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TRANSPORT SERVICE COMES TO HALT IN BIRGUNJ

Kathmandu, 17 Aug.: The transport entrepreneurs have halted transportation service for indefinite period from Saturday, RSS reports from Birgunj..

Reasoning that they were not provided the minimum fare fixed by the government, the entrepreneurs halted the transportation service.

Secretary of Tarai Transportation Entrepreneurs' Association, Shankar Bista, said all vehicles operated on rent have stopped service.

Similarly, Chairman of Narayani Transportation Entrepreneurs' Association at Hetauda, Gokarna Parajuli said as many as 15,000 trucks would not be operated till they got minimum fare as fixed by the government.

The entrepreneurs have demanded proper parking arrangement, regular and systematic traffic checking and cancellation of unauthorised fee imposed on transportation.

The government has fixed the fare at Rs 23,000 per ton for the transportation from Birgunj to Kathmandu while Rs 23,700 from Bhairahawa to Kathmandu, Rs 21,500 from Birgunj to Pokhara and Rs 22,200 from Bhairahawa to Pokhara.,

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MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LIKELY TO BE DISBANDED IN

EGYPT

Kathmandu, 17 Aug.:  The spokesman of the Egyptian Cabinet says authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group, AP reports from Cairo..

Spokesman Sherif Shawki said Saturday that Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi assigned Ministry of Social Solidarity to study the legal possibilities of dissolving the group. He didn't elaborate.

The Muslim Brotherhood group, founded in 1928, came to power a year ago when its leader Mohammed Morsi was elected in the country's first free presidential elections. The election came after the overthrow of longtime autocratic president Hosni Mubarak.

Morsi was overthrown in a popularly backed military coup July 3.

The Brotherhood rocketed to power after decades of being a banned group in Egypt. While sometimes tolerated, its leaders often faced long bouts of imprisonment.

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