FOCAL POINT

FOCAL POINTS OF SAARC BIMSTEC

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Kathmandu, 4 July: Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation

will be the focal point for SAARC and BIMSTEC.

The point was shifted from  the National Planning Commission by the cabinet Thursday.

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GOVT. CONTRIBUTION TO OBSERVE

SECOND CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF BHABU BHAKTA

 
Kathmandu, 4 July: The cabinet Thursday sanctioned Rs. 1.6 million

for the Bhanu Development Foundation to observe the second

centenary celebration of pioneer Bhanu

Bhakta Acharya.

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MOTORIST SURVIVES KHUKRI ASSAULT

Kathmandu, 4 July: A motorist was injured but survived a kukri attack

by a gang of about eight persons at Nakkhu in Lalitpur Thursday.

Six kukris were recovered from the incident site.

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14 JAPANESE VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE

Kathmandu, 4 July: Fourteen volunteers of f Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) arrived Thursday.

The new batch has two senior volunteers, 10 Japan overseas cooperation

volunteers and two short-term senior volunteers.

JICA has sent 1,228 volunteers to Nepal in 43 years.

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