Posted by News Desk on 5-15-14 in Others | Comments Off on NPC identifies 5 priority projects as being troubled
A field study conducted by the National Planning Commission (NPC) has identified five important projects as being troubled. The NPC, which normally monitors top priority projects, has singled out the 14 MW Kulekhani III Hydropower Project, 30 MW Chameliya Hydropower Project, President Chure Conservation Programme, Mahakali River Control Programme and Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Surkhet as being projects in distress. According to the NPC, the budget allotted to Kulekhani III had not been...
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Posted by News Desk on 5-15-14 in Others | Comments Off on EC publishes by-election schedule
The Election Commission (EC) has published the election schedule for the upcoming by-election in four constituencies. The EC published the schedule for Kathmandu Constituency No. 2, Chitwan Constituency No. 4, Bardiya Constituency No. 1 and Kailali Constituency No. 6. The EC has made preparations to use electric voting machines in the constituencies. As per the schedule, filing of nomination by the candidates is scheduled on May 25, nomination list publication on May 26, filing complaints...
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Posted by News Desk on 5-15-14 in Others | Comments Off on Bhattarai rebuffs Dahal’s effort to mend fences
UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday reached out to the party’s senior leader Baburam Bhattarai to convince him into joining the party’s Central Committee meeting scheduled to begin on Thursday. But the fence-mending effort from Dahal by offering more CC seats to Bhattarai faction was not well received. Bhattarai told Dahal that he and his supporters will not join the CC until their demands are addressed. Bhattarai’s demands include adopting democratic culture in the party,...
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Posted by News Desk on 5-15-14 in Others | Comments Off on Turkish mine disaster: Unions calls protest strike
Turkish mine disaster: Unions calls protest strike Relatives of the missing are struggling to cope, as Orla Guerin reports Trade unions in Turkey have announced a one-day strike in protest at the country’s worst ever mine disaster which has claimed at least 282 lives. Union officials said the recent privatisation of the mining sector had made working conditions more dangerous. Three days of mourning for the victims began on Thursday. Anger erupted against the government in several cities...
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