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Excited to be in Nepal, see Himalayas: Turkish actor Düzyatan
Pokhara, May 3 (RSS): The world-renowned Turkish film actor Engin Altan Düzyatan has arrived in Pokhara today. Currently, on a visit to Nepal at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, he landed in Kathmandu on Monday. Pokhara Tourism Council and Nepal Association of Tours and Travel Agents (NATTA) officials, tourism entrepreneurs, and his fans welcomed the film artiste at Pokhara Airport. Düzyatan is leading an eight-member team for promoting tourism and attracting Turkish visitors to Nepal, said Jainab Khatun, assistant press coordinator of the Culture and Tourism Minister Prem Bahadur Ale. Khatun shared that the Turkish actor will attend a programme to be organized at Miya Patan, Pokhara-13 marking the Eid-ul-Fitr.He is scheduled to go for a sight-seeing tour of local touristic places such as Phewa Lake, Begnas Lake, and Sarangkot during his two-day visit to Pokhara. Düzyatan is on a whirlwind tour of the country sponsored by the Nepal government which is trying to kick-start tourism again as the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic fades.“I am very excited to be in Nepal, see the Himalayas, and meet the people in Kathmandu and Pokhara. I am glad to see that Nepal is open again for tourism, and people have started coming back,” Düzyatan said on arrival at Kathmandu airport on Monday.
Auditing should be made disciplined, professional: Finance Minister Sharma
Addressing the first national auditors’ conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) here today, Minister Sharma said the auditors should not be reluctant in assuming their responsibility of making fair access to the entire property.
National Volleyball Tournament: TAC victorious
In today's match, Army defeated Galkot by 25-12, 25-11 and 25-22. With the victory, Army has added nine points in three games and reached the top position.
PM Deuba, NC leaders to address election rallies
The mass meetings will be held for the publicity of the party with regard to the local level election slated for May 13.
CPN (US) to galvanise forces to make coalition candidate victorious
The meeting decided to focus party strength on making coalition candidates victorious in the local level election and where there is no electoral alliance of the coalition, our party will concentrate on making our party candidate victorious
Eid Ul-Fitr Celebrated (Photo feature)
The Muslim community across the country have celebrated Eid Ul-Fitr, the biggest festival in the Muslim religion today.
Nepal progresses in Freedom of Press Index
Nepal has made notable progress in the Press Freedom Index. According to the World Press Freedom Index launched by the Reporters without Borders today, Nepal is placed in the 76th position among a list of 180 countries. Last year, Nepal was ranked 106th.
All my salary, allowances will go for social services: Maoist Mayor candidate of Kritipur Dr. Maharjan
Itagol is a place where the CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and other leaders of the party had stayed here for a week in 1999 for a meeting of the Special Valley Bureau. Then the party was in armed struggle against the state.
29 new cases, 23 recoveries in 24 hours
In 1,504 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 29 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.
A Global Annual Prize named after Professor Subedi established at University of Hull in England
The Prize is designed to promote the advancement of scholarship in the study of modern forms of slavery, emancipation and the protection of human dignity for the benefit of the public.
India’s Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr amid community violence
Muslims across India marked Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday by offering prayers outside mosques, even as the celebrations this year came in the backdrop of a series of recent attacks against the community during the month of Ramadan.
Political parties underscore climate change issues
By Bhisma Raj Ojha, Kathmandu, May 3 (RSS): Political parties taking part in the upcoming local level elections slated for May 13 and their candidates have incorporated various issues of public concern in their election manifestos. They have featured education, health, political, economic, and social and infrastructure development along with forest, environment and climate change issues with priorities in their election manifestos.Major ruling party Nepali Congress in the election manifesto entitled ‘Party’s Resolution’ highlights the need for planned programmes for coping with the impact of climate change, its mitigation and adaptation when the climate crisis is a reality now. The party believes that each local government should promptly act toward the building of a community capable of resisting the impacts of climate change. More, the party advises the local governments to have a policy of promoting the minimum use of petroleum products to mitigate the carbon emissions, the cause of the greenhouse gas effect. “This can be the opportunity of building a green economy.” The party pledges to ensure practical and technical training and create jobs for them, to launch a tree-plantation programme at each local level for the conservation of water resources, to promote the conventional water supply systems like Hiti, and to ensure water and risk management plans as per the environmental standard while undertaking road construction projects. Likewise, the party promises to promote clean energy-based economic activities and entrepreneurship at each local level, minimize the use of petroleum products and encourage the use of renewable energy, promote the use of the electric stoves and electric public vehicles in urban areas and provide subsidies for charging stations under the green economy building campaign. The NC's manifesto has mentioned creating new green employment focusing on women, protecting and promoting indigenous knowledge, art, culture, technology, seed, original design to construct local infrastructure and structures, promoting the use of local materials, and launching 'House with medicinal herbs, healthy villages, towns', linking women's knowledge and skill with the economy. UML's plan of 'firewood, biofuel and smoke–free house'The manifesto issued by the main opposition party, CPN (UML), has mentioned maintaining the balance between development and the environment to protect the community from the adverse impact of climate change and conserve ecology as well as promote green development. The CPN (UML) has raised various issues including protection from adverse impacts of climate change and natural disasters, creating public awareness for adaptation, developing capacity, and protecting the community affected from climate change and disasters as well as which is at its high-risk with priority.Forest conservation, management of community forests, forwarding programmes for the development of private forests, launching sapling plantations as a campaign, and increasing income generation of the community through overall development of forest heritages have been mentioned in the manifesto. The UML has forwarded a plan of constructing embankments to recharge groundwater, collecting rainwater, constructing and conserving ponds, developing watersheds, controlling flood and landslide, reducing water-induced risk and launching the 'one settlement, one pond' campaign. Similarly, the UML has declared in its local election manifesto to use green technology and environment-friendly construction materials in development and construction works, to encourage investment for promoting a green economy, to enhance preparedness to cope with natural disasters based on the disaster risk mapping, to make the required preparedness for emergency rescue, relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation, to keep the logistics materials needed in such situation in ready state, to develop integrated and safe habitats and to forge effective coordination among the three tiers of the government. Likewise, the UML's election manifesto has prioritized collaboration between the province and the federal governments to stop the human encroachment on forests, conservation of wildlife and birds, management of the human-wildlife conflict, construction of zoos in partnership between the federal and provincial governments and production, processing and marketing of medicinal herbs and forest products in collaboration with community and partnership forest users committees. The manifesto also attaches priority to encouraging agricultural forestry, providing efficient energy for cooking and domestic use, and making the house free of firewood, biofuel and smoke. 'Clean Environment Campaign in Every Local Unit': Maoist's Commitment Another ruling partner, the CPN (Maoist Center) has, in its election manifesto entitled "Party's Appeal in Election", announced to implement of the 'Forest for Prosperity' programme for the development of industries based on timber, non-timber and other forest products, to establish at least one industry based on timber, non-timber and herbs processing in every local unit, to run the ' an industry in each community forest' programme, and to build climate change adaptation model village in every local unit, among other programmes. Likewise, the Maoist Center's manifesto maintains operating a special tree planting programme at the local level lacking significant area under forest cover, implementing at every local level the Clean Environment Campaign for pollution control, promotion of greenery and waste management, ensuring the community's prior right on the natural resources including the forest resources and further empowering the community forest user groups.
Light rain with thunder and lightning forecast
The local wind, a low-pressure system developed from Uttar Pradesh to the flatlands of West Bengal in India and the Westerly wind have their influence in Nepal at present.
ASD not disease, but manageable health condition
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not a specific disease as the society largely (mis) believes but a manageable mental health condition. As experts say ‘it is a neurological development disorder’ that hampers the socialization and communication skills of a child.
One arrested with around 1 kg gold
Police have nabbed a person with around one kilogramme of gold from Khajura of Banke. According to the District Police Office, Banke, Ashok Bahadur Singh, 28, of Pimi of Jayprithvi municipality-1 in Bajhang district was arrested with gold from Subedi Chowk of Khajura rural municipality-2.
