British Gurkha killed in Afghanistan

Kathmandu, 6 Nov: A British Gurkha has been killed by enemy fire in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday, agency reports from London said.
A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles was taking part in a joint operation by NATO and Afghan forces in Helmand province.
[Note; The soldier’s identity wasn’t revealed.]
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Dollar slips after huge gains

Kathmandu, 6 Nov: The dollar slipped in the Nepalese money market Thursday after making huge gains crossing the Rs 79 mark to one greenback.
Nepal Rashtra Bank fixed the selling rate Thursday at Rs 75.96 to the dollar; it was selling at Rs 78.45 Wednesday.
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Novel way to protest one-horned rhino

Kathmandu, 6 Nov: The Bardiya National Park has initiated plans to saw off the horn to protect and save the endangered animal species in the park from poachers in a new security concept, Thakur Singh Thakur reports in Naya Patrika from the far-West district.
Seventy one-horned rhinos have been killed by poachers in the last 10 years.
Poachers kill the rhino mainly for the priceless horn.
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Maoists, CPN-UML express grave concern at vice-presidents remarks

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 6 Nov: CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist) Thursday expressed deep concern and
grave objection at critical remarks of Vice-President Parmananda Jha who claimed government acted unconstitutionally in appointing a committee for integration of PLA and Nepal Army.
A meeting of four parties is being convened later Thursday to discuss unflattering remarks of the vice-president.
Jha said the constitution has been violated by constituting a committee without defining major political parties.
“It’s not for a party or individual to specify a national political party.
“Right now, four parties have been taken as national parties. This is a violation of the constitution,” the vice-president told reporters Wednesday.
He noted there are 25 political parties in the CA.
“The CA, the election commission or the supreme court
can define the main parties,” the controversial Jha said.
‘It’s my right to put my feelings,” he reminded journalists who questioned whether he had authority to pass judgment of powerful parties.
Jha was elected on a MJF ticket.
Jha complained he had little or no work.
“I only distribute money. You are the recipients of my personal money,” he told reporters.
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Buyers of land, houses have to disclose income source

Kathmandu, 6 Nov; Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai said buyers of real estate will compulsorily have to disclose their income source.
Money source for house and land purchases worth more than Rs 5 million will have to be disclosed.
Money source for land worth Rs 2.5 million plus and vehicle worth more than Rs 1.5 million will also have to be accounted for, Bhattarai said.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

‘”[H] istory and experience prove that foreign influence is one of he most baneful foes of republican government.” No, that’s not a line Dahal [prime minister] will use somewhere down the line. It was delivered by the first American president, George Washington—a one-time chief of a rebel army—in his farewell address.”

(Maila Baje, People’s Review, 6 November)

“He [Obama] is all of us. He is black, he is Hispanic, he is Asian, but above all he knows the world through our eyes.”

(Expatriate American in Kathmandu Linda Kentro after Obama victory, The Kathmandu Post, 6 November)
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