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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEET STARTS

Kathmandu, 5 July: A meeting of the National Development Council

began Friday.

The main agenda is to approve the coming three-year-plan.

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FORMER MAOIST FIGHTERS OINING ARMY FRIDAY

Kathmandu, 5 July: Altogether 1352 former Maoists who completed a seven-moth training will join the Nepal Army they fought unsuccessfully to defeat for 0 Years.

They will take part in a special parade and jin the state army under a

separate directorate Friday.

Would-be officers are not included.

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CONSTITUENCY DELIENATION COMMISSION TALKING WITH

WOMEN GROUPS FRIDAY

Kathmandu, 5 July: Five-member constituency delineation commission

is interacting with women groups Friday to demarcate 240 electoral constituencies for the 19 November second constituent assembly elections.

The commission has been given 30 days to draw up constituencies.

Consultations have already been held with representatives of political parties, lawyers and experts in various fields, including demographers and geographers.

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20 INJURED IN BUS, TRUCK COLLISION

Kathmandu, 5 July: Twenty persons were injured in a collision

overnight between a bus and truck in Rautahat.

The truck was Indian registered.

Two were seriously hurt.

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DIL BIKRAM RAJBHANDARI APPOINTED RPP-NEPAL TREASURER

Kathmandu, 5 July: Dil Bikram Rajbhandari has been appointed treasurer of RPP-Nepal.

Rajbandarnis a businessman.

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SALE OF HIMALAYAN VIAGRA THROUGH  TENDERS GENERATES MORE PROFITS

Kathmandu, 5 July: Local people in Mudi VDC in the district have got a good price for their Yarchagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) this year after a local club sold the precious herb through a tender process, The Kathmandu Post reports from Myagdi...
The Dhaulagiri Pratham Youth Club in the village collected 10 kilograms of Yarchagumba at the rate of Rs 1.55 million per kg. An employee at the club said they sold Yarchagumba through the tender process in order to ensure that villagers get good price for their herb by avoiding commission for the middlemen. Dinesh KC, a Yarchagumba trader vying to purchase the herb, said he could not buy Yarchagumba from the club as he was ready to pay only Rs 1.53 million per kg. “The villagers, however, got a good price for their herb,” he said.
Officials at the District Forest Office (DFO), however, said the club is yet to pay tax for the sale of Yarchagumba through the tender process. They said the DFO collected revenue from the sale of only seven kilograms of Yarchagumba in villages except Mudi this year.
District Forest Officer Yam Bahadur Rumba said he has directed the authorities concerned to collect tax from the sale and officially record the transaction.
Yarchagrumba trader Dalman Pun said they are preparing to transport the herb purchased from the club to Kathmandu in a helicopter after registering the transaction in the DFO. Yarchagumba traders said at least 35 kilograms of the herb is collected from VDCs such as Gurja, Mudi, Chimkhol in the western region of the district every year.