MORE DETAILS OF BARA SHOOTING

120 TEMPORARY OFFFICIALS FOR SECRETARIAT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE

Kathmandu, 11 June: Government Friday decided to recruit 120 temporary officials for the secretariat of the special committee for integration, rehabilitation and supervision of 19,000 plus former Maoist combatants for three months.
The committee is headed by the prime minister.
Seventy-two officials and 48 computer operator are being hired.
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FURTHER DETAILS OF BARA SHOOTING

Kathmandu, 11 June: Mahoto, who was shot dead overnight in Bara, hailed from Bariyapur
He was a postal service department employee.
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SHREE RAM LAMICHANE BEING HONOURED BY FINLAND

Kathmandu, 11 June: Finland is conferring Order of the Lion of Finland on Shree Ram Lamichane.
Lamichane is Nepal Scout Chief Commissioner.
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CASH BONUS FOR FOOTBALLERS

Kathmandu, 11 June: Members of the football team that qualified for the AFC Challenge Cup finals got a Rs. 50,000 each from government Friday.
Nepal and North Korea qualified from Group C
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“Ambassador Mizumo’s view is undiplomatic “

(NC Sindhuli secretary Upendra Kumar Pokhrel on Japanese Ambassador’s suggestion to rename BP Highway Nepal-Japan Friendship Highway, The Himalayan Times, 11 June.)

“Baburam Bhattarai can be prime minister is he accepts main differences with India. We’ll raise the issue to the central committee that’s meeting.”

(Maoist politburo member Gopal Kirati, Annapurna Post, 11 June)
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