PROMOTIONS IN NA Kathmandu, 5 June: Colonels Deepak Prasad Bharati and Devendra Bahadur Medhasi were promoted to brigadier general by the cabinet Tuesday. Eight brigadier generals of Nepal Army were transferred to different offices. The cabinet meeting extended tenure of a Colonel Rajesh Panta and Brigadier Generals Padam Billas Karki and Bijaya Moktan. Nnnn DISCHARGED MAOIST SUSPECTED FOR DETONATING EXPLOSIVE AT MINISTER PUN’S MEETING ARRETED Kathmandu, 5 June: Discharged Maoist combatant Shirkazi Tamang of SIndhupakchowk was arrested for investigation Monday on suspicion of setting off an explosive device at a public programme being addressed by Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun Saturday at Jalbire, Sindhupalchowk. Nobody was hurt in the blast. Nnnn DFID TOLD NOT TO FORMENT COMMUNAL DISCONTENT Kathmandu, 5 June: GFID, a British government donor agency, is under tremendous pressure not to support projects in Nepal that would foment communal discontent and hatred towards certain section of the society. The Reporter writes. DFID office in the Umited Kingdom is believed to have taken note of the concern, and asked its office in Kathmandu not to support ‘controversial projects’ . The recent directive from the DFID headquarters comes in the wake of wide scale resentment in Nepal over DFID’s financial support ostensibly for ‘ethnic empowerment’ that is snow-balling into social tension. Some upper caste’ Hindu groups have been openly complaining that UNDP resident office, DFID, embassy of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland are funding and supporting various ethnic groups pursuing ethnic or caste-based politics. nnnn