TSC LIFTS BUDASUBBA GOLD CUP IN DHARAN

UPDATE TSC LIFTS BUDASUBBA GOLD CUP IN DHARAN
Kathmandu, 31 March: Three Star Club (TSC) lifted the Budasubba Gold Cup in Dharan Saturday.
TSC defeated Manang Marsyangdi 1-0 in the final played
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UML CHAIRMAN KHANAL ATTENDS PARTY MEEETINGS
Kathmandu, 31 March: UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal Saturday attended meetings of parties Saturday.
He returned home from New Delhi Friday after undergoing prostrate gland surgery.
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MADESH MORCHA HOLDS PUBLIC MEET IN CAPITAL
Kathmandu, 31 March: Ruling Madeshbadi front Saturday based in the terai held
a public meeting— their first in the capital.
Speakers highlighted regional issues at the meeting.
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SUSHIL KOIRALA NOW SAYS CONSTITUTION WILL COME WITH NEW CONSENSUS
Kathmandu, 31 March: President of the Nepali Congress (NC), Sushil Koirala, said the nation will get the constitution with federalism within May 27.

Talking to journalists at Janakpur Airport, on Saturday, he said, "The constitution will be promulgated within the slated timeframe as consensus has been forged among the major political parties."

NC president Koirala said the decision taken regarding the army integration and the formation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has given positive signal to forward the stalled peace process.

He decried federalism on the basis of ethnicity and said the parliamentary system with slight changes was the better option for the form of governance.

The NC president further said that the Maoist combatants' integration would be concluded within mid-April and the parties have already made understanding for this.
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ECONOMY MARRED BY
POLITICAL INSTABILITY SATS PRESIDENT
Kathmandu, 31 March: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has said the nation could not see stability and prosperity due to the failure to manage the country's politics, RSS reports.

Stating that India and China, Nepal's two close neighbours, have witnessed rapid economic growth in the period of the past seven decades, the President said, "Nepal has been pushed towards backwardness despite the rich natural resources and the reason behind it is just the political instability."

Addressing an interaction programme organised by the Reporters Club Nepal on its 14th anniversary at the Rastrapati Bhawan on Saturday, President Yadav stressed on the need of adopting democratic practices as exercised by India so as to see a great leap in the economic sector.

The development of the country was obstructed due to several political fluctuations and now the Nepali people have a desire for lasting peace and political stability, he stressed.

The President said he has been alerting the top leaders of political parties not to divert the country away from the democratic course facilitated by the different pacts including the 12-point agreement and the seven-point deals, stressing the need to forge consensus and collaboration among the four main political parties.

He made it clear that the path of democracy, nationality and socialism propounded by popular leader the late BP Koirala would make development possible in the country.

Noting that all should be cautious towards the disintegration of the country that might come in the name of federalism, the President said, "All the indigenous nationalities, religions and cultures are the heritage of the country, and the cohesion among them should not be jeopardised."
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(Manisha Koirala, PTI report of 29 March reproduced in The Himalayan Times, 31 March)
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