LAXMI BAHADUR SHRESTHA BLACKLISTED BY CIB Kathmandu, 18 Sept.: Credit Information Bureau (CIB) has blacklisted Laxmi Bahadur Shrestha. He is managing director of NB Group--promoters of Nepal Bangladesh Bank, NCC Bank and National Hydropower. The move came after Shrestha’s cheque bounced. Nnnn NEPAL PLAYS BANGLADESH IN AN INTRNATIONAL FRIENDLY FOOTBALL MATCH TUESDAY Kathmandu, 18 Sept : Nepal plays Bangladesh in an international friendly football match at Dashrath Ranghshala Tuesday. The second match is being played Thursday. nnnn : MEDIA GOOGLE “We [UML standing committee] rre of the view that the rigidity shown by the Maoists about the issues of federalism and new government has prolonged the stalemate.” UML Standing Committee member Bishnu Poudel following an informal meet Monday, The Kathmandu Post, 18 Sept.) “In the absence of a Legislature-Parliament the nation has to be run through the ordinances. So the president should not violate the constitutional jurisdiction.” (Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, The Kathmandu Post, 18 Sept.) nnnn