PRESIDENT TO BE CHIEF GUEST AT NBL DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION

DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF NBL UPDATE

Kathmandu, 14 Nov.: President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav will be the chief guest at the diamond jubilee celebration of Nepal Bank Ltd. (NBL)
Wednesday, an announcement said.
The special ceremony will be held at the head office of Nepal’s first bank at Dharmapath, Kathmandu.
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BOTTLERS NEPAL LTD. ANNOUNCES 55 PERCENT DIVIDEND

Kathmandu, 14 Nov.: Bottlers Nepal Ltd. announced a 55 percent cash dividend for shareholders out of its profit in fiscal year 2067/68.
Bottlers Nepal Terai Ltd. also announced a 55 percent cash dividend
for shareholders for the same fiscal year out of its profit.
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COMPLETING PEACE PROCESS, CONSTITUTION DRAFTING HINGES OF MAOIST PERFORMANCE
Kathmandu, 14 Nov.: Nepali Congress (NC) senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba stated that the completion of the peace process and constitution drafting hinges on the performance of the UCPN-Maoist, RSS reports from Bardibas.

Deuba said so at a time when the incumbent Maoist-led government is seeking amnesty for the murder convict Maoist lawmaker Bal Krishna Dhungel and has inducted state minters involved in serious crimes.

Speaking at a programme organized by the Nepali Congress Mahottari District Committee on Sunday evening, leader Deuba opined that the country could get the peace and the statute only if Maoists lives up to the terms and conditions of the seven-point agreement inked among big wigs. The recent seven point agreement was signed to provide momentum to stalled peace process and constitution drafting through power-sharing. But the implementation of peace deal as mentioned in 7-point pact has been brought to halt owing to the Dhungel amnesty row and the issue over the expansion of Cabinet . Bhattarai Cabinet is the biggest cabinet till date. With 49 members, it surpassed the 48-member Cabinet led by former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba in 1996.

According to Deuba, the peace process would not meet its completion without the sincerity, yet to be exhibited solely from the side of Maoists, the former rebels who joined peace process five years back after signing Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA) with the then Seven Party Alliance( SPA)

Over the issue of internal differences riveting the NC, Deuba said, the party president Sushil Koirala merely rejecting his resignation from the post of Central Committee(CC) member wouldn’t bear any significant changes, unless Koirala
At the same occasion, NC leader Bimalendra Nidhi called on Maoists to complete twin task of peace and statute without putting blames on other parties, as it is now at the helm of government.
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PRESSURE COOKER BOMB PLANTED IN DANG
Kathamandu, 14 Nov.: An improvised explosive device (IED) has been found in front of the gate of a house belonging to a teacher at Satbariya in Dang District on Monday morning, RSS reports from Dang..

Police identified the IED to be a pressure cooker bomb. The IED was found in front of the gate of Padam Yogi’s house at Satbariya VDC-3. Yogi is a teacher at local school.

Yogi’s family had informed the police this morning after discovering the bomb in front of the gate of the house.

Following the information, a bomb disposal squad from the Taradal Battalion of the Nepal Army in the district has reached the place and is preparing to defuse it, according to police.

Meanwhile, leaflets bearing the name of an underground outfit led by one Bhagat Singh have been found from the site.
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BRITON MARRIED TO NEPALI WOMAN ‘COMMITS SUICIDE’
Kathmandu, 14 Nov.: A British national has apparently committed harakiri in his rented apartment in Lalitpur on Sunday. He was married to Sumitra Thapa, a Nepali woman, The Himalayan Times reports.

The 40-year-old man, identified as Allen Alfie by the police, was found in a critical state with his body hacked at several parts with a sharp weapon at the rest room of the apartment at around 1:30 pm this afternoon.

Thapa rushed her husband to the Sarvanga Nursing Home in Kupondole, where he passed away during the course of treatment.

The cause of apparent suicide is not known.

Police said they have taken Thapa in custody and are looking into the incident.
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MADESHBADI PARTIES HOLD REVIEW MEETING

Kathmandu, 14 Nov.: A front or morcha of six Madeshbadi parties supporting the UCPN (Most) held a review meeting Sunday.
The front decided to go ahead with the immediate recruitment of
10,000 Madeshi youth in Nepal Army.
Maoists agreed to the regional recruitment even as there’s no
agreement yet on integration and resettlement of 19,000 plus former
Maoist combatants in Nepal Army and society.
The parties in the front briefly discussed the cabinet recommendation to the president to amnesty Maoist lawmaker Balkrishna Dhungel convicted
by the supreme court for murder, Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Dan Bahadur Chaudhary said.
A single bench of the apex court Sunday stayed the cabinet decision
until 21 November when detailed haring on a writ challenging the cabinet will be discussed.
The front has demanded citizenship for children of naturalized
citizens.
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