UPDATE NEPAL SCORES 156 RUNS IN 46.1 OVERS AGAINST PAKISTAN Kathmandu, 23 June: Nepal scored 156 runs 46.1 overs against Pakistan Saturday in the Group ‘A’ match of the ACC U-19 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur. MORE PRACHANDA TELLS PUN TO PREPARE A FULL BUDGET OVRRULING OPPOSITION SUGGESTIONS Kathmandu, 23 June: Maoist Chairman Prachanda told Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun Saturday to make preparations for a full budget estimate of Rs. 429 billion. Pun and Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Banskota consulted the Maoist chief on the coming budget Opposition chiefs of NC and UML told Pun during similar consultations a ‘caretaker’ government can’t present a full budget. Nnnn ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN RUKUM TRACTOR ACCIDENT Kathmandu, 23 June: One person died and two others were injured when a tractor met with an accident at Syalapakha VDC of Rukum district, Friday night, RSS reports from Rukum. The tractor with the Registration No. Ra 1 Ta 895 tractor fell from the road at Kailadeu of Ward No. 4 while heading for Rukumkot from Khalanga. The dead is not identified yet but the injured are Thalbir Nath, 47, and Dhanakumari of Pipal VDC-7, said inspector of the District Police Office Shaligram Poudel. Both the injured are undergoing treatment at District Hospital. The tractor had fallen 20 meters off the road. The police have taken the driver into custody. nnnn DEAD UKRAINIAN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA TESTS Kathmandu, 23 June: Ukrainian national Oleksandr Dubinskiy, missing following a sudden flood on Seti river 5 May. The missing tourist was identified through DNA tests of body Friday, police said. Body parts were buried along the river with help of International Red Cross Society. The flashflood killed more than 70 Nepalis and Ukrainians along the river. Nnnn GAYS HAPPY WITH LIBERALIZATION MOVE Kathmandu, 23 June: Hindu-majority Nepal said today that it will start issuing identification cards with three categories for genders — a move hailed by gay activists, who said previous regulations had been discriminatory, Reuters reports from Nepali capital. Up until now, the government has issued the cards only to people who identified themselves as either male or female. People identified as transgender said they could not apply for jobs, set up businesses or seek education without the cards, and that forcing them to choose one specific gender was discrimination. "We have changed the format, which will now include male, female and others," said Shankar Koirala, a Home Ministry spokesman. The move comes four years after the Supreme Court ordered the government to draft new laws or change old ones that discriminated against gays, lesbians and transgenders. Sunil Pant, founder of the Blue Diamond Society said the move was very positive and came after years of struggle. But Pant, a former MP, said much more remained to be done, with last month's dissolution of Parliament slowing change still further. "Now only sons or daughters can inherit property from their parents. Changing this law has been delayed due to the dissolution," Pant said. Two laws — one concerning the inheritance of parental property and the other recognising same sex marriage — had been under consideration by Parliament, which had also been tasked to prepare a constitution that had been expected to include provisions to include marginalised groups such as gays. Same sex marriages have taken nnnn