AFTER TWO LOSSES, NEPAL RECORDS FIRST WIN IN ICC WORLD CRICKET LEAGUEI IN BERMUDA Kathmandu, 2 May Skipper Paras Khadka shone with both bat and ball to give Nepal a much-needed win in its third match of ICC World Cricket League Division Three against host Bermuda at St David’s Cricket Club, Wednesday night. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Nepal skitteld the home team for a meager 106 in 38.2 overs, with Khadka claiming four crucial wickets. In reply, Nepal raced to the winning target of 107, losing two wickets in just 11.2 overs, handing Bermuda an eight-wicket defeat. In Nepal’s run chase, Khadka smashed a fiery 46 off 27 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes, in an unbroken third wicket stand with his deputy Gyanendra Malla, who hit 34 off 20 balls, with five fours and a six. Openers Subash Khakurel (6) and Anil Mandal (16) were the two wickets that Nepal lost. Khakurel faced six balls and hit a boundary while Mandal faced 17 balls and smashed two fours. Both of them fell to Bermuda bowler R Trott. For Bermuda, S Outerbridge topscored with 29, while D Hemp made 16. D stovel and M Jones made equal 15 runs, whereas C Douglas contributed 12 runs. Besides, no other batsmen could make it to the double digits. The host had a mediocre start and were once in a pretty good position with 73 runs on board with just two wickets down, before losing the remaining eight wickets for another 33 runs. Apart from Khadka, Basanta Regmi took three wickets to restrict the Caribbean nation to a low score. Chandra Saud, Sanjam Regmi and Shakti Gauchan took one wicket each. Khadka was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant all-round performance. Nepal was in a must-win situation in today´s match after it had suffered a 94-run defeat at hands of the USA in the opening match and losing its second match to Uganda by six wickets. Nepal will take on Oman on Thursday night. Nnnn BRITISH MINISTER DUNCAN HOPES POLLS WILL BE DECISIVE Kathmandu, 2 May: Skipper Paras Khadka shone with both bat and ball to give Nepal a much-needed win in its third match of ICC World Cricket League Division Three against host Bermuda at St David’s Cricket Club, Wednesday night, Kishore Nepal writes in Republica. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Nepal skitteld the home team for a meager 106 in 38.2 overs, with Khadka claiming four crucial wickets. In reply, Nepal raced to the winning target of 107, losing two wickets in just 11.2 overs, handing Bermuda an eight-wicket defeat. In Nepal’s run chase, Khadka smashed a fiery 46 off 27 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes, in an unbroken third wicket stand with his deputy Gyanendra Malla, who hit 34 off 20 balls, with five fours and a six. Openers Subash Khakurel (6) and Anil Mandal (16) were the two wickets that Nepal lost. Khakurel faced six balls and hit a boundary while Mandal faced 17 balls and smashed two fours. Both of them fell to Bermuda bowler R Trott. For Bermuda, S Outerbridge topscored with 29, while D Hemp made 16. D stovel and M Jones made equal 15 runs, whereas C Douglas contributed 12 runs. Besides, no other batsmen could make it to the double digits. The host had a mediocre start and were once in a pretty good position with 73 runs on board with just two wickets down, before losing the remaining eight wickets for another 33 runs. Apart from Khadka, Basanta Regmi took three wickets to restrict the Caribbean nation to a low score. Chandra Saud, Sanjam Regmi and Shakti Gauchan took one wicket each. Khadka was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant all-round performance. Nepal was in a must-win situation in today´s match after it had suffered a 94-run defeat at hands of the USA in the opening match and losing its second match to Uganda by six wickets. Nepal will take on Oman on Thursday night. Nnnn MAOIST CHIEF DAHAL SAYS HIS PARTY WILL BE STROGNER AFTER POLLS Kathmandu, 2 May: UCPN-Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' Wednesday claimed that his party would be stronger after the new CA election, The Rising Nepal reports.. He said that his party would form a united front with different other parties for the poll purposes. He pointed out at the need of unity among the forces of change. "People are anxious due to failure of the old CA to write new constitution," he said adding, " People are still worried whether the new CA will write the constitution or not." He said that revolution without economic changes was just a mere talk. RIVAL MAOISTS SAY VOTE WILL BE DISRUPTED The Rising Nepal adds: May 1: CPN-Maoist secretary Netra Bikram Chand Wednesday warned of resistance if the government repressed the struggle for national sovereignty. Addressing a programme organised to mark 124th May Day here at Basantapur, leader Chand reiterated that his party would not take part in the election being conducted by putting nationality under risk. He blamed the four parties for being under the influence of foreign forces and amending the constitution. He said his party would obstruct the CA election as he said that the new CA would not write a constitution desired by people. "There is no meaning of the election being conducted under the pressure of the foreign forces," he said. Nnnn PROBABLY LAST GREEN CARD LOTTERY HELD Kathmandu, 2 May:: Around 100,000 people were chosen from several million Wednesday to get a head-start on a US Green Card, in what could be the last such annual lottery, slated to vanish under proposed reformsm ADP Reports from USA.r. Created in 1995, the lottery system leads to the awarding of 50,000 permanent residency permits each year to people from countries that send relatively few emigrants to the United States. But it has long been in the crosshairs of US Republican lawmakers, who control the House of Representatives and have included a plan to scrap it in the comprehensive immigration reforms currently being debated in Congress. A final vote on the reforms is not expected before this summer, but if they pass, the so-called diversity visas would vanish from next year. This year´s crop of hopefuls did now know when they applied that this might be their last chance, as would-be immigrants had to file a free online application in October 2012. From 1600 GMT on Wednesday, the candidates were finally able to check their status on the government website www.dvlottery.state.gov, using their personal confirmation number. For Yuri Jacquet, 28, this is his sixth failed attempt to win a visa. "It´s a little discouraging," admitted the entrepreneur, who has built a website selling clothes and works between Martinique and the US state of Florida. "Each time, you tell yourself the next time will be the one." Some 100,000 names were selected in a first round, because not everyone will complete the process for a visa, and a maximum of 50,000 Green Cards will ultimately be given out. In last year´s lottery, 7.9 million people, with 4.6 million spouses and children, submitted applications. More than 18,000 Africans got Green Cards through the lottery the year before, the most from any continent. Half of the lottery is reserved for applicants from Africa, who could now lose out. Mamina Ezra, a 28-year-old Ethiopian, was one of the lucky ones this year -- her 11th try. "I´m still in shock," she told AFP. "I was so used to losing that this has really shocked me." Ezra, who earned an advanced business degree in New York, was going to have to return to Ethiopia this summer if she couldn´t find an employer willing to sponsor her for a visa. French engineering student Nathaniel Assayag, 23, at New York´s Columbia University, wasn´t as lucky, but he is one of the people who may fare better under the proposed reforms. "Participating in the lottery was, for me, a way to take the fast lane" to immigration, he said. "Getting an H-1B work visa (a temporary visa) is very difficult because, even if your company is ready to sponsor you, the quotas are much lower than the demand," he said. The proposed reforms massively increase the number of Green Cards and visas allocated to highly qualified workers -- and, in particular, students like Assayag, getting degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math. The winners of this year´s lottery will be given interviews from October, where they will have to show proof of a high school diploma or at least two years of work experience, as required under the program. Countries that sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years are excluded from the lottery. This year that includes a range of countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, mainland China, Mexico, Pakistan, South Korea, and Britain, except Northern Ireland. nnnn