Kathmandu: Nepal has seen general influence of westerly wind and local wind. The powerful cyclone ‘Mocha’ that was originated in the Bay of Bengal has no noticeable effects in Nepal, said the Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. According to the Division, the cyclone has already entered the territory of Bangladesh and Myanmar and is gradually losing its intensity. Partial to general changes are taking place in Koshi, Karnali and Sudurapschim provinces now, but the weather is generally clean in remaining provinces. According to the weather forecasting bulletin published by the division, brief or light rain…
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Absconding CPN-UML Secretary and former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi has been arrested in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugees scam. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Dan Bahadur Karki, chief of District Police Range, Kathmandu, Rayamajhi was arrested from Budhanilkantha in Kathmandu on Sunday. Rayamajhi had been absconding after the Kathmandu District Court issued an arrest warrant for him on May 3 over his alleged involvement in the scam. Rayamajhi was attending an event in Arghakhanchi when the arrest warrant was issued for him. He had said that he would return to Kathmandu and help the police with…
Kathmandu: Cyclone Mocha developing in the Bay of Bengal will not have any significant impact on Nepal, according to the Weather forecasting division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The cyclone is currently moving towards the northeast direction and is rising up in the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Meanwhile, the weather is generally clear in the country today, with partial clouds in the hilly areas of the country. In the afternoon, there is a chance of light or temporary rain with thunder and lightning at one or two places in the hilly areas of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali…
Ayoung man of Budhiganga Rural Municipality of Morang has climbed a high tension pole complaining that the retaining wall being built on the road is of poor quality. 40-year-old Dinesh Kumar Majhi of Budhiganga Rural Municipality Ward No. 7, Dangraha is sitting on top of a transmission line pole where 132,000 volts of electricity is flowing. Attempts are being made to bring him down. However, he is firm on his stance that he will not fall from the pole until the president and vice president of the village give their commitment to address their demands. He alleges that the retaining wall being constructed on the road…
Water supply from Melamchi will be stopped for some time from coming May 15 for regular maintenance work. Senior Division Engineer of Melamchi Water Supply Project, Padma Bahadur Kunwar, shared that the water supply will be stopped for two weeks as some equipment needs to be installed and maintained at the source and headworks of the project located at Helambu-1. Kunwar said that the equipment is going to be installed and maintained so as to keep the project operational when there is a minor flood during the upcoming monsoon.
External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar congratulated his Nepali counterpart NP Saud on his new responsibility in Dhaka on Friday. During the meeting held on the sidelines of Indian Ocean Conference, 2023 in the capital city Dhaka in Bangladesh, the two leaders discussed bilateral issues including energy, connectivity, further steps in expanding partnership and people to people ties. “We, in the meeting, discussed further steps in our steadily expanding partnership, spoke about energy, connectivity, and enduring people to people ties,” Jaishankar tweeted. On Friday itself, the Foreign Minister held a virtual meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart where they discussed issues ranging from trade,…
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has pledged to bring anyone involved in the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal to justice. Receiving the memo submitted by the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, PM Prachanda asserted that the government was clear that the guilty must not be spared while the innocent ones should not be prosecuted in the scam. Police have been busting the racket sending people to the United States identifying them as the Bhutanese refugee. Over a dozen of people have been arrested in connection to the scam including…
KATHMANDU, May 10: Former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has been remanded in judicial custody for four days. Khand was arrested earlier this morning for his alleged involvement in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam. The Kathmandu District Court has allowed police to remand Khand into custody for four days. Earlier, the police issued an urgent arrest warrant and arrested Khand on Wednesday morning. His personal secretary Narendra KC was also arrested today itself. Khand was taken to the Kathmandu Police Range, Teku after the arrest.
Kathmandu: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman and former Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has thanked the government. Rabi thanked the Prime Minister, Home Minister, and Nepal Police through his Facebook status after the arrest of former home minister Balkrishna Khand in the fake Bhutanese refugees scandal. He wrote, ‘Thank you Nepal Police, Thank you, Mr. Home Minister, Thank You, Mr. Prime Minister. Let this trend not be stopped. Not in any circumstances.’ https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frabi.nikitalamichhane%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02iBnqLQrpZsnZT9TMHSWHNzMkeJdDXqLeyf1fZbcerdePDQQdrf4mEw51bNHWqWcBl&show_text=true&width=500 Early in the morning, Lamichhane objected, that the government was wobbling in arresting the corrupted people, through his Facebook status. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frabi.nikitalamichhane%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02zAYjpFYJiCix8uW4x5ttohkDc9gdDPcULVVMaFWghYYqWaNLmYsTfFzTc3hijBGql&show_text=true&width=500 Previously, Lamichhane wrote, ‘The continuous meetings of…
Nepali Congress (NC) leader and former home minister Bal Krishna Khand has been arrested in the fake Bhutanese refugees scam. Khand has been arrested from his residence Wednesday morning, according to a top Nepal Police source. Khand’s associate Narendra KC has also been arrested. An audio recording claiming that money was paid to Khand’s wife Manju Khand in the fake Bhutanese refugees scam has already been made public. Police arrested Khand without getting an arrest warrant from the court suspecting he could abscond like CPN-UML Secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi who is fugitive after the Kathmandu District Court issued arrest warrant…