India releases 11 of 39 newsprint consignments (DEVELOPING STORY)

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 25 June: India Friday evening released 11 of 39 consignments of newsprint held at Kolkata port following, Kantipur Publications said.
The remaining consignments imported from Canada and South Korea are expected to be released Monday, an official announcement said.
The release followed a meeting between newspaper management and Indian Ambassador Rakesh Sood Friday.
The consignment destined for land-locked Nepal was held for nearly one month on pretext of revenue investigation.
The detention raised a controversy and stir in Nepal with lawmakers saying the hold-up was against the spirit of a bilateral transit treaty.
This is the first time India has acted against a ‘hostile media’ by intercepting newspaper import.
Regular publication of supplements of The Kathmandu Post and Kantipur was adversely affected with the intervention following newsprint shortage.
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Further details of Maoist leaders’ recall [MORE DETAILS]

Kathmandu, 25 June: Agni Sapkota, who also flew for USA Thursday to participate in the State Department sponsored seminar didn’t get a visa, Maoists said.
Three other party who left Thursday were recalled in protest by the politburo.
It wasn’t immediately clear why Sapkota joined three colleagues without a visa in the first place.
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TRADE, COMMERCE, ECONOMY







Tourism Sales Mission to South Korea concludes



Kathmandu, 25 June: A tourism sales mission to South Korea jointly by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Nepal Embassy in South Korea in Gwangju Seoul from June 22-23, 2010 ended successfully, NTB said.





The sales mission appraised Korean travel writers and entrepreneurs on positive trends in Nepal and how Nepal’s tourism industry has rejuvenated after the launching of Nepal Tourism Year 2011.
Four Korean renowned mountaineers who have successfully climbed all 14 8000 meter high peaks were honoured.
Nepal recorded 15,803 arrivals from South Korea in the year 2009. The air arrivals for the first five months of 2010 from South Korea registered a growth of 42.8 % increase over the same period last year.
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