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Vol XXIV No 139 | 12+4 Pages

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begin operations

Floods in China kill almost 130,

wipe out crops

Serena joins Venus in the

Wimbledon semis

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First EPG meeting

ends on high note

Two sides, however, have different approaches at redefining relations

ANIL GIRI
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

11 killed in landslides
POST REPORT
Gorkha/Pyuthan, JULY 5

special coverage

money
page II&III

Eleven people were killed in

several places on Tuesday in
landslides. Three died in
Gorkha district, the epicentre
of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake last year.
Eight people were killed in
Rajbara and Punja villages in
Phythan district after a landslide buried two houses while
the victims were sleeping on
Tuesday morning. Five members of a family were killed

when the rain-triggered landslide buried the house belonging to Durga Malla.
Malla and his wife, along
with three children, were
crushed when their house collapsed after being hit by the
landslide at around 2:45am on
Tuesday morning, according
to Ranjit Singh Rathore, the
Gorkha district police chief.
In Pyuthan, three family
members were killed after the
landslide hit the house they
were sleeping in at Punja-3.
Hom Bahadur Sunar, 65, his

wife Satya Devi Sunar and sixyear-old granddaughter Sima

Sunar died in the disaster on
Tuesday morning. Another
family of three escaped the
disaster in the same area with
minor injuries. The Pyuthan
District Disaster Relief
Committee released Rs5000
for each of the deceased for
the funeral. We have decided
to provide Rs40,000 for each of
the dead in compensation on
Wednesday, said Janak Raj
Pant, the committee coordinator. (Details on Pg 3)

The first meeting of the

Eminent Persons Group
(EPG)
on
Nepal-India
Relations (NIR) concluded on
Tuesday with the two sides
having different approaches
if not completely divergent
viewsat redefining age-old
ties between the two countries.
While the Nepali side
remained focused on reviewing the Nepal-India Peace and
Friendship Treaty of 1950 and
taking immediate measures
for trust building, its Indian
counterpart looked keen to
explore broader areas in
terms of
specific programmes. The Nepali side
believes the 1950 agreement
underpins the asymmetry
between the two countries
and that the mother treaty
needs revision in view of the
changed political and regional
context. Indian EPG members, in the meantime, want to
discuss economic cooperation
like connectivity, infrastructure, energy, trade and commerce, information and communication to take the bilateral ties to new heights.
Giving the broader outline
and mandate of the EPG and
agenda of the meeting for the
next two years, Bhekh
Bahadur Thapa, co-chair and
member of the Nepali side,
said there was enormous zeal
in both sides to take the bilateral ties to new heights.
The EPG on NIR aims to
look into the totality of Nepal-

How it panned out

The Nepali side believes
the 1950 agreement underpins
the
asymmetry
between the two countries
and that the mother treaty needs revision in view
of the changed political and
regional
context.
The
Nepali
side
remained
focused on reviewing the
Nepal-India Peace and
Friendship Treaty of 1950
and taking immediate
measures for trust building,
its Indian counterpart
looked keen to explore
broader areas in terms of
specific programmes
India relations from independent, non-governmental
perspectives and suggest
measures to further expand
and consolidate the close and
multifaceted
relations
between the two countries.
The Nepal-India Peace and
Friendship Treaty of 1950
opens with the two governments agree mutually to
acknowledge and respect the
complete sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of each other but some
of its articles have been criticised by many, who say the
treaty is not only outdated but
absolutely irrelevant in the
changed context.
Though the Nepali side
made a pitch for revision of
treaties, it did face slight criticism for failing to come up
with specifics. Bhagat Singh

The Indian side seems

less interested to talk
about reviewing treaties
and lays stress on exploring a strong model of
future cooperation. The
Indian side looked keen to
explore broader areas in
terms of specific programmes. Indian EPG
members want to discuss
economic cooperation like
connectivity, infrastructure, energy, trade and
commerce, information
and communication to
take the bilateral ties to
new heights
Koshyari, also the co-chair
and a member of the Indian,
told reporters after the conclusion of the EPG meeting
that the Nepali side has not
come yet about what kind of
changes it wants in the [1950]
treaty. However, he said that
India was ready to replace or
update the treaties.
Three Indian EPG members stressed that the EPG
should be more forward-looking one and that bilateral relations should be based on cooperation in development sectors, economic exchanges,
infrastructure and connectivity. We want to come up with a
visionary paper that caters to
the aspirations of our peoples
after 35 years, said Mahendra
P Lama, a member from the
India side.
The eight-member group

has been entrusted with the

responsibility of putting
together a mutually agreed
document within two years to
suggest ways to strengthen
bilateral ties in view of evolving regional dynamics and
world order. The EPG has the
mandate to look into five
broad areas of the NepalIndia tiespolitical relations,
government-to-government
ties, development cooperation, economic exchanges and
social and cultural relations.
Our relations start with
people-to-people ties and go all
the way to partnership, connectivity, infrastructure and
development, said Jayanta
Prasad, an EPG member and
former Indian ambassador to
Nepal. We need to expand the
habit of cooperation and
friendship.
Some of the Nepali experts
agree that the EPG should
focus on trade and investment. Political relations are
fine, but our modality of
future cooperation with India
should be based on trade and
investment, said Govinda
Raj
Pokhrel,
former
vice-chairman of the National
Planning Commission.
The next meeting will take
place in India after three
months where the two sides
will come up with respective
five agendas.
Despite different approaches from the two sides, the EPG
meeting, however, itself was
an achievement, as it has
brought the much-talked
about and widely debated
issue on the table.

local body restructuring

Commission
unlikely to finish
task on time
Delay could hit local body poll plan
PRATICHYA DULAL
KATHMANDU, JUNE 5

The Local Body Restructuring

Commission (LBRC), which
was formed in March to determine the number of village
and municipal councils, has
hinted that it might not be
able to complete its task by
Augustthe time by which
the Election Commission (EC)
will need its report if local
body elections were to be conducted in December.
The commissions recommendation is key to drafting
laws for holding local body
elections.
On
Tuesday,
LBRC
Chairman Balananda Poudel
informed the State Affairs
Committee
(SAC)
of
Parliament that the commission has formed eight different working groups and completed first round of work.
However, he stressed that the
commission would not be
working to complete its work
in a hurry.
Delay in finalising the
report by the LBRC could hit
the governments plan to hold
local body elections in
December.
As per Article 56 (5) of the
Constitution of Nepal, the
Local Body Restructuring
Commission is mandated to
delineate the number, boundary and economic potential of
village councils, municipalities and special, protected and
autonomous regions.

Technically, the commission should have submitted its

report in March.
The commission is mandated to recommend restructuring of local bodies; it is not
authorised to divide the existing districts.
the
Election
For
Commission to hold local
body elections in December, it
will require the report of the
LBRC by August, as it has
already said it will need at
least 120 days after the law for
holding the local body elections comes into force for the
preparatory works.
In an interview early this
week, Election Commissioner
Ila Sharma told the Post that
the EC is waiting for the
Local Body Restructuring
Commissions report to finalise the Local Level Election
Procedure Act.
When
asked,
LBRC
Chairman Poudel categorically told the Post that it was
impossible to complete its
task and prepare the report by
August.
Ours is not some routine
desk work that can be accelerated as per the need, Poudel
told the Post, in an oblique
reference to the pressure the
commission has come under
following the government
announcement to hold local
body polls in December. We
have to work closely with the
political parties and the governmentsomething that is
not easy, he added.
C M Y K

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

thekathmandu post 02

Mathema
resigns as
KU senate
member

shooting the breeze

MANISH GAUTAM
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

Elderly people while away their time at a pati (traditional resting place) at Suryamadhi in Bhaktapur on Tuesday. 

POST PHOTO: SANDESH DUMARU

Panel to probe into wall UN top official submits

collapse that killed two letter of credentials
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

The Ministry of Home Affairs

(MoHA) has formed a
five-member probe committee
led by Joint Secretary Krishna
Bahadur Raut to investigate
into a wall collapse in
Taukhel, Godawari, Lalitpur,
which had claimed lives of
two
schoolchildren
and
injured 25 others.
Kripa Rai and Anima
Magar, both third graders at
Pushpanajali
Boarding
School, were killed when a
retaining wall built next to the
prefabricated building of the

The MoHA-formed probe

committee has been asked
to submit its report
in a week
school caved in after heavy
rains on July 1. According to
Yadav Koirala, spokesperson
for MoHA, the committee will
submit its report in a week.
Joint-secretaries of the
Ministry of Education and
Ministry of Federal Affairs
and Local Development, a
Nepal Police DIG and an
investigating director of the

National
Investigation
Department are the members
of the committee.
According to school staff
and locals, the stone and mud
wall was erected by Karma
Lama, a real estate businessman. Police are yet to arrest
Lama. Search is on to find
Lama, said SSP Pitamber
Adhikari.
Puhami Kanti Bajracharya
Lepcha, principal of the
school, had said she had
repeatedly asked Lama not to
build the wall.
According to Lepcha, nine
students are still in the hospital and they are out of danger.

POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

The newly appointed Resident

Coordinator of the United
Nations in Nepal and the
Resident Representative of
United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), Valerie
Julliand, presented her Letter
of Credentials to Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Kamal
Thapa, on Tuesday.
Upon assuming office in
Nepal, Julliand said, I am
honoured by this opportunity
to join the United Nations
family in Nepal. I look for-

Valerie Julliand

ward to working closely with

the Government of Nepal,
national stakeholders and
development
partners
towards our common goal of
sustainable development for
Nepal, leaving no one behind.

She arrived in Nepal on

June 30. Julliand, a French
national, holds a Masters
degree in political science
from the Institute dEtudes
Politiques, France and an
MPhil in human resources
management
from
the
Institute de Gestion Sociale,
France. Prior to joining
Nepal office, Julliand was UN
resident coordinator and
UNDP resident representative
for Guatemala and Dominican
Republic. She has also
worked with the Office
for
Coordination
of
Humanitarian
Affairs
(OCHA).

Objecting to the Commission

of Investigation of Abuse of
Authority (CIAA)s intervention in one of Kathmandu
Universitys examinations,
Kedar Bhakta Mathema on
Tuesday stepped down as
member of the KU Senate, the
apex body of the varsity.
In his resignation letter
addressed to the KU chancellor, Mathema has said the university failed to issue a public
statement either rebutting or
rejecting various allegations
that the university has
faced in relation to CIAA
intervention.
I have arrived at this difficult decision of stepping
down as member of the Senate
of this esteemed university,
reads the resignation letter by
Mathema. In the past few
weeks, there have been lots of
reports in the media and elsewhere regarding CIAAs role
in the examination of KUs
School of Medical Sciences,
he has added, referring to the
post-graduate entrance examination of KUs School of
Medical Sciences on May 28.
Two days prior to the
entrance examination, the
CIAA and police had stormed
into the university in
Dhulikhel and later taken
over the entire examination,
claiming that questions had
been leaked.
Later when the results were
published, son of Dr Bhagwat
Nepal, a member of the examination committee, had topped
the entrance test.
The Post on June 26 carried
a report questioning the legit-

Kedar Bhakta Mathema

Mathema in his resignation

letter has said KU has
failed to come up with any
statement on reports
of CIAA intervention
in its examination
imacy of the entrance examination and the results.
In the wake of media
reports on CIAA intervention
in KU exam, six former VCs,
including Mathema, had
demanded a parliamentary
probe into the incident.
The former VCs, mostly of
TU, stated that CIAA intervention had breached the autonomy of the university while the
test flouted international
practices and norms as the
son of a member of the examination committee had topped
the exam.

C M Y K

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thekathmandu post

news

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Eleven killed in landslides

Maoist Centre
not to rush
govt formation
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

Villagers gather at a house in Rajbara-3, Neta, where a landslide sweeping from above killed five members of a family. 

POST REPORT
Gorkha/Pyuthan, JULY 5

Eleven people were killed

in several places on Tuesday
in landslides caused by
continued rainfall in the past
few days. Three died in
Gorkha district, the epicentre of the magnitude 7.8
earthquake last year.
Eight people were killed in
Rajbara and Punja villages in
Phyuthan district after a
landslide buried two houses
while the victims were sleeping on Tuesday morning.
Five members of a family
were killed when the
rain-triggered landslide buried the house belonging to
Durga Malla.
Malla and his wife, along
with three children, were
crushed when the house they
were sleeping in collapsed
after being hit by the land-

slide at around 2:45am on

Tuesday morning, according
to Ranjit Singh Rathore, the
Gorkha district police chief.
In Pyuthan, three family
members were killed after
the landslide hit the house
they were sleeping in at
Punja-3.
Hom Bahadur Sunar, 65,
his wife Satya Devi Sunar
and six-year-old granddaughter Sima Sunar died in
the disaster on Tuesday
morning. Another family
of three escaped the disaster
in the same area with
minor injuries.
The Pyuthan District
Disaster Relief Committee
released Rs5000 for each of
the deceased for the funeral.
We have decided to provide
Rs40,000 for each of the
dead in compensation on
Wednesday, said Janak
Raj Pant, the committee coor-

dinator. Floods swept away

three suspension bridges and
a micro hydroelectricity project in Arkha, Pyuthan.
In another incident early
Tuesday morning, three
locals from Kerauja in
Gorkha, who were repairing
road sections damaged
by landslides, were hit by a
fresh mudslide.
They died on the spot,
according
to
Deputy
Superintendent of Police
Birendra Thapa. Three workers were pulled out alive from
the debris and taken to the
local Machikhola Health
Centre for primary care
before they were flown to
Kathmandu later in the day.
According
to
police,
Sandip Ghale, 15, Chinmaya
Gurung, 30, and Kanchhi
Maya Gurung, 45, died in the
disaster,
while
Punge
Gurung, 40, Ukal Gurung and

Post photo: Giru Prasad Bhandari

Alarm raised after flood in Rapti River

BANKE: With a rise in water
level on the Rati river, the
local administration has
alerted the people nearby to
stay safe.
The local administration
warned the residents of
Jhagadiya,
Piprahawa,
Deupura, Shantinagar and
Gangapur of Phattepur of
the possible risk of flood
and inundation in the area.
The eastern settlement
faces a high risk of flood
after the river changed its
course. We have asked the
locals to stay safe and sound
alarm as the water level
rises, said Chief District

Sukaram Ghale, 12, are

receiving
treatment
in
Kathmandu. The condition

Officer Rabilal Pantha, adding that security personnel

were mobilised to control
the flood.
According to locals,
floodwater is advancing
towards the settlement. The
roads and paddy field have
already been inundated,
said Durga Prasad Burma
of Phattepur.
The flood measurement
centre in Kusum showed
the water level at 5.2
metres at 10:45am. The
administration issued the
warning after the water
level crossed 4.7 metres on
Tuesday morning.
of Sukaram Ghale is said to
be critical, according to
Thapa. Last week, landslides

Three persons
drown in total

BIRATNAGAR: Three persons

drowned in separate incidents in Kanchanpur,
Morang and Sunsari districts in the past 24 hours.
Police in Kanchanpur said
an elderly man was found
dead in a drain in Bhimdatta
Municipality on Tuesday. In
Morang, a 60-year-old man
drowned in a local stream
on Monday evening, said
police. In Sunsari, a 12-yearold Indian was found dead
in a water-filled pit at
Bhaluwa-2 in Duhabi.

The CPN (Maoist Centre), a

key ally in the ruling coalition, is preparing to wait for
the ruling CPN-UML a little
longer to piece together a
national unity government.
Maoist leaders say that the
party would explore the possibilities of a majority government if a consensus government is impossible to form.
The party is scheduled to
discuss the agendas of government
change
on
Wednesday. Maoist Centre
Spokesperson Pampha Bhusal
said that the partys politburo
would debate on the proposal
endorsed by the partys central committee last week.
On Saturday, the partys
central committee had decided to remain open to the idea
of a majority government if
the party failed to achieve the
desired outcome in its ongoing initiative to form a unity
government.
Mani Thapa, who is in the
nine-member headquarters of
the Maoist Centre, said that
the party has begun negotiations remaining open to both

triggered by monsoon rains

displaced over 100 families in
Kerauja village.
n

Symbolic protest of
silence at zero hour

Lawmakers have complained that the concerns they raise are often ignored. 

Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Kathmandu, July 5

Lawmakers speaking at the

zero hour of Parliament on
Tuesday called for turning the
House into a place from where
instructions are issued to the
concerned offices for solution,
rather than making it a place
for outpouring of grievances.
Some
parliamentarians
shared their views with questions while others stood up in
silence for a minute as a symbolic protest because their
demands delivered during the
zero hour and special time
had gone unheard.
The lawmakers were of

common view regarding the

mandatory support needed
from all sides in addressing
the woes of the earthquake
victims, monsoon-triggered
landslides and flooding, issues
related to bridges and irrigation canals, construction of
dams and the issues concerning the Tarai-Madhes.
At the zero hour, lawmakers Ram Chandra Pokhrel,
Krishna
Yadav,
Ram
Rajeshwori Rai, Ram Narayan
Bidari, Ram Hari Subedi and
Radha Krishna Paneru drew
the attention of the government and Parliament on
resolving the local problems.
Gopal Dahit took time from

Post file photo

the House Speaker at the

start of the session to prod the
government, Parliament and
the main opposition to be
serious about addressing the
demands raised by the
Sanghiya
Gathabandhan
including the fringe parties
from Madhes.
He reiterated their objection to the new constitution
passed last year before
announcing to boycott the
meeting for the day.
Lawmakers affiliated with
the Samyukta Loktantrik
Madhesi Morcha and the
Gathabandhan walked out of
Parliament following the
announcement.

POST REPORT

POST REPORT

KATHMANDU, JULY 5

President
Bidhya
Devi
Bhandari on Monday granted
pardon to a notorious culprit
who had been doing time for
attempted murder.
Rudra Prasad Parajuli, who
was slapped a jail term of over
seven years, was convicted of
shooting at a businessman in
Arghakanchi. A statement
released by the Presidents
Office said Parajuli was
exempted from his additional
jail term on the Cabinets recommendation. Parajuli had
shot at Tara Sunar and robbed
him on February 18, 2013. The
police had confiscated a pistol
and the loot while arresting
Parajuli and two of his aides.
Article
276
of
the
Constitution of Nepal empowers the President to pardon
criminal offences. The article
states: The President may, in
accordance with the law, grant
pardons, suspend, commute
or remit any sentence passed
by any court, judicial or quasi-judicial body or administrative authority or body.
There has been a tradition
of the head of state granting
pardon on special occasions
such as the Republic Day.

Five of the six Nepalis injured

in an explosion in the Afghan
capital Kabul on June 20, who
were receiving treatment at
the Apollo Hospital in New
Delhi, were discharged on
Monday evening.
Amrit Rokaya, Kumar

Morang, July 5

Fifty seven households of

Ramitkhola Village in Morang
have been provided solar
lights free of cost.
CPN-UML lawmaker Rajya
Laxmi Golchha provided
Rs 350,000 from her Member
Parliament
Local
of
Area Development Scheme,
the District Development
Committee Morang released
Rs 350,000 and the Ramitkhola Village Development
Committee invested Rs 70,000
to purchase the solar lamps.
The village is yet to be connected to the central electricity transmission grid, according to UML Morang district
secretariat member Man
Bahadur Shrestha said.

RSS

Bahadur Gurung, Krishna

Bahadur
Deuja,
Prem
Bahadur Chhetri and Chet
Prasad Sherchan are now
staying at a hotel in New Delhi
and will return home as soon
as possible.
Critically injured Man
Bahadur Thapa is recovering
at the ICU of the hospital with
injuries in his neck and foot.

The discharged security

guards still have hearing
problems.
Doctors
had
warned them of complications if they underwent surgeries to correct their hearing
deficiency.
Twelve Nepalis died when a
bus they were travelling on
came under a terrorist attack
in Kabul. Some of the injured

had planned to fly to

Afghanistan after recovery
but are preparing to return
home following the Nepals
government ban on its citizens to work in the war-torn
country.
Scores of Nepali security
guards have left Kabul after
they were not assured of security better pay.

Government of Nepal
Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport

Western Regional Roads Directorate

57 houses get
solar lights
Rastriya Samachar Samiti

The politburo meeting of the CPN (Maoist Centre) on Tuesday. 

Five Nepali Kabul attack victims

discharged from New Delhi hospital

Prez pardons
jail time for
shooter

New Delhi, July 5

the modalities of a government change. If we fail to

forge consensus on the national government, then we will
explore the possibility for a
majority government as
decided by the partys central
committee, said Thapa, adding that the party would seek
to form a new alliance based
on common agendas.
The first day of the Maoist
politburo meeting did not take
up political agenda after the
partys internal row over leadership determined much of
the discussion.
Some leaders including
Narayan Kaji Shrestha stress
that the party should continue
with efforts to form a consensus government with focus on
key agendas of national
importance. They believe that
replacing this government
with another without agreement on a common political
roadmap could damage the
partys reputation.
Many others have been
pressing Maoist Chairman
Pushpa Kamal Dahal to first
pull out of the government
after their effort to convince
Prime Minister KP Sharma
Oli to step down was futile.

Division Roads Office Pokhara

Notice of Intention to Award Contract

Date of Publication: 2073/03/22
This notice is published to inform all concerned including Bidders about the following, regarding our Bid notice no. 12/2072/073 published
on Kathmandu Post National Daily (dated BS 2073-01-25), 14/2072/2073 published on Aarthik Aviyan National Daily (dated BS 2073-0206) in accordance with Public Procurement Act, 2063 clause 27.2 and 27.3.
S.
Contract No.
N.
1. DROPKR/337148/
072/73-127
2. DROPKR/337157/
072/73-131
3. DROPKR/337157/
072/73-132
4.

Notice no.
12/072/73

Description of Works

Road Construction and upgrading works Waling

Shahari Sadak, Syangja
14/072/73 Construction of Prestressed RCC bridge over
Bijaypur Khola at Kafalghari, Kaski
14//072/73 Construction of Prestressed RCC bridge over
Sharadi Khola along Chisapani Singarebas
Taksar Road, Kaski
DROPKR/337123/ 14/072/73 Road Upgrading Works on Seven Lakes Link
072/73-134
Road, Kaski

Name and Address of

Accepted Bid Amount
Successful Bidders
excluding VAT, NRs
Suyan/Darshan JV, Syangja
557,0730.00
Siruwa Construction Company
Pvt.Ltd., Kathmandu
Shree Gita/Biruwa JV, Kaski

55,812,508.50

Gauri Shankar/Shiva Om
JV, Kaski

10,849,231.80

61,235,720.53

Division Chief
C M Y K

news digest
Woman found
dead in forest
BIRATNAGAR: A woman,
presumably in her late
twenties, was found dead
in a forest at Katari
Municipality-2,
Udayapur district, on
Monday. The local people
had informed the police
immediately after they
recovered the body in
Siriya forest. The identity of the woman is yet to
be ascertained. Police
said they are looking
into the matter. (PR)

Victims changing
property titles for aid
housing reconstruction grant

Police, locals
clash in Sarlahi

SARLAHI: A clash erupted

between police and the
local people of Murtiya
in Sarlahi who had taken
over the forestland of
Sagarnath Forest
Development Project on
Tuesday. More than a
dozen people, including
several security personnel, were hurt. Police
arrested 28 people from
the scene of melee.
According to the District
Forest Office, the clash
broke out when police
tried to evict 2,700 hectares of forestland that
had been encroached by
the local people of
Murtiya. (PR)

Truck hits house,

killing 8-yr-old

CHITWAN: A truck
crashed into a house at
Chandibhanjyang in
Chitwan on Monday
night, killing an eightmonth-old baby. Police
said the accident
occurred when the truck
driver lost control of the
vehicle and hit the house
of Kisan Gurung.
Gurungs child died during treatment at Chitwan
Medical College. (RSS)

Man attacks
wife with acid

RAJBIRAJ: Police have

arrested a man who on
Monday threw acid on
his wife, leaving her seriously wounded. Amal
Ram of Belhi Chapena
VDC-7 of Saptari, 40, was
arrested on Tuesday for
attacking his wife,
Betani Devi, with acid.
Betani Devi is receiving
treatment at Biratnagarbased Neuro Hospital.
The cause behind the
attack is being investigated, police said. (RSS)

Maldhunga-Beni
road obstructed

Parbat: Traffic along the

Maldhunga-Beni road,
which was obstructed on
Monday night due to a
landslide, could not come
into operation on
Tuesday. The road was
obstructed due to the
landslide in Khaniyaghat
area which blocked the
Jyamire Rivulet. This is
the only road to connect
Myagdi and Mustang
from Maldhunga of the
district. Police on
Tuesday said the road
division office has mobilised its team to clear the
obstruction. (RSS)

n The victims of April 2015 earthquake at the Dhading District Land Revenue Office to change land titles
from their parents and grandparents to their names.
POST PHOTO

HARIHAR SINGH RATHOUR

DHADING, JULY 5

Earthquake victims from several villages in Dhading have

been frequenting the District
Land Revenue Office at
Dhadingbesi, the district
headquarters, these days to
change the land titles held by
their elderly parents and
grandparents.
The
National
Reconstruction
Authority
(NRA) has announced to provide housing reconstruction
aid to only those people who
have land titles. Many victims
of the April 2015 earthquake
had been living in houses
built on the land owned by
their parents and grandparents. After the quake toppled
their houses, the only way for
them to receive the housing
reconstruction aid from the
NRA is to change the land
titles to their names.

NRA to reconduct electronic

data collection in Kavre

POST REPORT
KAVRE, JUNE 5

The
National
Reconstruction Authority
(NRA) has assured local
political leaders and lawmakers in Kavre that it will
reconduct electronic data
collection in the earthquake-hit areas to ensure
all quake victims are
included on the housing
reconstruction aid list.
The political leaders and
lawmakers from Kavre had
recently met the NRA executive
officer,
Sushil
Gyewali, to inform him that
scores of earthquake-disAfter
Tarak
Bahadur
Gurung and his five brothers

placed families in the district were excluded during

the data collection process.
The NRA executive
officer has assured us that
the genuine victims will be
included on the aid list,
said
Madhu
Prasad
Acharya, district chairman
of Nepali Congress.
The housing reconstruction aid agreement has
been halted in 22 VDCs of
Kavre following protests
from the people who were
excluded during the data
collection. The NRA has so
far signed the aid agreements with 13,162 families
in 43 VDCs.
of Marpak VDC lost their
homes that were built on the

Agence France-Presse
BEIJING, July 5

Beijing and Tokyo were at loggerheads on Tuesday over

accusations Japanese warplanes locked their fire control radar onto Chinese aircraft, as state-run Chinese
media said the country needed to be ready for military
confrontation elsewhere.
Beijing has long been
embroiled in fierce territorial
disputes with Tokyo over
Japanese-controlled islands in
the East China Sea, and with a

host of littoral states over the

South China Sea, which it
claims almost in its entirety.
Chinese vessels and planes
regularly enter waters and
airspace near the East China
Sea islands, called Senkaku in
Japan and Diaoyu in China.
Chinas defence ministry
late Monday accused Japanese
fighter jets of using their fire
control radar to lock onto two
Chinese aircraft on routine
patrol in the Air Defence
Identification Zone (ADIZ) it
declared unilaterally in 2013.
The aggressive move gener-

ally means an attacker is

ready to fire weapons at a target.
Japans deputy chief cabinet secretary Koichi Hagiuda
denied
the
accusation
Tuesday, telling reporters that
Tokyos Self-Defence Forces
had scrambled F15 jets to
monitor Chinese aircraft.
There are no facts showing
that we took provocative
action against Chinese military planes, he said.
In 2013, Tokyo demanded
Beijing apologise when it said
a Chinese frigate had locked

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land owned by their grandfather. Since he and his brothers

were ineligible to receive the
housing reconstruction aid
according to the NRA regulation, they decided to visit the
land revenue office with their
89-year-old grandfather to
change the land deed.
Gurung said he and his
brothers transferred the land
ownership from their grandfathers name after spending
three days in Dhadingbesi.
An official at the land revenue office said up to 150 applicants show up daily to change
land titles. Most of the applicants come from northern
region of the district, where
the earthquake had caused
the most damage.
Bhola Gautam, information
officer at the District
Development Committee, said
the reconstruction works have
been delayed, because many
victims do not have land ownership documents in their
names. So far, the NRA has
completed signing the aid
agreements with the earthquake victims in only 10
VDCs, he added.

Vegetable vendors
attack inspection team
PRAHLAD RIJAL
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

A group of vendors on
Tuesday hurled vegetables
and water bottles at a market monitoring team led by
Supplies Minister Ganesh
Man Pun at the Balkhu
Agriculture and Vegetables
Market.
The vegetable vendors
reaction followed after the
monitoring team seized
weighing machines of some
of the traders suspecting
that they had tampered with
the instruments to cheat
customers.
The irate vendors complained that the government
team did not inform them
before
conducting
the
raid.
The government team had
carried out the surprise
market inspection amid
growing complaints from

different quarters. After an

hour of discussion, traders
offered their apology and
allowed the monitoring
team to certify their
instruments.
Government officials said
many vendors were unaware that the weighing and
measuring
instruments
should be certified from the
Nepal Bureau of Standards
and Metrology (NBSM).
A misunderstanding led
to the incident, said Roshan
Kunwar, director at the
Balkhu Agriculture and
Vegetables Market. We
immediately sought an
apology and said we were
ready to comply with the
guidelines.
During the inspection, out
of the 250 traders, 46 were
caught using instruments
that were not certified by the
NBSM.
Stinky and dirty environ-

ment, mismanaged shops

and unhygienic practices
have turned the market into
a dumping site, the inspection team said.
According to the inspection team, both Kalimati and
Balkhu vegetable markets
are in a sorry state.
During the inspection,
Minister Pun expressed serious concern over unhygienic environment of the market and directed the concerned authorities to carry
out pesticide checks.
He also directed the
authorities to inspect the
markets regularly and force
traders to follow the market
code of conduct.
Although
there
are
numerous vegetable markets in the country, only
Kalimati
Fruits
and
Vegetable Market has an
equipment to run pesticide
check.

Complaints of
irregularities
Some earthquake victims
have claimed that they had to
bribe the officials at the land
revenue office to change the
land titles. Laxman Ramtel,
an earthquake victim from
Sunaulabazar, said he and his
brothers had to pay Rs 10,000
to get the land titles. Tarak
Bahadur Gurung of Marpak
VDC also revealed that he had
to pay Rs 10,000 to get the job
done on time. The money,
according to Gurung, was
charged as paralegal fee.
Senior Land Revenue Officer
Rewati Prasad Dhakal denied
the claims, saying he has not
received any complaints from
the clients so far.

A team from Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology inspects a weighing scale. 

POST PHOTO

Chinese, Japanese warplanes in close Unidentified group

torches
excavator
encounter over territory dispute

Forecast: Generally cloudy throughout the

country. Brief rain or thundershowers to
occur at many places of the western region.

Dadeldhura 22.0 18.6 4.8

Dipayal 31.2 23.8 14.6
Dhangadi 32.6 24.5 45.9
Birendranagar 30.4 22.7 25.4
Nepalgunj 32.5 24.5 78.2
Jumla 20.6 16.9 4.9
Dang
30.5 22.2 94.8
Pokhara 31.0 23.5 3.5
Bhairahawa 32.7 27.4 0.3
Simara 31.5 27.2 0.7
Kathmandu 28.5 21.0 3.8
Okhaldhunga 22.6 18.4 0.6
Taplejung 23.6 19.1 4.4
Dhankuta 25.5 21.2 4.0
Biratnagar 31.0 26.0 5.6
Jomsom 21.5 13.5 13.0*
Dharan 30.6 25.0 7.5*

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n A Chinese Coast Guard vessel (right) passes near the Chinese oil rig, Haiyang Shi You 981 in the South
China Sea in this file photo. 
REUTERS



its fire-control radar onto a

Japanese destroyer in international waters.
The row over the islands
has seen relations between
the worlds second- and
third-largest
economies
plunge in recent years, before
recovering slightly, although
they remain poor.
Beijing is also involved in a
separate set of territorial disputes with other littoral
neighbours over its extensive
claims in the strategic and
resource-rich South China
Sea.
It has rapidly built up reefs
and outcrops into artificial
islands with facilities capable
of military use.
The issue has raised tensions in the region and with
the United States, which has
key defence treaties with
Japan and other allies in the
area. On Tuesday, China
began a week of naval exercises in waters around the
Paracel Islands, in the northern part of the sea.
They came a week before a
United Nations-backed tribunal in The Hague rules on a
by
the
case
brought
Philippines
challenging
Chinas position.
Beijing has boycotted the
hearings and is engaged in a
major diplomatic and publicity drive to try to delegitimise
the process.
In an editorial Tuesday, the
Global Timesa newspaper
owned by the Peoples Daily
group that often takes a
nationalistic
tonesaid
China should accelerate the
build-up of its defence capabilities and must be prepared
for any military confrontation.
Even though China cannot
keep up with the US militarily
in the short-term, it should be

able to let the US pay a cost it

cannot stand if it intervenes
in the South China Sea dispute by force, it added.
Beijing also accuses Tokyo
of interfering in the South
China Sea, where it is not a
claimant but has strengthened ties with some of the
Asian giants rivals, including
the Philippines.
China bases its maritime
claims on a vaguely defined
nine dash line dating back
to maps it produced in the
1940s, and has been asserting
them more aggressively in
recent years.
Manila lodged its suit
against Beijing at the
Permanent
Court
of
Arbitration (PCA) in early
2013, saying that after 17 years
of negotiations it had exhausted all political and diplomatic
avenues to settle the dispute.
The tribunal will issue its
ruling on July 12, though
China has consistently rejected its right to hear the case
and has taken no part in the
proceedings.
At a regular briefing on
Tuesday, Chinese ministry of
foreign affairs spokesman
Hong Lei reiterated that
Beijing rejected all third-party resolutions of the dispute.
The hearing would in no
way help peace and stability
in the region, he said, adding:
We will not accept any settlement imposed on us.
The arbitration case had
been orchestrated by the
Philippines and the US to portray China as an outcast
from a rules-based international community, said an
editorial in the China Daily.
The newspaper, which is
published by the government,
added: It is naive to expect
China to swallow the bitter
pill of humiliation.

at road project site

n Burnt remains of the excavator at the construction site of DangajiMahendradhar-Kholibazaar road in Bajhang. 
POST PHOTO

POST REPORT
BAJHANG, JULY 5

An unidentified group torched

an excavator and destroyed
around 4,000 litres of diesel at
a road construction site in
Bajhang on Monday night.
The Dangaji-Mahendradhar-Kholibazaar road was
being built by Caravan
Construction as a part of
Decentralised
Rural
Infrastructure and Livelihood

Project to connect Bajhang

with neighbouring Doti
district.
Arjun Khadka, the site
in-charge of the construction
firm, said properties worth
nearly Rs 12 million were
destroyed in the arson.
The attack comes months
after a gang had vandalised an
excavator at the same road
construction site. Police have
launched a manhunt to arrest
the suspects.

Obama, Clinton to share

stage in North Carolina
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, July 5

Eight years after Hillary

Clinton
helped
unite
Democrats behind Barack
Obamas presidential campaign, hes returning the
favour.
Obama and Clinton will
make their first joint appearance of the 2016 campaign
Tuesday in North Carolina, a
state Democrats are eager to

pull back into their win column in November. Theyll

take the stage together hours
after FBI Director James
Comey announced that while
Clinton had been extremely
careless with her controversial email practices at the
State Department, he was not
recommending charges be
brought against her.
Presumptive Republican
nominee Donald Trump was
also traveling to North
Carolina on Tuesday, with an
evening rally scheduled in
Raleigh.
The Democratic duos rally
in Charlotte cements a new
phase in their storied political
relationship. They were bitter
rivals in the 2008 Democratic
primary but became colleagues when Clinton joined
Obamas Cabinet as secretary
of state.
C M Y K

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Turkey PM rules out Egypt thaw

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on
Tuesday ruled out a reconciliation with Egypt,
despite a diplomatic blitz that has seen
Ankara mend fences with Russia and Israel.
Ties between Turkey and Egypt ruptured in
2013 after the military ousted elected
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

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Austria to re-run prez vote

Australian PM defies critics

Austrians will again vote in a presidential election on Oct 2 after the far-right managed to
get its narrow defeat from May declared null
and void, the government said. The election
gives Norbert Hofer, 45, of the opposition
Freedom Party another shot at becoming the
EUs first far-right anti-immigration president.

Embattled Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull defended

his performance after widespread calls for his resignation and said on Tuesday he was confident of retaining
office after vote counting resumed in a cliffhanger election. Electoral officials
began counting 1.5 million postal and absentee votes.

Indian PM Modi
expands cabinet

july 4 celebrations

EgyptAir recorder
indicates attempt
to douse fire
CAIRO: The cockpit voice
recorder of crashed
EgyptAir flight MS804
indicate an attempt to
put out a fire on board
the jet before it plunged
into the Mediterranean,
sources on the investigation committee said on
Tuesday. The recordings
are in line with data
extracted on the planes
other devices, which
indicate the presence of
smoke in the planes lavatory and avionics system, the sources said.
The investigation committee remains open to
all possibilities regarding what caused the
crash, the sources said.

Hungary to hold
referendum on EU
migrant quotas
BUDAPEST: Hungary will
hold a referendum on
Oct. 2 on whether to
accept any future
European Union quota
system for resettling
migrants as Prime
Minister Viktor Orbans
government steps up its
fight against the EUs
migration policies.
Emboldened by Britains
shock vote to quit the
European Union, Orban
is forging ahead with his
own referendum which
he hopes will give him a
mandate to challenge
Brussels. A massive
pre-referendum campaign has already been
underway. Orban took an
anti-immigration stance
during the migrant
influx to Europe last
year. Hungary was the
main entry point into the
EUs border-free
Schengen zone for
migrants travelling by
land until Orban shut
the Croatia and Serbian
frontier.

3 kids among
6 killed in rebel
Ukraine

KIEV: Three children died

in Ukraines war-torn
east as their father disassembled a grenade, and
three Ukrainian troops
were killed in clashes in
the troubled region with
pro-Russian rebels, officials said on Tuesday. An
insurgency commander
said the children, aged
between two and 11,
found a grenade on
Monday and gave it to
their father in the separatist province of
Donetsk. The father, in
the presence of the children, began to disassemble the grenade, Eduard
Basurin said. Basurin
said the resulting
explosion killed the children while the father
survived and was now
being treated in a local
(Agencies)
hospital. 

Reuters
NEW DELHI, July 5

n Fireworks shoot from the Hatch Shell during during the July 4 celebrations on the Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday.

Bombing at Saudi holy

site spreads outrage
Agence France-Presse
RIYADH, July 5

Outrage spread on Tuesday

after a deadly suicide bombing at Islams second-holiest
site in the Saudi city of
Medina, one of three attacks
in the kingdom on a single
day.
Religious and political leaders across the Middle East
denounced the attack near the
Prophets Mosque that left
four dead and came as
Muslims prepare for the feast
this week marking the end of
the holy month Ramadan.
There were no claims of
responsiblity for Mondays
bombings in Medina, Jeddah
and the eastern city of Qatif,
but the Islamic State group
had urged its supporters to
carry out attacks during
Ramadan.
The jihadist group has
claimed or been blamed for a
wave of shootings and bombings during the holy month
this year, including in
Orlando, Bangladesh, Istanbul
and Baghdad.
The suicide bombing in
Medina came during sunset
prayers at the mosque
where
Islams
Prophet
Mohammed is buried and
which attracts millions of pilgrims each year.
The Saudi interior ministry
said officers became suspicious of a man heading for the
Prophets Mosque through a
parking lot. As they tried to
stop him, he blew himself up
with an explosive belt causing
his death and the death of
four police, the statement
said, adding that five others
were wounded. The targeting
of Medina caused widespread
outrage, both in Saudi Arabia
and across the Muslim world.
The head of Saudi Arabias
Shura Council, the kingdoms

Bangladesh politician stunned

by sons role in attack
DHAKA: A Bangladeshi politician spoke on Tuesday of
his horror to learn his son
was among the suspects
who murdered foreigners at
a Dhaka cafe, and said
many young men from
wealthy, educated families
were going missing.
Imtiaz Khan Babul said
his 22-year-old son Rohan
Imtiaz, who was killed
when commandos stormed
the cafe on Saturday, had
been a top-scoring student
whose behaviour gave no
hint he was radicalised
before he disappeared last
December.
I was stunned and
speechless to learn that my
son had done such a heinous thing, a tearful Babul

main government advisory

body, called it an unprecedented incident.
This crime, which causes
goosebumps, could not have
been perpetrated by someone
who had an atom of belief in
his heart, Abdullah al-Sheikh
said. Cairo-based Al-Azhar,
the highest authority in Sunni
Islam, condemned the attacks
and stressed the sanctity of
the houses of God, especially
the Prophets Mosque.
Saudi Arabias supreme
council of clerics said the
blasts prove that those renegades...
have
violated
everything that is sacred.
The attack drew condemnation across Islams religious
divide, with Shiite power Iran
calling for Muslim unity after
the attacks in its Sunnidominated regional rival.
There are no more red

told AFP. I dont know

what changed him. There
was nothing that would suggest that he was getting radicalised. He hardly read any
religious books.
Babul, an official with
the ruling Awami League
party, said had not seen his
son since travelling to India
in December with his maths
teacher wife, leaving the
couples three children in
Dhaka.
In the months that followed Rohans disappearance, Babul lobbied senior
party officials to help find
his only son and even
scoured the citys morgues.
As he searched, he met
other families who had suffered the same fate.
lines left for terrorists to
cross. Sunnis, Shiites will
both remain victims unless
we stand united as one,
Iranian Foreign Minister
Mohammad Javad Zarif said
on Twitter.
Mondays first attack happened in the western Saudi
city of Jeddah, where two
police officers were wounded
in a suicide bombing near the
US consulate in the early
hours. The interior ministry
said a Pakistani resident,
Abdullah Qalzar Khan, 35,
carried out the Jeddah attack.
He had been living with his
wife and her parents in the
city for 12 years.The US
embassy in Riyadh reported
no casualties among consulate staff during the attack,
coincided
with
which
the US July 4 Independence
Day holiday.

AP

Tories begin
selecting next
PM to handle
Brexit
Reuters
LONDON, July 5

Britains ruling Conservative

Party begins selecting a new
leader to replace David
Cameron as prime minister
on Tuesday with interior minister Theresa May and junior
minister Andrea Leadsom the
leading candidates to get the
top job.
Cameron announced he
would resign in the political
maelstrom that followed when
Britons voted on June 23 to
leave the European Union
despite his exhortations to
remain, with his successor
due in Downing Street by
early September.
The leadership battle inside
the Conservative Party has
added to uncertainty at a time
when Britain is facing the biggest political and economic
upheaval since World War
Two.
Five candidates have put
their names forward and on
Tuesday the 331 Conservative
lawmakers in parliament will
hold their first vote on who
should be the next leader.
Voting starts at 1000 GMT
with the result announced
about eight hours later and
the candidate with the fewest
votes will be eliminated.
The next round of voting
will then take place on
Thursday and the process will
continue until just two candidates remain. The leader will
then be elected by about
150,000 Conservative Party
members across the country.
Theresa May, a Conservative
stalwart who has run the security and law-and-order portfolio in Camerons cabinet for
six years, is the favourite with
the bookmakers and to succeed and has the greatest
backing among lawmakers.

Indian
Prime
Minister
Narendra Modi inducted 19
new ministers into his cabinet
on Tuesday to bolster his
two-year-administration but
drew criticism that he was
backtracking on a promise of
lean government.
The ministers, announced
by the government, were
sworn-in at a ceremony at the
presidential palace but their
portfolios were not immediately announced.
A top government source
told Reuters Modi had dropped
five of cabinet colleagues. A
formal announcement on the
changes was expected later on
Tuesday.
With the expansion, the size
of Modis cabinet has swelled
to 78 - one of the biggest in
years and a far cry from
Modis 2014 election promise

n Narendra Modi
of minimum government
and maximum governance.
If this was a reform-minded government, you would be
reducing the numbers of people and portfolios, shedding
ministries, said Manoj Joshi,
a political expert at Observer
Research Foundation in New
Delhi.
What you can read from
this is that it is not particularly efficient or concerned
about governance, Joshi
said, referring to Modis rul-

ing Bharatiya Janata Party.

Modi swept to power in May
2014 on a promise of jobs and
growth. However, critics have
questioned his governments
performance and political
analysts say the ruling party
suffers from a shortage of
experienced members.
A number of new ministers
hail from Indias backward
castes, members of which are
widely expected to play a critical role in an election in the
most populous state of Uttar
Pradesh next year.
That state election is likely
to have a bearing on Modis
bid to retain power in a general election, due by 2019.
His eyes are set on his
re-election in 2019, said
Neerja Chowdhury, an independent political analyst. He
has given representation to
the social groups that voted
for him in the last general
election.

Floods in China kill almost

130, wipe out crops

n Paramilitary policemen stand in line to block flood in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. 

Reuters
SHANGHAI, July 5

Severe flooding across central and southern China

over the past week has killed
almost 130 people, damaged
more than 1.9 million hectares of crops and led to
direct economic losses of
more than 38 billion yuan
($5.70 billion), state media
said on Tuesday.
Premier Li Keqiang traveled on Tuesday to Anhui,
one of the hardest-hit provinces, where he met residents and encouraged officials to do everything they
could to protect lives and
livelihoods. Li was also to
visit Hunan province.
Heavy rainfall had killed
128 people across 11 provinces and regions and 42 people
are missing, state news

agency Xinhua reported.

More than 1.3 million people
have been forced out of their
homes, it said.
Weather forecasts predicted more downpours during
what is traditionally Chinas
flood season.
Xinhua said more than 1.9
million hectares (4.7 million
acres) of cropland had been
damaged
and
another
295,000 hectares had been
destroyed, resulting in
direct economic losses of
38.2 billion yuan.
More than 40,000 buildings have also collapsed, it
added. It was not clear how
that would affect the summer grain harvest, which
was expected to reach 140
million tonnes this year.
The stormy weather also
took a toll on farm animals.
In Anhui, the flooding

REUTERS

killed some 7,100 hogs, 215

bulls and 5.14 million fowl,
the China News Service
reported.
In the southern province
of Hunan, torrential rain
and flooding had forced
more than 100 trains to stop
or take detours since midnight on Sunday, Xinhua
reported.
In one city, about 3 tonnes
of gasoline and diesel leaked
from a petrol station on
Monday,
contaminating
floodwater that flowed into a
river, it said.
Water in 43 rivers in the
middle and lower reaches of
the Yangtze River had
exceeded warning levels and
patrols were monitoring
dykes, said Chen Guiya, an
official with the Yangtze
River Water Resources
Commission.

e i d p r ay e r s

Mosque-mobile makes praying easier in gridlocked Jakarta

Agence France-Presse
JAKARTA, July 5

As the call to prayer rang out

across the Indonesian capital,
Sutikno faced a dilemmathe
devout Muslim needed to set off
through Jakartas notorious traffic to pick up his wife but did not
want to miss out on worshipping.
However for him and others
juggling the demands of hectic,
21st century life and piety in the
crowded capital of the worlds
most populous Muslim-majority
country, a solution has just
pulled up.
The mosque-mobile started
cruising through Jakarta in June
as the Islamic holy month of
Ramadan drew to a close, aiming
to ensure Muslims did not miss
out on prayers by setting up in
busy places, such as near festi-

vals and sports events.

Sutikno, a middle-aged office
worker who like many
Indonesians goes by one name,
came across the van parked
between a sports stadium and
shopping malls, and it proved a
godsend.
I was supposed to go to a
mosque that is quite far away but
then I saw this one, he told AFP.
I just parked my car and performed my prayers here. I can
save time and go and pick up my
wife faster.
The green and white van has
been specially adapted to become
a mobile place of worship. At
prayer time, the sides of the vehicle open up and a small stage is
extended, from which the imam
preaches.
Prayer rugs are rolled out in
front of the van, with space for

up to 100 people, and a handful

can worship inside the vehicle. It
also provides special robes for
women and a tank of water for
the faithful to ritually cleanse

themselves before praying.

The mosque started operating
in Jakarta with a team of four in
the final week of Ramadan, a
month of fasting and piety, but

plans to continue afterwards.

The van offers its services
between 3:00 pm (0800 GMT) and
7:00 pm (1100 GMT) for two
prayer sessions, at a time traffic
is bad as millions flood out of
downtown areas and head back to
satellite cities. Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day.
During Ramadan, the crew
running the Jakarta mosque-mobile also serve snacks to people
stuck in gridlock when it is time
to break their fast.
The van is run by the
Archipelago Mosque Foundation,
an organisation that sets up and
maintains mosques, with funding
provided by Adira Sharia, a
group that provides Islamiccompliant financing for motor
vehicles.
We were concerned that there
was a lack of places of worship

at crowded spots such as music

concerts, festivals and football
games. Sometimes people intend
to pray, but because there are no
facilities, they skip it, said
Hamzah Fatdri, director of the
mosque foundation.
The Jakarta mosque-on-wheels
has hit the streets after the foundation launched a mobile place of
worship in the city of Bandung,
southeast of the capital on the
main island of Java.
The Bandung mosque proved a
success, offering prayer sessions
at 50 different locations in its
first year of operation, and the
foundation hopes the van in the
capital which is slightly larger
than the Bandung model can
do even better.
Indonesia is already home to
some 800,000 mosques, including
a large number in Jakarta and

other major cities.

But with many people stuck in
gridlock at prayer time particularly during Ramadan and
ad hoc festivals and sports events
typically failing to provide facilities for praying, the foundation
believes the mobile-mosque
will be a great help.
It is the latest innovation to
offer relief to residents of
Indonesias booming but overcrowded, traffic-choked cities,
where hundreds of new vehicles
are hitting the roads every day as
the middle class rapidly expands
due to strong economic growth.
Motorbike taxi-hailing apps
that whisk passengers quickly
through the gridlock have been a
chief beneficiary, and have
expanded their businesses into
other areas such as food delivery
and courier services.

C M Y K

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editorial

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Preparing for the polls

Since 1993

ED I T OR I A L

The many and varied complexities of restructuring local bodies should be understood

Food for thought

Ration card for the poor is a good idea,
but it is the implementation that counts

s part of its welfare scheme the government is

planning to introduce a ration card system to protect the poor from spikes in market prices.
According to the plan, people living below the poverty linea person with an annual income of less
than Rs19,243will receive the card to buy daily essentials at subsidised rates from government-owned enterprises and cooperatives. The Supply Ministry has
declared that a committee would study similar schemes
implemented in other countries and recommend a suitable plan to the government. The process to form the
committee has begun.
With the country currently facing double digit inflation the proposed plan of the government is a welcome
move. According to the Nepal Living Standards Survey
2010-11, poor people spend 72 percent of their total consumption expenditure on food, implying that higher
food prices have a direct impact on households purchasing power, which increases the risks of food deprivation and malnutrition. A 2012 study titled The Impact
of Food Inflation on Poverty in Nepal, of the Nepal
Rastra Bank further reveals that increased expenditures on food lead to reduced expenditures on health
and education, and also squeeze investment in agricultural inputs required to boost the food production
resulting in unwanted impact on poverty and hunger.
Thus, there is no doubt that the ration card system will
help the poor immensely.
A public handout to ensure that the poorest citizens
are not left destitute is not a new practice for developing countries. Many countries have subsidies to keep
food prices low for their citizens, while many other
have policies aimed more directly at the needy to avoid
budget deficit. India has its ration card system in place
for decadesstate governments issue distinctive ration
cards to those above poverty line, below poverty line
and Antyodaya families (ten million of the poorest families in India). While giving cheaper food to the poor
might not be that difficult for a developing country like
ours, it is the administrative competence that actually
makes the difference to make such schemes effective
around half the money India spends on subsidising
food is thought to be wasted or stolen.
But given the poor record of successive governments in
Nepal in introducing such schemes in the past there is
enough room to doubt whether the ration card system
will actually be implemented. In 2008 the Maoist-led government had planned to introduce this scheme but things
failed to move accordingly. The Baburam Bhattarai governments bid in 2011 to implement a card system for the
distribution of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at subsidised rates has also ended in a fiasco two times already. So
just creating a fanfare for welfare schemes and not following through has been a trend for our governments.
The governments decision to study similar schemes
in other countries before drafting the programme is a
step in the right direction for the simple reason that the
needy need state protection. However, to implement
this policy effectively, there has to be a thorough study
of our budgetary capacity and the required administrative competency because once started the policy needsto be given continuity.

KHIM LAL DEVKOTA

he government has tabled a one-year

roadmap at Parliament for the implementation of the constitution which
includes an ambitious plan to hold local
government elections in mid-December.
In line with this timetable, it has moved
forward the deadline given to the Local Body
Restructuring Commission to submit the
number and boundaries of the restructured
municipalities and protected, special and
autonomous regions from mid-March 2017 to
mid-September 2016. This article deals with
the complexities of the restructuring procedure. The country is divided into three ecological regions, mountains, hills and Tarai,
which are home to 7, 43 and 50 percent of the
population respectively. There are 3,157 village development committees (VDCs) across
the country, of which 16, 53 and 31 percent
are located in the mountain, hill and Tarai
regions respectively.
Existing complexities
The largest VDCs in terms of population are
Chaumala, Kailali (population 27,586) and
Katahari, Morang (population 24,395). The
smallest are Gharu (population 71) and Fu
(population 176), both in Manang district. In
terms of geographical area, Kanda VDC in
Bajhang has an area of 1,468 sq km while
Madhuri Jabdi VDC in Bara and Gamhariya
VDC in Parsa are 1.47 and 1.59 sq km in size
respectively.
Likewise,
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City has a population of almost
1 million while Karaputar Municipality in
Lamjung district contains a little more than
10,000 residents.
As per the new constitution, the exclusive
revenue rights of local governments include
property, commercial, rent and land taxes.
The data of the Local Bodies Fiscal
Commission (LBFC) show that 82 percent of
the VDCs are not economically viable. The
combined revenues of Bajura, Dolpa and
Rukum districts total less than Rs1 million.
Likewise, the economic situation of the
municipalities
is
not
satisfactory.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City accounts for
37 percent of the revenues collected by the 58
municipalities in the country. Kathmandu,
Pokhara, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Biratnagar,
Birgunj and Butwal account for 70 percent
of
the overall municipal internal
revenues. Based on this brief revenue analysis, it is confirmed that most of the new local
governments will not be viable. Like popula-

tion and geographical area, revenues cannot

be made the sole criteria for restructuring
local bodies.
There are no roads in Dolpa and Humla
districts. Life is difficult for people in the
mountains. The situation is not satisfactory
in some hill districts in the eastern region
and in nearly all the districts in the mid- and
far western regions. There are hundreds of
VDCs in the mountains and hills where it
takes days of walking to reach the district
headquarters.
Similarly, the per capita income in
Bajhang, Bajura, Achham, Darchula,
Kalikot, Mugu, Humla and Dailekh is below
the national average. In terms of literacy,
infant mortality and toilet facilities, the situation is very poor in Rautahat, Mahotari,
Saptari, and Siraha districts in the Tarai. In
Rautahat, 81 out of 1,000 infants die before
their first birthday. Only 32 percent the
women are literate. In Siraha and Saptari,
more than 80 percent of the households have
no toilet facilities. In Humla, 66 percent of
the children suffer from malnutrition.
Likewise, primary schools, primary health
posts, agricultural centres, banks and financial institutions, cooperatives, police stations, telephone, drinking water and bus
stations are located far from where the people live. In the mountains, these facilities are

The issue of identity should also be

addressed by the Local Body
Restructuring Commission. Rural and
urban muncipalities cannot be designed
based entirely on identity.
available to only 20 percent of the population.
In the Tarai, 90 percent of the people can
obtain these facilities within half an hour.
Local governments are primarily responsible for providing social sector services like
education up to the secondary level and
basic health and sanitation. The restructuring commission should submit a comprehensive framework related to the functions of
local governments too.
Identity and viability
The issue of identity should also be
addressed by the Local Body Restructuring
Commission. Rural and urban muncipalities
cannot be designed based entirely on identity. However, restructuring at the ward level
can address identity issues. Along with political and economic rights, the Constitution
has tasked local governments with protecting linguistic, cultural and religious rights.
Local governments can use local languages

The civil service has been politicised resulting in blatant inefficiency and corruption

A warning to those who want to deepen

American military involvement in Syria

Problems,
problems

Devkota holds a PhD in fiscal

decentralisation

The ten-to-five world

w orld v ie w
When friends steal weapon
keptics of American efforts to arm anti-government rebels in Syria have long worried
that weapons could be diverted to opposing
forces or terrorists. But they did not expect
diversion by members of Jordans vaunted
intelligence service, which was working with
the United States to train the rebels.
In a joint investigation, the news organizations found that Jordanian intelligence agents
had systematically stolen and sold on the black
market millions of dollars of weapons shipped
into the country by the C.I.A. and Saudi Arabia
for use by Syrian rebels.
The news is shocking in part because the
United States has long considered Jordan one of
its closest allies in the region. The country has
been an active partner in the American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State and has provided a critical staging ground for training, arming
and coordinating rebels fighting to overthrow
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.
The C.I.A. helped Jordan establish its intelligence servicethe General Intelligence
Directorate, or G.I.D. Although the agency is
respected in Washington as a professional and
competent force, two of its recent leaders
have gone to prison for embezzlement, money
laundering and bank fraud. This latest case
suggests there is corruption throughout the
organization.
The revelations obviously shred the credibility of the Jordanian government and its intelligence service when it comes to fighting corruption. Yet they are also an indictment of the
C.I.A., which for three years has been responsible for training thousands of rebels considered
moderates to use weapons. President Obama in
2013 had authorized the covert program and
charged the C.I.A. with vetting the rebels and
controlling the flow of arms. The C.I.A. has
failed in its oversight of the weapons.
This scandal should be a warning to those,
including Hillary Clinton, who want to deepen
American military involvement in Syria.

in their daily functions as per the requirement and demand of residents. The
Constitution has devolved state powerlegislative, executive and judicialto federal,
provincial and local governments. No such
governments have been formed till date. As
per the Constitution, all these governments
should be formed before January 21, 2018.
Further, most of the constitution related tasks
should be completed before this deadline.
The government is willing to hold local
government election. The Election
Commission and the opposition parties are
ready to do that. In this situation, the Local
Body Restructuring Commission should
submit its report as soon as possible. It needs
to concentrate more at the district level than
the central level. Clear guidelines and directions are required for each of the districts.
Separate policies and guideless have to be
designed for each district. These policies
should be formed based on criteria related to
socio-economic and infrastructure development, revenue collection patterns and viability, service delivery, composition of the community and so forth. Based on these variables, a composite index can be formed and
there should be political consensus too.

NIRANJAN MANI DIXIT

here are 121 political parties including

the newly-registered Naya Shakti Nepal,
601 lawmakers and at least 98,800 civil
servants in Nepal. After nearly 70 years
of democratic exercise, including transitioning into a federal republic in 2006, and
13 long-term national plans, there is little to
show by way of progress in the country. It
is still grappling with underdevelopment
and myriad socio-economic and geo-political problems. The constitutional bodies,
bureaucracy and political parties have not
been working at their full potential. Many
political leaders in successive governments,
secretaries, director generals, department
heads, officers, heads of legal bodies and
chief of commissions have been poor performers as shown by their track record and
the enormity of the problems.
Politics and bureaucracy
They have been keeping themselves in the
comfort zone with a complacent and laissez-faire attitude, only becoming active
when there is personal gain to be had. The
civil service has been politicised and trade
unionised. Feudalism, egotism and incompetence among many political leaders,
bureaucrats and technocrats have caused
serious setbacks to development. Moreover,
political instability, deadlock on critical
issues, blame game and a civil service
entwined with politics have become a fertile ground for bribery, corruption and
irregularities. This has led to inflation,
poor governance and loss of impunity, thus
defeating national objectives.
Many have used the civil service as a
springboard to obtain better opportunities

SHYAM KUMAR SINGH

he youth of today are facing many

problems at present. One of these
problems
is
unemployment.
Thousands of young people are facing long-term unemployment. The
number of youths migrating to foreign
countries in search of work has doubled
in the past decade. They do not have jobs
in Nepal. Therefore, they are bound to go
to foreign countries for their livelihood.
If the government had created the
opportunities, they would not have gone
to other countries. Political instability,
falling economic growth, energy crisis,

for personal gain. Line executives are often

changed or transferred mostly for political
gain which affects the bureaucracy and
administrative stability, impeding implementation of the annual budget and costbound multi-year development projects.
Proper handling of the responsibilities,
which is critical to forward-planned activities, is seldom seen. Team approach is
absent and red tapism is rampant, which
undermines the results that people are
expecting. Slashing superfluous staff, demotions and dismissals are rare actions.
Last June, when the prime minister complained about the underperformance and
inefficiency of the supply and home ministers who belong to the CPN (Maoist Centre),
the party refused to recall them claiming it
to be an internal matter. More than 900 allopathic doctors holding fake certificates have
been identified so far, and among them only
36 are being scrutinised under Operation

slow pace of industrialisation, lack of

sufficient investment in the agricultural
sector, unfriendly atmosphere for foreign investment, unavailability of transportation in rural areas and improper
maintenance of tourist places are some
of the obstacles to the development of
the country.
The next burning problem being faced
by the youth is uncertainty. Their future
looks uncertain. They do not have a
clear-cut vision of their future. They are
in a great dilemma. There see chaos and
confusion at every step of their lives. In
spite of the availability of higher education in Nepal, youths prefer to study

Quack, CIB (NP). This number is expected

to grow to 2,000. Beyond the civil service,
even the recruitment of a porter at
Tribhuvan International Airport has been
learnt to be influenced by political parties.
Lack of oversight
Even when huge sums of money and time
have been invested in the civil service over
the years through the state coffers and
grants, Nepal is yet to benefit from it. On
the contrary, brain drain is rampant. A
great many officials are posted in lucrative
offices such as customs, tax and land revenue with portfolios not exactly matching
their qualifications or expertise. There is
still a dearth of agile, competitive and more
productive office bearers. The performance
appraisal system has become like a ritual
and without objectivity, and the reward and
punishment system is misleading and politically motivated. Nepal could have devel-

abroad. They also choose foreign countries for their work place. The salary
they are paid in Nepal is insufficient to
meet their daily needs. If there were
guaranteed jobs in Nepal, the youth
would not go to foreign countries. Thus,
this is the right time to
make a new policy to
attract the youth to study
and work in Nepal.
Another very common problem being
faced by urban youth is harassment. They
complain of being harassed by the crowded and noisy environment of the city.
They claim that they are mentally harassed at work. The youth of the city have

to overcome many obstacles such as inflation, pollution, traffic jams and so on. On
the other hand, the youth of rural areas
face problems such as poor sanitation and
lack of easy access to the internet, transportation and health facilities.
Above all, most youths
face the problem of communication gap. They are not
in a position to express
their views freely. Due to some social
restrictions, they are bound to hide their
inner feelings. They have to behave
according to the norms and values of society. When they cannot express their inner
feelings, there could be violence such as

postplatform

oped if not for the lifelong luxurious retirement facilities and pensions given to government officials on top of the monthly
remunerations they have received during
their service period from the tattered economy as rights for insufficient duties.
The Public Service Commission has been
messed up and selecting meritorious candidates has not been successful. The Ministry
of General Administration has been underperforming due to its own incapacity and
political interventions directly or via its
wings such as trade unions. Nepals Civil
Service Employees Association has been
politicised and trade unionised with many
decisions landing in controversy.
It is not yet clear how the Personnel
Information System (PIS) about civil servants maintained by the Department of Civil
Personnel Records has been utilised effectively by the Ministry of General
Administration and the concerned parties.
Autonomy and impartial work of these vital
constitutional bodies is at stake if politicisation does not cease and intervention is
limited to mutual cooperation, facilitation
and feedback.
With the advancement of IT and office
management system, it has become of
utmost importance for the government to
organise video conference telecasts on TV
channels on subjects such as progress
reviews of annual and multiyear plans.
Projects at different levels of the government could be shared as appropriate.
Soliciting input for improvement has been
of utmost need, which could make the governments work more efficient and effective.
This will also save it from possible pitfalls.
Essentially, vigilance and participation of
the Ministry of General Administration,
Public Service Commission, Commission
for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority,
Central Investigation Bureau, judiciary,
human rights organisations, civil society
and the media also need to be intensified.
Dixit is a grants business and
development professional

rape, murder, threatening behaviour and

so forth. The position of teenagers is
much worse because they are not allowed
to talk about their inner problems like
body growth, menstruation and so on with
their friends, elders and well-wishers. If
they talk about sex, they are punished by
society. To sum up, the above-mentioned
problems are really representative ones.
There may be many other problems.
There is no being on this planet who does
not have a problem. The problems should
be sorted out. We should be determined to
tackle them. But one thing we must keep
in mind is that we should deal with one
problem at a time.
C M Y K

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Ranj Alaaldin

n Turkey

The countrys many conflicts

he attacks in Istanbul on
Tuesday night came as a
shock to many around the
world but for a country that
once prided itself as the
Middle Easts pro-western,
outward-looking beacon of stability, conflict and bombings are
starting to become the norm.
These were Turkeys fifth
major terrorist attacks in less
than a year, and came amid a
series of catastrophic policy failures at both home and abroad.
Turkeys government and its
president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
the head of the ruling Justice and
Development party (AKP), have
invested heavily in the continuing conflict in Syria, devoting
considerable resources to the toppling of the Bashar al-Assad
regime even when in recent years
the international community has
opted for a political rather than
military settlement to the conflict. Once Syrias rebellion
against the Assad regime became
dominated by Islamic fundamentalists, these groups became central to Turkeys foreign policy
objectives. Ankara acquiesced to
jihadi groups entering Syria
across its borders and enabled
them to establish a presence
in Turkey to arm and fund their
campaign.
Much of the focus in the international media has been on jihadis leaving Europe for Syria via
Turkey, and vice versa. But for
several years, Islamic State has
established deep roots in Turkish
society, with the city of Gaziantep
functioning as a key hub for
explosives and an important
launchpad for jihadi groups.
As the Turkey expert Aaron

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Ankara has options: clamp down on Isis, return to negotiations and remedy
ethnic polarisation. It has betrayed its friends but not lost them yet
Stein notes, Isis and its supporters have grafted on to older,
well-established al-Qaida-linked
networks in Turkey and have
functioned with little interference from the government.
To compound Turkeys security
challenges the government restarted its conflict with the Kurdistan
Workers party (PKK) last year
after a two-year ceasefire.
The PKK has fought the state
for the past 40 years for a combination of political and human
rights for the countrys beleaguered Kurds. Its sister group and
major
western
ally,
the
Democratic Union party (PYD),
has risen to international acclaim
during the course of the Syria
war and has established an autonomous Kurdish region in northern Syria.
In recent months the PYD has
secured areas alongside the borders with Turkey that have hampered efforts to smuggle fighters
and resources into Syria. The
ascent of
the Kurds in
Syria, together with renewed conflict with the PKK, has led to
divisive rhetoric from Erdogan
that has polarised the country
and inflamed ethnic and sectarian tensions, conditions that many
believe propelled Erdogan and

Passengers return to Ataturk International airport days after the terror attack by Isis.

the AKP to electoral success

after last years parliamentary
elections.
Turkey has also become
increasingly disconnected from

its friends and allies in the international community, which has

undermined coordination with
Europe on matters of intelligence
and security. Ankara has rejected

western alignments. It did not

support western sanctions on
Russia, voted against US-backed
security council sanctions on
Iran and before the Arab upris-

n Meditation

n Donald Trump

Suck at meditation?
For me, successfully meditating has involved letting go of the need to do it well

David Ferguson

suck at meditating. Im one of those

perennially distracted people who
knows they need to meditate, has
meditated in the past with some success and who knows they should meditate more, but who finds it so much
easier to do things like dishes, laundry
and exercising than to schedule time to
do nothing.
When I read this Forbes article touting mindfulness meditation as the next
big business opportunity, my initial
impulse is to grind my teeth in frustration. Co-opting a centuries-old spiritual
practice as the engine of your hip new
startup strikes me as kind of like trying
to repurpose an astrolabe as a controller for your Xbox, but whatever, Silicon
Valley kids. You do you.
The science of the article is clear,
though, and multiple studies have
shown that people who meditate regularly experience improved focus, a
greater sense of wellbeing, reduced
stress and increased creativity.
So if a bunch of Soylent-swilling
bro-llionaire wannabes want to join the
rest of us on our yoga mats and
focus on their breathing, does their
motivation matter?
Like a lot of people, they most challenging aspect of meditating for me is

clearing my mind. After years of trying to sit and empty my thoughts and
giving up because my brain seems to be
persistently, irritatingly noisy, a friend
finally explained to me that no one can
entirely empty their mind. Thats a
myth. To really empty your mind, you
would have to be sedated or dead and
neither of those states is particularly
conducive to spiritual growth. Even

when were asleep, as our dreams show

us, were still thinking, feeling, worrying and having opinions.
The key is to detach from all that
mental noise and stop trying to direct
traffic. I try to imagine myself now on a
riverbank and the noise of my thoughts
and feelings and opinions is a river
flowing by, separate from me.
This morning during my meditation
sessionwhich, honestly, I mainly did
because I knew I had to write this
piecemy mind flitted from thumbprint cookies to a scrap of lyrics by the
punk band Au Pairs to what Im going to
make for dinner to how awesome it
would be to have an entire glacial crater
lake full of mint chocolate chip ice
cream. The key was to let go of all those
things and let them drift and stop
feeling that lurching sensation I get
in my gut when Im over-stimulated
and harried and some new outrage
comes spilling down my Twitter and
Facebook feeds.
Part of successfully meditating for
me has been letting go of the need to get
it right. I spent half my time before
thinking: Im not doing this right. Its
not going to work if Im not doing it
right. Am I doing this right?
My yoga teacher told me once when I
blew a pose and came crashing down on
to my mat giggling at how dorky I must

look, Laughing at yourself is good

yoga. The only way to get it wrong is if
youre not trying.
I would say the same thing about
meditating. Yes, I suck at it. Im not that
great at yoga either, but do I really want
to go through life as a spoiled Former
Gifted Child who only wants to do
things Im good at and which win me
praise? (Well, actually, thats exactly
what I want to do, which is why its
especially good for me to get out and do
things that Im not good at.)
I gave up on getting it right on a fall
morning at the beach. I took my earbuds down to the end of the board walkway leading to the water and sat down
to do a 15-minute guided meditation. It
was terrible. The wind was in my face,
the sun was beating down, the act of
trying to focus on my breathing was like
trying to thread a needle in a wind tunnel. After about 10 minutes, I gave up to
go inside. But when I stood up and
turned around to face the house, I was
exquisitely, almost hallucinogenically
aware of the hot, rough boards against
my feet, the high keening cries of the
seagulls and sand-pipers overhead and
the bright sun-blasted colors of the
shore at midmorning. I felt full of peace
and calm.
Damn, I said to myself. I guess I
did it right.

n LGBTI rights

LGBT people suffer from poorer health

Healthcare providers
need to screen patients
for mental health and
substance abuse issues.
But first they need to
create a safe environment to get patients in
the door
Celine Gounder

ll too often, health disparities reinforce stigma and moral judgment

rather than prompting us to ask
why these differences exist. We
ascribe race-related disparities to
poverty, drug abuse and genetics. And
we blame higher rates of disease
among LGBTQ people to promiscuity.
But its actually a persons membership in a stigmatized minority that
exposes them over time to disproportionately higher levels of stress related to prejudice, harassment, discrimination, rejection, hostility, sexual
assault and hate crimes. That stress
leads to worse mental health and, in
turn, worse physical healthand
more healthcare spending.
Researchers reported in Jama
Internal Medicine this week that lesbian, gay and bisexual adultswho
comprise between 2 and 5% of adults

in the USare more likely to suffer

from physical and mental illness, and
more likely to drink and smoke heavily,
than their heterosexual counterparts.
The study included almost 69,000 people, providing some of the most robust
data on these disparities to date.
Gay and bisexual men are three and
five times as likely respectively to suffer from severe psychological distress,
and two to three times more likely to
smoke or drink heavily. Lesbian and
bisexual women are twice as likely to
have chronic health problems and
drink heavily. There isnt solid data on
transgender Americans, the most stigmatized sexual minority of all.
Healthcare providers need to be screening LGBTQ patients for mental health
and substance abuse issues, but first
they need to create a safe environment
to get patients in the door. As of now,
too many doctors are unfamiliar with
the distinct issues affecting the LGBTQ
population. Its a group less likely to

have regular access to care, or to care

that addresses crucial issues.
Men who have sex with men dont
get screened for anal cancer. Lesbian
and bisexual women are less likely to
get screened for breast or cervical cancer. Doctors are especially confused
when it comes to screening transgender
patients, especially if theyve received
hormonal therapy or undergone gender-affirmative surgery.
Yes, we need to ask about alcohol,
tobacco and drug use. We must counsel about safer sex. We should ask
about intimate partner violence, but
all too often neglect to do so when the
patient sitting before us appears anatomically male. We need to screen for
sexually transmitted infections,
including HIV. We should offer our
at-risk patients pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) to prevent HIV infection.
We should know how to counsel and
where to refer our patients who want
gender-affirming surgery.

ings forged strong ties with Iran

and Syria, whose governments at
the time were facilitating and
sponsoring terrorist attacks in
Iraq against US personnel and
Iraqi civilians.
Erdogan also strained relations
with Israel and courted Sudans
President Omar al-Bashir, who is
wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and war
crimes in Darfur.
Turkey has options if it wants
to move forward. It has betrayed
its friends and allies but has not
lost them completely. Turkey is
becoming increasingly inclined
to support a political settlement
to the conflict in Syria. In recent
weeks, it has sought rapprochement with Israel following the
severing of ties in 2010 after the
Gaza flotilla raid, and with Russia
after Turkey downed one of its
jets last November.
These tentative steps to repair
relations could help rebuild alliances and bring stability, but
questions remain as to whether
Turkey has accepted the realities
of a dramatically reconfigured
region. Turkey may yet refuse to
provide its full and active support
to a political settlement in Syria.
As a result, it may struggle to
contain the jihadi cells that have

flourished for so long, the individuals and groups that cause

immense destruction in Turkey
but which still constitute the forces equipped and dedicated to toppling the Assad regime.
Further, major allies such
as the US and other powers,
among them Russia and Iran, no
longer view Syria and the region
in the way Turkey still does. They
have, in many respects, moved
on. They may now see Syrias
future as a loose federation of
different regions.
Will Turkey accept and work
with the PYD and Syrias autonomous Kurdish region? As it
stands, that would be unlikely, at
least until it resolves its conflict
with the PKK. It may see endorsement of Syrian Kurdistan as
something that could empower
the PKK further.
But Turkey has been here
before. After initial reluctance, it
chose to work with Iraqs Kurds
and their autonomous region in
the 1990s. It has also negotiated
with the PKK on previous occasions and knows that the PKK,
unlike Isis and other Islamic fundamentalist groups, has negotiable objectives.
Turkeys problems, while tied
to the Syria conflict to a significant extent, are largely of its own
making. In other words, Turkeys
government can resolve the conflicts it finds itself embroiled in.
That requires clamping down on
the Islamic fundamentalist
groups Turkey has allowed to
flourish. It also requires returning to negotiations with the PKK
and adopting a conciliatory outlook and tone that remedies ethnic polarisation and restores the
friendships Turkey once enjoyed
with its neighbours and the international community.

But LGBTQ-sensitive healthcare is

much bigger than that. Physicians
need to develop greater familiarity
with LGBT bodies in a way that
affirms and encourages its members
to seek regular medical care. Theyre
at risklike the rest of usfor high
blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and
cancer. But if they dont see a doctor,
theyre less likely to have those conditions diagnosed and treated.
Heterosexual healthcare providers
need to understand that much of what
we take for granted still isnt by sexual
minorities, such as marriage and having children. Many of my LGBTQ
patients are older and approaching
retirement age. I know couples whove
lived together for decades but dont
both have both their names on a lease
(a big deal in New York City where
rent-controlled apartments are vanishing). And while things are getting
better, they may still not have access
to spousal and other benefits through
Social Security or employer-sponsored insurance.
LBGTQ patients are also less likely
to have children and other family and
social supports to help them in old age.
Meanwhile, many doctors dont know
how to counsel sexual-minority youth
about coming out to their friends and
family, eating and body image issues
or family planning and fertility.
While sexual minorities are gaining
wider acceptance, rights on paper
wont eliminate health and other
social disparities. Healthcare providers must educate themselves about the
medical needs, language and culture
of these communities.

Anti-terror policies
sound like war crimes
Many thought Trump would become more centrist
but he keeps advocating cruel and brutal tactics

Trevor Timm

nstead of tacking to the center like

a lot of pundits thought he would
when he became the Republican
nominee, Donald Trump seems
intent to double down on his moral
depravity, calling for outright
war crimes in his quest to become
US president.
On Wednesday he told a crowd of
supporters that to defeat Isis, the US
needs to fight fire with fire. As
NBC News put it, this seemingly
[made] the case for using similarly
brutal tactics as terror groups like
Isis have in the past. He once again
declared the US should return to
waterboarding terror suspects, a tactic that is obviously torture (and was
once prosecuted as such after the
second world war). And he has
repeated his calls for inventing
interrogation techniques that are
worse than waterboarding as well.
Trump, as you will remember, spent
much of the GOP primary spouting all
sorts of nonsense about how waterboarding works (even though we
know it doesnt), that he would happily bring back torture in the war on
terror fight (even though its blatantly illegal) and that he would kill
the family members of suspected terrorists (despite the general agreement across the political spectrum
that that is a war crime as well).
He shows no signs of stopping his
increasing descent into unhinged
lunacy since the Orlando terrorist
attacks, after which he immediately
said he appreciate[s] the congrats
for being right on radical Islamic
terrorism after 49 people were brutally murdered, even though theres
little evidence the shooter was radicalized, and then he went on to
absurdly suggest that Barack Obama
was secretly working with Isis.
Trumps attempts at qualifying his
proposals might be considered hilarious if they werent so appalling. In
March, he attempted to clarify his
calls for more torture by saying that
the US needed to broaden the laws

on the books that make it illegal

instead of just immediately violating
them. (He could also just radically
re-interpret the laws on the books
just like the Bush administration
did.) Last week, he claimed that his
ban all Muslims policy proposal
really only meant that he wanted to
ban all Muslims that come from
Muslim majority countries, as though
that wasnt just as bigoted and offensive as his original proposal.
The amount of damage an
unchecked Trump could do with the
national security infrastructure in
placethe CIA drone program, NSA
warrantless spying, the ability to
conduct unilateral war with no congressional approval, etcis truly
extraordinary. We learned Thursday
from BuzzFeed that Trump allegedly
listened secretly to the phone calls of
employees at his Florida resort MarA-Lago. And this headline from a
month ago should send chills down
the spine of anyone worried about
constitutional rights and the separation of powers: Trump Orders
Surrogates to Intensify Criticism of
Judge and Journalists.
All of this once again points to the
extreme dangers of the incredible
expansion of executive power under
the Bush and Obama administrations,
and the failure to prosecute those who
engaged in torture a decade ago. It has
now turned into political football and
a policy dispute rather than what it
actually is: a clear crime.
But instead of Trump proofing
our national security apparatus,
Congress is in the midst of attempting
to expand it. Democrats want to
expand and entrench the secret and
due process-free terror watch list, and
Republicans are attempting to dramatically expand the FBIs ability to to
conduct electronic surveillance completely free of any court oversight.
Trumps statements should be yet
another reminder of the terrifying
powers of the US president, and we
should be doing everything we can to
curtail that power, rather than
expand it.

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Superman actress dies

BORN TODAY

Actress Noel Neill, who played Lois

Lane-Supermans love interest, on
the Adventures of Superman television series, has died at the age of
95. Neill died on Sunday at her
home in Tucson, Arizona, after a
long illness.

French actor Eva Green is 36

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LaTavia Roberson critical

American actor Sylvester Stallone is 70

Tibetan leader Dalai Lama is 81
Indian actor Ranveer Singh is 31
American leader George W Bush is 70

Whoopee Land set

to begin operations

Former Destinys Child star LaTavia Roberson

is in critical condition after she was rushed
to the hospital with complications
resulting from her pregnancy. She is
reportedly fighting for her life, but
her current health status is
unknown.

a case for land reform

Shaleen Shah

Kathmandu, July 5

ucked away in the southern rim

of the Valley near Chobhar, 3.5
km away from Balkhu, Whoopee
Land, will be welcoming
patrons beginning today. The
newly-constructed amusement
and water park will be the second
water park in Valley after the
Sangha-based Kathmandu Fun
Valley. With a total of 17 rides and
numerous
other
attractions,
Whoopee Land promises to have
options for adults, families, as well
as children.
There is a dearth of recreational
areas in Kathmandu, says Saurav
Basnet, one of the investors, With
the construction of this park, we
aim to build a haven for thrill-seekers and fun-lovers alike.
A massive sculpture of The
Incredible Hulk stands near the
entrance, accompanied by Neytiri
from The Avatar and Shrek, the
Ogre, giving a Disneyland-esque air
to the park. A Jurassic Park with
mechanical dinosaurs sits on the
edge as well. Two rides are reserved
for the daring vistors: The Frisbee
and The Ranger. Families may also
relish on The Swing Ship, The
Octopus or The Bull Ride. Zorb Ball,
a sport in which (willing) participants are put in a large transparent
ball and rolled around, is also available at the park.
Although overflowing with thrill-

n Novelist and political analyst Jhalak Subedi launches his book about land reformationBhoomi, Kisaan ra Rajya (Land, Peasants and

the State)at a programme held in the Capital on Tuesday. The book traces the history of land reformation attempts made by the state in
Nepal and explores Nepals eco-political landscape and its history. The book has been published by Fineprint Publications.

ing rides, the park also has attractions specially designed for children
such as the Play Pen and swimming
pools. The main attractions of
Whoppee Land are its four water
slides. The park will also have restaurants, food stalls and gift shops.
Moreover, to avoid wetting paper
money, the park will feature a cash
card system, by which all purchases
can be made.
The fares for the park have been
established at Rs 675 and Rs 375 for
adults and children respectively on
weekdays and Rs 875 and Rs 475 on
Saturdays and public holidays. The
park will also be offering a special introductory monsoon fares to begin with.
We look forward to providing
entertainment for fun lovers, says

Jagat Basnet, co-founder of the park,

However, we also have a responsibility to uplift development around
the Chobhar area. So, Rs 5 from each
purchase will be used for local development projects, and well try to
increase this figure once our loans
are paid off. Investors believe that
with the lack of other recreational
spaces in the Valley and with Whoopee
Lands close proximity to the Capitals
main thoroughfare, their huge
investments will eventually pay off.
Uttam Silwal, another investor,
said, I hope that this new
waterpark will add value to the
vibrant city that Kathmandu
already is. We look forward to
finally
opening
our
gates
to the public.

Maithali Drama
fest kicks off

Shyamsundar Shashi
Dhanusha, July 5

he three-day Maithali Drama

Fest-2073 has kicked off at the
premises of Janakpur Chamber
of Commerce in Janakpur on
Monday. The fest, organised by
Nepal Academy of Music and Drama,
was inaugurated by Minister of
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Ananda Prasad Pokharel. The fest
commenced with Minister Pokharel
reciting a dialogue from Mahendra
Malangiyas acclaimed play Okara
Aangakan Baarhamasa.
Speaking during the opening,
Minister Pokharel said drama is a
genre that draws the line between
truth and falsity. He also urged playwrites to write plays that evoke the

Poetry slam winners unveiled

Post Report
Kathmandu, July 5

he regional leg for a national poetry slam competition to be held in

September has drawn to a close
with the winners of the
Kathmandu and Lalitpur regional
slams being unveiled in the Capital
on Tuesday. The winners of the
Kathmandu Regional Slam were
announced after two concurrent finales for Kathmandu and Lalitpur were
held in Thames International College
and KU School of Arts respectively
on July 2. Nubisha Uprety, Nabin
Bhusal, Praveen Shrestha and
Meghana Maharjan were winners in
Lalitpur while Anurag Zimba, Sarus
Sharma, Pradip Ghimire and Rupesh
Bhattarai triumphed in Kathmandu.
These winners will now represent
Lalitpur and Kathmandu districts in
the QC Awards 2016: National Poetry

Slam, which will be held from August

30 to September 3 in Kathmandu. The
regional slams drew a total of 120
applicants
from
Kathmandu,
Bhaktapur and Lalitpur.
The National Poetry Slam is the first
ever national-level slam competition
being organised by the Word Warriors
and Quixotes Cove and is slated to
have eight teams from around the
country compete against each other. So
far, the teams for Ilam, Dhangadi,
Kathmandu and Lalitpur have been
declared through regional slams in
each area. The Ilam regional poetry
slam was held on May 28 and Dhangadi
recently concluded its regional slam on
30th June. The regional slams for
Surkhet, Chitwan, Pokhara and Kavre
are slated for July.
The selected teams will then be
assigned a coach from Word Warriors
who will coach the team throughout
August in preparation for the final event.

social malpractices without any fear.

The fest features plays by six play
groups hailing from Nepal and India.
The first day of the fest saw the
staging of two playsUdhaar Jutta
produced by Mithila Natyakala
Parishad and Bajjar Khasau Ehan
Jatipur produced by Bihar-based
Mithila Natya Sansthan.
Udhaar Jutta revolves around the
story of a middle class family that
fails even to buy a pair of shoes for its
family members. The play shows how
a conflict arises in the family in order
to wear a single pair of shoes. The
play featured actors Madan Thakur,
Anita Rani Mandal, Sandeep Shah,
Ganga Kanta Jha and Dhiraj Thakur,
among others.
The fest is slated to continue until
July 6.

Madan Puraskar
nominees announced
Post Report
Kathmandu, July 5

he Madan Puraskar Guthi has

announced the shortlist of the
seven books up for the prestigious
literary award for the year 20152016.
The short-listed books for
this years edition of the
award are: Ammoi by
Bhuwan Hari Sigdel;
Aaina by Ram Lal
Joshi; Chirharan by
Nilam Karki Niharika;
Nirwaan by Ghana
Shyam
Khadka;
Prashnaharu
ko
Karkhana by Sarita Tiwari;
Firfire by Buddhisagar; and
Simana ka Rang Simana ka Taranga
by Damodar Pudasaini Kishor.
Madan Puraskar is the foremost
literary honour conferred to books
published in the Nepali language
every calendar year. Each year
the Guthi presents the illustrious
award to one outstanding book
along with a cash purse of Rs 200, 000.
Some of Madan Puraskars past
recipients include authors such as
Satya Mohan Joshi, Gopal Prasad
Rimal, Parijat, and Shankar
Lamichhane, among others.
Bijay Kumar Pandey won the
award for his book Khusi in the
preceding year. Along with the
award, the Guthi also hands out the
Jagadamba Shree Puraskar to a literary figure for their lifetime
contribution in the field of
Nepali literature.

Kiarostami, master of post revolution Iranian cinema, dies

Reuters

Paris, July 5

bbas Kiarostami, the writer-director who showed that Iranian

cinema was one of the most original and emotionally engaging in
the world, died in Paris on
Monday from complications related
to cancer, according to Iranian state
media. He was 76.
Part of a new wave of Iranian cinema that started in the 1960s and
known for realist stories focused on
the lives of ordinary people,
Kiarostami was one of the few film
makers to stay and prosper in Iran
after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Despite their very local, Iranian
themes, his movies struck a chord
with
global
audiences,
and
Kiarostami won the Palmes dOr at
Cannes in 1997 for Taste of Cherry,
about a middle-aged Iranian man
planning to commit suicide and looking for someone to bury him when he
is dead.
What is peculiar about his art is
that hes both a rootedly Iranian artist in terms of his landscape, his
urban sensibilities, his cinematography, said Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian Studies at New Yorks
Columbia University.
But hes also managed to raise
those Iranian aspects to moments of
universality.
American
director
Martin
Scorsese said of
his work:
Kiarostami represents the highest

level of artistry in the cinema.

Born in Tehran in 1940, Kiarostami
studied at the School of Fine Arts at
Tehran University. His first foray into
video was making commercials for
Iranian TV.
After the 1979 revolution that ousted Irans monarchy and ushered in
an Islamist system of government,
Kiarostami chose to stay while many

His own films, which often

centred around children or poorer
Iranians living in rural areas,
were never seen as overtly political, but some of the screenplays
he wrote for his protege Jafar
Panahi were
artists and writers fled the country.
His own films, which often centred
around children or poorer Iranians
living in rural areas, were never seen
as overtly political, but some of the
screenplays he wrote for his protegeJafarPanahi were.
Panahis 2003 movie Crimson Gold,
the tragi-comic portrayal of a pizza
delivery man humiliated by his lowly
social position in Tehran, a city
divided by class and money, was seen
as critical of the Islamic Republic
and was banned in Iran.
Kiarostami leaves two sons,
Ahmad and Bahman.
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Gender equality, feminism:

Man-hating?

Bhuwan Chand had been a civil servant with the Nepal

Electricity Authority (NEA) for 33 long years. A bibliophile
from an early age, as his long career with the NEA drew to a
close, Chand decided to try his hand at writing. Ten years
later, he has four books to his name including Engineer ko
Clinic and Aahuti, a biography of martyr Dashrath Chand.
With his latest offering Atitko Poko, a collection of memoirs,
hitting the shelves earlier this month, the Posts Alisha
Sijapati spoke to the author about his craft and his love for
books. Excerpts:

n September 2014, at the premises of the

United Nations, well known British
actress Emma Watson gave a speech on
gender equality. She defined feminism
as: The belief that men and women
should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes. She
also said, Fighting for womens rights has
too often become synonymous with
man-hating. If there is one thing I know for
certain, it is that it has to stop.
Fast forward to march 2015 a video name
My choice featuring Indian actress
Deepika Padukone galvanised the public
by stating about the individual choices of
women on sensitive topics like motherhood, sex, and love. It also emphasised on
women making their own choices and
going against men.
Above mentioned figures are the two
different proponents of feminism from the
film industry. When we compare their
ideas, the topic is the only thing that is
similar, their ideologies are completely
different. The former one insists on
mens involvement for equality while the
second one pleads for the individual choice
of female.
From my perspective, the female world
should go with the thoughts of Emma
Watson to achieve the greatest level of
equality. There should be coordination
between male and female. Except for the
materialistic things like clothing, eating
and shelter, emotional and spiritual things
should not be compromised and there
should not be the feeling of my choice in
sensitive topics like sex, love, and motherhood since they are directly connected
with our existence in this planet.
One should never forget that Nature has
given a priceless responsibility to women
to give birth to young ones. They have the
responsibility to develop a baby inside

Having worked in a technical

field for past three decades,
how, why and when did you
decide to jump into the literary
world?
I have always had a passion for
reading and I was encouraged
by many people to write about
my experiences and the people I
have crossed paths with. At
first, I was doubtful if itd work
but after my first book received
good feedback, I was encouraged to write more. Now I have
four books to my name. I feel
everybody lives interesting lives;
it is the writers who can narrate
it in a way that is interesting
to readereven if what they are
describing is really banal.

Your book Atitko Poko was

recently released. How have
the reviews been?

their womb, give birth, and nurture them

with their milk and to become the first
teacher to that child. Nature has made
them the protector and promoter of their
race and the pedagogue of the human society. Women are also given the hallmark of
love and affection of the nature. They are
as equal a part of society as men.
Biologically, both males and females
have been working together making possible the existence of human race by giving

birth to new ones. A stubborn ideology to

prove one can exist without the other cannot lead to gender equality to its best form.
To achieve full success on the issue of
gender equality, it is essential for both the
genders to work together without blaming
each other. Both sexes should be responsible towards their social duties and also be
aware about achieving the rights without
showing gender based stubbornness. Since
the existence of human race depends on

Mirror

Character, attitude are traits

Neither the gifted nor I can earn
These are the moral values of man
And that is what I need to learn...
A mirror shows a face, not

the character
To be a man, thats the major
factor
Patel is a class 12 school at Xavier
International College

How did you first come to love books?

We are always here;
we are at
where we are.
Our time is intrinsic.
Our connections
connect even in
no connections.
Our void-ness
is the only complete thing,
an error free error.
Rests of the things are
messier.
We are true to self,
rest is just a myth.

Our steps
turn to errors
and turn to non-errors.
When we do
what we want to do,
doing all the most-do
turns void
as we do
and
as we move.

Dhakal is a +2 graduate
from SOSHGS
Bharatpur, Chitwan

The holy festival of Eid

id is a three-day Muslim holiday that

marks the end of Ramadan at the new
moon. Ramadan is celebrated during
the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. It is during this month that
Muslims observe the fast of Ramadan.
They do fasting for one month. Eid is fully
called Eid Al-Fitr. The holiday lasts for
the entire month and Muslims fast during
the daylight hours only eating small meals
after sundown. In the evenings they also
visit with friends and family. It is also a
time of worship and contemplation. The
month of Ramadan is also a time when it is
believed that the Holy Quran, the Muslims
holy text, was sent down from heaven. Eid is
not just a ritual that provides them with an
excuse to enjoy themselves. It represents
important values and participating in them,
they seek to please the almighty and attain
nearness to them.
Eid means the Celebration of Breaking
the Fast and Recurring Happiness. When
the new moon appears people know to end
Ramadan and to begin. With the development of technology, scientists are now able
to predict when the new moon will appear;
still many people rely on watching for the
new moon to officially begin Eid. Eid follows the Islamic Calendar. People watch for
three new moons; this means that Eid may
begin on different days in different countries. The five pillars in Islam are Faith,
Prayer, Zakat, Fasting and Hajj. Eid is a
time to celebrate all the good things in life
and give thanks for all blessings. An important part of Eid is performing acts of charity. During this time each household pays a
small tax, usually in money but occasionally in food, which is given to the poor so that
they may also celebrate Eid. On the morn-

ings of Eid, people wake up very early and

attend prayers. Homes are decorated and
everyone wears new clothes. They mainly
wear white dresses with white round cap,
these prayers are held in mosques and
large open areas. This is a time of giving
and receiving and spending time with
loved ones. After prayers, everyone goes
home to eat breakfast. Once breakfast is
finished, the visiting begins and they
exchanges warm greetings like Eid
Mubarak. The exchange of such kind of
greetings is part of cultural tradition and
not the religious obligation. Families welcome friends and neighbours to wish them
a happy Eid and eat special cakes with
them. Dinner is spent with family. Each
day of Eid is spent with a different branch

of the family. Children receive gifts on Eid,

but they do not receive toys; they are given
money. Children may collect quite a large
sum of money if many family and friends
visit. Eid is also a time of reconciliation.
Feuds and disputes are resolved.
Obligations are fulfilled. Blessings are
acknowledged. It is a time of happiness

Ramadan is celebrated
during the ninth month of the
Muslim calendar. It is during
this month that Muslims
fast for one month

I was in class 7 when I started reading religiously.

I began with reading short Nepali and Hindi
essaysand that love for reading has never stopped.
Whenever I get a chance, I retreat into my cocoon
and read.

What was the last book you read and how did you
like it?
I just finished reading Every History of Time, by
Stephen Hawking. Its one of the most complicated
books I have read so far. Hawkings analysis of the Big
Bang Theory and the universe left me mesmerised.

What is your favourite genre?

I read both the genres. I equally read both fiction
and non-fiction. When I feel low and need some
entertainment I read fiction. Otherwise, I mostly
dabble with non-fiction.

How do you select books to read?

There is no process as such. If there is anything that
interests me I just grab and keep it my collection
and read during my free time.

Eid is a time to celebrate all the good things in life and give thanks for all blessings
Ravi Gupta

I feel all three of my published books have been

well received. I wrote Dashrath Chands biography,
Aahuti, which was an emotional rollercoaster. It
took me about four years to complete the book. I had
a sense of satisfaction when I received personal
calls from readers, and perhaps that has been the
most satisfying as a writer.

My next book is called Prarabhadaa personal memoir.

We move.
We grow.
We struggle.
We snuggle.
And we fear
We smile.
We cry.
We see.
We agree.
We disagree.

Neither the fair

Not the dark
Everyone seems the same
Although different they are.

Of the books that you have penned, which is your

favourite?

Any new writings in the pipeline?

Rupak Dhakal

Around the city,

Along the road
One or many
All have black doors.

Handsome, smart and

beautiful
Is required I do say
But they count to be temporary
As it all goes in vain slowly by age

Dahal is a recent +2 graduate from

Trinity International College

Errors

Ranjan Patel

I see myself
In the mirror
That changes faces of those
To make it fair

both male and female, coexistence between

the both is the best way forward. As long as
both sexes work together with absolute
responsibility we will be in this planet for
other millions of years or till the existence
of earth. But biasness, dominance and lack
of coordination between the two will
create havoc in the human society.

Most people who have read it

have given me flattering reviews. Others have been
constructively critical. Both are equally important
and will help me grow.

bookworm babbles

Drishan Dahal

Changing lanes

and good will among all people. During the

three days of Eid, many Muslims join big
parties sponsored either by a community
mosque or by a wealthy Muslim in the
community. All participants enjoy sweet,
spicy and other flavourful delicacies. Many
Muslims also donate money to those less
fortunate. Sometimes, Muslims reserve
amusement parks, skating rinks or other
activity centres for an entire day of fun.
Eid is celebrated with great pomp in Saudi
Arabia. Saudis decorate their homes and
prepare sumptuous meals for family and
friends. Eid festivities in Saudi Arabia may
vary culturally depending on the region,
but one common thread in all celebrations
is of generosity and hospitality.
It is a day of rejoicing and being happy.
But for whom? Is it the day of rejoicing for
those who simply put on new clothes and
wear perfume? Or is it the day of being
happy for those who were eagerly waiting
for the release of the greatest enemy of
mankind, Satan, from his captivity so that
they all revert to committing sins?
Unfortunately, many Muslims abstain
from sins during the month of Ramadhan,
but come Eid, they go back to what they
were before. The forbidden places from
which they had abstained for month long,
are in fact the same places they go to celebrate Eid. Just as, when a person goes to a
college, or a university and at the completion of his course, he receives his award
marking his achievement, they must
understand that, the holy month of
Ramadhan is a spiritual university where
they are being trained to achieve piety.
The day of Eid is when Allah is awarding
them for their achievements.
Gupta is a class 12 student at
Greenland Intl College, Biratnagar

Name a book that you would or would not

recommend, and why?
Ernest Hemingways Nobel-winning The Old Man
and Sea is one book that I would recommend everyone to read. When I read the book, I felt that I was
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TODAYSHOROSCOPE
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
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Your urge to protect someone is admirable, but you need to
realise that theres a chance you could get dragged down with
them. Its not too late to distance yourself from the mess they
have createdand you might want to do it.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

***
Staying conservative and cautious is the right strategy for your
finances right now, but when it comes your emotions, you need to
liberally spread them around! Share your feelings to anyone who
is willing to listen to them today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
***
When there are lots of things going on, you usually tend
to clam up and get quiet. This is smart, because it enables
you to check out the scene before diving in and getting
involved.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
**
Emails may be efficient and convenient, but they are not the best
way to get your message across today. Misinterpretations are
bound to pop up when a person cant understand your tone of
voice, so try to deliver all messages in person.
LEO (July 23-August 22)
***
Your energy is much less erratic than it has been over the past
few days, and you can count on having a consistent attitude. But
still, dont worry if you find your mind wandering a little during a
boring conversation or routine meeting.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22)
**
If you are charged with being a leader of a group today,
there is one thing that you need to rememberif you want everyone to like you, youre not going to get anyone to follow your
instructions.

Yesterdays Solution

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LIBRA (September 23-October 22)

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A two-faced person from your past is back on the scene, and they
still are willing to say one thing to your face and do something
completely different behind your back! This double-dealing
person hasnt changed, but you sure have.
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)
****
Take the risk of revealing yourself today, and you wont
be disappointed. Gambling on the hope that people will
like you for who you are is pretty much a sure thing right
now.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21)
***
You can create a positive outcome on a project youre working on
if you stop putting out negative energy! Instead of focusing on
the obstacles still to overcome, focus on the progress you have
made and the wonderful feeling youll have when its all done!
CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19)
**
Try to make sure that all of your verbal communication is concise
and to the pointdont just yak and beat around the bush about
what you want to say. People simply dont have time to make
small talk right now, there is too much going on.

DILBERT

RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR NOT

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

****
Your brain has more creativity in it than you have been using
lately, and today it might reach an explosive point! To ease the
pressure, put a little bit of creative flair into everything you do.
Dress with a little more colour than you usually opt for.
PISCES (February 19-March 20)
****
Your busy lifestyle has been quite entertaining, but it has also kept
you from spending more time with all your favourite people! So
today, slow down. Cancel some appointments or reschedule
them. Make time to hang out with friends or family undisturbed.

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slow-cooked kebabs and kormas at Indian
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contact: 427399, at Soaltee Crowne Plaza

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Dip yourself at probably the best pool in the

town at Park Village Resort. Rate: Rs. 1500
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Weekends brunch @ Hyatt Regencytreat

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the swimming pool or laze around outdoor,
Jacuzzi, all for just Rs 2300 plus taxes per
person. Contact: 4491234

Sandwich and Crepes: Taste the sandwiches and crepes at The Lounge from 11 am to 6
pm everyday. For further details call Hyatt
Regency at 4491234.

Enjoy live DJ nights, on every Sunday chill out/

ambient, Wednesday tech/ funk house & Friday
psy/ proggy/ full on from 6:00 pm to 10 pm at
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Buddha Resturant & Bar, contact: 4700091

Krishnarpana specialty Nepali Restaurant

at Dwarikas, 6 courses to 22 courses Nepali
meal served. Opening Time: 6 pm-11 pm. Prior
reservations required, contact: 4479448

China Garden offers delectable dishes from

across Asia, including Japanese, Korean,
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We serve nothing but the finest Arabica

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Contact: 4005123/4005124

Rosemary Kitchen and Coffee shop,

Thamel, opening hours: 7:00 am to 10:00
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Enjoy snacks and drinks from 4:00 pm to

11:00 pm every day and nightly live music
from The Corner Band except Tuesday and
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Set within the historic Garden of Dreams, the

Kaiser Cafe Restaurant and Bar, Thamel, offers
a continental menu and serves as an atmospheric
venue for anything from a quiet coffee or intimate
meal. Contact: 442534

Jasmine Fitness Club and Spa, Fully

equipped gym and spa; Zumba, aerobics and
cardio classes; therapeutic massage; beauty
parlour and mens salon. Tripureshwor;
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The Italian restaurant serves authentic

Italian cuisines in an elegant ambience for
both lunch and dinner. Timings: Lunch:
1230-1445 hrs, Dinner: 1900-2245 hrs,
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Garden Terrace offers an authentic world

cuisine, providing diners with the unique
experience of observing their selected dishes being prepared by chefs. Contact:
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Makos offers traditional Japanese food

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Bourbon Room, Lal Durbar Marg is open for

lunch from 12 noon. Enjoy affordable and delicious meals starting from Rs 99! We are currently offering Indian & chinese combos along
with momos. Call: 4441703

Out-of-Africa Lunch amid rural splendor:

Sat & Sun from 1130 to 1630 hours at The
Watering Hole, Indrawati River Valley.
For prior reservation contact: [email protected]

Every Friday BBQ from 7:00 pm at Fusion

Bar & Pool side at Dwarikas Hotel with live
band Dinesh Rai and Sound of Mind. Price Rs
1600/ includes BBQ dinner and a can of beer
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Trisara offers food and drinks along

with good music and great times. Sunday- Live
Music by Barbeque Night, Monday, Wednesdayby Positive vibes, Tuesday, Saturday-By Jyovan
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Ayurveda Health Home has been providing

ayurvedic treatments/ massages,
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rehabilitation. Dhapasi, Kathmandu:
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Every Friday evening enjoy Starry Night

BBQ from 7 pm onwards at Shambala
Garden Caf at Hotel Shangri La with live
musical performance by Ciney Gurung.
Contact: 4412999

Kaiser Cafe Restaurant & Bar at The

Garden of Dreams, opening time: 9 am till 9
pm, offers an international cafe menu serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, specialty teas,
coffees and pastries, contact: 4425341

Mannys Eatery and bar introduces a special lunch package that is affordable, tasty,
nutritious and quick enough to fit your lunch
break, Jawalakhel, Shaligram complex,
5536919

Enjoy a Barbecue Buffet at the Radisson

Hotel, wide selection of mixed fresh grills and
vegetables together with a choice of salads and
a delicious dessert buffet at a rate of Rs. 1,350
plus taxes per person. Contact: 4411818

Make your weekend more exciting with

family and friends with sumptuous Satey,
Dimsums, Mangolian Barbecue and Pasta at
The Cafe from 12:30 noon to 4:00 pm. Call:
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Hotel Narayani Complex, Pulchowk, Lalitpur

presents Shabnam & Cannabiz Band every
Wednesday and Rashmi & Kitcha Band every
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Enjoy Bubbly Brunch every Saturday from 11

am to 3 pm at Shambala Gardena and Club
Sundhara. Contact: 4412999

Embers Bar, Pulchowk, in all its sophistication and glory is happy to announce
Happy Hours every 6-7pm. It will be
hosting a Barbeque night every Friday from
6:30-9:30pm

The Toran, an ideal location for all day lounging and informal dining offers multi-cuisines.
Contact: Dwarikas Hotel, 4479488

LatinGypsy Jazz at The Corner Bar,

Radisson Hotel, Kathmandu with Hari
Maharjan feat Monsif Mzibiri, 7 pm onwards,
Wednesdays & Fridays. Contact: 4411818

The most delightfully awesome chicken

momos & yummy rich chocolate cake on this
part of the planet @ Just Baked Bakery &
Cafe, Battisputali, offering much more specialties at affordable price.

Starry Night BBQevery Friday Evening from

7:00 pm at Shambala Garden Caf, Hotel,
Shangri~La only @ Rs 1799 net per person
and live performance by Ciney Gurung.
Contact: 4412999

Revolution Cafe, AmritMarg, Thamel, away

from busy crowed street, offers great
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Experience The Last Resort, the perfect

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Special packages for residents. Contact:
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every Saturday. Contact: 4248999

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Jacuzzi, swimming, fitness centre and Beauty
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Yoga detox and Ayurveda treatments and

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Bale battles Ronaldo for ticket to final

Agence France-Presse
LYON, July 5

n Gareth Bale

n Cristiano Ronaldo

Joao Moutinho

Ashley Williams

Mainly a central midfielder, the Monaco

player can also operate as a defensive or
attacking midfielder, and on either flank.
He started his professional career with
Sporting, moving in 2010 to Porto and
winning 12 major titles between the two
clubs combined. Four years later, he
transferred to Monaco for 25-million
euros. He represented the Portuguese
national team at three European
Championships and the 2014 World Cup.

Williams made his international debut on

in March 2008, two days before securing
his move to Swansea City. In October 2012,
Williams was appointed captain of Wales
by Chris Coleman, replacing Aaron
Ramsey. Coleman gave the armband to
Williams on account of his experience
over the younger Ramsey. Williams headed the equalising goal against Belgium in
the Euro 2016 quarter-finals as Wales
eventually won 3-1 .

(Portugal)

Rapturous reception for Iceland

Agence France-Presse
REYKJAVIK, July 5

Icelands footballers received

a heroes welcome on returning home on Monday following their astonishing run to
the Euro 2016 quarter-finals in
France.
Their plane flew low over
the capital Reykjavik before

landing at Keflavik airport

where the local fire services
gave them a fire hose guard of
honour with shooting water
creating a rainbow.
Striker
Kolbeinn
Sigthorsson, who scored a
consolation goal in the crushing 5-2 defeat to the hosts at
the Stade de France on Sunday
said he was happy to be home.

Gareth Bale leads Wales into battle against Cristiano Ronaldo

and Portugal in the Euro 2016
semi-finals on Wednesday
hoping to become the first
British side to reach a major
tournament final in 50
years.
Wales are have already
surpassed all expectations
on their first ever appearance
at the European Championship
finals by reaching the last four
with a rousing 3-1 win over the
highly-fancied Belgium. However,
the spectre of the Real Madrid
teammates, the worlds two most
expensive players, going head-tohead adds extra spice to an
already dazzling encounter in
Lyon.
Its not about two players,
everyone knows that, its about
two nations in a semi-final,
insisted Bale on Tuesday in a bid
to defuse the billing of he and
Ronaldos all-star showdown.
Hes a fantastic player, everyone
knows what he can do. We concentrate on what we can do as a
team, and not concentrate on
individuals.
Despite
winning
the
Champions League twice in three
years with Real, Bale has tended
to be overshadowed by Ronaldo in
the Spanish capital, where the
Portuguese is a living legend as
the top scorer in Reals history.
However, of the two Bale has been
in better form in France, scoring
in all of Wales group games and
forcing Northern Irelands

It was a dream come true

to get that support, he said of
the estimated 30,000 fans-some ten percent of the population--who followed the
nation in France. We experienced something simply wonderful, it was a dream come
true and we are proud to have
brought such cheer to our
country, he said.

Gareth McAuley into the own

goal with a devilish cross which
decided their last 16 tie.
By contrast, Ronaldo has look
surly, stressed and well off his
usually impeccable standards in
front of goal. The three-time
world player of the year scored
twice against Hungary to become
the only player to score in four
separate European championships. But he failed to find the net
against Iceland, Austria, Croatia
and Poland.
However, Portugal midfielder
Andre Gomes defended his captains displays. He has worked a
lot for the group and that is the
most important thing. He has
given his all, said the Valencia
man. Bale is a reference for
Wales just as Cristiano is for us.
Bale knows the Spanish League,
but I have also played against
British teams before and I know
their style. They are strong,

aggressive, they attack and counter-attack very well. You cant

talk about favourites in a semi-final. If Wales have got this far it is
because they have deserved too.
We have to have respect.
Portugal have reached the
last four despite not winning
a game in 90 minutes as they
were the only side to progress having drawn all three
group games before Ricardo
Quaresmas 117th minute
extra-time winner saw off
Croatia and penalties were
needed to oust Poland in the
quarter-finals.
Bale, though, refused to be
fooled by Portugals route to a
fourth semi-finals in their last
five Euros. We know what tournament they have had. We have
watched all their games on TV.
They are a dangerous team. They
are ranked very highly and are
not in the semi-final for no reason, added Bale. Even if they
havent won, theyve got the
results needed. We will do our
homework as normal. Hopefully
on the night we can put in another great performance and make
more history.
Both sides will be disrupted by
suspension with Ben Davies and
in particular Arsenal midfielder
Aaron Ramsey a huge miss for
Wales. Crystal Palaces Jonny
Williams is expected to replace
Ramsey, whilst Daviess absence
could provoke a reshuffle in
defence with Chris Gunter moving from right wing-back into the
back three making way for
Fulhams Jazz Richards to make
his first start of the tournament.

(Wales)

Keep away from

our young talent
Agence France-Presse
LONDON, July 5

Wales are determined to build

on the fairytale success of
Euro 2016 and prevent future
Gareth Bales falling into the
hands of fallen football giants
England, Welsh FA boss told
The Times.
Dai Griffiths said England
scouts had been on the hunt
for talented youngsters in the
Under-17 side. We have a
good squad of U-17s and its
England who are looking at
those players all the time to
see if they can come along and
pinch them, Griffiths told
The Times on Tuesday. Its up
to us to keep hold of them and
make sure they play for us and
not England.
Griffiths
acknowledged
that previously Welsh scouts
had researched into the backgrounds of English talent to
see if they had Welsh antecedents but he added times had
changed. Nine of the Wales
squad on duty at the finals in
France were born in England
including inspirational captain Ashley Williams.

n France players arrive for a training session in Clairefontaine en Yvelines on Monday. 

AFP/RSS

Brazil memories buoy injury-hit Germany

Agence France-Presse
EVIAN, July 5

Germany face hosts France in

the Euro 2016 semi-finals on
Thursday in the midst of an
injury crisis, but buoyed by
memories of their flooring of
Brazil at the same stage of the
2014 World Cup.
The Marseille clash will be
another test of Germanys
mettle after their historic
quarter-finals defeat of Italy.
Die Mannschaft are without
three stars with defender
Mats Hummels suspended,

plus striker Mario Gomez and

midfielder Sami Khedira
injured. Captain Bastian
Schweinsteiger is highly
doubtful with a knee strain,
but nevertheless the world
champions are relishing the
French challenge.
Joachim Loew has compared the situation to two
years ago when Germany
stunned hosts Brazil 7-1.
Frances 5-2 hammering of
minnows Iceland in the quarter-finals on Sunday means
the hosts come to Marseille
with hopes high--game on,

says Loew. The majority of

the people in the stadium will
be behind France, the country
is now full of this euphoria,
said Germanys head coach.
Its great when its like this.
In Brazil, it was just the same.
There were 200 million behind
the team and we coped well,
he said with a heavy hint of
understatement.
A scoreline similar to the

sensational 7-1 drubbing is

very unlikely, but the message
from the German camp is
clear--challenge accepted.
Thomas Mueller and Mario
Goetze, who will replace
Gomez, are likely to start up
front in Marseille as Loew
hinted at a 4-4-2 lineup, rather
than the 3-5-2. But a new face
is set to be seen in the middle.
Either Emre Can of Liverpool
or Borussia Dortmunds
Julian Weigl is set to parter
Toni Kroos in the defensive
midfield with Khedira out and
Schweinsteiger struggling.

Were going to have to make

changes and find solutions,
said Loew. I trust any of my
players in the squad, but I
wont play anyone who is not
100 percent fit.
He was full of praise for
Frances star-studded attack
of Olivier Giroud, Dimitri
Payet and Antoine Griezmann,
all of whom scored against
Iceland. As it was against
Italy, who Germany had never
previously beaten at a major
tournament, this is another
tie steeped in history, while
France will want revenge.
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Polands Glik joins Monaco

Musa set for record move to Leicester

Polish international central defender Kamil Glik has

left Torino to join Monaco on a four-year deal, the
French Ligue 1 outfit said on Monday. The 28-year-old
captain of Serie A side Torino was a key figure in
Polands run to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals where
they lost on penalties to Portugal. Glik has 46
caps for Poland.

English champions Leicester City are set to break their

record transfer fee for the second time in a matter of
days by buying Nigerian international attacking midfielder Ahmed Musa on Wednesday, his agent told the BBC
on Monday. The 23-year-old will see his present side
Russian outfit CSKA Moscow receive 16.6 milliona
record outlay for Leicester.

Johnson climbs to 2nd in rankings

Dustin Johnson overtook Jordan Spieth to become the
new world No 2 on Monday, after his thrilling victory in
the WGC Bridgestone Invitational. The US Open champion reeled in Australian world No 1 Jason Day at
Firestone to make it back-to-back titles on Sunday. The
big-hitting American is now fast closing in on Day at the
top of the rankings.

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npga tour championship

Khadka takes
2nd day lead

Nepal to play
Bangladesh
friendlies
KATHMANDU: Nepal are
set to play two international friendly matches
against Bangladesh on
July 15 and 17. The fixtures are part of All
Nepal Football
Associations bid to
keep the national team
busy in the absence of
official international
events. Earlier in the
year, Nepal played
against U-22 Malaysian
team and Laos, which
ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
Nepals next competitive
games is the AFC
Solidarity Cup set for
November 2-15. (PR)

Post Report
KATHMANDU, July 5

Barca hit with

47m euro penalty

BARCELONA: Barcelona
must pay 47 million
euros to a real-estate
firm for a cancelled
land sale after a court
ruling, the club said on
Tuesday, in the latest
financial blow to the
Spanish football giants.
Barca received 35.4 million euros in 2005 after
agreeing to sell 10,000
square metres of land
at LHospitalet de
Llobregat in the south of
the city. But strings
attached to the sale
meant the contract was
not fully completed. As a
result, the cash, plus
interest and legal costs,
must now be repaid,
according to a club
statement. (AFP)

De Roon signs for

Middlesbrough

LONDON: Dutch defensive

midfielder Marten de
Roon became newly-promoted Premier League
side Middlesbroughs
third signing of the close
season on Monday moving from Serie A outfit
Atalanta. The 25-yearoldwho is a former
Dutch Under-19 internationalcost a reported 14
million euros and signed
a four year contract. He
said he was delighted to
be joining a Premier
League club after just
one season in Italy. (AFP)

Neustaeder signs
for Fenerbahce

ISTANBUL: Fenerbahce
have signed Schalkes
Russian defender Roman
Neustaedter, the Turkish
club announced on
Tuesday, a day after they
sealed the deal with former Paris Saint Germain
full-back Gregory van
der Wiel. Fresh from
playing for Russia at
Euro 2016, Neustaedter
was due to arrive in
Istanbul late on Tuesday
before officially joining
Fenerbahce on
Wednesday, the team
said on its website. The
28-year-old midfielder
spent four seasons
with Bundesliga side
Schalke. (AFP)

Watford reward
Gomes with
new contract

LONDON: Heurelho
Gomes superb performances which earned
him Watfords player of
the season award gained
due reward on Tuesday
with a new improved two
year contract. The
35-year-old former
Brazilian international
goalkeeper who first
caught the eye in Europe
with Dutch side PSV
Eindhovenhas been
outstanding for The
Hornets since signing
from Spurs in May 2014.
Gomes new deal adds to
the sense of stability at
the club, who defied the
pundits and retained
their Premier League
status last term finishing
13th whilst also reaching
the FA Cup semi-finals,
despite the departure of
Spanish manager Quique
Sanchez Flores. (AFP)

n Serena Williams of USA returns to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their Wimbledon Tennis Championships quarter-final match on Tuesday. 

REUTERS

Serena, Venus enter semis

Reuters
LONDON, July 5

Serena Williams battered

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals at
Wimbledon on Tuesday, seizing on moments of weakness
from the Russian to ram home
her advantage.
The defending champion,
seeking an elusive 22nd Grand
Slam to equal Steffi Graf s
open-era record, took the first
set after finding a chink in her
opponents serving armoury
in
the
ninth
game.
Pavlyuchenkova, the 21st
seed, went for her shots but
never found a way to counter
the Williams attack. Nerves
told again in the same game
of the second set, where a
series of errors allowed the
American to break and then
serve for the match.

The world No 1 wrapped up

the tie on her second match
point with a 123-mph ace for
11 in total. Williams joins her
sister Venus in the semi-finals
where she will meet another
Russian Elena Vesnina. Venus
beat Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6,
6-2 in a brutal baseline shootout to reach her first Grand
Slam semis for six years.
In a scrappy match, the fivetimes championthe oldest
woman in the draw at 36
drew on her experience to see
off the Kazakh player contesting her first Wimbledon quarter-finals. There was little to
choose between the two as
they slugged it out in the first
set, with neither finding much
rhythm. But Shvedovas challenge crumbled after she narrowly lost a tiebreak she had
led 5-2.
The 28-year-old, ranked 96,

Results
Womens Quarter-finals
Serena Williams (USA x1) bt
21-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
6-4, 6-4; Venus Williams (USA x8) bt
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 7-6(5), 6-2;
Angelique Kerber (GER x4) bt Simona
Halep (ROM x5) 7-5, 7-6(2)

made a string of errors in the

second set while her seasoned
American opponentensing

her opportunityfound her

range and produced a succession of winners off both
flanks. Williams, the 8th seed,
advances to her first Grand
Slam semi-final since the 2010
US Open and will face
Germanys
fourth-seeded
Angelique Kerber.
Kerber earlier outfought
Romanias Simona Halep in a
last-eight battle of counter-attackers, winning 7-5, 7-6(2) to
reach her second Wimbledon
semi-finals. In a gloriously
unpredictable and at times
spectacular match, both players stretched each others
defences with an array of pinpoint topspins, slices and
dropshots, but struggled with
their serves.
In a first set that featured
nine breaks, Halep held hers
just once in six attempts, conceding the set on a double

Budhayer, Bhari to play overseas

POST REPORT
Kathmandu, July 5

National
team
batsman
Naresh Budhayer and rising
left-arm spinner Sushan
Bhari have earned themselves
opportunities to play abroad.
While Bhari will compete
in the Cornwall Cricket
League in England with
Falmouth Cricket Club,
Budhayer will compete in
Elite League and First
Division cricket in Toronto,
Canada for two different
clubs.
According to the national
cricket team consultant coach
Pubudu Dassanayake, who
initiated for the opportunity
along with Cricket Players
Association of Nepal (CPAN),
Budhayer will play Elite
League with Cricket Club of
Canada and First Division
cricket with Bloomfield
Cricket Academy.
Elite League is the second

n Sushan Bhari

n Naresh Budhayer

tier cricket competition of

Canada and Division 1 is the
fourth rung competition. Out
of 16 matches in the first
round of the 50-over competition, eight of them have
already been completed.
Budhayer will be the fourth
Nepali cricketer to play cricket in Canada following in the
footsteps of national team

skipper
Paras
Khadka,
Gyanendra Malla and Basanta
Regmi. The trio had played in
the Elite Division in two different clubs.
Its a good opportunity for
me to play competitive cricket
in Canada because it will definitely help myself shape as a
better cricketer. Our seniors
Paras,
Gyanendra
and

Basanta upped their performance following their stint in

Canada and I am expecting
the same, said Budhayer.
Bloomfield is a club that
Dassanayake owns in Toronto.
Dassanayake is joining Nepali
camp in their upcoming tour
of England as the consultant
coach. Bhari, who made into
the national team for the ICC
World
Cricket
League
Championship home matches
against Namibia in April, will
play the 50-over Saturday
League under the Cornwall
Cricket League which runs
until September 10. Both the
players are scheduled to leave
on Wednesday.
Khadka, also a general secretary with CPAN, said
Bharis brief stint in England
will provide him a much-needed exposure. He is one of the
rising cricketers of the country and playing a competitive
game will bring the best out
of him, said Khadka.

fault. The pattern of the second set was almost as unconventional, with the German,
who won her maiden Grand
Slam title in Australia in
January, failing to serve out
the match at 5-4 before coming
through a tiebreak.
On Monday, Andy Murray
racked-up his 50th Wimbledon
match win as he inched closer
to a dream title match with
Roger Federer. Second seeded
Murray, the 2013 champion,
eased to a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 win over
fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios
and will face French 12th seed
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place
in the semi-finals. Murray
leads Tsonga 12-2 in previous
meetings. Federer, went equal
with Jimmy Connors mark
of
14 quarter-finals at
Wimbledon and tied Martina
Navratilovas all-time Slam
record of 306 match wins.

Rabi Khadka climbed on

top of the Surya Nepal
NPGA Tour Championship
after carding three-under 69
in the second round here at
the Gokarna Golf Course
on Tuesday.
The Royal Nepal Golf
Club pros two-round total
of five-under 139 meant, he
moved three strokes clear
of second-placed Ramesh
Adhikari, who also carded
an identical three-under 69
on Tuesday. Two strokes
further behind in third was
Bhuwan Nagarkoti, who
shot two-under 70 for a total
of one-under 143.
Nepal No 1 Shivaram
Shrestha improved on his
first round card to shoot
three-under 69, five shots
behind the leader at evenpar 144. Amateur golfer
Tashi Tshering carded twoover 74 for a total of evenpar 144 to finish tied with
Shivaram.
Sanjay Lama was alone
at sixth after carding evenpar 72 for a total of one-over
145. The first round leader
Jayaram Shrestha had a
day to forget as he shot sixover 78 for a total of twoover 146. He was tied for
seventh with Ramesh
Nagarkoti, who shot two-under 70.
Tanka Bahadur Karki
scored five-over 77 for a
total of six-over 150 to lie
second behind Tshiring in
the amateur category. A
stroke further down was
Prithivi Malla, who shot
five-over 77.
Khadka sank birdies on
the first, third and fifth
holes in a flawless front

Trescothick warns
of Amir threat
Agence France-Presse

Amirs exciting career

came to a shuddering halt
during a Lords Test in 2010
Marcus Trescothick warned when he and new-ball partner
Englands batsmen to expect a Mohammad Asif were caught
tough time in the middle fac- bowling no-balls to order on
ing Mohammad Amir after he the instructions of captain
became the Pakistanis maid- Salman Butt as part of a tabloid newspaper sting
en first-class wicket
operation. All three
on English soil in six
years on Monday.
received five-year
Former spot-fixer
bans from cricket
Amir took 3-36 in 11
and together with
overs in Pakistans
sports agent Mazhar
opening match of
Majeed, jail terms.
their England tour
Amir, who served
against Somerset at
three months in an
Taunton. Somerset
English
young
slumped to 128 all n Mohammad Amir offenders institute,
out in reply to
has featured in the
Pakistans first innings 359 for games shorter formats since
eight declareda deficit of
his return to Pakistan duty in
231 runs. Pakistan captain January. But the 24-year-old is
Misbah-ul-Haq opted against now back in England and
enforcing the follow-on and at could make his Test return in
stumps, on the second day of
the first of a four-match series
three, the tourists were 140-4.
at Lords on July 14.
TAUNTON, July 5

Mourinho targets glory at Man United unveiling

Reuters
MANCHESTER, July 5

Jose Mourinho was unveiled

as the new Manchester United
manager on Tuesday, insisting he was a winner who aims
to return the club to its traditional position of dominance.
The 53-year-old former
Chelsea, Real Madrid and
Inter Milan coach said he did
not want the players to think
improving on last seasons
fifth place would be sufficient.
For United fans, for many
years, success was just routine. In the last three years, I
the
want
to
forget,
Portuguese manager said at
Old Trafford of the 20-times
English champions, who last
won the league in 2013.
I dont want the players to

n New Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. 

think we need to do better, he

added. What is to do better?
Finish fourth. Finishing
fourth is not the aim. We want

to win. I want everything. I

want to win matches, I want to
play well. I want to score
goals, I dont want to concede

REUTERS

goals. I want everything.

Mourinho, who was out of
work for five months after
being sacked by Chelsea, said

the last few months had been

personal disaster and that
he was honoured and delighted to take over at the club. On
potential transfers, Mourinho
said when he was appointed
he identified four positions to
strengthen, adding that
United had secured three of
their four transfer targets,
with another player expected
to be signed in the next few
weeks.
Asked
about
Wayne
Rooneys position at the club,
Mourinho said the club and
England
captain
was
better employed in a more
advanced position than where
he ended last season and
played for his country during
their ill-fated Euro 2016 campaign. I think he is a No 9, No
10, nine-and-a-half but never a

number six. There are many

jobs in football but the most
difficult is to put the ball in
the back of the net, Mourinho
added.
The former Chelsea manager said he had not prevented
Ryan Giggs, who has left the
club after 29 years, from staying, adding that he had been
offered the chance to remain.
The club wanted to give him
any important job in the club,
he made the decision. A decision when you need to be
brave, he added.
Mourinhos first game in
charge will be a friendly
against Borussia Dortmund
in
the
International
Champions Cup at Shanghai
Stadium on July 22. Uniteds
first Premier League game is
at Bournemouth on August 13.

n Rabi Khadka

nine card of three-under 33.

His back nine card of evenpar 36 included a birdie on
the 12th and a bogey on the
last hole. Adhikari scored
one-under 35 on the front
nine with two birdies and a
bogey, while on his way
back he shot two-under 34
with the help of three birdies against a bogey.
Nagarkoti carded two-under 34 on the front nine and
even-par 36 on the back
nine. Shivaram played a
two-under 34 on the front
nine with birdies on third
and eighth holes. He parred
next eight holes before ending the day with a birdie on
the last hole.
In all, 46 golfers31 pros
and 15 amateurare taking
part in the final event held
under the Surya Nepal Golf
Tour 2015-16. The champions will walk away
with Rs 100,000, while the
second and third-placed
pros with earn Rs 63,000
and Rs 45,000 respectively.
Other pros, who made the
cut for the final two rounds,
will also get their share of
cash prizes.

tour de france

Kittel wins
fourth stage
Reuters

LIMOGES, July 5

German Marcel Kittel of the

Etixx-Quick Step team won
the fourth stage of the Tour de
France, a 237.5-km ride from
Saumur on Tuesday.
Kittel beat Frances Bryan
Coquard (Direct Energie) by
less than a tyres length.
Slovak Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
was third and retained the
overall leaders yellow jersey.
On
Monday
Mark
Cavendish joined France
great Bernard Hinault in second place of the all-time list
of Tour de France stage winners when he pipped Andre
Greipel on Monday for his second victory in this years race.
The Briton, riding for the
Dimension Data team, beat
German Greipel by less than a
tyres length to snatch his 28th
career Tour win at the end of
a 223.5-km ride from Granville.
Belgian Eddy Merckx, like
Hinault a five-times Tour winner, still tops the list of stage
wins with 34. World champion
Slovakian
Peter
Sagan
(Tinkoff) retained the leaders
yellow jersey after taking
fourth place to stay in the
hunt for a sixth green jersey
for the points classification.
It was a long day, Im
happy we did not suffer any
crash today, said Sagan,
whose teammate Alberto
Contador, one of the favourites for the title who fell twice
in the opening two stages,
enjoyed a quiet day in the saddle. Sagan leads Frances
Julian Alaphilippe (EtixxQuick Step) and Spaniard
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
by eight and 10 seconds
respectively with defending
champion Chris Froome
(Team Sky) of Britain in fifth
place, 14 seconds off the pace.
Cavendish threw his bike
well to add to his victory in
the opening stage on Saturday.

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Prominent varsities among 10th SAPE Education Career

Fair
kicks
off
today
50 participating institutions
ITM University
ITM is a multidisciplinary
university known for its quality of research and courses
across the academic spectrumwith subjects including the sciences, engineering,
management, fine arts, social
sciences, arts, and nursing.
ITM has been at the forefront
of learning, teaching and
research and a leader in many
different fields in its educational endeavour. In a relatively short-time span it has created an image for itselfas an
excellent institution for higher learning through its outstanding teaching and worldclass research that aims to
produce well-rounded graduates with lifelong abilities to
provide leadership within the
societies they serve.
The university has gained a
reputation of 15 years of
excellence, as demonstrated
by a host of educational institutions already operating
under out flagship banner, the
ITM Universe. ITMs faculties
have exposure to international learning systems and are
defending their research at
the best universities around
the globe.
ITM University-Gwalior,
which is located in Madhya
Pradesh, is running various
institutions forengineering
technology, life sciences, computer applications, management, nursing andeducation
for past 15 yearsenjoying
the top ranking in the state &
the region. ITM University
Campus is offering academic
programmes in cooperation
with
University
of
Staffordshire,
UK
and
University of Greenwich, UK.
The campus is making endeavours to further extend this

network with other well-recognized universities in the

domain of dual degree,
research, training, student
exchange, faculty exchange
and placement of students.

Mody University
ModyUniversity is one of the
leading womens universities
in India. It is devoted to excellence in education and

research and is known for its

world class infrastructure.
The university has six colleges which offer undergraduate
and postgraduate programs.
A pool of well qualified and
dedicated faculty offers
unparalleled experiences and
knowledge in a broad spectrum of academic and cultural programs. The colleges featured in the university include

the College of Arts, Science

and Humanities, College of
Architecture and Design,
College of Engineering and
Technology, the College of
Fashion
Design
and
Merchandising the College of
Law and Governance and the
College
of
Business
Management, Economics and
Commerce. It is recognized by
the All India Council for

Technical Education (AICTE),

National
Board
of
Accreditation (NBA) and the
Bar Council of India (BCI).
There are also a growing number of international accreditations and collaborations.
The campus is ISO 14001:2004
certified.

AIMS Institute

AIMS, which started with two

under graduates programs

and 60 students in 1994, is now
offering six PG &four UG programs to around 2000 students
on campus. AIMS has made a
mark within a decade of its
inception by consistently
being ranked & rated as one
of the best private B-Schools
in the country by various rating agencies over the years.
Recently, the Business world

B-School survey has ranked

AIMS as 18th Best B-School in
the country.
AIMS are accredited by NAAC
and with the highest score of
3.46 out of 4 for an institution
that is being accredited for the
first time. AIMS B-School has
also been accredited by IACBE
which is an international
accreditation
body
for
B-Schools. Apart from being

consistently ranked among

Top 1% of B-Schools in India
in various leading surveys,
AIMS has also been rated as
best
colle ge
for
Entrepreneurship Education
in India and ISB, Hyderabad
has selected AIMS as a local
delivery partner for the global
Goldman Sachs 10000 women
entrepreneurs Development
Program.

Understanding the role

technology will play in businesses in the future, AIMS is
working towards integrating
technology in education in a
big way which would help the
students be at ease with the
technology
apart
from
changing the way they teach
and ensure better collaboration between students and
educators.

he trend of organizing
education fairs has mushroomed with an increase
in the number of students
aspiring for a foreign
degree. The Exhibition Hall at
Bhrikuti Mandap and some
big hotels host such fairs
round the year, many of them
targeted at students wishing
to pursue higher education
abroad.
Despite the proliferation,
not all fairs fare well and
many of them fade away after

just a couple of years due to

negligible footfall. The SAPE
Education and Career Fair,
however, is an exception, and
it has proved to be one of the
most preferred events for
Nepali students. With a history going back 10 years, the fair
organised by SAPE, a Kolkatabased event management
company, is among the very
few events that have contin-

ued to be held successfully for

such a long period of time.
This year, the 10th India
Career and Education Fair is
all set to throw open its doors
at the Hotel Annapurna on
Durbar Marg on Wednesday.
The two-day event featuring
around 50 reputed colleges
and universities from the
southern neighbour India
aims to attract around 7,000
students and guardians.
As local education consultancies will not be present at
the fair, visitors can interact
directly with representatives
from the participating colleges and universities. The exhibition will also be held at the
Hotel Namaskar in Biratnagar
on Saturday and Sunday
where the organisers expect
around 3,000 visitors.
According to the organisers, the institutions participating in the fair have good
rankings in India and are preferred by students from across
the world. India has always
been the most preferred academic destination for Nepali
students, but now it is also
popular among students from
Africa and the Gulf countries.
Though there is no accurate
data about the number of students going to India since they
generally dont need a No
Objection Certificate from
Nepal, the fair organisers
claim the number to be
around 20,000 annually. Nepali
students make up the largest
segment of foreign students
in India where around 110,000
students from 50 different
countries get enrolled every
year.
According to Sanjay Thapa,
founder and managing director of SAPE, 22 out of the 30
states of India are participating in the fair and students
will be spoilt for choice.
Students coming to the fair

can choose colleges and universities from varied exciting

places in India like Bangalore,
Pune, Mangalore, Mumbai,
Kolkata, New Delhi, Noida,
Gurgaon, Panipat, Gwalior,
Chennai,
Tir upati,
Chandigarh,
Dehradun,
Sikkim, Gujarat, Varanasi
and Jaipur. We have brought
together the best institutions
from India under a single roof
where students can get every
information regarding Indian

degrees, said Thapa, adding

that students should do a
detailed study of the institution they plan to join before
getting enrolled.
He said that one should verify if the university one has
selected is affiliated to the
U n ive r s i t y
Grants
Commission. In case of a technical education provider, it
should be affiliated with the
All
India
Council
for
Technical Education (AICTE).
Likewise, medical schools
should be affiliated with the
Medical Council of India,
nursing schools with the
Nursing Council of India and
law schools with the Bar
Council of India. If you do
your research well, it is very
unlikely that you will get
duped, said Thapa who has
been organising such fairs in
countries
like
Bhutan,
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Indonesia and Vietnam.

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Interview S a n j ay T h a pa

The taste of students has

changed with the time
The tenth India Education and Career Fair 2016 is being held at Hotel Annapurna in the Capital on July 6 and 7, and at
Hotel Namaskar in Biratnagar on July 9 and 10. Organised by SAPE, a Kolkata-based event management company, the
fair is the first of its kind in Nepal that features only Indian academic institutions. The Post caught up with Sanjay Thapa,
founder and managing director of SAPE, to talk about the different facets of fair. Excerpts:
How has the SAPE
Education and Career Fair
evolved in the last decade?
Ten years is a long journey
and a lot has been changed in
this period. A very few fairs
used to happen in Kathmandu
when we started back in 2007.
The main idea of the event
was to bring students and education institutions together so
the former gets first hand
information about the academic institutions they want
to pursue. Over the years, students from the digital world
dont only have to rely on the
information they get in the
fair but they can immediately
verify through the internet.
Similarly, the standard of
interaction between the students and the representatives
from the academic institutions has gone up; they know
what exactly what they are
looking for which was not in
the past. From the very beginning we make sure that the
institutions in the fair have
good reputation and accreditation from the government
agencies.

Has the taste of students

changed in these years?
When we were students the
mark sheet determined our
career path. If you got good
marks you would go to science, if you scored medium
marks you tend to choose commerce while humanities was
the choice of poor students.
But this has changed drastically over the years. Now even
if students get the best marks
they tend to go do English
Honours or take management
courses. What is important
today is whatever course you
choose you excel on it. With
the change in times, there is
so much diversity in the
course that students can do
BTech with LLB. So the traditional ways of choosing

career path is gradually

changing with the passes of
time.

You have been organising

fair in nine different countries. Is the preference of
students from these countries same or its different?
Honestly speaking, Nepalis
are more enthusiastic about
education compared to those
from other countries. I am in
touch with the colleges and
universities across the world
and they give very good feedback about the Nepali students. Nepali students understand why they are in India
and what their objective is.
Being a pioneer fair organiser
this is very encouraging to me
as the largest numbers of foreign students in India are
Nepalis. Out of around 110,000
foreign students from around
50 countries last year, some
20,000 are from Nepal alone.

in the academic things. We

bring students and colleges
together and let the students
decide what they want.
Despite the fact that we started our venture from Nepal, we
are not just limited to Nepal,
but have expanded to
Myanmar,
Bangladesh,
Bhutan,

Vietnam, Indonesia and

Thailand too. This was possible as students perceived us
well so did the participating
institutions.

Finally, what is your suggestion to the students

who come to your fair?
I request all the students to
put 10 years prospect in mind
before choosing a career path.
They have to listen to themselves rather than falling
into the parents or peer
group pressure. If you
plan right you make better career if not you lose.

Education fairs are organised round the year in

Nepal. How is your is this
different from others?
I can proudly say SAPE is a
pioneer in organising education fairs in Nepal and the
first to focus only in Indian
education. It has a history
of successfully conducting
nine different fairs. Unlike
other fairs, we dont run
after the numbers of
students but focus on
quality students who
have high prospect of
taking
an
Indian
degree. Similarly, we
are quite aware that
we are just an
event organising comp a n y
therefore
we dont
indulge
o u r selves

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KATHMANDU: Although the

bill to amend the NRB Act
includes a prohibitory
clause for staff ranging
from the governor to
officers, board directors of
the central bank are exempt
from this rule. However,
they have a strong influence on decision making at
NRB.
Former NRB deputy governor Gopal Kafle said that
the central bank had proposed a prohibitory period
of three years for central
bank board directors.
Besides the governor and
deputy governors, the
finance secretary and three
directors from outside the
central bank sit on the central banks board.
I know of instances
where certain NRB board
directors have stopped cer-

banking sector, and a long prohibitory period may prompt

them to go abroad which
would deprive the nation of
vital talent.
After listening to the lawmakers, Finance Minister

tain NRB decisions for

going against the interest
of certain bank promoters
group, said Kafle. They
are also decision makers,
and allowing them to join
BFIs right after leaving
NRB would be a conflict of
interest. NRB Governor
Chiranjeevi
Nepal
expressed regret that he forgot to raise this issue as it
was not included in the bill.
Finance
Committee
Chairperson
Prakash
Jwala said that as the prohibitory clause had not
been proposed from anywhere during the discussion, the bill would go to the
full House now as per the
panels decision. If the
issue needs to be addressed,
that should come through
proper channels formally,
he said. (PR)
Bishnu Poudel suggested
making the latest revisions in
the bill although Finance
Ministry officials seemed to
be reluctant to cut the
prohibitory period for deputy
governors and executive

Construction of integrated check

post on Nepali side in limbo
BIRATNAGAR, JULY 5

The construction of an integrated check post (ICP) on the

Nepali side of the JogbaniBiratnagar border is still
uncertain even though six
years have passed since the
project was launched.
Around 80 percent of the
construction of the physical
infrastructure on the Indian
side has been completed, but
the construction contract has
not even been awarded for the
Nepali side.
Indian officials said that all
the work would be completed
on the Indian side within six
months, but the Indian
authorities who have agreed

highlights

Board directors exempt from rule

KATHMANDU, JULY 5

LILA BALLAV GHIMIRE

When bids were invited the first time, there was only one
taker; and the tender offer was scrapped for failing to get
the minimum three bids
to build the facilities on the
Nepal side too have not even
invited tenders.
When bids were invited the
first time, there was only one
taker; and the tender offer
was scrapped for failing to get
the minimum three bids.
Shiva Shankar Agrawal,
immediate past president of
the
Morang
Merchant
Association, said that according to the Indian authorities,
they had invited bids five
times but did not receive more
than one bid each time.

Sources said that potential

bidders were not very interested in the project due to
security reasons.
The invitation for bids
has
been
directed
at
Indian contractors, and we
have requested the Indian
authorities to involve Nepali
contractors
too,
said
Agrawal. If the offer is
opened to Nepali contractors
too, there could be more
bidders.
In 2005, Nepal and India
signed an accord to build a

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monsoon season and farmers in the Tarai getting busy with paddy plantation have stemmed the flow of vegetables into the Capital.

PRITHVI MAN SHRESTHA

were inserted in the bill due to

concerns that central bank
officials could work in the
interest of the BFIs which
they planned to join after
retirement.
As per the current NRB
Act, central bank officials can
work in other BFIs one year
after their retirement.
During Tuesdays meeting,
the governor had asked lawmakers to reduce the prohibitory period for deputy governors and executive directors
arguing that the central bank
possessed the cream of the
countrys manpower in the

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Prohibitory period proposed for

NRB staff in amendment bill

decided to insert the provision in the bill following a

request by NRB Governor
Chiranjeevi Nepal to the
House committee on Tuesday
even though lawmakers had
submitted no proposals.
During
the
meeting,
Governor Nepal said that
even officer-level employees
of the central bank had
become CEOs of BFIs right
after retirement. So it is necessary to fix a certain prohibitory period for them too to
avoid conflict of interest, he
told lawmakers.
The prohibitory provisions

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Retired staff of Nepal Rastra

Bank (NRB) will be barred
from joining banks and financial institutions (BFIs) for up
to three years after leaving
their jobs.
The parliamentary Finance
Committee on Tuesday inserted the restriction in the bill to
amend the Nepal Rastra Bank
Act in a bid to avoid conflict of
interest.
The governor, deputy governor and executive directors
of the central bank are
already subject to such a provision, and the House panel
has extended the restriction to
junior level staff.
However, the Finance
Committee has reduced the
prohibitory period for deputy
governors and executive
directors to three years from
the proposed seven and
five years respectively in the
original bill.
The governor, however, has
been banned for life from
working in BFIs after leaving
the central bank. Former staff
will need to get NRBs okay to
join any BFI at the end of the
prohibitory period.
The Finance Committee

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string of ICPs straddling the

border at Biratnagar, Birgunj,
Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj.
Under the agreement, there
will be matching complexes
on either side of the border.
The Indian government had
pledged to build the ICPs on
the Nepal side too, and the
government would just have
to provide the necessary land.
India will be spending Rs1.1
billion for the construction of
the infrastructure on the
Nepal side.
The ICP on the Indian side
will be spread over 70 hectares
and will consist of a police
post, road, yard, lab and compound wall, among other
infrastructure.
Meanwhile, land acquisi-

tion and the construction of a

security base camp and fencing have been completed on
the Nepal side. However, the
land has not been handed over
to the Indian side formally to
construct the infrastructure.
The project faced land
acquisition problems on the
Nepal side for a long time.
Presently, 129 bighas of
land have been acquired
and compensation payments
have been distributed to the
owners.
The
government
has
already distributed Rs274.5
million in land compensation.
Additionally, the government
had
provided
Rs50,000
to each land owner to built a
toilet.

Governors banned from joining any

Deputy governors and executive

BFI in any capacity for life.

directors prohibited from joining

BFIs for three years after retirement.
n Directors and officers banned from
joining BFIs for two years after
retirement.
n Central banks approval necessary to
join BFIs even after prohibitory period expires.
n NRB board directors free to join BFIs
after leaving the central bank
directors. In fact, the
Finance
Ministry
had
jacked up the prohibitory
period for deputy governors
and executive directors from
the original limit proposed by
NRB.
Former NRB deputy governor Gopal Kafle said that the
central bank had proposed
limits of five and three years
respectively.
Talking to the Post, Kafle
lauded the latest revision.
The provision requiring former staff to get the central
banks approval before joining
BFIs will allow it to examine
whether their actions have
favoured potential future
employers, he said.

Inside
Education Career
Fair kicks off
today
This year, the 10th India
Career and Education Fair
is all set to throw open its
doors at the Hotel
Annapurna on Durbar
Marg on Wednesday. Pg: II&III

Strike ban in
Sez as House
panel passes
new bill
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, JULY 5

The parliamentary committee

on Industry, Commerce and
Consumer Welfare Protection
on Tuesday approved the newbill on Special Economic Zone
(Sez) with a provision that
prohibits workers from holding all forms of protests that
could affect the production of
the factories in the zone.
No matter what the prevailing law states, the factory
workers of Sez will not be
allowed to carry out any sorts
of banda, protest or revolt
that could inflict financial
losses on the production businesses, states the bill. The
provision was earlier removed
from the bill due to political
pressure. The bill, in the
revised form, also talks about
providing Sez workers with
better salary and other benefits than that of those outside.
Chandika Prasad Bhatta,
executive director of Sez
Development Committee, said
such provisions could discourage workers from launching protests that affect the
entire business. This could
draw more firms to operate
their business through Sez,
he said.
The committee has also provisioned for including a representative from workers in the

complaints hearing mechanism, according to Bhatta. It

is expected to resolve the
labour issues, he said.
Similarly, the new bill has
empowered the Sez authority
to let the factories to produce
only those products that are
listed by the government. The
government has identified 17
types of firms as being eligible to operate in Sez. Following
the approval of the bill, the
factories that produce tobacco
products and alcoholic beverages will not be permitted to
operate their businesses
inside Sez.
The new bill has extended
grant period for the factories
in Sez to additional 15 days if
they missed out on the
35-day deadline to renew their
business.
As per the clause, the factories operating their business
for 30 years can renew the
land lease in the next 15 days
by paying the additional
charges, said Bhatta.
Bhairahawa Sez, the countrys first Sez, is now in the
process of hiring the interested firms to operate their business there. Sez has leased out
48 out of its 69 plots so far.
Earlier, the entrepreneurs
were reluctant to move their
industries into Sez, citing
high rental charges and
labour issues, among others.

s h i f t i n g o n L a r g e r s ys t e m

Big solar is leaving rooftop systems in the dust

REUTERS
NEW YORK, JULY 5

Solar power is on pace for the first

time this year to contribute more
new electricity to the grid than will
any other form of energy a feat
driven more by economics than
green mandates.
The cost of electricity from largescale solar installations now is comparable to and sometimes cheaper
than natural gas-fired power, even
without incentives aimed at promoting environmentally friendly power,
according to industry players and
outside cost studies.
Buoyed by appeals to self reliance
and environmental stewardship, as
well as government subsidies, the
early solar industry was dominated
by rooftop panels that powered individual homes and businesses. But
such small-scale installations are
expensive, requiring hefty incentives
to make them attractive to homeowners. Today, large systems that sell
directly to utilities dominate. They
are expected to account for more
than 70 percent of new solar added
to the grid this year, according to
industry research firm GTM
Research.
The success of large-scale solar
has raised questions about the wisdom of continuing incentives for
rooftop installations, which remain
far more expensive than most other
forms of electricity.
Unsubsidized utility-scale solar
power costs $50 to $70 per megawatt-hour (or 5 to 7 cents a kilowatt

hour), compared with $52 to $78 for

the most efficient type of gas plant,
according to a 2015 study by investment bank Lazard.
Generating power from residential
rooftop panels is far more expensive,
ranging from $184 to $300 a MWh
before subsidies, the report said.
If you take a solar panel from
someones rooftop and put it in a
field, the amount you would pay for
that power drops precipitously, said
Matt Freedman, an attorney with
California ratepayer advocate The
Utility Reform Network. Whats the
magic of having it on the rooftop?
Its not clear.
Many trace the tipping point for
utility-scale solar to a 2014
announcement by Austin Energy
that it would buy power from a new

150 megawatt solar plant enough to

light and cool 30,000 homes - for 5
cents a kilowatt hour. At the time, it
was a record low price for solar
power. Since then, projects
have brought the price below
4 cents a kWh.
The Austin Energy contract
opened a market for big solar in
sunny Southeastern states, Jim
Hughes, chief executive of utility-scale solar developer First Solar
told investors in April.
The response has been, quite
honestly, astonishing, Hughes told
them. The utility world suddenly
sat up and took notice and said, I
had no idea thats where the cost of
solar stood.
Large-scale solar is taking off
even in states without policies pro-

moting green power. Georgia, for

example, was the sixth-largest US
solar market last year with very little rooftop solar.
We dont need mandates, said
Lauren Bubba McDonald, a member of the Georgia Public Service
Commission, who is widely credited
with helping jumpstart the states
solar industry.
Utilities in states like North
Carolina, Texas and Alabama also
are building large-scale solar facilities because it makes financial sense.
We are seeing large swaths of
centralized utility scale solar be procured primarily because of how cost
competitive it is, said Cory
Honeyman, who follows the US solar
industry for market research firm
GTM Research. Thats a different
kind of narrative.
Rooftop installers like SolarCity
enjoyed rapid growth thanks in part
to a marketing message that peddles
the romance and freedom of generating emissions-free power at home.
And, for homeowners in states with
favorable policies, rooftop panels can
be a good investment, ultimately
offering savings.
But the math only works in places
with so-called net metering laws,
which require utilities to buy the
electricity rooftop panels generate at
prices far above what they pay for
centralized power.
To what extent governments and
ratepayers should support rooftop
solar is a matter of debate in
several state legislatures and utility
commissions.

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KATHMANDU: Arghakhanchi
cement has initiated a new
publicity campaign
Arghakhanchi ko Barema ta
Sabailai Thaha Chha
(Everyone knows about
Arghakhanchi). Actor Sunil
Thapa, the brand ambassador
of Arghakhanchi cement, has
been involved in the campaign,
according to a company press release. The latest publicity drive follows companys previous campaign
Murkhata Nagaraun, Sahi Cement Nai Rojaun.
It has been a year and half since the industry
started producing OPC cement. (PR)

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HBL joins hands with Malaysias Tranglo

KATHMANDU: Himalayan
Bank Limited (HBL) and
Tranglo Sendirian
Berhad (Tranglo), a leading money transfer operator in Asia, have joined
hands to offer inward
remittance service to
Nepal. This will at least
benefit 2.2 million
Nepalis working abroad
as the customers will
now have more options than ever for sending funds home
to friends and family in Nepal, the HBL said in a statement. The HBL has its own remittance product,
HimalRemit, for inward remittance payment and domestic money transfer. Incorporated in 2008, Tranglo, with
headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, has international offices
in Indonesia, Middle East, and the United Kingdom
which provides platform to facilitate cross border transfer of prepaid credit and money remittance in a fast,
easy and secure manner with presence of more than 80
countries, the bank said. (PR)

Jagadamba Cement publicity

campaign ends on July 15

KATHMANDU: Jagadamba
Cements publicity campaign Majbuti ra Bima,
Surachya Dui Guna will
end on July 15, the company has said in a statement. Under this campaign, Jagdamba Cement
is providing insurance
coverage of up to Rs15 million to their customers on the
purchase of any of its cement products. However, the
coupons that have already been distributed will be valid
until mid-July and the customers can insure their house
until that timeframe, according to the company. The company has also stated that it will no longer issue any more
coupons and that it will not be liable to insurance claims
made after that date. (PR)

Samsung launches 44 new

TV models in India

NEW DELHI: South Korean electronics giant Samsung on

Tuesday launched 44 new TV models in India and introduced the new Quantum Dot display technology that
will transform your viewing experience like never
before. The TV line-up comprises SUHD (super ultra
high-definition) TV range in the premium segment,
Smart TV range in the mid segment and Joy Beat range
in the affordable segment. While we are introducing the
best picture quality ever with Quantum Dot technology
in our new SUHD range, we are also introducing meaningful innovations in our Smart and Joy Beat ranges.
With these offerings, we aim to further consolidate our
position as the market leader across segments, Rajeev
Bhutani, Vice President, Consumer Electronics,
Samsung India, told reporters here. The new SUHD TVs
with Quantum Dot Display offer Quantum Dot Colour
and HDR 1000 features that delivers great colour reproduction, brightness, contrast and details. The SUHD TV
range will be available in the sizes 49-inch to 88-inch
screen sizes in the price range from Rs 1,79,900 to Rs
23,99,900. The new range of Smart and Joy Beat televisions will come with a host of innovative features, catering to the unique needs of Indian consumers. The Smart
TV range with Smart Interface, Smart Content, Smart
Convergence and Smart Play provides the most advanced
Smart TV experience. Samsungs Smart TV range will
be available in 32-inch to 78-inch screen sizes in the price
range of Rs 34,500 to Rs 7,03,900. (IANS)

Chinas Midea buys nearly half of

German robotics firm Kuka

FRANKFURT: Chinese appliances giant Midea moved a step

closer to fulfilling its ambition to acquire German industrial robotics firm Kuka with two weekend deals raising
its stake to nearly a majority. Two of Kukas biggest
German shareholderstechnology company Voith and
entrepreneur Friedhelm Lohsaid they had decided to
take up Mideas offer of 115 euros ($128) per share and
sell their stakes. German news agency DPA reported that
Voith had agreed to sell its stake of 25.1 percent for 1.2
billion euros. And Loh told the business daily
Handelsblatt he had decided to sell his stake of 10 percent for nearly 500 million euros. Combined with its
existing holding of 13.5 percent in Kuka, the two purchases mean Midea now holds 48.5 percent, or not far
from the outright majority, in the Augsburg-based robot
builder. Loh, who sits on Kukas supervisory board,
insisted that he had not consulted Voith about his decision beforehand. Every shareholder must decide for
themselves based on their own interests, he said. (AFP)

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Pomegranate Kg

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Mango kg Rs75
Pineapple 1Pc Rs105
Cucumber Kg

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Papaya Kg Rs85
n A recently taken photo shows people looking at a Hanergy solar-powered car during a launch event in Beijing. Thin-film power giant Hanergy Holding
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Vegetable prices soar

over dwindling supply
POST REPORT

Rising veggie prices

KATHMANDU, JULY 5

The prices of popular vegetables

have soared over the past month
in Kathmandu Valley amid a drop
in supply.
The onset of monsoon season
and farmers in the Tarai getting
busy with paddy plantation have
stemmed the flow of vegetables
into the Capital.
The Kalimati Fruits and
Vegetable Market on Tuesday
reported a drop in shipments,
leading to the increase in prices
of popular vegetables such as
tomato, potato, onion, black eye
beans, lady finger, among others.
We usually observe a drop in
shipments during monsoon, said
Raj Kumar Baral, treasurer at the
Vegetable and Fruits Wholesalers

Vegetables
Tomato
Potato
Onion
Carrot
Black Eye Beans
Bitter Gourd
Bottle Gourd
Lady Finger
Fenugreek Leaves
Mustard Leaves
Garden Cress
Spinach

July 5
June 5
100 75
60 55
40 35
130 65
60
55
45
45
55
55
75
45
55
73
55
73
55
73
55 73

Organisation. The market is

heavily dependent on tunnel
farming for the supply of tomatoes. But tunnel farms cannot
meet the soaring demand.
According to Baral, the market

has seen rise in prices due to the

low local production.
As of July 5, vendors are selling
tomato at Rs100 against Rs75 a
month ago. Retail prices of carrot,
onion, lady finger have also

jumped by 100 percent, 14.28 percent and 66.66 percent, respectively, over the past month.
On the other hand, an increase
in supply of green leafy vegetables has led to a drop in their
prices. Almost all green leafy vegetables like mustard greens, spinach, fenugreek leaves and garden
cress saw a 25 precent drop in
retail prices.
The traders said the supply of
locally produced green leafy vegetables has improved.
Farmers around Kathmandu,
Bhaktapur and Lalitpur, among
other places, are supplying more
than enough green leafy vegetables, leading to a drop in the prices, said Durga Lal Shrestha, a
fresh vegetable trader at the
Kalimati market. The prices are
expected to drop further.

Renault-Nissan sees
savings growth slowing

Sagoon invites
investors

REUTERS

Sagoon, a social
commerce platform founded by
a non-resident
Nepali
in
Washington, DC,
has announced
an opportunity
for
accredited
investors
to
invest as little as
$5,000 and own a piece of the company.
The company said it had achieved more
than 25 percent of its fundraising goal in just
12 hours of the announcement. Sagoon offers
a one-of-its-kind social commerce platform
for users to connect, share and earn.
Currently, the company is accepting funds
from accredited investors from around the
world, Sagoon said in a statement.
Its fundraising campaign is going on successfully. According to the company, it will
use the money raised to build and launch
mobile apps and expand its user base.
Sagoon was launched as a search engine in
2009, but later developed into a social commerce platform in 2014. Now, its team of 18
individuals is looking forward to expanding
Sagoon and continuing to share its applications with users around the world.
The founder of Sagoon, Govinda Giri, was
born and raised in a remote village of
eastern Nepal. He immigrated to the US 25
years ago as a student.

PARIS/TOKYO, JULY 5

Renaults carmaking alliance

with Nissan achieved record
synergies of 4.3 billion euros
($4.8 billion) last year from
closer integration, but savings
growth is set to slow, a senior
executive said.
Renault-Nissan Senior Vice
President Arnaud Deboeuf
also told reporters it was too
early to assess the impact of
Britains vote to leave the
European Union on Nissans
operations in the country.
For sure it will have an
impact, Deboeuf said. But
its very difficult to say today
what that impact will be.
Since the creation of the
Franco-Japanese alliance in
1999, when Renault took a controlling stake in Nissan, it has
combined some vehicle architectures,
manufacturing
assets and corporate functions, but at a pace that has
frustrated some investors.
Prodded by analysts early
last year to set a more ambitious goal for synergies in 2016
than the 4.3 billion euros

announced, Renault-Nissan
boss Carlos Ghosn, who heads
both
companies,
said:
Obviously 4.3 billion euros is
a conservative number. I think
a reasonable target would be 5
billion euros.
But following a protracted
governance dispute last year
with the French government,
Renaults biggest shareholder,
tentative internal plans to
announce major new areas of
operational convergence early
in 2016 did not materialize.
Renault-Nissan said in
March it would combine quality and costing teams to support integration already
underway in engineering,
manufacturing, supply chain
management, purchasing and
human resources, while preparing initiatives in aftersales. Deboeuf, who leads alliance convergence, did not
repeat the 5 billion-euro objective for 2016, warning instead
that savings may decline with
manufacturing cycles before
resuming their growth to a
promised 5.5 billion euros in
2018.
There might be some years

when we are down because

the way you calculate is very
linked to the product plan, he
said. The 2018 target amounts
to average savings growth of
8.6 percent over three years,
compared with gains of 13
percent last year and 31 percent in 2014. Last years figure
of 4.3 billion effectively met
the initial conservative goal
for 2016 a year early. Deboeuf
said projected savings did not
include Nissans acquisition
of Mitsubishi Motors, which
is yet to close, or the repercussions of Brexit for operations
such as Nissans plant in
Sunderland,
northeast
England.
Depending on the terms
negotiated, Britains departure from the EU could result
in new trade tariffs that would
penalize the plants vehicle
exports to the EU and beyond.
Concerning Brexit, we are
a little worried because of the
uncertainty caused by the
waiting and the consequences
of the new status of the
United Kingdom and the
European Union, Chief
Executive Ghosn said.

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Jeera Masino Rice

Kg

Rs70

Indian Basmati Rice Kg

Rs100

Mansuli Rice

Kg

Rs55

Sona Rice

Kg

Rs50

Beaten Rice (Taichin) Kg

Rs120

Beaten Rice

Kg

Rs55

Big Mas

Kg

Rs290

Small Mas

Kg

Rs260

Big Mung

Kg

Rs220

Musuro (No 1)

Kg

Rs170

Musuro (No 2)

Kg

Rs160

Rahar Kg Rs250
Chana (Big)

Kg

Rs160

Chana (Small)

Kg

Rs150

Chilli Powder

Kg

Rs350

gasoline watch

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bullion

Price Per tola

Hallmark Gold

Rs 58,900

Tejabi Gold

Rs 58,650

Silver

Rs 900
Source: FENEGOSIDA

second-quarter earnings

Samsung Electronics set for best quarter in over two years

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SEOUL, JULY 5

Tech giant Samsung Electronics

Co Ltd is poised to issue guidance for its best quarterly profit
in more than two years, propelled by a surge in mobile
earnings on the back of robust
sales of its flagship Galaxy S7
smartphones.
The South Korean giant will
disclose its estimates for second-quarter earnings on
Thursday, with analysts predicting a strong mobile division
contributed to a 13 percent jump
in operating profit from the
same period a year earlier.
The average forecast from a
Thomson Reuters survey of 16
analysts tips Samsung to report
April-June operating profit of
7.8 trillion won ($6.8 billion), the
highest since an 8.5 trillion won
profit in January-March of 2014.

The mobile division of the

worlds top maker of smartphones and memory chips was
likely its top earner for the second straight quarter with a 4.3
trillion won profit, according to
the survey. Samsung surprised
many with better-than-expected
first-quarter earnings, and
issued guidance for a further
pickup in April-June.
Galaxy S7 sales are better
than expected in the first half,
and the semiconductor business
is also outperforming rivals,
said KTB Asset Managements
Lee Jin-woo. The fund manager
estimated the firms quarterly
operating profit would also stay
strong in both the third and
fourth quarters at between 7
trillion won and 8 trillion won
in each. Samsungs smartphone
business had been squeezed
before the start of this year
between Apple Inc, at the high

end of the market, and Chinese

rivals like Huawei Technologies
in the budget segment. But the
Galaxy S7 has provided a catalyst for the earnings rebound,
likely putting the mobile busi-

ness on track to record its first

annual profit growth in three
years.
Some analysts say Samsung
shipped around 16 million
Galaxy S7s in April-June, with a

higher-priced curved-screen version outselling its flat-screen

counterpart and boosting margins. Lackluster sales of offerings from rivals such as Apple
and LG Electronics also helped

reduced marketing expenses,

they said. While operating
profit margins for the mobile
phone business will decline in
the third and fourth quarters as
the Galaxy S7 effect fades, operating profit will continue to
grow on an annual basis, Korea
Investment & Securities said in
a report.
As its smartphones thrive,
Samsungs chip business - last
years key profit driver - probably saw quarterly profit sink to
its lowest in nearly two years
due to weak demand from makers of other smartphones and
personal computers.
But signs of some price recovery for DRAM chips starting
last month and Samsungs dominance in the premium solid-state disc drive market with
its 3D NAND chip production
technology suggest a pickup in
coming months, analysts said.

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