MAOIST STANDING COMMITTEE ABRUPTLY POSTPONED UPDATE

MAOIST STANDING COMMITTEE MEET ABRUPTLY POSTPONED UPDATE
Kathmandu, 11 Feb. A scheduled Maoist standing committee was postponed Saturday without citing any reason.
Hard-line faction of Mohan Baidya was preparing to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and replacement of his government by a consensus government.
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BIG THREE TO ASK CHAIRMAN NEMWANG TO
DRAW UP NEW BUSINESS SCHEDULE TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES OF CONSTITUTION UPDATE

Kathmandu, 11 Feb.: A meeting of the Big Three Saturday decided to ask CA Chairman Subas Nembang Sunday to draw w up another business sc schedule to resolve differences on themes to be included in a constitution that has to be promulgated by 28 May.
Sunday’s third deadline to resolve differences in themes, including a federal structure m won’t be met.
Chairman Prachanda told visiting UN diplomat Samuel Tamrat Saturday
consensus wasn’t possible with continued differences between Nepal’s major political players.
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ONE OF TWO TURBINES OF MID-MARSHYANGDHI POWER PROJECT REPAIRED

Kathmandu, 11 Feb.: Repair of one of two turbines of mid-Marshyangdhi
power project was completed Saturday.
Repair of the second turbine continues amid power shortage in
the winter.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has enforced a daily crippling 14-hour power cut
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JOURNALIST COUPLE STABBED IN BANGLADESH
Kathmandu, 11 Feb.: Two television journalists in Bangladesh found stabbed to death Saturday in their home in the capital of Dhaka, police said. The motive of the killings is
unknown, AP reports from Dhaka.

Police officer Imam Hossain said authorities are investigating the killings early Saturday of Sagar Sarwar and his wife, Mehrun Runi. Sarwar was news editor of private TV station Massranga and Runi worked as a reporter at another private television, ATN Bangla. Both were in their late 30s.

It was unclear if their deaths were related to their work, Hossain says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered condolences to the family and ordered police to find the killers.

Sawar's colleagues said he worked late in the night Friday before leaving for home, where he lived with his wife and their 5-year-old son.

Relatives went to the house after the child called his grandmother, who lives in the neighborhood, saying his parents were lying in a pool of blood in their bedroom.

Police said Sarwar was found with his hands tied from behind. No valuables were missing from the house, investigators said.
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