory
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This sprinkle of cosmic glitter is a blue compact dwarf galaxy known as Markarian 209. Galaxies of this type are blue-hued, compact in size, gas-rich, and low in heavy elements. They are often used by astronomers to study star formation, as their conditions are similar to those thought to exist in the early Universe. Markarian 209 in particular has been studied extensively. It is filled with diffuse gas and peppered with star-forming regions towards its core. This image captures it undergoing a particularly dramatic burst of star formation, visible as the lighter blue cloudy region towards the top right of the galaxy. This clump is filled with very young and hot newborn stars. This galaxy was initially thought to be a young galaxy undergoing its very first episode of star formation, but later research showed that Markarian 209 is actually very old, with an almost continuous history of forming new stars. It is thought to have never had a dormant period — a period during which no stars were formed — lasting longer than 100 million years. The dominant population of stars in Markarian 209 is still quite young, in stellar terms, with ages of under 3 million years. For comparison, the sun is some 4.6 billion years old, and is roughly halfway through its expected lifespan. The observations used to make this image were taken using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, and span the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared parts of the spectrum. A scattering of other bright galaxies can be seen across the frame, including the bright golden oval that could, due to a trick of perspective, be mistaken as part of Markarian 209 but is in fact a background galaxy. European Space Agency ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Nick Rose
December 19, 2014
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Friday, December 19
75th Anniversary of NASA Ames
December 20, 2014 marks NASA Ames Research Center's 75th Anniversary. The center was established in 1939 as the second laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and was named for the chair of the NACA, Joseph S. Ames. It was located at Moffett Field in Sunnyvale, California, now at the heart of Silicon Valley. The Laboratory was renamed the NASA Ames Research Center with the formation of NASA in 1958. This June 2, 1943 photograph shows the construction of the Ames full-scale 40- by 80-foot wind tunnel, with a side view of the entrance cone and a blimp in the background. Image Credit: NASA
December 18, 2014
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Thursday, December 18
City Lights Shine Brighter During the Holidays
City Lights Shine Brighter During the Holidays
City lights shine brighter during the holidays when compared with the rest of the year, as shown using a new analysis of daily data from the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite. Dark green pixels are areas where lights are 50 percent brighter, or more, during December. This new analysis of holiday lights uses an advanced algorithm, developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, that filters out moonlight, clouds and airborne particles in order to isolate city lights on a daily basis. The data from this algorithm provide high-quality satellite information on light output across the globe, allowing scientists to track when – and how brightly – people illuminate the night. A daily global dynamic dataset of nighttime lights is a new way for researchers to understand the broad societal forces impacting energy decisions and to look at how people use cities, from an energy perspective. > Full Story: NOAA/NASA Satellite Sees Holiday Lights Brighten Cities Image Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen
December 17, 2014
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Tuesday, December 16
Students save lunch money to invest for a noble cause
Students save lunch money to invest for a noble cause
The scene at a local school in Birgunj sub-metropolis last Saturday was a whole lot different than scores of other Saturdays. Instead of spending her holidays cozying up inside her house on a cold, overcast day, Sandhya Giri, a second year student of Bachelors of Business Studies at the Birgunj Commerce Campus (BCC) was found working the grounds with a pick axe in her hands while her college mates Krishna Thakur, Sandeep Sah and others were seen busy shovelling, carrying sands and sacks of cement.
Apparently, the college students had saved up a week’s worth in their lunch money in order to put it to use for social work. The students had collected about Rs 18,000 and used the money to give a facelift to Samata School which is located adjacent to Birgunj Prison. The school has been offering education to the underprivileged and poor children in Birgunj and various parts of the country. The school hogged media headlines this year after starting to run classes for the inmates’ children inside the Birgunj Prison.
Students studying in 11th grade at BCC had taken the initiative to renovate the school with financial assistance from several of their professors and lecturers. Likewise, local Gyanjyoti Secondary School had provided the students with about 1,200 interlocking tiles. The students later worked with technicians to install the tiles to complete construction of the school and give it a facelift. “The only way a person’s life becomes meaningful is when they do something for others,” said Sandhya, while expressing her satisfaction at being able to contribute something towards the society. Agreeing with Sandhya, Krishna said that he could not afford to miss this opportunity to be able to give back to the society from which people like him have received so much. Even students who had never even touched construction materials seemed excited to carry the shovels and other equipments and lend a helping hand.
According to Sushil Bhattrai, Principal of BCC, they had been inspired by the students’ initiative and were happy to help in their endeavour. Principal Rabina Khatun of Samata School said that the students had done a good job by helping develop the school chiefly dedicated to facilitate education for children leading a miserable life after being forced to languish in the jail with their parents. Khatun said that this desire to give back to the society among the youths was a really positive sign and this bodes well for the future of the society.
Opportunity Pausing at a Bright Outcrop on Endeavour Rim, Sol 3854
Opportunity Pausing at a Bright Outcrop on Endeavour Rim, Sol 3854
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is continuing its traverse southward on the western rim of Endeavour Crater during the fall of 2014, stopping to investigate targets of scientific interest along way. This view is from Opportunity's front hazard avoidance camera on Nov. 26, 2014, during the 3,854th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars. This camera is mounted low on the rover and has a wide-angle lens. The scene includes Opportunity's robotic arm, called the "instrument deployment device," at upper left. Portions of the pale bedrock exposed on the ground in front of the rover are within the arm's reach. Researchers used instruments on the arm to examine a target called "Calera" on this patch of bedrock. The wheel tracks in the scene are from the drive -- in reverse -- to this location, a drive of 32.5 feet (9.9 meters) on Sol 3846 (Nov. 18, 2014). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Monday, December 15
Hong Kong police clear last pro-democracy protest site in retail hub
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Hong Kong police clear last pro-democracy protest site in retail hub
Hong Kong authorities started to clear the last of three pro-democracy protest sites on Monday, marking the end of demonstration camps in the city that have blocked streets for more than two months.
Around a hundred police swept into Causeway Bay, a bustling shopping district popular with mainland Chinese tourists, to remove barricades as protesters scrambled to pack up their belongings from the smallest of the three main sites.
One protester played the drums next to a cardboard cut-out of Chinese President Xi Jinping as onlookers stood by. About 10 people sat in the front line waiting to be arrested.
"I don't think it's a failure. This is not the end," said K.T Tang, a legal executive. "I hope the next time when we gather in the streets, we will be celebrating, instead of shedding tears for achieving nothing."
The mainly peaceful protests have represented one of the most serious challenges to China's authority since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations and bloody crackdown in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
On Thursday, police cleared most of the main protest site in the Admiralty district next to government headquarters, arresting scores of activists in a largely peaceful operation.
That followed the clearance in late November of a site in Mong Kok, a gritty residential across the harbor from the main business district, a move that sparked several nights of running battles between demonstrators and police.
Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that gives the city more autonomy and freedom than the mainland and a goal of universal suffrage.
The protesters are demanding open nominations in the city's next election for chief executive in 2017. Beijing has said it will allow a 2017 vote but only between pre-screened candidates.
Protest leaders have said they will consider other forms of civil disobedience, given Beijing's continued refusal to grant any concessions.
As the dust settles on Hong Kong's pro-democracy 'Occupy' protests , China is likely to embark on a sweeping but covert campaign across the territory's judiciary, media and universities to ensure there is no recurrence, activists and politicians say.
Constitution certain by Jan 22: Minister Rijal
Constitution certain by Jan 22: Minister Rijal
Minister for Information and Communications, Minendra Rijal , has said the country would get the new constitution by the stipulated date of January 22 as per the commitment made by the Prime Minister.
Addressing a press meet organized here by the district chapter of Nepal Press Union this morning, Minister Dr Rijal said the two-party and multi-party meetings and discussions were concentrating on the constitution's contents. The CA would deliver the constitution respecting people's mandate, he added.
The government has also continued talks with the parties in the Constituent Assembly and those out of the CA in order to ensure the ownership of all political parties in the new constitution, according to Minister Dr Rijal.
In response to a query, the Minister said once the UCPN-Maoist and Madhesi front joined government it would be easier to bring new constitution.
He further said the elections to the new President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be held after the promulgation of the new constitution.
Also a central member of the Nepali Congress, Minister Rijal said the religious secularism would be continued in the new constitution.
On a different note, he informed that executive director of Radio Nepal, Suresh Kumar Karki, was sent to the Information Ministry for he could not perform effectively. However, he refuted that Mr Karki had not got salary.Rss
3 killed as high tension line snaps
3 killed as high tension line snaps
Three people were electrocuted to death after a high tension wire snapped at Doramba in Ramechhap district on Sunday morning. Few others were injured, some critically, in the incident.
According to police, the incident occurred after a high tension wire snapped and got connected with another transmission line strung up in the same electricity pole. The villagers said those who tried to turn on the switch at their houses in the morning died from electric shock resulting from the high voltage.
The deceased have been identified as Indra Bahadur Magar and Chandika Tamang of Doramba-5 and Ambar Bahadur Thapa Magar of Doramba-7, said District Police Office.
One Rajendra Raya, a teacher at a local Kakling School, and Jetha Bishwakarma of Doramba-7, among others, were injured during the incident. However, it is still not clear how many other villagers sustained injuries in the incident. Some of the critically injured were reportedly taken to Kathmandu for treatment while the others are receiving treatment at local Doramba Health Post. DSP Dipak Kumar Shah informed that police personnel have been dispatched in the area to assess the damage caused by the accident.
Kabindra Tamang, the headmaster at Kakling School, said the high tension line snapped and got connected with the distribution line at around 1:30am. He said the victims were electrocuted as they switched on the light in the morning.
Sunday, December 14
Bhotekoshi hydropower project row: Ministry calls stakeholders for talks
Bhotekoshi hydropower project row: Ministry calls stakeholders for talks
After Bhotekoshi Power Company knocked on Prime Minister Sushil Koirala’s door, asking him to end the gridlock in the 45 MW Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project , the Energy Ministry has invited stakeholders concerned on Sunday to settle the issue through talks.
Maintenance work on seven transmission line towers has stopped for the past few months due to interruptions by political parties, including the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML. They have obstructed the work, demanding the company provide shares to the locals first.
The NC has demanded at least 10 percent share allocation to the locals, while an alliance between another four political parties has sought 35 percent.
At a time when the country is facing a sever power crisis, the obstruction in repair of the transmission line towers has extended load-shedding by an hour. The halt in production also means a loss of energy worth Rs 8.6 million every day. The transmission towers were damaged by landslides along the Araniko Highway in August. Of the seven affected towers, maintenance work on four is yet to complete.
As the situation started worsening, the company on Thursday wrote to the prime minister seeking his early intervention to resolve the issue. Subsequently, the ministry invited the project’s management, political leaders and local residents from Sindhupalchowk.
However, the personal secretariat of Energy Minister Radha Gyawali informed the meeting is unlikely to take place on Sunday and has been postponed for Monday. “As the CPN-UML politburo scheduled to meet Saturday, the meeting with the project stakeholders has been rescheduled,” Rajendra Dhakal, a member of the secretariat said. Gyawali represents CPN-UML in the Nepali Congress (NC)-led coalition. Gyawali had earlier met CPN-UML and other local leaders over the same issue.
“We have been urging the local leaders to hold talks without interrupting the maintenance work,” said Narendra Prajapati, general manager of the company. “However, they have turned a deaf ear to our request.”
Prajapati said his company was forced to seek the prime minister’s help after they failed to convince the agitating groups.
The work was first halted on September 19. Subsequently, the company sought the Energy Ministry ’s help. Then, the Energy Ministry asked the Home Ministry to ensure favourable working environment. Following the assurance, the company visited the site on September 25. “But the local police administration asked us to return, citing a ‘possible clash’ with the locals,” Prajapati said. The letter written to the prime minister reads: “Even though there have been frequent meetings with the political parties, the situation has not improved. So we urge the prime minister to take initiative himself to resolve the issue.”
Bhotekoshi Hydropower has been generating energy for the past one and half decades. The state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has signed power purchase agreement (PPA) with the project in dollar terms.
Initially, the locals had demanded a revision to the dollar PPA, but now they are demanding share allocation. Also, the company, which had initially agreed to offer 5 percent shares to the locals, now says there is no provision on allocating shares to the locals by a private company.
RDC/N, a company jointly owned by two US companies—MWH International and Harza International Development Company—which holds a 5 percent stake in the project, has expressed reservations over allocating 5 percent share to the locals, citing the absence of legal provisions. “The government has to define clearly the policies and legal procedures on how a private company can issue shares to the public,” Prajapati said.
Dozens killed in Afghanistan fighting as foreign troops head home
Dozens killed in Afghanistan fighting as foreign troops head home
The Afghan Taliban killed a Supreme Court official, a dozen mine clearers and several national and foreign soldiers but also suffered heavy losses from intensifying violence ahead of the withdrawal of most international troops in the next two weeks.
In Kabul on Saturday, a bomb ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in Kabul, killing at least seven of them, mangling the vehicle and sending a column of black smoke over the capital.
"A suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives at the door of a bus carrying army soldiers," said Hashmat Stanekzai, a spokesman for Kabul police chief.
Earlier gunmen shot dead senior Supreme Court official Atiqullah Raoufi as he left his home in the city.
The Taliban, ousted from power by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001, claimed responsibility, but did not say why it had killed him. The hardline Islamist insurgents run their own courts in parts of the country and consider the official judiciary to be corrupt.
Heavily fortified Kabul has seen multiple attacks in recent weeks, including several on army buses and a suicide bomb that killed a German citizen in a French cultural center during a performance of a play that denounced suicide attacks.
Fatalities and injuries among Afghan security forces and civilians peaked this year to the highest point since the U.S.-led war began in 2001, as foreign forces rapidly withdrew most of their troops from the interior of mountainous nation.
About 5,000 Afghan police and soldiers have been killed, and more than 1,500 civilians were killed in the first half of the year. A rump of about 13,000 foreign soldiers will remain in Afghanistan next year, down from a peak of more than 130,000.
Fighting has extended long beyond the traditional summer season, with the Afghan government also inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban. The army and police say they killed more than 50 militants nationwide in the past 48 hours.
The Taliban have been fighting a guerrilla war ever since their 5-year regime was toppled. They now have a strong presence in most of the provinces surrounding Kabul.
BAGRAM BLAST
Just outside the city and close to the U.S.-run Bagram airfield, the Taliban detonated a roadside bomb on Friday night, hitting a convoy of foreign troops and killing two American soldiers.
The blast left a 3-meter (10-foot)-long blackened fissure in the road, a Reuters witness said. Helicopters buzzed overhead on Saturday morning.
"Two International Security Assistance Force service members died as a result of an enemy forces attack in eastern Afghanistan on Dec. 12, 2014," a coalition press release said on Saturday.
The coalition, as per its policy, declined to give the soldiers' nationality but a U.S. defense official in Washington confirmed the two soldiers killed were American.
The Bagram attack came two days after the United States closed a prison that held foreign detainees on the airfield, which is in Parwan province, the only province adjacent to the capital that is usually relatively peaceful.
It also followed a NATO air strike on Thursday that killed five people in the same province. Afghan officials said the casualties were civilians. The coalition said it was investigating the allegations, but that they were identified from the air as militants before the "precision" strike.
3 electrocuted in Ramechhap
3 electrocuted in Ramechhap
Three persons died of electric shock in
Manedanda Bazaar of Doramba VDC, Ramechhap on Sunday morning.
Police identified the deceased as Chandilal
Tamang (25), Indra Bahadur Thapa Magar (65) of Doramba-5 and Ambar Bahadur
Thapa Magar (62) of Doramba-7.
Police said that Thuli Maya Tamang and Laxmi
Magar were injured in the incident.
They are receiving treatment at a local
hospital in the district.
The cause behind the incident is yet to be
established.
According to the District Police Office,
Ramechhap, a team has been sent to the incident site for investigation
State blamed for increasing road fatalities
State blamed for increasing road fatalities
Weak' state mechanism has been blamed for the increasing number
of road accidents in the country.
Transport sector trade union
leaders have argued that they alone are not responsible for the road accidents that occurred of late .They were here
to attend the general assembly of Rapti Zonal Public Transport Entrepreneurs working
group.
They accused the state of paying no heed to the problems of transportation
entrepreneurs and just putting the blame of accidents on them.
Many factors have a role in causing the road misfortune, but the
government always puts the blame on transport entrepreneurs. Condition of
the roads, vehicles and load and drivers is directly linked with the road
safety, they added.
Addressing the general assembly, Chairperson of
National Federation of Nepal Transportation Entrepreneurs, Dinesh Bhandari,
said the poor condition of roadways in the mid-western region is the main
reason for the increasing road fatalities here. He objected to the admin
decision to arrest transport workers for the recent Surkhet road accident, in
which at least 12 people lost their lives.
Transport Entrepreneurs' Federation central general secretary
Punya Prasad Sitaula accused the state of not implementing any effective
measure to ensure road safety. The working group is operating its
services in different parts of the country.
Bheri zonal hospital chief among officials accused of corruption
Bheri zonal hospital chief among officials accused of corruption
Chief of the Bheri Zonal Hospital (BZH) including few other officials
have been accused of embezzling the government budget allocated for the
hospital for different purposes and categories.
Hospital accountant Padam Bahadur GC accused BZH chief Dr
Pitambar Subedi and fellow accountants Maniram Barma and Dev Prasad Upadhyay of
taking softener amounting to at least Rs 2.5 million while purchasing
medicines, hospital equipments and stationery materials. GC said that the BZH
still owes Rs 12.1 million to Kamala health check and Western regional distributors
including Sajha Medicines as it has not cleared the unpaid dues while
purchasing medicines and laboratory materials. This even as the BZH has already
released money to clear these unpaid dues. He further said that the hospital is
yet to pay Rs 2.2 million it owes to suppliers of stationery materials and
other necessary materials.
It has also been learnt that out of the Rs 4 million allocated
for the purchase of medicines provided to impoverished people for free, Rs 1.7
million has been spent for other purposes.
Dr Subedi, however, said that the money was spent under various
headings of social security allowance.
GC also accused Dr Subedi of taking hire of Rs 272,000 while
purchasing medicines, stationery equipment and carrying out repair works in the
hospital last year.
The Nepali Congress lawmaker Maikulal Balmiki said that there
was irregularities while giving permission to the Nepalgunj Technical College
to conduct practical classes for its students without board’s approval for the
same.
Meanwhile, the Kohalpur branch of the Commission for
Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) had raided the hospital and seized
necessary documents some four months ago following complaints of budget
irregularity and misuse of hospital belongings.
Dr Subedi has also been accused of taking furniture and other
items purchased for the use of the hospital to his quarters.
A CIAA source said that Dr Subedi and other some hospital
employees have been found to have taken money by submitting receipts of forged
airline tickets from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu and vice versa.
