TEACHERS' SIT-IN IN FRONT OF EDUCATION MINISTRY

TEACHERS’ SIT-IN IN FRONT OF EDUCATION MINISTRY
Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Teachers staged a sit-in in front of the education Wednesday pressing 35 demands
Two bodies of teachers are also meeting Wednesday to work out future action programmes to press demands.
Temporary teachers in the community have for long been demanding permanent status.
Prime Minister Babyram Bhattarai asked teachers to call off protests and end closure of schools with assurances to amend and education act through a bill in parliament to meet the demands.
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UML STANDING COMMITTEE
Kathmandu, 29Feb.:UML standing committee began meeting for the second consecutive day Wednesday ahead of Sunday’s two-day meet of national representative council meet
Tuesday’s meet decided to 42 more in addition to the 836 representatives already confirmed for the assembly.
The meeting decided to increase women representatives for Sunday’s meet—three representatives each from 12 affiliated bodes.
The committee decided to select three more women each from 16 affiliated organizations for Sunday’s meet.
Tuesday’s meeting decided to present five reports to the assembly, including political report of Chairman Jhalanath Khanal and organization report of General Secretary Ishwor Pokhrel.
Names of 42 nominated members will also be discussed.
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ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AMBASSADORS
Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Non-president ambassadors have been appointed by President DR. Ram Baran Yadav on recommendation of government,
Ambassador to Canada,Dr Bhoj Raj Ghimire has been appointed resident ambassador to Canadam, has been nominate non-resident ambassador to Cuba.
Gyan Chandra Acharya has been named resident ambassador to the United Nations is non-resident envoy to Ecuador and Peru.
Ambassador to France Mohan Krishna Shrestha is non-resident envoy to Spain, Greece, Portugal and Monaco as well.
Pradyumna Bikram Shah has been named the resident ambassador to Brazil and non-resident envoy to Argentina, Paraguay and Chile.
Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma has been named resident ambassador to the United States of America will also serve as non-resident ambassador to Mexico.
Arun Prasad Dhital has been named resident ambassador to South Africa will also look after Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Zambia.
Shyam Lal Tabdar who been appointed resident ambassador to Egypt will be non-resident ambassador to Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, Ethiopia, Syria and Nigeria.
Ambassador to Germany Suresh Prasad Pradhan will be non-resident envoy to the Republic of Slovakia.
Uday Raj Pandey has been named resident ambassador to Saudi Arabia and he will also serve as non-resident envoy to Jordan and Oman.
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FURTHER DETAILS OF OPPOSITION DEMAND FOR SPECIAL COMMITTEE MEET

Kathmandu, 29 Feb.: Four members of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) Tuesday drew the attention of Prime Minister and Committee chairman Dr. Baburam Bhattarai in written that he should call the meeting of AISC immediately to forward the stalled army integration process, The Rising Nepal reports.
AISC members from Nepali Congress Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat and Dr.Minendra Rijal and from CPN-UML Iswor Pokharel and Bhim Rawal submitted the Prime Minister the letter stating that he did not listen to their earlier oral requests.
In the letter, the AISC member stated that it was sad that no earlier decision was implemented when the time was running out and it was sending a negative message about the AISC to the public.
It also recalled the latest decision of AISC to reduce the existing 28 cantonments in 14 and said that the committee meeting was a must to discuss about implementing the decision and concluding the peace process.
"But the meeting has not been called for a long time," they said.
"The meeting of the committee should be called as soon as possible to conclude the peace process by discussing the difficulties that have emerged in the integration process" Rawal told The Rising Nepal after submitting the memorandum.
The letter also stated that the peace process could be forwarded as per the seven point pact signed by the major political parties on Nov 1, 2011.
However, the AISC members could not hand over the letter to Prime Minister Bhattarai as he was absent when the AISC members reached the Constitutional Committee to meet him. Later, they left it in the PM’s Office in Singh Durbar.
"We were planning to handover the letter in the meeting of the Constitutional Committee, but the PM was not there. After that I went to the PMO office and left the letter there" Rawal said.
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