NC BRIEFING WORKERS OF 'REALTY0 MAOIST CREATINGOBSTACLES FOR PEACE, CONSTITUTION

NC BRIEFING WORKERS ON ‘REALITY’
OF MAOISTS CREATING OBSTACLES FOR PEACE,CONSTITUTION

Kathmandu, 8 March: As UML said it was going to the people to mobilize
people for peace and constitution by 28 May, main opposition NC said it was going to educate its party workers on’ reality’ of Maoists creating obstacles for
peace and constitution.
“For that, a schedule will be made public in a day or two
party President Sushil Koirala told Nagarik Thursday.

ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN TRACTOR ACCIDENT IN RUKUM

Kathmandu, 8 March: One person died and two others were injured when a tractor carrying sand fell off a road into a river in Rukum overnight.
The injured are undergoing at a hospital in Nepalgunj
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ONE KILLED IN RAUTAHAT FIRE
Kathmandu, 8 March: Laxmi Thakur (45) of Bhasedawa-6 lost his life when fire engulfed three houses at Bhasedawa VDC at around 4 am on Thursday, RSS reports from Rautahat.
Likewise, the fire outbreak ravaged the houses and sheds of neighbor Panchu Das and Mohan Das. Cows, buffaloes and goats owned by them were also burnt to death in the fire, police said.
Security personnel and locals doused the fire. Details of the losses incurred have yet to be assessed, informed District Police Office, Rautahat.
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INTERVIEW

TOURISM MINISTER BIST ADMITS HE KNEW HE DIDN’T HAVE VISA







TOURISM MNISTER LOKENDRA BIST MAGAR INYERVIEW WITH KIRAN CHAPAGAIN IN REPUBLICA
I did not know that my passport didn´t have a German visa. I was told at the last moment that I should attend the ITB fair in Germany. I agreed to attend the meeting. I then asked to arrange for my visit and gave my passport to my personal secretariat at the ministry.

I came to know that I didn´t have my passport stamped with German visa only when I approached the airline officials at Abu Dhabi airport to get boarding pass to fly to Frankfurt.

A Hindi-speaking official of the airlines then told me that I did not have visa to enter Germany. I felt devastated. I never checked whether my travel documents were in place before the airline official told me. I was accompanied by my wife.

Then I decided to return to Nepal and asked the airline official to cancel the air tickets to Frankfurt. I then arranged tickets for Nepal.
• National Embarrassment
I was about to board a Kathmandu-bound plane when officials from our embassy came searching for me. I asked them to arrange visa to go to Germany as I wanted to attend the meeting. The meeting was important. I am flying to Frankfurt later today (Wednesday). Officials at the UAE embassy worked on war-footing way to make the arrangements.

This is not a case involving a minister, it is an issue linked to the country´s prestige. It happened due to weakness in our system. The individuals who were supposed to take responsibility for the program did not carry out the duty honestly. I have already directed a probe. I will punish the guilty once I return from Germany on Friday.

I am worried that the incident has been reported in a bad light. I have taken the media coverage of the incident as an attempt to attack the government and friendly relations between Nepal and the UAE. I was not detained at the airport as reported by a section of Nepali media. The officials at the airport respected and helped me. I appreciate that.

I had given my tickets, passport and luggage to my personal secretaries an hour before departure. I trusted them. But now I see they did not work honestly.
I am concerned over the quality of journalism.

The way the incident has been reported in the Nepali media shows that they lack quality despite growth in quantity.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“Don’t attempt to create a quarrel. I won’t say anything about him [Sher BahadurDeuba]. Ask him why he didn’t attend the meeting [of eastern region workers].”

(Sushil Koirala, Nagarik, 8 March)
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