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• SHORT TAKES 

AFP / RSS 

Erik Sprague, known as ‘Lizardman’, posing 

with an iguana at the launch of the book Le 

Big Livre de l'Incroyable (The Big book of 

the incredible), in Paris, on Wednesday. 

NEPAL 

‘PM’s chair an incentive’ 

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress leader 

Shekhar Koirala on Wednesday accused party 

leaders Sher Bahadur Deuba and Ram 

Chandra Paudel of rooting for revival of the 

Constituent Assembly (CA) with an eye on 

the prime minister’s chair. (Details on Page 5) 

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Himalayan News Service 

Kathmandu, October 17 

Sangita Chaurasiya of Taulihawa 

Municipality Ward 4 

in Kapilvastu was born on 

January 23, 1990. She qualified 

to be a citizen by birth 

in 2006 when the Interim 

Constitution incorporated 

the provision for citizenship 

by birth. 

Her father, also born in 

Nepal, acquired citizenship 

by birth but did not secure 

citizenship for his daughter 

as he was unaware of the 

‘one time’ provision in the 

constitution. 

Sangita lost her contract 

job at the local Women Development 

Office as she 

could not show her citizenship 

certificate. 

Rights activists estimate 

there could be as many as 

three lakh offsprings of citizens 

by birth who have 

failed to acquire citizenship. 

Advocate Mithilesh Kumar 

Singh and Chandra 

Kant Gyawali hold the present 

constitutional and legal 

provisions pertaining to citizenship 

responsible for the 

problem of statelessness. 

Those who were born after 

their father became citizen 

by birth can acquire citizenship 

by descent, but 

those who were born before 

their father acquired citizenship 

by birth can only 

get naturalised citizenship. 

NC, UML decide 

to oust govt 



A meeting of the Nepali Congress 

and CPN-UML today reiterated 

that fresh Constituent Assembly 

(CA) elections was the only alternative 

and formation of a national 

unity government was the first 

step towards that. 

The meeting also concluded 

that the incumbent government 

must be ousted by mid-November 

as fresh CA polls by mid-May 

was imperative. 

The top leaders of the two parties 

decided to compel the Unified 

CPN-Maoist, which was 

avoiding both CA revival and 

fresh CA elections on different 

pretexts to prolong its stay in government, 

to accept fresh polls at 

the earliest. 

UML leader Madhav Kumar 

Nepal said, “We don’t want to listen 

to the idea of CA revival at the 

moment because the UCPN-M itself 

is blocking its revival by not 

agreeing on unsettled issues. So, 

there is no way but fresh polls,” 

adding, “The parties must reach 

consensus on the size and composition 

of the new CA and for 

that a consensus government is 

the first step.” 

Congress leader Ram Sharan 

Mahat said, “The government will 

fall either through a move by the 

President or a movement of opposition 

parties after Dashain as 

fresh polls by mid-May is inevitable.” 

He added the UCPN-M 

had missed the bus as far as CA 

revival was concerned by not 

showing readiness to agree on 

unsettled issues of the new constitution 

prior to reinstatement of 

the CA. “So, the possibility of CA 

revival had been evaded,” he said. 

UML leader Raghujee Panta 

said the meeting also decided to 

intensify protests against the government 

after Dashain as it was 

not going to quit easily. “Opposition 

parties have formed a fourmember 

taskforce, which has already 

prepared a tentative draft of 

the protest programme. It will be 

finalised immediately after 

Dashain,” Panta said. 

Dahal says he’s ‘very optimistic’ about CA revival 



Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman 

Pushpa Kamal Dahal today 

said political parties 

would reach understanding 

on reviving the dissolved 

Constituent Assembly to promulgate 

the new constitution 

by Tihar, which falls on 

November 30. 

Dahal said the next elections 

would be held under the 

new constitution, which 

would also resolve disputed 

issues, including those related 

to federalism. 

He said this while talking to 

mediapersons at Tribhuvan 

International Airport upon 

arrival from a week-long visit 

to Belgium, where he addressed 

a meeting of the 

Nepali Diaspora and an informal 

talk programme, held by 

a member of the European 

Parliament from the UK. 

Even as President Ram 

Baran Yadav ruled out revival 

of the dissolved CA, Dahal 

said a revived CA would adopt 

the new constitution incorporating 

the agreed issues 

and the parties would be free 

to go to the people making 

Ex-FMs blast Bhattarainomics 

Say obsession with populism has exacted its toll 

Kuvera Chalise 


The Baburam Bhattarai-led 

caretaker government came 

under fire from former finance 

ministers for financial indiscipline 

and inefficiency. 

They blasted the government 

for failing to crack the whip on 

price hike and corruption that 

have brought misery to people 

and added to the government’s 

financial liability. They said this 

will destroy Public Enterprises 

and damage the country’s financial 

structure. 

Former finance minister Ram 

Sharan Mahat said the government 

has failed to create investment-friendly 

climate and that 

has brought down the contribution 

of industry to the economy. 

The government has failed 

to walk the talk and is trying to 

Faulty legal provisions render thousands stateless 

Singh said the provision 

that guarantees citizenship 

by birth ‘just for one time’ 

needs to be amended. 

In some other cases relating 

to naturalised citizenship, 

the Home Ministry has 

put a de facto ban that has 

been in place for almost 

nine years. 

Bhola Siwakoti, Joint Secretary 

at Home Ministry 

be populist with new programmes 

every couple of 

months, by doling out taxpayers’ 

money to party cadres 

without assessing long term implications, 

or prioritising pressing 

issues. 

Likewise, former finance 

minister Surendra Pandey said 

government inefficiency has 

propelled capital flight. The 

government has also failed to 

spend the ‘one-third’ development 

expenditure of the special 

budget. “There is no check and 

balance mechanism to monitor 

financial discipline. In the last 

fiscal year, the government 

transferred Rs 38.67 billion,” he 

added. 

Caretaker Finance Minister 

Barshaman Pun had brought a 

special budget of Rs 161.24 billion 

through ordinance in July 

as interim public expenditure 

said a proposal has been 

sent to the Law Ministry to 

amend laws so as to address 

problems of offsprings of 

those citizens by birth. 

As many as 170,040 people 

have acquired citizenship 

by birth after 2006. 

Advocate Gyawali said Article 

15 of Universal Human 

Rights Declaration 1948 allows 

everybody to claim na- 

A proposal has been sent to 

the Ministry of Law to amend 

laws in order to address the 

problems related to citizenship 

Locals queue up for rice at a Nepal Food Corporation depot in Martadi, headquarters of Bajura district, on Wednesday. 

arrangement, largely focusing 

on elections for four months, 

till mid-November. But absence 

of consensus since the Constituent 

Assembly’s ‘death’ on 

May 27, has made it difficult for 

to bring a full-fledged budget. 

“The government has to create 

environment to form a consensus 

government to bring a full 

budget,” said Pandey, who said 

the bureaucracy needs to be 

more vigilant as the next government 

will not own any of the 

incumbent government’s populist 

programmes. 

Former finance minister 

Prakash Chandra Lohani said 

Bhattarai is obsessed with populist 

paperwork and he has 

brought more populist programmes 

today giving continuity 

to his earlier programmes in 

the name of good governance 

and economic reforms. 

tionality of the country 

where they are born, but in 

Nepal, they are deprived of 

this right. 

According to Gyawali, any 

person whose father or 

mother is a citizen of Nepal 

at the time of the commencement 

of the Interim 

Constitution is entitled to 

become citizen by descent, 

but many have failed to 

benefit from this provision 

as the citizenship directive 

uses the term ‘father and 

mother’ contrary to what is 

in the constitution. “Faulty 

laws have rendered thousands 

stateless. The state 

needs to urgently address 

this issue by constituting a 

commission,” he added. 

the unresolved issues their 

election agenda. 

Talking about the President, 

Dahal said the former 

had clearly said that he “is not 

a Congress leader”. “What the 

President has talked about recently 

is a different issue,” Dahal 

said, adding: “I do not 

want to comment on it. As far 

as I understand, the Nepali 

Congress and CPN-UML, 

they are ready to promulgate 

the new constitution through 

a revived CA on the basis of 

consensus.” 

The parties may have made 

public their respective 

stances for public consumption, 

Dahal said, adding, “But 

the new constitution can be 

adopted by reinstating the 

dissolved CA.” He said it 

would be the best option to 

go for election by adopting 

the new constitution incorporating 

the agreed issues. 

He expressed confidence 

that opposition parties would 

agree to revive the CA. “I cannot 

give you the exact date 

and time, but we will be able 

to bury our differences,” he 

said, adding that the parties 

were close to a deal. 

Dwelling on the reported 

THT 

misunderstanding between 

the President and the Prime 

Minister, Dahal said he 

telephoned the latter from 

Belgium yesterday and 

he was informed that the 

country was moving towards 

consensus. 

He said he would actively 

engage in talks with other 

parties to build national 

consensus. 

During his visit to Europe, 

he assured European leaders 

and the Nepali Diaspora that 

the political deadlock wold 

end at the earliest and elections 

would be held.

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CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath 

Khanal and other participants at a 

tea reception organised in 

Kathmandu on Wednesday. 

Burglars caught 

THT 

KATHMANDU: Metropolitan Police 

Crime Division on Wednesday 

nabbed two burglars, who had been 

absconding after robbing the Durbar 

Marg-based Bentley Shop of goods 

worth over Rs 1.2 million on July 23. 

They have been identified as Khush 

Bahadur Khadka aka Tajesh (20) of 

Dolakha and Sujan Khadgi (24) of 

Kathmandu- 31. Police have also recovered 

wallets, electronic goods and 

jewelleries from them. — HNS 

NHRC to stay open 

KATHMANDU: The National Human 

Rights Commission (NHRC) today 

said all of its offices, including the 

central office, will remain open during 

Dashain holidays from 11 am to 2 

pm. In a press release, NHRC Secretary 

Bishal Khanal said all NHRC offices 

will stay open during holidays to 

receive complaints. — HNS 

Deworming drive 

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of 

Health and Population is to administer 

vitamin ‘A’ capsules and deworming 

tablets to around 3.7 million children 

aged between six months and 

five years, on October 18 and 19. A 

UNICEF study shows the Vitamin A 

programme in Nepal saves the lives 

of around 12,000 children every year. 

The ministry has been running the 

programme since 1993. — HNS 

Dashain eclipses 

metro night shuttle 



With people from outside 

the Kathmandu Valley 

streaming out to celebrate 

Dashain and other festivals 

with their families and 

friends, night buses operating 

in the Kathmandu 

Valley on hourly basis from 

8 pm to 11pm are witnessing 

a decline in the number 

of passengers. 

“The buses departing 

upto 9pm are crowded. After 

that, passengers are few 

and far between,” said 

Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, 

chief of the Kathmandu 

Metropolitan City, which 

launched the night bus service 

in the valley in collaboration 

with the National 

Federation of Nepal Transport 

Entrepreneurs 

(NFNTE) on August 17. 

Due to the lack of passengers, 

only a couple of 

buses have been operating 

at the last shift (11pm). 

“Kalanki, Koteshwor and 

Chabahil routes are crowded 

up to 11pm,” said Adhikari. 

“Other routes are 

busy only during first and 

second departures.” 

“It is good that day-service 

vehicles, which used 

to be unavailable after 7pm 

before the launch of the 

night service, run upto 

8:30pm these days,” he 

said. According to a deal 

reached six months ago, 

the federation gets a total 

of Rs 4.5 million — Rs 2 

million from the KMC and 

Rs 2.5 million from the 

Ministry of Finance — as 

assistance for operating a 

fleet of 14 CCTV-equipped 

buses on various routes in 

Kathmandu and Lalitpur 

for six months. 

Of the 14 26-seater buses, 

four ply the Ring Road, 

while two buses each ply 

Satdobato-Ratnapark, 

Koteshwor-Sinamangal- 

New Bus park, Jorpati-Ratnapark, 

Kalanki-Rantapark 

and Balaju-Ratnapark 

routes with two police personnel 

guarding each bus. 

To make the night service 

more effective, KMC has a 

toll free number — 166-00- 

1000-77 — for complaints 

and feedback. 

Former Maoist fighter 

nabbed with pistol 

Ex-PLAs trying to form crime ring: Sleuths 

Police making former PLA 

member Badri Pandey public 

after arresting him with a 

loaded pistol, in Kathmandu. 

Lekhanath Pandey 


Shyam Bastola of Kalanki, 

Kathmandu went to the District 

Administration Office last 

week to submit his application 

to procure passport. He paid 

Rs 5,000 to get the document 

through the normal course, 

and he was asked to collect the 

passport 45 days later. 

When he questioned why it 

was taking so long, a staff de- 

THT 



A team from the Metropolitan 

Police Crime Division 

arrested a former member 

of the Maoist People’s Liberation 

Army with a 

loaded firearm in Kalanki 

yesterday. 

MPCD identified the arrestee 

as Badri Pandey aka 

Bipin (21) of Jeevanpur-1, 

Dhading. 

The MPCD had been 

keeping a close watch on 

suspects on the basis of a 

special tip-off that some 

former PLA members, 

who opted for voluntary 

retirement, have been 

arming and grouping 

themselves in the Kathmandu 

Valley to serve 

their personal interests. 

SSP Devendra Subedi, 

MPCD in-charge, said 

Pandey of the Shaktikhorbased 

third division 

Maoist cantonment had 

gone for voluntary retirement 

in May. 

puted there said it was because 

‘the Department of Passport 

takes time to issue it’ and then 

the ‘reporting time from DoP 

to DAO delays it further’. 

Another resident, Rishi K 

Dahal of Jorpati had to pay Rs 

10,000 to get the document 

through fast-track service, according 

to which the applicant 

should get his document in a 

week. But the fact is even if an 

applicant pays Rs 5,000 to obtain 

passport through normal 

“We caught Pandey with 

a countrymade pistol and 

two bullets. During preliminary 

investigation, 

Pandey said he had kept 

the firearm hidden since 

the conflict period,” SSP 

Subedi informed. 

According to police investigators, 

many former 

Maoist fighters, both UN- 

MIN-disqualified ones 

and retirees, are trying to 

regroup in the Capital for 

crimes. 

Police said the arrest of 

former combatant Pandey 

could crack the ring of former 

Maoist PLAs in the 

city. “We are trying to establish 

his (Pandey’s) motive 

behind keeping a 

firearm,” an investigator 

said. 

Pandey has been 

charged under the Arms 

and Ammunition Act. The 

Kathmandu District Administration 

Office today 

remanded him to a sevenday 

judicial custody for 

further investigation. 

course, DoP issues the document 

in 16 days. 

“Many people like me are 

forced to apply to get passport 

through fast-track channel because 

the staff at DAO say otherwise 

it will take 45 days,” said 

Dahal. “Is it a government ploy 

to sell the document at a higher 

price?” he wondered. 

When asked, Yadav Khanal, 

Acting Chief at DoP, confirmed 

that his office takes only 16 

days to complete the whole 

Four killed, one injured in accidents 



Four people died and one sustained 

injuries in separate road 

accidents in Kathmandu today, 

police said. 

Prakash Maharjan (50) and 

Machhindra Maharjan (45) died 

after a speeding microbus hit 

them in Khasi Bazaar Kathmandu 

at around 4.40 am. Injured in 

the accident, Devananda Shahi 

(35) of Kirtipur is receiving treatment 

at the Gwarko-based B&B 

Hospital. 

After the accident, a mob 

blocked the road leading to Panga 

throughout the day. The situation 

normalised after the vehicle 

owner agreed to compensate 

the kin of the deceased. Police 

have arrested Raj Kumar Maharjan, 

the driver of the microbus, 

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for legal action. 

In a separate incident, Krishna 

Poudel (35) of Jhagajholi, 

Sindhuli, who was riding pillion, 

died after a bus hit a motorcycle 

at Bafal at 12.30 pm. Police have 

arrested the bus driver. 

In another accident, Samir 

Tamang (3), son of Soj Bahadur 

Tamang of Bethan, Ramechhap, 

died after a truck turned turtle 

at Bhangal at 7.45 am. 

Participants at a first-aid training camp, organised for trainers at the central office of Nepal Red 

Cross Society, in Bhaktapur, on Wednesday. 

Anomalies at Kathmandu DAO giving passport seekers tough time 

• Making applicant wait for 45 days to deliver the document • Foreign Minister pledges action 

Crack down on 

extorters:TIN 

KATHMANDU: In the 

wake of reports that various 

groups and individuals 

have been terrorising 

people from various walks 

of life, including businesspeople 

and government 

staff, in the name of their 

donation campaigns in 

the run-up to Dashain and 

other major festivals, the 

Transparency International 

Nepal on Wednesday 

called on the government 

to rein in the gangs and individuals 

concerned by 

mobilising law enforcement 

agencies. “We urge 

the government to ban 

such activities as they are 

against the law of the 

land,” Bishnu Bahadur KC, 

TIN chairman, said. — HNS 

procedure of distributing passport 

if someone wants the document 

through normal course. 

He said the Kathmandu DAO 

can also deliver the document 

to the general public without 

taking time. “In special cases, 

we have even provided passports 

to the concerned DAOs 

within 12 days,” Khanal added. 

The office of DoP issues 

passports through two ways — 

normal course and fast-track 

channel. For fast-track, it itself 

receives the applications directly 

from the applicants and 

provides passports in a week. 

For normal course, it receives 

applications via DAOs. 

“It is unfair that we have to 

wait for an extra one month in 

the name of reporting time,” 

said Dahal, adding, “The DAO 

can easily distribute the passports 

within a week or even before 

that once it receives the 

document from DoP.” 

Chudamani Sharma, Chief 

THT 

District Officer of Kathmandu, 

however, claimed that the 

DAOs themselves were authorised 

by the Passport Regulations 

to take 30 days to provide 

the document to the public. 

Deputy Prime Minister and 

Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji 

Shrestha assured that he 

would take ‘steps’ to address 

the problem. He added that 

the passport delivery time 

could be reduced by shortening 

the reporting time.

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NATIONAL 

Batuks chanting mantras at a gathering following an awareness rally to convince people to stop the practice of 

sacrificing animals at temples, in Pokhara, on Wednesday. 

Nembang stresses 

political consensus 


Damak, October 17 

Former Constituent Assembly 

chairperson Subas 

Nembang today underlined 

the need for consensus 

among the political 

parties for the good of the 

nation and its people. 

Speaking at the cadres’ 

training programme in 

Damak, the CPN-UML leader 

said the country cannot 

prosper until the parties 

join give up their stubbornness 

and think about 

the welfare of the country. 

“In view of the present 

stalemate facing the country, 

the parties could make 

an agreement to revive the 

Constituent Assembly and 

amend necessary provisions 

in the interim constitution,” 

he said. 

However, Nembang refuted 

the possibility of constitution 

amendment through 

an ordinance or the 

President removing the legal 

hurdles. “The CA could 

be revived even for a short 

period for the parties to go 

for polls by amending the 

constitution by two thirds 

majority,” he added. 

Further calling for more 

seriousness on the part of 

all the parties to institutionalise 

the hard-earned 

gains, he demanded that 

the parties be accountable 

to the people. 

UCPN-M failed to get 

picture of CA: Khanal 



CPN-UML Chairperson Jhala 

Nath Khanal today said 

the Unified CPN-Maoist 

could not understand the 

importance of Constituent 

Assembly, and therefore it 

dissolved CA at the last 

moment even without 

meeting its objective. 

Speaking at a programme 

organised by the 

Youth Federation Nepal, a 

sister wing of CPN-UML, to 

extend greetings to the 

Nepali citizens, Khanal alleged 

that UCPN-Maoist 

did not let the people to get 

the much awaited constitution 

that was to ensure 

the right of every people of 

this country. 

The UML chairperson 

also stressed on the need to 

go for fresh polls to extricate 

the country facing the 

political stalemate. He 

said, “There is no alternative 

to holding polls in the 

present context as the 

reinstatement of the CA 

has already lost its legal significance, 

and will not able 

to tackle the existing prickly 

issues.” 

Lashing out at the 

UCPN-Maoist, he said the 

largest party had backtracked 

from its stance and 

was now stre-ssing for CA 

revival after knowing that 

people would not give the 

party two-thirds majority 

in election. 

THT 

‘PM post luring NC 

leaders to CA revival’ 



Nepali Congress leader Shekhar 

Koirala today accused 

the party's leaders Sher Bahadur 

Deuba and Ramchandra 

Paudel of making 

their best of efforts to revive 

the Constituent Assembly 

so that they could become 

next prime minister. 

Addressing a programme 

at the Reporters' Club, Koirala 

said the UCPN-Maoist 

Chairman Pushpa Kamal 

Dahal has lured both the 

leaders for next premiership 

post and the duo was lobby- 

ing for CA revival for the 

same cause. 

"The prime ministerial 

position is only the card 

thrown by Dahal and the CA 

cannot be revived only on 

the wish of Deuba and Paudel," 

Koirala said. Fresh CA 

polls were the only options 

before the nation, he said. 

In another context, Koirala 

said President Ram 

Baran Yadav cannot remove 

PM Baburam Bhattarai. "It 

is the duty of the political 

parties to oust the PM; not 

the job of the President to 

remove the PM," Koirala 

said. He claimed that a new 

government would be 

formed by mid-November. 

On his part, Peace and 

Reconstruction Minister 

Top Bahadur Rayamajhi 

said that the PM would not 

quit until the parties reach 

an agreement to end the political 

deadlock. "We fear 

that the Congress was planning 

to capture the power 

by making the President 

and the PM in power from 

the same party. So, we will 

not let it happen," he said. 

CPN-UML leader Bishnu 

Paudel said that there 

was no alternative to fresh 

CA polls. 

NFC depot 

provides rice 

PAGE 5 

BAJURA : Nepal Food Corporation, 

Bajura, has over 

500 quintals of rice in 

stock for Dashain festival. 

Basudev Bhatta, NFC Bajura 

Chief said, “We have 

200 quintals of rice at the 

Martadi depot and 300 

quintals at the Kolti depot 

which is targeted to be 

sold during Dashain.” 

NFC chief said, “We are 

distributing rice to locals 

twice a week.” However, 

locals are not getting sufficient 

rice for Dashain, because 

the NFC has been 

providing only 15 to 20 kgs 

per family citing shortage. 

“We are selling rice at Rs 

34.50 per kg” said Bhatta 

adding, “Although the 

quantity is not sufficient 

but the locals are relived to 

an extent.” --HNS


NATIONAL 

Most health 

institutions 

illegal: DHO 


Siraha, October 17 

More than 90 per cent of 

health services operated by 

private sectors in the district 

are illegal, according to the 

District Health Office, Siraha. 

It informed only eight 

health-related organisations 

have valid license. 

The DHO went on to say 

that most of the private 

health institutions of Siraha 

are being operated illegally. 

Moreover clinics, polyclinics, 

nursing homes and hospitals 

in Lahan, Golbazaar, Mirchaiya, 

Siraha, Dhangadi, 

Sukhipur and Bishnupur 

have been running illegally. 

On the other hand 

Bandipur-based Kamalamai 

Medical and Polyclinic, Mirchaiyabased-Phulkumari 

Mahato Memorial Hospital, 

Golbazaar-based Bhumis 

Hospital and Research Centre, 

Golbazaar-based Ajaya 

Dental Hospital, Lahanbased 

Saptarishi Hospital, 

Lahan-based Friends Model 

Hospital and Kamana Nursing 

Home are managed by 

authentic licenses. 

According to Raj Kumar 

Das, a non-gazette officer at 

the DAO, Siraha, it is necessary 

to register the hospital/clinic 

at the Company 

Registered Office before star- 

ting the health institutions. 

It has been found that 

more than over four dozen 

health institutions are running 

without taking permission 

from the government. 

Interestingly even doctors 

working in government hospital 

have also been running 

health institutions without 

taking permission from the 

government. 

Mishri Lal Shah, Chief at 

the Lahan Hopital and Ramsewak 

Raya, In-charge at the 

Bhulahi Health Post have 

been operating health clinic 

and hospital illegally. 

So much so, the Medical 

Superintendent Daya Shankar 

Karna at the Siraha Hospital 

has been running a 

clinic on the hospital 

premises itself. 

Parmeshwor Shah, Vicepresident 

of the Nepal Students’ 

Union, Siraha said private 

health institutions have 

been cheating the government 

by evading thousands 

of rupees in revenue. 

“Due to the negligence of 

monitoring body, the number 

of illegal health institutions 

is mushrooming,” Shah 

said, adding, “Even the chief 

of the DHO has been running 

a clinic illegally.” Complains 

have been registered 

in the DHO demanding legal 

action against the guilty. 

THT 

Nepali Army Devidatta Battalion Chief Unnat Rana distributing fruits to patients at the district hospital of Reugha, 

on Wednesday. 


Nepalgunj, October 17 

Thirty-year-old Kamala Khatri of 

Raniyapur-1, Soltipur, has recently 

returned to Nepal after three 

months of intense physical and 

mental torture in Kuwait. 

Khatri, who went to Kuwati as 

domestic help, has returned with a 

shaven head. She was mentally afflicted 

by her employers. 

“I don’t want to remember the 

tortures I underwent when I was in 

Kuwait,” she said. 

Despite working from dawn till 

dusk, she was meted out with 

physical tortures for months. 

“When I was bedridden, my employer 

assaulted me and shaved 

my head,” she said with a shaky 

voice, adding that, she was hurt 

the most when she had to suffer at 

the hands of fellow Nepalis. 

Kamala’s return to Nepal was 

possible after her husband, Dil Bahadur 

informed the Safe Migration 

Rauniyapur’s Network – a women 

organization associated with 

women’s issues – about her plight. 

Chandra Kala Poudel, a local 

woman, also pressurised the local 

administration and filed complaint 

about her case. 

Saathi, an Non Government Organisation 

has formed Safe Migration 

Network and Paralegal Committees 

in 46 VDCs and municipality 

of Banke district. 

“We are not sure whether her 

agent had sent her legally or illegally,” 

said her husband, adding 

THE HIMALAYAN TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 

Shaman rapes minor 

girl in Thori VDC 


Birgunj, October 17 

A 13-year-old minor has 

been raped by a local 

shaman in the pretext of 

treatment in Thori VDC, 

Parsa. 

Santa Bahadur Thapa 

Magar (52) of Thori VDC-1, 

Tinghare raped the girl of 

Sadhewa VDC saying that 

he would cure the girl by 

Tuesday. 

After the girl complained 

of headache, stomach ache 

and back pain some days 

ago, her sister and brotherin-law 

took her to a witch 

doctor Thapa Magar for her 

treatment. 

According to Inspector 

Mukti Narayan Chaudhary 

of the Simara Area Police Office, 

Magar had apparently 

confessed saying he took the 

girl to the temple, which was 

in a distant cliff to offer 

prayers. After taking her 

Domestic help tortured by employers in Kuwait, returns 

that, she was compelled to go to 

Kuwait after he was physically unfit 

to work. 

Khatri had gone to Kuwait through 

Balkrishna Poudel of Nepalgunj. 

According to her, Balkrishna’s 

son Binod was the agent in Kuwait. 

“But instead of helping, he took Rs 

55,000 from me and I had to return 

empty hand,” bemoaned Khatri. 

Kamala who collapsed at the International 

Airport in Kathmandu 

upon her arrival stayed in the shelter 

of Maiti Nepal for some days. 

SOLUKHUMBU: Locals of 

Solukhumbu's Kangel today 

staged a sit-in protest 

in front of the Kangel Airport 

after the regular flights 

were halted. The airport 

has been shut since May 26 

as the Air Traffic Controller 

(ATC) Officer Sarad Singh 

Chaudhary has been transferred 

to the Phaplu Air- 

there she raped the girl. 

The weeping girl returned 

alone. Her sister upon asking 

her knew about the reality 

and found that she had 

been raped. 

Meanwhile, police arrested 

Magar after the victim’s 

sister filed a complaint 

against him through the 

Paralegal Committee Village 

unit’s Chairperson Mina 

Giri. 

Inspector Chaudhary informed 

that the culprit confessed 

that he had committed 

a sin under the influence 

of alcohol in the preliminary 

investigation. 

Paralegal’s Chairperson 

Giri said after the rape victim 

has been brought to headquarters 

Birgunj for treatment 

after primary treatment 

in Thori-based Area 

Health Post. 

Police informed that further 

investigation is underway. 

“Thousands of women in the village 

have gone for foreign employment 

through unsafe medium,” 

said Safe Migration Rauniyapur’s 

Chairperson Poudel. 

She said that they have started 

counselling the locals after the 

agents were found to be taking Nepali 

women through illegal means. 

Agents have been sending 

Nepali women for foreign employment 

through illegally via India 

with attraction remunerations and 

other different facilities. 

Sit-in protest at Kangel Airport 

port. The agitating locals 

even tried to vandalise the 

ATC's office. They demanded 

that the airport 

should operate during festive 

season. One of the protesters, 

Chakra Bahadur 

Karki of the Civil Society 

warned of bigger agitation, 

if the airport does not operate 

at the earliest. – HNS


INTERNATIONAL 

• THE WORLD OVER 

Afghan blast hurts 10 

KABUL: A suicide car bomber blew 

up his vehicle near the gate of a US- 

Afghan combat outpost in eastern 

Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, 

wounding 10 Afghan soldiers, officials 

said. The blast in Paktiya 

province’s Zurmat district shattered 

windows on village homes three kilometres 

away but no one was killed in 

the attack, said provincial government 

spokesman Rohullah Samon. 

He said it appeared the bomber detonated 

his car before reaching the actual 

gate of the camp. — AP 

AI workers on strike 

LONDON: Dozens of Amnesty International 

workers are walking off the 

job in London and at least four other 

countries in a dispute over how management 

will deal with layoffs. The 

one day walkout on Wednesday 

largely involves workers in the organisation’s 

London office. The workers 

say that Amnesty has changed the 

rules on redundancy ahead of layoffs 

amid a planned reorganisation of the 

human rights organisation. Amnesty 

says the organisation respects the 

right of the workers to strike, and noted 

that only one-third of the workforce 

chose to do so. — AP 

Tiger leader freed 

COLOMBO: The last leader of Sri 

Lanka’s Tamil Tigers, who is wanted 

by India over the assassination of former 

premier Rajiv Gandhi, has been 

freed from military custody, the defence 

ministry said on Wednesday. 

Selvarasa Pathmanathan, who was 

arrested in August 2009, was no 

longer in detention and was free to 

carry out work for a charity he had 

formed, said Lakshman Hulugalle, 

the head of the defence ministry’s 

media centre. The announcement 

comes less than a month after the 

closure of the last camps which had 

housed people who were displaced 

by the 37-year conflict. — AFP 

Obama takes offensive against Romney 

Reuters 

Dictionary follows 

Australian PM in 

defining misogyny 

Associated Press 

Canberra, October 17 

Australia’s prime minister 

did not define ‘misogyny’ 

wrong in a blistering attack 

on a male rival — the dictionary 

did. 

Prime Minister Julia 

Gillard’s fiery speech last 

week in which she branded 

conservative opposition 

leader Tony Abbott a 

misogynist for a string of 

allegedly sexist comments 

he had made in recent 

years has been lauded by 

feminists around the 

world. 

The political furore 

revealed to 

dictionary editors 

that their dictionary’s 

definition was 

decades out of date 

But Gillard’s critics have 

accused her of hyperbole, 

pointing to dictionary definitions 

of misogyny as hatred 

of women. 

Sue Butler, the editor of 

the Macquarie Dictionary, 

which is regarded as the 

definitive authority on 

Australian meanings of 

words, said today that the 

political furore revealed to 

her fellow editors that their 

dictionary’s definition was 

decades out of date. 

The dictionary would 

broaden its definition from 

a hatred of women to include 

entrenched prejudice 

against women, she 

said. “Since the 1980s, 

‘misogyny’ has come to be 

used as a synonym for sexism 

— a synonym with 

bite, but nevertheless with 

the meaning of ‘entrenched 

prejudice against 

women’ rather than 

‘pathological hatred’,” Butler 

said in a statement. 

Gillard’s speech in Parliament 

last week came after 

Abbott attempted to 

move a motion to oust the 

House of Representatives 

Speaker Peter Slipper over 

crude and sexist terms 

Slipper made in text mes- 

sages that came to light in a 

court case. “If he wants to 

know what misogyny looks 

like in modern Australia, 

he doesn’t need a motion 

in the House of Representatives; 

he needs a mirror,” 

Gillard told Parliament. 

“Misogyny, sexism — every 

day from this leader of this 

opposition,” she added. 

She complained Abbott 

had questioned in a media 

interview whether it was a 

bad thing that men had 

more power than women 

in Australian society and 

had described abortion as 

‘the easy way out’. 

Gillard said 

she was offended 

when 

Abbott once 

said to her in 

Parliament : 

“If the prime 

minister 

wants to, politicallyspeaking, 

make an 

h o n e s t 

woman of 

herself ...” 

The term 

‘making an honest woman’ 

in Australia traditionally 

refers to a man marrying a 

woman with whom he has 

had a sexual relationship. 

As well as being Australia’s 

first female prime 

minister, Gillard is also the 

first to share the prime 

minister’s official residence 

with a common law partner, 

former hairdresser Tim 

Mathieson, who is widely 

referred to by his unofficial 

title ‘first bloke’. 

Female lawmakers in the 

conservative Liberal Party 

defended Abbott, who is 

married with three daughters, 

saying he did not hate 

women. 

Butler said while the Oxford 

English Dictionary 

had expanded its definition 

of the word from a 

psychological term to include 

its contemporary 

meaning a decade ago, it 

took the debate over 

Gillard’s speech to prompt 

Macquarie to review its definition. 

“Perhaps as dictionary 

editors we should 

have noticed this before it 

was so rudely thrust in 

front of us as something 

that we’d overlooked,” Butler 

told Associated Press. 

Hempstead, October 17 

US President Barack Obama 

launched aggressive attacks 

against Republican rival Mitt 

Romney on jobs, energy and 

Libya in their second debate 

yesterday as the Democrat 

tried to reclaim the momentum 

in a tight White House 

race. Obama was much 

sharper and more energetic 

than in their opening debate 

two weeks ago, when his listless 

performance was heavily 

criticised and gave Romney’s 

campaign a much-needed 

boost in the run-up to the 

November 6 election. 

The president scolded 

Romney for accusing him of 

trying to take political advantage 

of the attack by Islamist 

militants in Libya last month 

that killed four Americans, 

including the US Ambassador 

Chris Stevens. 

“That’s not what we do. 

That’s not what I do as president, 

that’s not what I do as 

commander in chief,” Obama 

said during the debate at 

Hofstra University in Hempstead, 

New York, calling the 

accusation ‘offensive’. “I’m 

the president and I’m always 

responsible, and that’s why 

nobody’s more interested in 

finding out exactly what happened,” 

Obama said. 

Romney questioned Obama’s 

claim that he called the 

Benghazi attack ‘an act of terror’ 

in the White House Rose 

Garden the day afterward, 

but moderator Candy Crowley 

of CNN corrected the Republican. 

Transcripts show 

Obama did use the term that 

day. The Republican accused 

Obama of failing to follow 

through on the promises of 

his 2008 campaign. 

In one of his stronger moments 

in the 90-minute de- 

Reuters 

United Nations, Oct 17 

Rwanda’s defence minister 

is commanding a rebellion 

in eastern Democratic 

Republic of Congo 

that is being armed by 

Rwanda and Uganda, both 

of which sent troops to aid 

the insurgency in a deadly 

attack on UN peacekeepers, 

according to a UN report. 

The UN Security Council’s 

Group of Experts said 

in a confidential report 

that Rwanda and Uganda 

— despite their strong denials 

— continued to support 

M23 rebels in their 

six-month fight against 

Congolese government 

troops in North Kivu 

province. “Both Rwanda 

and Uganda have been 

supporting M23,” said the 

44-page report, which was 

seen by Reuters yesterday. 

“While Rwandan officials 

coordinated the creation 

of the rebel movement as 

well as its major military 

operations, Uganda’s more 

subtle support to M23 allowed 

the rebel group’s political 

branch to operate 

from within Kampala and 

boost its external relations,” 

it said. 

Bosco Ntaganda, a former 

Congolese general 

wanted by the International 

Criminal Court for 

alleged war crimes, controls 

the rebellion on the 

ground and M23 leader 

bate, Romney took aim at 

Obama’s economic record in 

office, saying it has led to 15 

million more people on food 

stamps, slow growth and a 

lack of jobs. 

“The middle class is getting 

crushed under the policies 

of a president who has 

not understood what it takes 

to get the economy working 

again. He keeps saying, 

‘Look, I’ve created 5 million 

jobs.’ That’s after losing 5 

million jobs. The entire 

record is such that the unemployment 

has not been reduced 

in this country,” the 

former Massachusetts gover- 

• On Libya attacks: It was a 

terrorist attack and it took a 

long time for that to be told 

to the American people. This 

was an attack by terrorists. 

And this calls into question 

the president's whole policy 

in the Middle East 

• On China : On day one, I will 

label China a currency manipulator, 

which will allow 

me as president to be able to 

put in place, if necessary, 

tariffs where I believe 

that they are taking unfair 

advantage of our manufacturers. 

... We can compete 

with anyone in the 

world as long as the playing 

field is level. China’s been 

cheating over the years. One 

by holding down the value of 

their currency 

nor said. 

Polls showed voters judged 

Obama the winner. A CNN 

survey gave him the edge by 

46 percent to 39 per cent, 

while CBS had Obama the 

winner by 37 per cent to 30 

per cent. 

“I think Obama won this 

one. I’ll say I’m a Romney 

supporter, but I don’t think 

he effectively got all his 

points,” said audience member 

James Digirolamo, from 

Long Island, New York. 

“I was a little disappointed 

how the moderator handled 

the debate, in particular the 

issue with the ‘terror’ re- 

‘Rwanda arming Congo rebels’ 

Sultani Makenga is in charge 

of operations and coordination 

with allied armed 

groups, the UN report said. 

Both Ntaganda and Makenga 

‘receive direct military 

orders from RDF (Rwandan 

army) Chief of Defence staff 

General Charles Kayonga, 

who in turn acts on instructions 

from Minister of Defence 

General James 

Kabarebe,” it said. Uganda 

and Rwanda have denied the 

accusations of involvement 

by the UN experts, who 

monitor compliance with 

sanctions and an arms embargo 

on the Congo and delivered 

their report to the 

UNSC’s Congo sanctions 

committee earlier this 

month. 

“Rwandan officials exercise 

overall command and 

• PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE II 

strategic planning for M23,” 

the report said. “Rwanda 

continues to violate the arms 

embargo through direct military 

support to M23 rebels, 

facilitation of recruitment, 

encouragement and facilitation 

of FARDC (Congolese 

army) desertions as well as 

the provision of arms and 

ammunition, intelligence, 

and political advice.” 

“UPDF (Ugandan army) 

commanders sent troops 

and weapons to reinforce 

specific M23 operations and 

assisted in M23’s recruitment 

and weapons procurement 

efforts in Uganda,” it 

said. One senior UN diplomatic 

source told Reuters 

that Rwanda has effectively 

‘annexed’ mineral-rich eastern 

Congo thanks to the 

rebel force. 

• On Libya attacks : Secretary 

Clinton has done an extraordinary 

job. But she 

works for me. I’m the president 

and I’m always responsible, 

and that’s why nobody’s 

more interested in 

finding out exactly what 

happened than I do. ...Gov 

Romney had a very different 

response 

• On China : Gov, you’re 

the last person who’s going 

to get tough on China. What 

we’ve done when it comes 

to trade is not only sign 

three trade deals to open up 

new markets, but we’ve 

also set up a task force for 

trade that goes after anybody 

who is taking advantage 

of American workers or 

businesses and not creating 

a level playing field 

mark,” he said, referring to 

criticism by Republicans that 

moderator Crowley intervened 

in favor of Obama 

during the exchange over 

Libya. 

Both candidates roamed 

the stage to talk directly to 

participants in the town-hall 

format, where undecided 

voters from Long Island 

asked the questions. 

At times the two men circled 

each other warily at centre 

stage like prize fighters, 

talking over each other and 

bickering frequently about 

the rules and who had exceeded 

their time. 


Beirut, October 17 

The international envoy to 

the Syrian conflict today 

called on President 

Bashar Assad’s 

regime to take the 

lead in a cease-fire 

during a major Muslim 

holiday later this 

month, calling it a 

‘microscopic’ step 

toward ending a crisis 

that he said could 

consume the whole 

region. 

Lakhdar Brahimi told reporters 

in Beirut today that if 

the government initiates the 

Romney confronted Obama 

face-to-face at one point 

to ask repeatedly if licenses 

and permits for energy 

drilling on federal land had 

been reduced during his administration. 

Recent polls have put the 

race for the White House at a 

virtual dead heat just three 

weeks ahead of the election. 

Obama seems to have 

stopped his slide after the 

last debate. In a Reuters/Ipsos 

daily tracking poll yesterday, 

he gained a bit more 

ground on Romney for the 

third straight day and led 46 

per cent to 43 per cent. 

cease-fire, everyone he has 

talked to on the rebel side has 

said they also will observe the 

truce. Brahimi’s push to get 

Assad and rebels seeking to 

topple him to stop 

fighting for the fourday 

Eid al-Adha feast 

set to begin Oct. 26 

reflects how little 

progress international 

diplomacy has 

made in stopping 19 

months of deadly violence 

in Syria. 

Unlike his predecessor 

as joint UN- 

Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, 

Brahimi has said he has 

no grand plan to solve Syria’s 


Phnom Penh, October 17 

PAGE 7 

Cambodians 

line up to see 

ex-king’s body 

The body of Cambodia’s late King 

Norodom Sihanouk returned to his 

homeland this afternoon, welcomed 

by hundreds of thousands of mourners 

who packed tree-lined roads in 

the Southeast Asian nation’s capital 

ahead of the royal funeral. 

Sihanouk, 89, died Monday of a 

heart attack in Beijing, where he had 

been receiving medical treatment 

since January. 

The former monarch was the last 

surviving Southeast Asian leader who 

pioneered his nation through postwar 

independence. He served as 

prime minister and twice as king before 

abdicating the throne for good in 

2004. 

A Boeing 747 arranged by the government 

of China — a steadfast 

friend of the late monarch for 

decades — brought back the body, 

which was accompanied by Sihanouk’s 

widow, Queen Mother 

Monineath. 

Also on the plane was Sihanouk’s 

son and successor, King Sihamoni, 

and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun 

Sen, who had travelled to Beijing to 

retrieve the body. 

The casket was carried on an elaborate 

motorised float from the airport 

to the Royal Palace, where Sihanouk 

will lie in state for three months. During 

that time, the public can pay respects 

before the body is cremated 

according to Buddhist ritual. 

Crowds had gathered since morning 

all along the eight-kilometre 

route, many wearing white, a colour 

of mourning in Buddhist tradition. 

Officials estimated the crowd to be 

more than 200,000. Long Demon, a 

city government spokesman, told the 

local news website DAP that as many 

as 1.2 million people in total, including 

many from outside the capital, 

had come to mourn. 

Brahimi calls on Syria govt for truce 

Brahimi 

Reuters 

crisis. Instead, he presented 

the truce as a ‘microscopic’ 

step that would lessen Syrian 

sorrow temporarily and 

could be the basis for a 

longer truce. 

“The Syrian people are 

burying hundreds of people 

each day, so if they bury fewer 

people during the days of 

the holiday, this could be the 

start of Syria’s return from the 

dangerous situation that it 

has slipped and is continuing 

to slip toward,” he said. 

Even if the rebels and 

regime agree, both in the past 

have verbally signed on to 

cease-fires only to then blatantly 

disregard them.


TheHimalayan 

T I M E S 

A THOUGHT FOR T ODAY 

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; 

wisdom lies in their simplification. 

—Martin Fischer 

Sans homework 

The government decision to go for two-days a 

week off would invite numerous problems. The 

only factor that the government has cited for the decision 

is that it would help in saving power which 

would in turn reduce load shedding during the winter 

months. Now, taking only one factor into consideration 

is not the way that such decisions, which can 

have major ramifications, are made that plainly go to 

corroborate the fact that the decision for the additional 

day off on Sunday was not done with serious 

deliberations but on an ad hoc basis. It is true that reduction 

in load shedding is a necessity but the government 

has barely done anything to get the wheels 

moving for more production of electricity. Thoughts 

on socio-cultural factors too have to be taken into account. 

Moreover, the first attempt to introduce the 

two days a week off some two decades back floundered 

as it did not match the work culture in the government 

offices. Here we see an extraordinary delay 

in service delivery in virtually any office. The previous 

experience had proved the point that with this weekly 

off scheme the service seekers stand to be victimised. 

It is well-know to the experienced service 

seekers that on Friday itself the work in many government 

offices comes to almost a grinding halt though 

the office hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. That particular 

mentality would still linger even when the two 

days a week off is implemented. 

The previous 

Another facet to the 

experience had problems that would be 

invited by the decision 

proved the point would be a new set of ad- 

that with the ditional holidays a year 

over and above the abun- 

weekly off scheme dant number of public 

the service 

holidays in the country. 

As it is, Nepal is consid- 

seekers stand ered as a country which 

to be victimised has the highest number 

of holidays a year, Now, 

we will have an additional 52 days holiday in a year. If 

the government had seriously mooted over this scenario 

it would realised that the new holiday scheme 

would mean fewer working days a year which would 

again impinge on the service seekers. How can the 

decision then be justified? The implementation of 

the two days a week holiday would have its repercussion 

in every sector of the country. All the private sector 

offices like the banks, industries, and others 

would also be bound to follow the same course 

which would see their productivity fall. 

Moreover, the works done by government offices 

would take a longer time for completion taking into 

account the inefficiency of the employees. People 

who come from outside to Kathmandu or any other 

district headquarters to have service delivered from 

government offices would have to spend more time 

and money to have their work done. That is asking for 

too much. The government must not be Kathmanducentric 

in that there will be some amount of power 

saved and the roads will not see heavy traffic. It has to 

think beyond the Kathmandu valley by encompassing 

all Nepal. The government’s decision has been a 

hasty one without thinking about the problems that 

it will arise. It would be pragmatic for the government 

to roll back its decision, and act so that there is more 

power generation, control electricity leakages, and 

make the electricity authority efficient. 

Goat prices 

Come the festival of Dashain, live goats are very 

much in demand. It is estimated that during the 

festival there is a demand for as many as 50,000 goats 

in Kathmandu valley. These goats are brought from 

outside the valley by traders, and they tend to have a 

say on the pricing of the live goats. This year the price 

of such goats has escalated in comparison to last 

year. There is a sort of cartelling which allows the goat 

traders to make large amounts of profits, and the 

consumers have little option other than to the purchase 

the goats at inflated prices. As usual, in order to 

control the price of live goats, the Nepal Food Corporation 

purchases some goats and sells them at subsidized 

prices. This year the corporation is bringing 

3,200 goats for Dashain. This is woefully inadequate 

considering the high demand for live goats during 

the Dashain festival. 

The price set by the Nepal Food Corporation in a 

way sets the price of the live goats, and the traders are 

compelled to take the price of the corporation into 

consideration before setting their own price. There is 

usually a rush to buy the goats sold by the corporation, 

and it should mull bringing more goats than a 

paltry 3,200. 

• LETTERS 

A mockery 

of law 

It is rightly mentioned in the 

law of the land that those 

holding public posts from the 

president to a helping staff 

must furnish their updated 

property details within 60 days 

of assuming office or within 60 

days of a new fiscal year, but 

the high profile government 

officers are unable to do 

so.Even Prime minister Babu 

Ram Bhattarai himself has not 

updated his property details. 

Here is an irony, he makes the 

rules and regulations and he 

himself doesn’t follow it as well 

as he only tries to force others. 

Bringing them into net is only a 

mockery of law unless he 

himself follows it.Pushpa 

Kamal Dahal’s property also 

should be checked as The Mukti 

Tower which is being built 

Opposite of BICC hall is said 

to be his. If only these high 

profile individuals’ properties 

are made public then there can 

be some hope. The officials 

of Commission for the 

Investigation of Abuse of 

Authority should try their best 

to bring their details and make 

them public, if found guilty 

then they must be punished. 

Moin Uddin, 

Ghattekulo, Kathmandu 

It is with reference to the news 

“PM, 13 ministers yet to furnish 

property details’ (THT, Oct. 10, 

Page 1). It is disgusting that the 

top level executive body of the 

state is trying to contravene the 

laws which has been made by 

themselves. As per the news 

article, the prime minister as 

well as his thirteen ministers 

ANIL SHAH 

It’s interesting how in the 

last few days there seems 

to be a growing commonality 

amongst the voice of our 

political leadership for the 

reinstatement of the dissolved 

Constituent Assembly 

instead of going to the 

people to seek a fresh mandate. 

I ask you, do you think 

this is because our political 

leadership want to reinstate 

the Assembly to sincerely 

promulgate a Constitution 

or do you believe it is because 

they are ‘scared’ to 

face the people who elected 

them and fear that the result 

of a fresh election may be a 

real unpleasant surprise for 

them all? Somehow, I can’t 

get myself to believe the former 

and am convinced that 

the brighter amongst our 

political lot has seen the 

writing on the ballot paper if 

they come to us the people 

for a fresh mandate and 

hence want to somehow 

short circuit the process and 

get themselves back into the 

comfortable seats in the 

Constituent Assembly for 

the next four years. The 

question is are we, the people, 

going to sit back to enjoy 

Dashain and Tihar followed 

by Christmas and 

New Year or are we going to 

actually do something 

about it? 

Just like the growing noise 

• TOPICS 

SAROJ NEPAL 

Swine flu virus; pandemic influenza 

A (H1N1) has been reported 

recently in Kathmandu in 

the blood samples collected 

from Kathmandu, Chitwan, 

Sindhuli and Khotang. 

Outbreaks of unidentified viral 

fever have been hitting the 

country badly in different places. 

At least two dozen people have 

died due to viral fever in Nepal. 

They might have died of swine 

flu. Swine flu is a viral influenza 

which is also called “pig influenza” 

or “pig flu”. Swine influenza 

virus is common throughout the 

pig population worldwide. 

Transmission of virus from pigs 

to human is not common and 

does not always lead to human 

have not submitted their 

property details as yet. It shows 

that there must be something 

wrong in the way they have 

earned their property. 

Otherwise, they would not 

be hesitating to submit their 

property details. 

Jenisha Pokharel (Moona), 

Thimi, Bhaktapur 

Not ceremonial 

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav 

is reported to have called an 

all-party meeting for coming 

Friday morning at 8:30 AM at 

his residence in Sheetal Niwas, 

Maharajgunj, after the failure of 

the political parties to strike the 

consensus. A ceremonial 

President does not call such 

meeting. The meeting was not 

decided by the cabinet. This 

proves that the noisy 

amongst our leaders for reinstatement, 

I hear a growing 

voice amongst us ruled 

classes for the need of a 

‘benevolent dictator’ to put 

our nation back in line. 

Right across the nation from 

rural to urban, rich to poor, 

young to old more and more 

people are now talking of a 

need of a ‘strong’ leader to 

set right the wrongs of the 

current situation. I find that 

the main root cause for this 

line of thinking to be the exponentially 

increasing lawlessness 

and impunity in 

our nation. People now really 

fear that unless someone 

steps in with an iron fist we 

will soon become a nation 

where might is right and the 

weak have no say, no rights, 

no future! And unlike our 

rulers and their cadre who 

have started to survive as 

parasites of our system, 

most of us have to work 

from sunrise to sunset to 

sustain our families and our 

lives. So now almost of us 

want is a leadership that 

puts law and order back, 

punishes the guilty regardless 

of their political patronage, 

ethnicity or economic 

standing and gives us an environment, 

in our villages, 

towns and cities, where we 

can work to the best of our 

ability, competing on a free 

level playing field, to build a 

better present. 

Now I turn to us, the peo- 

Swine flu scourge 

flu but if transmission does 

cause human flu, it is called 

zoonotic swine flu. 

Swine flu viruses were first isolated 

from pigs in the 1930s. 

These were H1N1 subtype viruses 

and their isolation from pigs 

followed closely upon the 1918 

human H1N1 influenza pandemic 

that claimed over 40 million 

lives around the world. In 

Nepal this virus had hit in 2009, 

and during this time over 40 

people died due to the outbreak 

of this virus. 

Swine flu produces influenza 

like illness. These include fever, 

cough, sore throat, body ache, 

chills and fatigue. These symptoms 

are not specific to swine 

flu, so it is difficult to diagnose it. 

A diagnosis of confirmed swine 

• BLOG SURF • CARTOON 

Heat of life 

CULTURE PAINTER 

Iguess I wasn’t tough enough to be 

France, America or Germany. I caved to 

the pressures of accepting Krishna’s 

reality, man. There was only so much 

that I could take...I wanted to accept that 

this world was a positive and lovely place 

like the guy next to me. I wanted to mark 

off my territory with a ‘no fly zone’... But 

I found out that life doesn’t work 

that way...The bitter truth about the nature 

of reality in this world is rough and coarse. 

And I want life to be sweet and sexy. And 

life and my wants were totally incompatible...Maybe 

that is why I am so amused 

with nations on earth who feel that Krishna’s 

reality doesn’t apply to them. I know they 

feel the heat. I know they feel the pressure, 

man. This material world is a hot place. And if 

you can’t handle the heat in the kitchen, 

the only place to go is out of it. While in 

this material world, everyone is feeling 

the heat. Everyone is feeling the 

pressure.—nepalishealthy.blogspot.com 

People’s benevolent dictator 

To set things right? 

statements by certain lawyers 

about the ceremonial status 

of the President in the interim 

constitution are meaningless 

lies. These lawyers also think 

that the Indian President is also 

Just like the growing noise amongst 

our leaders for reinstatement, I hear a 

growing voice amongst us ruled classes for 

the need of a ‘benevolent dictator’ to put 

our nation back in line. More people are 

now talking of the need of a ‘strong’ leader 

to set right wrongs of the current situation 

ple, you and me to ask, 

“Where do we get such a 

benevolent dictator from?” I 

see a dictator, benevolent or 

otherwise, being established 

in one of the following 

ways. Firstly, by birth like 

in a monarchy, usually 

backed by an armed force, a 

person who can take the full 

reins of power and run the 

nation. Secondly, through 

the armed forces itself stepping 

up and taking over 

flu requires laboratory testing of 

respiratory samples. The most 

common cause of death is respiratory 

failure, pneumonia, high 

fever, dehydration (from excessive 

vomiting and diarrhoea), 

electrolyte imbalance and kidney 

failure. Fatalities are more 

likely to occur in young children 

and the elderly as well as persons 

with low immunity. 

Although strains of swine influenza 

are usually not able to 

infect humans, this may occasionally 

happen, so farmers are 

encourage to use face masks 

when dealing with infected 

swine. But human to human 

transmission is very rapid; therefore, 

it may exist as an outbreak. 

Influenza spreads between humans 

when infected people 

ceremonial which is a complete 

lie too. The source of the 

executive power of the Prime 

Minister is a functioning 

parliament. With no parliament 

since May 27, all the executive 

power and instating its head 

as the dictatorial leader with 

all powers to head the nation. 

Thirdly, through a revolution 

where an uprising or 

insurgency puts a leader in 

place with unlimited power 

in a regime change to make 

sweeping changes in a nation. 

And finally, even in a 

democratic system the people 

through their vote can 

elect a leader into the seat of 

power with such an over- 

cough or sneeze, and other people 

breathe in the virus or touch 

something with the virus on it 

and then touch their face. Avoid 

touching yours eyes, nose or 

mouth. Germs i.e. virus spread 

this way. Swine flu in humans is 

most contagious during first five 

days of illness. If fever becomes 

out of hand, it’s better to consult 

a physician. Vaccines are also 

available for different kinds of 

swine flu. For treatment antiviral 

drugs can make the illness 

milder and make the patients 

feel better faster. They may prevent 

serious flu complication. 

Therefore, preventive measures 

like hand washing, use of masks 

as well as standard infection 

control methods should be applied 

to control its outbreak. 

as well as the legislative powers 

have shifted to the President 

who is the sole representative of 

the supreme and the sovereign 

people of Nepal now. In 

parliamentary democracy, the 

Prime Minister dissolves the 

parliament prior to the expiry 

of its term when no one can get 

more than 50 per cent support 

to run the government. In 

Nepal, the Prime Minister did 

not have this power. The CA 

cum Parliament died a natural 

death due to the end of its 

life-span. It was not dissolved 

by the Prime Minister prior to 

the end of the term. 

Megha Nepal, Kathmandu 


whelming majority that he 

or she effectively has full 

ranging powers to rule. 

Now to all of us who keep 

talking about the need for a 

benevolent dictator to put 

things right in Nepal, I ask 

you whether you are ready 

to take on the responsibility 

of identifying and electing 

such an individual and 

group into power through 

an overwhelming majority, 

so that he or they have the 

sweeping powers needed to 

be a benevolent dictator. If 

we the people cannot agree 

on an individual and group 

to amass the support and 

vote to get such a majority, 

then do we have the right to 

wish for a benevolent dictator 

to fall from the sky to 

lead us to a better futures? 

So while our leaders seem to 

be slowly coming to a consensus 

to do whatever they 

can not to come to us the 

people but reinstate themselves 

into the seats of power 

once again, don’t you 

think, you and I and like 

minded people need to start 

thinking and working towards 

identifying an individual 

or group who we can 

vote into the role of being a 

benevolent dictator? If we 

are not willing to put in the 

time and effort to do this, 

then I fear we will get a dictator 

in the near future but 

as to how benevolent he or 

she will be, will be in the 

Letters to this column should be addressed to 

Letters C/o Edit Page Editor,The Himalayan Times, 

Post Box 11651,APCA House, 

Baidya Khana Road, Kathmandu, Nepal 

email: edit@thehimalayantimes.com, 

Fax 0977-1-4771959 

hands of God and not in the 

hands of the sons and 

daughters of Nepal, not in 

our hand. And if we are going 

to leave our future to 

God, then why did we go 

through so much as a nation 

to remove a Vishnu Avatar 

from the seat of power to 

put a mere mortal from 

amongst us in the same? 

Nepali brothers and sisters 

along with our festive 

season of Dashain and Tihar 

I believe the day grows closer 

where we have to move 

ahead from just talking and 

start moving towards actually 

acting. What better time 

to do this then when we enter 

into Bada Dashain the 

celebration of victory of 

good over evil, and into 

bright lights of Tihar signifying 

the illumination of 

peace and prosperity for all. 

When you meet your family 

and friends over the festive 

season don’t just grimace in 

conversations of how bad 

our nation has become, but 

start a conversation on what 

all of us can now do to ensure 

we are not having the 

same conversation when 

Christmas and New Years 

comes along. If it’s a ‘People’s 

Benevolent Dictator’ 

we need, then we the people 

have got to take the time 

and make the effort to establish 

one in power for all 

our greater good! 

Shah is CEO, Mega Bank 

• THT 10 YEARS AGO 

Chand’s is a lame 

duck cabinet 

Ananta Raj Luitel 

Kathmandu, October 17, 2002 

No sooner did King Gyanendra call 

upon the Nepalis to support the new 

government, than legal experts are arguing 

that the new council of ministers cannot 

exercise the power guaranteed by the 

Article 35(2) of the Constitution. Legal experts, 

however, argue that in view of the 

enormous challenges, the new government 

led by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur 

Chand has no authority except implementing 

the King’s five point directives. 

They are also of the opinion that the 

new government is unable to use the executive 

power because it has been 

formed by the monarch under the Article 

127. They also noted that the King has not 

surrendered the executive powers he assumed 

following the dismissal of the Sher 

Bahadur Deuba-led government. “Since 

this cabinet is also the continuation of 

Sher Bahadur Deuba-led caretaker government, 

it has no authority as the cabinet 

under Article 36(1), 42(1) and (2) of 

the constitution,” said former deputy attorney 

general Balaram KC. The Article 

35(2) has given the right of recommendation 

to the King. The Constitution says, 

“Except for the Kings’s prerogative, everything 

the King is supposed to do will be 

according to the recommendation of the 

council of ministers.” Such recommendation, 

advice and consent shall be submitted 

through the prime minister, says 

the Constitution. The new cabinet can 

exercise only the task provided by the 

monarch through his royal communique 

on October 11. 

Parties cool to 

Chand’s wooing 

Ishwar Khanal 

Kathmandu, October 17, 2002 

With the week-long festivities of 

Dashain over, Prime Minister Lokendra 

Bahadur Chand is again holding 

talks with leaders of political parties 

aimed at drumming up support for his 

interim government. Chand is believed 

to be keen on wooing two of the largest 

political parties - the Nepali Congress 

(NC) and the CPN-UML. When the government 

was formed, they had declined 

to join the government. Although these 

preliminary consultations are not expected 

to produce immediate results, the 

talks are expected to soften the stand of 

these parties. However, leaders of these 

parties maintain that their position has 

not changed a wee bit. Even smaller parties 

have expressed their reluctance to 

join the interim government. The reason, 

according to their leaders, is that it is an 

“unconstitutional and undemocratic” 

government. It has been almost a week 

since King Gyanendra announced the 

new cabinet and given it five tasks besides 

the day-today administrative jobs. 

Only three political parties— the RPP, the 

Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) and the 

Jana Mukti Morcha— have representation 

in the cabinet. The rest of the ministers 

are either professionals or bureaucrats. 

The task, however, is challenging 

and would prove difficult if Chand does 

not win cooperation.


Business 

‘NT partner 

should invest at 

least Rs 30bn’ 



The committee which was formed to recommend 

the government about the process of 

bringing a strategic partner at Nepal Telecom 

(NT) has concluded that the new partner 

should invest at least Rs 30 to Rs 40 billion. 

The partner must invest Rs 30-Rs 40 billion 

based on share value of NT at present, said 

coordinator of the committee and joint secretary 

at finance ministry Baikuntha Aryal. 

Bringing in a strategic partner for NT is not 

easy, he said. “However, government must divest 

its shares to make the company more 

competitive and effective in the days ahead.” 

The government and the strategic partner 

must not be allowed to transfer their shares 

until after five years of acquiring the shares, 

the committee has said. 

The report has suggested the government 

to calculate the share value of the company 

based on the premium valuation method. It 

has also suggested that the strategic partner 

should have an experience in operating telecom 

services in at least three countries including 

a country from the G22 group. 

The aspirant partner should have an experience 

of handling at least 20 million subscribers 

in PSTN and mobile service, the report 

said, adding that the partner company 

should not directly or indirectly invest in other 

telecom service providers in the country. 

The report has asked government to bring 

in only those firms whose yearly income is 

more than $ 1 billion. It has asked the government 

to include a representative from the 

company which will come as a strategic partner 

in the executive board of Nepal Telecom. 

It has suggested all concerned parties to 

keep the option of retirement schemes open 

to make the company more competitive. 

John Players brings festive offer 

KATHMANDU: John Players 

— premium men’s wear 

from Surya Nepal — has 

launched an offer targeting 

Dashain and Tihar. Under 

the scheme, on every purchase 

of John Players apparel 

worth Rs 1,000 and 

above, customers will get a 

scratch card that will entitle 

them to guaranteed 

prizes. Prizes include Samsung 

Galaxy SIII, Tissot 

watches, John Players gift 

hampers, free t-shirts and 

cash discounts. — HNS 

DRI planning to 

bring regulation 

Once adopted,it will help control 

increasing revenue leakage 

Shiromani Dhungana 


The Department of Revenue Investigation 

(DRI) is all set to finalise 

the draft of Revenue Leakage 

(Investigation and Control) 

Regulation within a week. 

Revenue Leakage (Investigation 

and Control) Act was formulated 

more than 15 years ago, 

said director general at DRI Janmajay 

Regmi, adding the department 

has been facing procedural 

hurdles in absence of regulation. 

The department will forward 

the draft to the Finance Ministry 

and the ministry will forward it to 

the Ministry of Law, Justice, Constituent 

Assembly and Parliamentary 

Affairs for its consent, 

he said. The draft will be forwarded 

to the cabinet once it has been 

approved by the concerned ministries, 

he added. 

Government has made a budgetary 

provision to formulate it, 

said Regmi. Similarly, DRI has included 

the drafting of the regulation 

in its yearly programme. 

Action against culprits have 

been ineffective due to the lack of 

a guiding legal framework, he 

said, adding that the regulation 

will provide clear guidelines to 

initiate action based on the Act. 

The Act describes all procedures 

in brief, and it is a regulation that 

Distillery raided 

KATHMANDU: The Department 

of Revenue Investigation 

(DRI) has raided a 

Janakpur-based distillery 

suspecting it of having evaded 

taxes. “The department 

has confiscated ledgers and 

stumps of bill pads from 

Dhanusa Distillery,” said director 

general of DRI Janmajay 

Regmi, adding that the 

department has also sealed 

the stock in the factory. DRI 

raided the distillery based on 

tip-offs, according to him. It 

will complete the investigation 

within a week. — HNS 

comprehensively describes the 

legal procedures based on the 

Act, according to Regmi. 

DRI has already organised a 

consultation meeting with concerned 

parties on the preliminary 

draft of the regulation, he 

said. “Traders and firms who are 

directly connected with the tax 

regime have already provided 

feedback to draft the regulation,” 

he informed, adding the Finance 

Ministry, and Ministry of Law, 

Justice, Constituent Assembly 

and Parliamentary Affairs have 

also given a go-ahead. 

Siddhartha’s scheme 

KATHMANDU: Siddhartha Bank has 

launched ‘Safe Deposit Locker Utsav 

Yojana’ that will give customers 50 per 

cent discount on security deposit 

amount and 25 per cent discount on 

• BIZ BRIEFS 

yearly service charge. Offer is valid from 

October 17 to November 19. It can be 

availed from bank’s Hattisar, New Road, 

Boudha, Kumaripati, Birgunj and Hetauda 

branches. — HNS 

Everest Pizza Deposit 

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KATHMANDU: Everest Bank Ltd (EBL), 

on Wednesday, organised a blood donation 

camp and launched ‘Everest Pizza 

Deposit’ product on the occasion of 

its 18th anniversary. — HNS


BUSINESS 

Ministry shows concern 

on NAC aircraft deal 



The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and 

Civil Aviation is worried that the government 

might scrap the aircraft purchase 

process again. 

“The previous purchase plan had fulfilled 

all the legal procedures but it was 

later scrapped, therefore we are not sure 

that the new plan will be implemented,” 

said joint secretary at the ministry Ranjan 

Krishna Aryal. 

According to Aryal, if Nepal Airlines 

Corporation (NAC) announces a fresh 

global tender as per the direction of the 

cabinet, Airbus might object to the 

move as the agreement in November 

2009, is valid till 2016. 

However, according to NAC’s director 

commercial Madan Kharel, the corporation 

has already forwarded a letter to 

Airbus regarding the issue and the corporation 

might arrange a meeting or a 

visit to Airbus if necessary. “We want to 

confirm if we can announce a fresh tender 

or not,” he said. The cabinet had directed 

NAC to start a fresh purchase 

process for new aircraft. The ministry 

had also asked the corporation to prepare 

a marketing and management 

strategy for the new aircraft. 

According to the ministry, the national 

flag carrier should thoroughly do a 

route analysis and commercial market 

planning to create a brand new image 

of the corporation in the national and 

international market. 

NAC, previously, used to have transactions 

worth Rs 80 billion, but with the 

fewer number of aircraft, transactions 

have plunged to around Rs five to Rs six 

billion. With just two Twin Otters and 

two Boeings, the carrier is losing its 

goodwill in the international market. 

After around two and a half decades, 

NAC had tried to purchase aircraft 

through a direct deal but the process 

was halted according to the Public Procurement 

Act, and NAC’s then executive 

chairman Sugat Ratna Kansakar was 

charged and arrested for misusing his 

authority by the national anti-corruption 

agency. Due to the unending dispute, 

Airbus, with which NAC had entered 

into an agreement to purchase aircraft, 

cancelled the deal and returned 

the lockup money. 

The Public Accounts Committee had 

also instructed the ministry to start a 

fresh bid to procure new aircraft while 

scrapping the Airbus 2009 deal. 

The French embassy here had also 

shown interest in reviewing the Airbus 

deal on the same financial conditions 

made three years back. 

To modernise its international fleet, 

NAC had planned to purchase one A330 

–200 wide body and one Airbus A– 320 

single aisle aircraft. It had signed a 

memorandum of understanding with 

the European aircraft manufacturer 

during the Dubai Air Show. 

NAC started its operations in 1958, 

and currently has two ageing Boeing 

757s to operate international flights. 

Nepse suspends 30 firms 

for not paying renewal fee 



This year too, 30 listed companies 

have failed to pay their annual 

listing renewal fee at Nepal Stock 

Exchange (Nepse) for this 

fiscal year. 

The companies suspended 

today include nine finance 

companies, five development 

banks, one insurance 

company, one hydropower 

company, two 

trading companies, one hotel, 

one film development 

corporation, and nine manufacturing 

companies. 

Nepal Electricity Authority’s 

debenture has also been suspended 

from trading for failing to pay 

the renewal fee. 

Among the suspended companies, 

shares of Multipurpose Finance, 

Himalayan Finance, 

Pashchimanchal Finance, Biratlaxmi 

Development Bank, and National 

Hydropower Company were 

traded last week. 

Listed companies are supposed 

to pay the annual renewal fee within 

three months of the end of 

the fiscal year, but the companies 

failed to pay within the deadline, 

thus their trading was suspended 

as per regulation. 

This year, Nepse had even issued 

a notice for listed companies to pay 

the annual listing fee on time. 

Companies tend to overlook the 

matter out of utter carelessness 

Listed companies are supposed to pay the 

annual renewal fee within three months 

of the end of the fiscal year, but the 

companies failed to pay within the deadline 

which inconveniences investors. 

“We were hopeful that all the companies 

would pay before the deadline,” 

said senior officer at Nepse 

Niranjan Phuyal. 

Among the suspended companies, 

three companies –– Nepal Development 

Bank, Jyoti Spinning 

Mills and Samjhana Finance –– are 

going through liquidation. 

Share trading of Capital Merchant 

Banking and Finance, 

General Finance, Gurkha Development 

Bank, Crystal Finance and 

NB Insurance was suspended 

due to action taken against them 

by the concerned regulators. 

Likewise, nine manufacturing 

companies, two trading companies, 

and Hotel Yak and Yeti have 

not been paying the annual listing 

fee for the last few years in the hope 

of getting de-listed. 

Last year, Nepse had to 

suspend the trading of 45 

listed companies including 

Nepal Electricity Authority’s 

debentures. 

A year back, trading of 28 

listed companies, including 

four development banks 

and four finance companies, 

was suspended due to 

a delay in paying the listing 

renewal fee. 

Every year around this time, 

Nepal Stock Exchange has to suspend 

the trading of about 25 companies 

for this very reason. 

The renewal fee depends on the 

capital structure of the company –– 

the maximum that companies 

have to pay is Rs 50,000 for those 

with a capital base greater than Rs 

100 million. 

The suspended companies 

scramble to pay the renewal fee the 

day the transaction is suspended. 

The suspension of trading arising 

from sheer negligence of the companies 

is also an instance of bad 

corporate governance. 

Chief executive of Mega Bank Anil Keshary Shah and country 

director of Helvetas Shiva Prashad Aryal after signing a pact to aid 

residents of different Tarai districts with micro-financing for 

farmers trained by Helvetas, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday. 

Teletalk brings 

Spice models 

KATHMANDU: Teletalk –– 

sole authorised distributor 

of Spice Mobile phones –– 

has launched Boss Champion 

M 5005n and Boss 

Don M 5200 handsets. 

The M 5005n and M 

5200 handsets are 

utility phones that 

come with various extra 

features as compared 

to other bar 

phones available in 

the market. 

The M 5005n has a 

4.5 cm screen, whereas 

the M 5200 comes 

with a 5.08 cm screen, and a 

special speaker for loud and 

superior sound quality. The 

inbuilt audio/video player 

in these phones allows you 

to listen to your favourite 

music and watch videos, 

• BRAND WATCH 

and through their quality 

camera, you can capture 

life’s special moments. 

The M 5200 has an extra 

large 1800 mAh battery, giving 

you longer talk 

time and freedom 

from frequent 

charging. The Bluetooth 

technology in 

these phones helps 

in adding comfort. 

The unique ‘multi 

sim capability’ feature 

allows you to 

switch between 

your personal and 

professional life 

with a click of a button. 

The external memory on 

both these phones is expandable 

to up to 8GB. The 

Spice M 5005n and M 5200 

are also loaded with ‘One 

Touch Torch’ feature that 


provides powerful illumination 

in areas where access 

to electricity is limited and 

frequent blackouts occur. 

The phones also have FM 

radio to play radio stations 

right on the fingertips. 

There is a one-year warranty 

on the handset and sixmonth 

warranty on the battery 

and charger. 

Close Up Deep 

Action out 

KATHMANDU: Close Up 

has launched the all new 

‘Close Up Deep Action’. 

The new and improved 

Close Up provides 12 hours 

of fresh breath giving confidence 

to get closer to people 

round the clock, the 

company said, adding that 

• BIZ BRIEFS 

Nabil okays dividend 

KATHMANDU: The 28th AGM of 

Nabil Bank approved 60 per cent dividend 

— 40 per cent cash and 20 per 

cent stocks — on Wednesday. As of 

mid-July, Nabil’s total assets reached 

Rs 63.25 billion. It earned Rs 3.08 billion 

profit before provision and Rs.1.7 

billion profit after tax in the period. 

“Nabil is the only bank in the country 

crossing the profit mark of Rs 3 billion 

and one of very few banks with 

assets of above Rs 60 billion.” — HNS 

Pashupati Paints’ offer 

KATHMANDU: Pashupati Paints, targeting 

Dashain, has launched a consumer 

promotion scheme ‘Dashain 

Hit-Jacket Fit’. Under the scheme, on 

the purchase of any emulsion paint 

worth Rs 15,000, consumers will instantly 

get an attractive jacket. The 

jackets are available in five attractive 

colours, it said, adding that the 

scheme will be available across all 

Pashupati Paints outlets throughout 

the country from October 17 to December 

15, until stocks last. — HNS 

Chilime holds AGM 

KATHMANDU: Chilime Hydropower 

Company held its 16th annual general 

meeting (AGM) that approved distribution 

of 20 per cent cash dividend 

and 30 per cent stock dividend to its 

shareholders. The hydropower company 

had earned Rs 900.06 million by 

selling 140.57 million units of electricity 

to Nepal Electricity Authority. 

Chilime Hydropower Company has 

already started the construction of 

111 megawatt (MW) Rasuwagadi hydro 

project, 102 MW Madhya 

Bhotekoshi, 42.5 MW Sanjen hydropower 

project and 14.8 MW Sanjen 

(Upper) hydropower project. 

“The company plans to add 10 MW to 

Chilime hyropower project to increase 

its generating capacity to 32.1 

MW and finish all the projects having 

total capacity of 270 MW within four 

years,” said managing director of the 

company Kul Man Ghising. — HNS 

Red Bull Cash Full winners announced 

KATHMANDU: Paras 

Thapa of Banepa and 

Narendra Acharya of 

Pokhara were declared 

the winners of Rs 1 lakh 

each under the Red Bull 

Cash Full scheme. Rosy 

Dhakal of Koteshwor 

was announced the first 

winner of Rs 1 lakh under 

the Red Bull Cash Full 

scheme launched in July. 

Thapa and Acharya won 

the top prize from the Red 

Bull cans purchased from 

Bhatbhateni Supermarket 

at Baluwatar and Acharya Shopping 

Center at Srijana Chowk, Pokhara, respectively. 

Since the launch of the promotional 

scheme, more than 250 

THT 

lucky winners from across the country 

have been able to win cash prizes of Rs 

5,000, Rs 10,000, and Rs 20,000. Red 

Bull’s promotional scheme Red Bull 

Close Up is the number one 

gel-based toothpaste in 

Nepal. It strongly believes in 

innovation and giving the 

best to its consumers and 

thus aspires to bring out the 

best products possible. 

The new formula has a 

mouthwash with active zinc 

that spreads to the deepest 

corner of the mouth to remove 

germs that cause bad 

breath. “It also has Micro 

Shine Crystals which can be 

clearly seen in the paste itself, 

that removes the yellow 

film from the teeth for a natural 

white smile.” 

Cash Full has been able to gain popularity 

throughout the country in a very 

short period of time, the company 

said in a press note. — HNS


Sports 

Germany, Spain held as England wait 

Reuters 

London, October 17 

Germany squandered a fourgoal 

lead to draw 4-4 with Sweden 

while world champions 

Spain conceded in stoppage 

time to draw 1-1 with France as 

both teams lost 100 per cent 

records in World Cup qualifying 

on Tuesday. 

Northern Ireland came within 

11 minutes of ruining Cristiano 

Ronaldo’s 100th appearance for 

Portugal before Helder Postiga 

equalised to earn a 1-1 draw in 

Porto, but the Portuguese lost 

ground on leaders Russia in 

Group F. The Russians beat Azerbaijan 

1-0 in Moscow to maintain 

their perfect start under Italian 

coach Fabio Capello. 

The Netherlands also won a 

fourth successive game, beating 

Romania 4-1 in Bucharest. However, 

Poland’s Group H match 

with England at Warsaw’s National 

Stadium was called off after 

the stadium roof was left 

open despite a downpour which 

left the pitch waterlogged. 

In other matches, Bosnia 

stayed on course for what would 

• TIME OUT 

Highveld Lions’ Gulam Bodi plays a 

shot against Chennai Super Kings 

during the Champions League 

Twenty20 match on Tuesday. 

Chennai suffer blow 

AP / RSS 

CAPE TOWN: Chennai Super Kings’ 

chances for a semi-final berth in the 

Champions League Twenty20 suffered 

a blow as they slumped to their 

second consecutive defeat with a sixwicket 

loss at the hands of Highveld 

Lions on Tuesday. After being sent 

into bat, Chennai posted a challenging 

158-6 with captain Mahendra 

Singh Dhoni top scoring with 34 but 

the Lions chased down the target 

with three balls to spare. Opener Gulam 

Bodi smashed a 46-ball 64 as the 

Lions finished at 159-4. The local side 

now are in a pole position for semifinals 

having beaten defending champions 

Mumbai Indians in their opening 

match on October 14. Chennai, 

who had lost to Sydney Sixers, will 

now have to win both their remaining 

matches to have any chance of making 

it to the semi-finals. — Agencies 

Cash handed over 

KATHMANDU: The Nepal Sports 

Foundation on Wednesday provided 

cash assistance of Rs 10,000 to five 

athletes running in the Lig Lige Daud. 

Foundation chairman Surya Thapaliya 

handed over the amount to 

three-time Everest Marathon champion 

Yangdi Sherpa, Dolma Sherpa, 

Tsering Sherpa along with Rina Kapali 

and Manisha Adhikari of Kathmandu. 

The Lig Lige Daud is scheduled 

for Friday in Gorkha. The Foundation 

earlier had also provided cash 

assistance to national cricketers Amrit 

Bhattarai and Chandra Saud to 

support their three-month stint at 

the Sri Lankan U-23 League. – HNS 

be their first international tournament 

as an independent nation 

by beating Lithuania 3-0 at 

home and staying top of Group 

G along with Greece who beat 

Slovakia 1-0 in Bratislava. 

Belgium and Croatia also 

moved ahead of the pack in 

Group A with both teams beating 

British opposition at home. 

Belgium beat Scotland 2-0 in 

Brussels to all but end the Scots 

hopes of reaching the finals. 

Croatia stayed level on points 

with Belgium at the top of the 

standings with a 2-0 win over 

Wales in Osijek. 

The most dramatic game on a 

night came in Berlin where Germany, 

3-0 up at halftime, were 

coasting in their Group C match 

against the Swedes. After powering 

into a 4-0 lead with a 

Miroslav Klose double and goals 

by Per Mertesacker and Mesut 

Ozil, Germany seemed certain of 

making it four wins from four to 

move six points clear of the pack 

before they collapsed. 

Sweden struck back with two 

quick goals midway through the 

second half from Zlatan Ibrahimovic 

and Mikael Lustig before 

Johan Elmander made it 4-3 after 

76 minutes. 

The Swedes then went all out 

for an equaliser and it arrived in 

the fourth minute of stoppage 

time when Rasmus Elm scored. 

The only consolation for Klose 

was that he took his international 

tally to 67 goals, one behind 

Gerd Mueller’s long-established 

record for his country. 

Spain also conceded a late 

goal just as they looked to have 

done enough to seal a 25th 

straight victory in European and 

World Cup qualifiers. Sergio 

Ramos put Spain ahead after 25 

minutes and they would have 

doubled their lead if Cesc Fabregas’s 

penalty had not been saved 

by Hugo Lloris. 

France, though, stayed level 

on points with Spain at the top 

of the Group I standings after 

Olivier Giroud, who had only 

been on for six minutes, headed 

a last-gasp equaliser. Unlike 

Spain, the Netherlands did make 

it four wins out of four and ended 

Romania’s perfect start after 

three goals in the first half set up 

a 4-1 win to give them control of 

Group D. 

Bharat leads NPC to 

beach volleyball title 


Pokhara, October 17 

Nepal Police Club (NPC) made 

most of the presence of veteran 

Bharat Shah to complete the hattrick 

of Men’s Beach Volleyball 

Tournament here today. 

The NPC duo of Bharat and 

Chandra Kunwar rallied from a 

set down to beat Nepal Armed 

Police Force (APF) Club pair of 

Sunil Shrestha and Khushi 

Chaudhary for their third consecutive 

title. APF won the first 

set 19-21 but NPC bounced back 

— particularly 43-year old Bharat 

— in the second to win 21-16. 

NPC took the third set 15-10. 

Bharat — who is also the coach 

of the women’s beach volleyball 

team of the departmental side — 

was declared the best player of 

(From left) Chandra Kunwar and Bharat Shah receive the trophy 

after winning the third Men’s Beach Volleyball title on Wednesday. 



Rubina Chhetry has been named 

the skipper of Nepali senior national 

team as Cricket Association 

of Nepal (CAN) officially announced 

a 15-member squad for 

the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia 

Cup here today. 

Rubina has been preferred to 

lead the team ahead of the experienced 

allrounder Nary Thapa 

for the October 22-November 1 

event to be held in Guangzhou, 

China. Other members in the 

the tournament along with the 

man-of-the-final and semi-final 

to pocket Rs 1500. Tribhuvan 

Army Club (TAC) finished third 

defeating the ‘B’ team of APF. 

The TAC duo of Keshav Pandey 

and Deepak Thapa Magar eased 

past Kailash Dutta Bhatta and 

Mahendra Shrestha of APF ‘B’ 21- 

16, 21-18 in straight sets. 

Keshav was declared the manof-the-match. 

Champions NPC 

pocketed Rs 20,000, while APF 

got Rs 15,000. TAC and APF ‘B’ 

earned Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively. 

A total of 16 teams — two each 

from three security organs, two 

each from Eastern, Western, Mid- 

Western and Far-Western Regions 

and one each from Central 

Region and University —participated 

in the tournament. 

Rubina named skipper 

team include Karuna Bhandari, 

Indu Verma, Mamata Kumari 

Chaudhary, Sita Rana Magar, 

Sonu Khadka, Rekha Rawal, Trishna 

Singh, Sarita Magar, Rashmi 

Sharma Chaulagain, Mamata 

Thapa, Roshani Bohara, Shova 

Ale and Nira Rajopadhyaya. 

Gita Chudal, Shilu Rijal and 

Sangita Gauchan have been 

named in the reserves. Samson 

Jung Thapa is the coach while he 

assisted by former national team 

skipper Raju Basnyat. CAN member 

Sailesh Kumar Chaudhary 

was names the team manager. 

AP / RSS 

Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) vies for the ball with German 

Bastian Schweinsteiger during their World Cup qualifying match 

at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Tuesday. 

Messi, Higuain strike 

in Argentina victory 

Reuters 

Buenos Aires, October 17 

Argentina’s world class forwards 

were instrumental in a 2-1 away 

win over Chile on Tuesday that 

gave the visitors a three-point lead 

in the standings as the South 

American World Cup qualifying 

campaign takes a break until 

March. 

Lionel Messi and Gonzalo 

Higuain struck within minutes of 

each other half an hour into the 

match, taking their personal tallies 

to seven, with Chile pulling 

one back through substitute Felipe 

Gutierrez in added time at the 

end of the game. Argentina have 

20 points from nine matches, 

three more than Ecuador, who 

drew 1-1 away at Venezuela, and 

four ahead of Colombia, who have 

a game in hand. 

Uruguay, the top South American 

team at the 2010 finals in 

South Africa where they finished 

fourth, lost 4-1 to Bolivia in La Paz, 

where striker Carlos Saucedo 

bagged a hat-trick. The 

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Uruguayans yet are in fifth place. 

Fourth-placed Venezuela, looking 

to reach the finals for the first 

time, and bottom team Paraguay 

are separated by a mere five 

points, underlining how little it 

takes for a side to appear to have 

slipped in or out of contention. 

Venezuela returned to action after 

a bye on Friday and were held 

to a 1-1 draw by Ecuador in Puerto 

La Cruz but the point was enough 

to enter the top four who qualify 

directly for the 2014 finals in 

Brazil. 

Playmaker Juan Arango gave 

Venezuela an early lead with a 

magnificent shot from outside the 

box but similar stunning efforts 

from the home captain were 

saved and one hit the bar. Ecuador 

equalised through Segundo 

Castillo in the 24th minute. 

Paraguay, having lost three 

matches under new coach Gerardo 

Pelusso, beat Peru 1-0 in Asuncion 

with a headed goal from central 

defender Pablo Aguilar to regain 

their hopes of reaching their 

fifth finals in a row.

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SCHOOL TIMES 

AMIDST THE GLORY 

An educational approach directs 

us towards personal 

growth and social transformation. 

It depends on the 

student how they instill those values 

in them and make the best out of it. 

On August 30, we the students of 

Triyog Higher Secondary School 

went to Lucknow to participate in a 

computer and science fair “Macfair 

2012” held in City Montessori 

School, Mahanagar Branch II. Our 

junior Newtons and Phythagoras 

were all set to showcase their talent 

at the ongoing five days long event. 

Altogether there were a total of 53 

schools from all around India and 

Nepal. 

Triyog had participated in the Junior’s 

Category for class IX and X, 

which constituted of Mac Bug, 

Maths quiz, Green Teen Quiz, Twin 

QuinTurdles and the Science Model 

WITH RECYCLED ART 

Display. We were able to bag the 

consolation prize in science model 

display in which Anushree Baral and 

I participated. 

We all were enthralled by the exposure 

we got at CMS. Not to forget 

Mr Jagdish Gandhi’s (Founder Manager 

of CMS) spiritual speeches and 

advice and the staff’s ten on ten hospitality 

that was very remarkable. 

Last but not the least, I would like 

to say “Although we hear that winning 

or losing is not important but 

participation is but after this journey 

I believe winning is important, 

not necessarily this time but the 

next chance you get and make sure 

you garner yourself to win it”. 

Thus, Triyogees will prove themselves 

once again as they always 

have been. 

— Rebicca Pradhan, 

Class X,Triyog H S School 

TEE-SHIRT 

tote bag 

❶ ❷ ❺ 

❼ 

❸ 

❹ 

Here’s how to 

recycle your 

old tee-shirts 

into a nice 

tote bag. It is very 

easy and simple to 

make and can be 

used as shopping 

bag or to carry your 

different stuffs. 

You will need 

• An old tee-shirt 

KATHMANDU: No 

matter what your 

grandparents will 

always be special 

and one should never forget 

that. They will pamper 

you and when needed 

scold you for the right reason. 

And to recognise this 

role, students of Kendriya 

Vidyalaya EOI celebrated 

Grandparents’ Day on October 

10 as per press release 

issued by Kendriya 

Vidyalaya on the same 

• A pair of scissors 

• Pen 

• Plate or big bowl 

Instructions 

1. Lay your tee-shirt on a 

flat surface and place a plate 

or bowl around the neck portion 

of the tee-shirt. 

2. Trace with a pen around 

the bowl, leaving enough 

space between the bowl and 

the sleeve. 

3. Cut out along the traced 

line. 

4. Then cut off the sleeves of 

the tee-shirt. And you’ll have 

bag handles ready. 

5. Now cut three inches 

long and about one inch wide 

strips along the bottom of the 

tee-shirt. Be sure to cut 

through the front and back of 

the tee-shirt. 

6. Tie these tee-shirt 

strips together, front to 

back, using square knots. And 

your easy tee-shirt bag is 

ready for use. — Agencies 

date. Prof Smt Anju Sharan 

Upadhyay, India chair at 

Tribhuvan University 

presided over the programme 

as the Chief 

Guest. She applauded the 

role of grandparents in 

one’s life and thanked 

them for their selfless dedication 

and love. 

According to the press 

release Principal Dr Cicy 

Roy Mathew said that the 

aim of organising the 

Grandparents Day was to 

Time you enjoy wasting 

is not wasted time 

— Marthe Troly-Curti 

KV CELEBRATES 

Grandparents’ Day 

❻ 

Victory 

over evil 

Ihave always enjoyed Dashain festival 

every year with a lot of enjoyment. 

This duration of 10 days always 

stand as memorable moments 

of the year. Times spent during 

this festival every year are unforgettable. 

However, the Dashain of 2068 

was something very special to me. 

Last year, right before Dashain I had 

parted ways with my best friend, Ronit. 

I was depressed by that incident. Then 

I realised that it was nothing but a misunderstanding 

caused because of our 

evil thoughts. I vowed to resolve this 

matter and prayed Goddess Durga to 

help us win over our evil spirits. As it is 

believed that we celebrate Vijaya 

Dashami to mark victory of good over 

evil. And on the same day I succeeded 

in re-bonding my friendship with 

Ronit. This was my victory over my evil, 

which made my Dashain special. 

— Abhishek Kumar Kalwar, 

Class XI,Trinity Int’l HSS 

give them their due place 

in society and to show 

them that they care for 

them. “We want to make 

students understand how 

important it is to love and 

respect their grandparents,” 

she stated in the 

release. 

The children put up lively 

performances. Tiny tots 

in colourful attires danced 

to various tunes. Drama 

unfolded the little ones’ 

love for their grandparents. 


Melodious songs were a 

feast to ears. A variety of Art 

and Craft exhibits displayed 

proved the hidden 

talent of the children at 

such a tender age. Attractive 

games were organised 

for the grandparents. An 

overjoyed grandparent in 

the release said, “It is a nice 

feeling to see the school inculcate 

such values in the 

children from Class I itself.” 

Others too lauded the 

school’s effort. — HNS 

Happy 

Dashain 

Hurry! It’s Dashain 

time. Time for celebration. 

Whether 

young or old, 

every face seems happy. 

Dashain is considered as the 

greatest festival of Hindus. 

Some people are busy shopping, 

some flying kites and 

some playing cards and enjoying 

with their family 

members. 

Dashain charm is seen 

everywhere. People are going 

back to their homes. 

Children are happy because 

its vacation time and old 

people are happy because all 

the family members will be 

together. Poor people can’t 

afford new clothes every 

month so they are happy to 

celebrate this big festival 

wearing new clothes. Every 

person is planning how to 

celebrate Dashain in the best 

way. 

I want to wish all my family, 

friends and well wishers a 

Happy Dashain! 

— Saroj Khadgi, 

Class XII,Morgan 

International College 

Free eye check-up 

The eyes are no doubt the 

most sensitive and delicate 

but amazing organs of human 

being . The golden opportunity 

for viewing this mysterious 

world is possible only because of our 

tiny but beautiful eyes. We can’t even 

imagine our wonderful life without 

vision; in the absence of our eyes. So, 

we must protect our eyes every moment 

with great care. 

Taking these things into consideration, 

Nepal Model School had organised 

a day-long free eye-check up 

and counselling campaign in its 

premises on September 28. 

Eye specialist Dr Prakash Sharma 

and his team from BP Koirala Lions 

Centre for Ophthalmic Studies, Maharajgunj 

examined all the interested 

individuals and also suggested 

them to take precau- 

tions for eye safety. About 

600 students, teachers and 

school staff were the direct 

beneficiaries of the campaign. 

The key objective of the 

camp was to make students 

aware about the significance of 

eyes, various eye problems like 

eye infection, cataract and gradual 

loss of eye sight. Another motive 

of the programme was to 

make the students aware about 

importance of regular eye check 

Nirupam Aryal, Class IV, GEMS 

up, consumption of dark green vegetables 

and taking safety measures 

to avoid various possible health 

hazards. 

The active participation of students, 

their curiosity and inquiry 

with the eye specialist and their 

commitment to take care of their 

eyes made the eye-camp a fruitful 

event. 

Hence, such kind of awareness 

programmes should be held on a 

regular basis in places like schools 

colleges, health post, especially in remote 

areas. 

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THE HIMALAYAN TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 www.thehimalayantimes.com PAGE 13 

Variety 

NIRMAL THAPA 

is the director 

of operations at 

Parakhi.com, an 

online start-up that 

specialises in 

business reviews. 

His passions 

include travelling, 

blogging 

and Twitter 

On a recent Sunday, 

I went to 

Alina’s Bakery 

Café with a few 

friends for a 

late lunch. Alina’s is located 

next to the Everest Bank 

and opposite to The Everest 

Hotel in New Baneshwor. 

The front area of the Alina’s 

consists of the bakery while 

the seating area is next to 

the bakery as well as inside 

the cafe. Once inside, we 

decided to sit on the patio. 

Once we got seated, a 

staff member handed us the 

menu. We chose to start off 

with Chicken Momos and 

Milk Coffee. Our coffee 

came first, which was a 

good start to our dining experience. 

The Chicken Momos 

were served as our appetisers 

and they were delicious. 

The wrap was soft, 

the meat was cooked just 

right and the subtle combination 

of ingredients made 

us savour the taste of each 

piece of Momo. The Momo 

Achaar had the right 

amount of spice and 

flavour to complement 

Zibro, 

new restaurant in town 

KATHMANDU: “Food 

is for zibro (tongue) 

and people love to 

taste varieties of food,” 

opined Prakash Bhandari. 

With Huddha Rai, they 

have come up with Zibro 

Restro and Bar in Thamel. 

It is a new restaurant in 

Thamel which officially 

opened on October 12. 

With catchy name, the 

restaurant caters authentic 

Chinese and Mexican 

as well Italian dishes. The 

owner Bhandari claimed, 

“The restaurant serves hygienic 

food with reasonable 

price.” 

As per him, more than 

80 per cent food they serve 

are not available in 

Thamel. Price, ambience 

and hygienic food are the 

priorities at Zibro. 

Dor Bahadur KC, the 

chef of the restaurant in- 

A spectacular dining experience 

formed, “For Italian dishes, 

we use homemade 

sauce and dough.” Hence 

Italian cuisine is different 

here from the rest of the 

restaurants. 

For all their food items, 

they also “focus on presentation” 

as per KC who was 

a Demi Chef De Partie at 

Knowledge Village, Dubai. 

THT 

Zibro’s specialties include 

Petti Di Pollo Al 

Limone, Zibro’s grilled 

chicken with BBQ Sauce 

and Grilled Chicken Fajita 

with Rice. And they have 

Nepali starters like Alu Zirra, 

Alu Sadeko, Sukuti 

Sandeko among others. 

With floor sitting 

arrangement to rooftop, 

they also cater to “standard 

ambience” in 

Thamel. The restaurant 

opens for breakfast to 

dinner. — HNS 

the Momos. 

Then, for the main 

course, we ordered Vegetable 

Pakodas, Sweet and 

Sour Chicken with Rice, as 

well as Kothey Momos. The 

Vegetable Pakodas were 

crunchy. They were mild 

and not greasy. Dipping the 

Vegetable Pakodas in some 

ketchup proved appetising. 

The Sweet and Sour 

Chicken with Rice was decent 

enough, though there 

was too much gravy on the 

chicken. I believe if the dish 

had less gravy and was less 

sweet, it would be more 

pleasing. The Kothey Momos 

were good but not as 

appealing as their regular 

Momos. 

After the main course, we 

had Black Tea and a White 

Forest Cake. The cake was 

simply delicious. 

We spent a good two 

hours at the café. There was 

a good crowd during the 

time we reached there. Almost 

all the tables seemed 

to be occupied. There were 

three staff members for the 

lower section of the café, 

but only one staff member 

for the patio. 

At a given time, there 

were at least five groups in 

the patio therefore two staff 

members would have been 

better to attend these 

guests. This way, the staff 

members could have been 

more proactive in their 

service. 

I do consider the ambience 

of any café an important 

factor in my dining ex- 

perience. I would say the 

overall ambience of Alina’s 

Bakery Cafe is average, 

however the view from the 

lower section of the café is 

spectacular. You can see 

Buddhanagar and the 

dense skyline of the Valley. 

The atmosphere is spacious 

yet cosy. The bathrooms are 

located on the bottom floor 

and are clean. 

I liked my dining experience 

at Alina’s Bakery Café 

and enjoyed their regular 

dishes. From a previous experience, 

I can also attest 

that their Vegetable Pizza 

and Mixed Chowmein are 

delicious, and I rave about 

their plain and Chocolate 

Donuts. 

The café is conveniently 

located and a few parking 

spots are available. The 

prices are moderate and it is 

good for dining out with 

friends and families. 

Honouring inspirational women 

KATHMANDU: There 

are many women in 

our society who 

have been doing 

selfless services to the society 

and nation. Such women 

are the real life heroes who 

have been working in different 

sectors to make our society 

a better place to live in. 

Honouring these inspirational 

women has become 

an annual tradition of Creative 

Statements. And giving 

continuity to this tradition, 

the Creative Statements this 

year also came forth with 

Celebrating Womanhood 

Navadevi Awards. 

As such a total of nine 

awards, named after different 

incarnations of Goddess 

Durga, were bestowed to 

motivational Nepali women 

at the 11th edition of Celebrating 

Womanhood 

Navadevi Awards held at Yala 

Maya Kendra, Patandhoka 

on October 16. 

The event started with a 

classical performance — a 

song titled Buddha Vaani of 

Gopal Yonjan — which was 

followed by bestowing honours 

to the award recipients 

along with more live 

performances. 

The award recipients 

range from the women 

working in the sector of environment 

to children to 

sports among others. 

One of the recipients to be 

awarded at the event was 

Bishnu Thakali, Founder 

member and President of 

Women Environment 

Preservation Committee 

(WEPCO). Thakali was honoured 

with Annapurna 

award for her contribution in 

the field of environment. 

“These kind of recognition 

provide exposure to the recipient 

and I am very happy 

as well as encouraged and 

motivated to do best in my 

work in the coming days,” 

THT 

Thakali expressed. 

The recipient of Bhawani 

Award is 19-year old athlete 

Maiya Bisunkhe, who was 

born without her right hand 

and lives at SOS Children Village. 

She has represented 

Nepal in national as well as 

international arena. 

About the selection of the 

recipients of the awards, 

Shrijana Singh Yonjan, Conceptualiser/Coordinator 

of 

the event shared, “The recipients 

are selected from all 

over Nepal on the basis of 

their sincerity, commitment, 

dedication and passion towards 

their work and for the 

positive impacts they have 

made.” 

She further added, “This 

recognition is an endeavour 

on our part to extract the attributes 

the different Goddesses 

signify and relate 

those qualities to real life 

women.” 

— HNS 

ALINA’S BAKERY 

CAFE 

RATINGS 

Ambience: 8 

Food quality/ 

presentation: 8 

Quality of service: 7 

Hygiene: 8 

Value for money: 9 

Overall satisfaction 

value: 9 

Nirmal Thapa 

The winners 

Annapurna: Bishnu Thakali, 

Founder Member and 

President of WEPCO 

Bhawani: Maiya Bisunkhe, 

Athlete 

Bhagawati: Neeta Sapkota, 

Programme Presenter, 

Producer, Nepal Television 

Durga: Mohana Ansari, 

Advocate and member of 

National Women’s 

Commission (only female 

Muslim attorney in Nepal) 

Karuna: Sabita Rai, 

President of Human Rights 

for Single Women’s Group, 

Dharan 

Laxmi: Om Devi Malla, 

Executive Chairperson of 

Reliable Saving and Credit 

Cooperative Society; Prativa 

Subedi, Founder of Women 

Awareness Centre Nepal 

Mahamaya: Hari Devi 

Koirala (for her contribution 

to the Nepali Folk music) 

Saraswati: Rajyalaxmi 

Nakarmi, Deputy director of 

the Department of Education 

Shakti: Kanchi and Somlal 

Gole, a couple of 

Makwanpur (for working 

together in providing selfless 

service to others) 

YOUR LUCK 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY: This year your imagination 

opens many doors, and the only issue will be which one you would 

like to go through. The unexpected keeps you alert and excited 

about life. If you are single, you have a way about you that draws 

many people in. You will need to be selective in order to decide who 

you most want to be close to. Enjoy the process. If you are attached, 

a tendency to kiss and make up becomes more important. Both of 

you understand how vital this is to your relationship. SAGITTARIUS 

enjoys pulling you out of yourself. 

A baby born today has a Sun and Moon in Sagittarius all day. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You might not realise 

how much you trigger certain people in your life, especially 

as of late. You see beyond the obvious and act 

accordingly. Others could be shocked as a result. An 

explanation definitely would help. Make calls and network; know 

what you expect and want. Tonight: Go for the untried. ✹✹✹✹ 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Consider testing the waters 

before you leap in. You might feel or hope a situation 

or person is one way, only to discover just the opposite 

or find some tragic flaw weaving into the scenario. 

The Bull is known for its patience. Use that quality with good 

timing. Resist a snap judgment. Tonight: Let your hair down. ✹✹✹✹ 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your optimism remains, 

no matter what obstacles you face. In fact, a meaningful 

exchange occurs between you and someone else 

only because of your upbeat attitude. Sometimes you 

find a key person to be a little too aggressive or assertive. Tonight: 

Go with a friend’s or loved one’s decision. ✹✹✹✹ 

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Pace yourself, as you 

have a lot to accomplish. Know that your mind will be 

working overtime, and you’ll have difficulty concentrating. 

You might make a decision about a job or situation 

that puts many demands on you. Follow through on what you 

need to do. Tonight: Get some exercise. ✹✹✹ 

LEO (July 23-Aug 22): You cannot go wrong if you are 

spontaneous. News or an idea surprises you by triggering 

all types of reactions — some angry, some unpredictable. 

You’ll land on your feet no matter what. 

Your friends support you in your goals. Whether they agree with 

them or not will be irrelevant. Tonight: Paint the town red. ✹✹✹✹✹ 

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22): You are enthusiastic about a 

personal matter. If you are not dealing with that issue, 

you could have difficulty focusing on anything else. If 

you do manage to focus your attention elsewhere, 

then that issue and the people involved could resurface and tap you 

on the shoulder. Tonight: Work on your juggling skills. ✹✹✹ 

LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 22): Make calls early, as you likely 

will be swamped by others seeking you out, whether 

it is via email, phone or simply arriving at your door. 

You could become frustrated and, as a result, lose your 

temper. News comes in from someone at a distance you do not 

speak to often. Tonight: Read between the lines. ✹✹✹✹ 

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21): Be careful with spending. 

You could be letting go of negative feelings through 

shopping. Stop and deal with your frustrations headon. 

You might want to get to the root of the issue and 

find out why you are so easily triggered. Cool off, then approach the 

problem. Tonight: Have fun with a friend. ✹✹✹✹ 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Funnel your energy 

into whatever you want, and your creativity will surge 

as a result. You might try out some of your wild ideas 

on someone. If you proceed as usual, you might become 

quite frustrated. Use your current unusual energy well. 

Tonight: Sort through offers. ✹✹✹✹ 

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You might want to step 

back from a project for a while, especially if you have a 

conflict with someone involved. Stay calm when dealing 

with an unpredictable individual.This person might 

mean what he or she says now, but not later. Get as much done as 

you can on your own. Tonight: Work out or take a walk. ✹✹✹✹ 

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): You might be more removed 

than you realise, as your mind wanders from 

one thought to another. Your creativity continues to be 

high. Share more of your ingenuity in a meeting. Others 

initially might be startled, but eventually they’ll go along with 

some of your ideas. Tonight: Start the weekend early. ✹✹✹✹✹ 

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Pressure comes from 

what you think you need to accomplish as opposed to 

what others want you to do. At a certain point, you 

need to honour your priorities, or else you will not be 

happy. A family member or domestic matter occupies your attention. 

Tonight: Clear out as much as you can. ✹✹✹ 

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By Jacqueline Bigar 

Note: Bigar’s Stars is based on the degree of your sun at birth.The sign 

name is simply a label astrologers put on a set of degrees for convenience. 

For best results, readers should refer to the dates following each sign.


VARIETY 

Tamarind celebrates Dashain 

KATHMANDU: When 

music, fashion, food 

and dance combine 

together, it gives 

birth to a grand celebration. 

This happens mostly during 

the festivals, which was witnessed 

at the Dashain Fiesta 

on October 16 at Tamarind 

Restro and Bar, Jhamsikhel. 

It was hosted by 

Tamarind on the day of 

Ghatasthapana to welcome 

Dashain. 

The event was 

about fashion show, 

live performance by 

Aastha Tamang 

Maskey and salsa 

performance by Riyaz 

Shrestha. 

“It is a gift to our valued 

customers who have supported 

us,” Kishor Pradhan, Executive 

Director of the restaurant 

expressed about the 

event. 

Varieties of designs 

— that ranged from 

Ripcurl Australia’s 

tee-shirts, jeans, 

shorts for men to 

colourful dresses and 

suits for women from 

The House of Alternative 

Apparel (HAA) to 

gowns and one pieces 

of Astik Designs — all 

were showcased in 

the four-sequenced 

fashion show. The 

fashion show made 

the audience look out 

for these designs in the town, as 

the designs seemed latest and 

wearable. 

Later in the evening, Tamang 

Maskey entertained the crowd 

with soothing and rocking numbers. 

Songs like Khula Aakash, 

Sabai Thikai Huncha, Hide and 

Seek, Harek Saas Sita and Bhana 

among others reverberated the 

ambience of Jhamsikhel. The 

celebration ended with salsa 

dance performance by salsa instructor 

Shrestha. 

And organiser Pradhan mentions“fashion, 

food, music and 

dance complement each other 

well”. So, the fashion, music and 

dance along with food was 

served “under one umbrella” to 

celebrate the Dashain. — HNS 

Pandaya’s Sarkari Sewako Anubhav 

KATHMANDU: 

Working as a civil 

servant for 36 

years, an ex-secretary of 

the Ministry of Commerce, 

Durga Prasad 

Pandaya, went through 

many ups and downs in 

his professional and personal 

life. 

And now, after his retirement, 

Pandaya has 

penned those experiences 

in a book titled 

Sarkari Sewako Anubhav. 

The book was made 

public by Ex-minister Dr 

Bhesh Bahadur Thapa 

amidst an event held at 

Hotel de l’ Annapurna on 

October 17. 

“Many suggested that I 

should come up with a 

book on my personal life 

experiences. So, I 

thought of writing a book 

that could be beneficial 

to all the new comers 

who want to serve the 

country and its people as 

civil servants”, Pandaya 

shared about his autobiography. 

The focus of the author 

however “is to let the 

readers know about 

Nepal’s ruling system”. 

He is worried about the 

present situation of the 

country and has also put 

forth his ideas on how 

can the situation of the 

country be improved. 

“The main achieve- 

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Mike Tyson is to 

pen a tell-all memoir after 

signing a deal with 

publisher Blue Rider 

Press. 

The 46-year-old will 

share everything about 

his life starting from details 

about his career in 

the ring, his stormy marriage 

to actress Robin 

Givens, and his jail sentence 

for rape, reports 

contactmusic.com. 

The memoirs will be 

called Undisputed Truth 

and will release next 

year. — IANS 

ment of the human society 

is rule of law. So, my main 

aim of publishing this 

book is to help maintain 

rule of law,” he added. 

Meanwhile, Dr Thapa, 

who was also an ex-secretary 

shared, “Sarkari Sewako 

Anubhav forced me 

to go to the flashback as I 

come from the same background. 

I feel proud that 

Pandaya brought up this 

book and has paved a way 

for the new comers. The 

book mentions everything 

about how a country’s ruling 

system works and 

what are the responsibilities 

of a civil servant”. 

— HNS 

THT 

THT 


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