NC, UML WRITING TO PRESIDENT NOT TO PROMULGATE BUDGET THROUGH ORDINANCE Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: Opposition NC and UML are writing formally to President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav Wednesday not to issue an ordinance to proclaim a budget for the remaining eight months of the current fiscal year The opposition said it has no support for a unilateral budget being announced by government. The two biggest opposition and other like-minded parties are finalizing and announcing detailed protests Thursday.one day before NC’s anti-government protest and show of force Friday in the capital. In the absence of parliament, the caretaker government is announcing a budget which the president may not promulgate as he asked government to bring a buddget acceptable to all parties. Nnnn MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 8 DEGREES CELSIUS Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: Capital’s minimum temperature Thursday morning was 8 degrees Celsius. Mercury is expected to rise to23 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. Nnnn HIMALAYAN SHERPA, MACHINDRA CLUB PLAY IN 2ND SAFAL POKHARA CUP Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: Himalayan Club and Machindra Club play in the second semifinal of the 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup Thursday. The winner will play Manang Mayshyangdhi Clun in the final. nnnn