COLDEST WINTER OF 2011 RECORDED IN CAPITAL THURSDAY WITHMERCCCCCCURY DIPPING TO 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS

RUPENDHAEHI CLOSED DOWN

Kathmandu, 23 Dec.: Protestors opposing the murder of a Dalit
youth in Kalikot by a man of a perceived higher class closed down Ruphendhaehi Friday.
Normal life in the southwest district has been disturbed.
A bandh hit Kailali in the far-West as well.
Parliament proceedings were disrupted Thursday by the Kalikot murder.
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COLDEST TEMPERAURE RECORDED IN CAPITAL
THURSDAY

Kathmandu, 23 Dec.: The capital recoded the coldest winter of
2011 when the mercury fell to 1.5 degrees Celsius Thursday.
Thursday 22 December was also winter solstice.
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NEPAL BANK LTD HAS NEW CHAIRMAN

Kathmandu, 23 Dec.: Deb Raj Adhikari has been appointed
chairman of Nepal Bank Ltd.
A board meeting of Nepal Rashtra Bank appointed Adhikar chief of the country’s oldest bank
Adhikari was associated with Tribhuvan University.
The central bank Thursday also approved its five-year strategy.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“Nepali people were asked about their perception of institutions
that are extremely corrupt and they responded that Nepal’s
parliament and police are listed as the second and third most
corrupt institutions respectively.:

(Global Corruption Barometer report in Republica, 23 Dec.)
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‘People named the political parties as the most corrupt institution
as the governments formed after the constituent assembly
elections failed to control corruption as promised before the
Jana Andolan-II in 2006.”

(The Kathmandu Post quoting the same report, 23 Dec.)
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