KATHMANDU: Kantipur daily has highlighted the arrest of two promoters of Gandaki Medical College in today’s edition. According to the report, police rounded up Controller of Examinations Laxman Prasad Sharma and Chief Executive Officer of the medical college Santosh Khanal.
Khanal was arrested from Birauta while Sharma was held from Rastra Bank chowk on Wednesday evening. Police had issued an arrest warrant against them following a complaint by the students that they were fleeced by charging them more fee than the ceiling set by the government.
“We have issued an arrest warrant against 10 individuals following a complaint by the students. We have arrested two promoters so far. The search for the rest is underway,” said SP Om Bahadur Rana Magar.
Meanwhile, Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) went up by 16 points to close at 1127.77 on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. It was at 1100 points on Sunday. Similarly, entrepreneurs have demanded that the interest rate should not be increased during the loan period. They put forth their demand in a meeting with Chiranjibi Nepal, governor of Nepal Rastra Bank, yesterday.
With the withdrawal of its support to the government, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has started making preparations to resume Madhes Movement. Rajendra Mahato , a presidium member of the RJPN, said that the government will lose the Madhes’ sentiments even though the party’s pull out would not impact it mathematically.
The Oli-led government commands support of 192 lawmakers in the parliament while 184 lawmakers are required for two-thirds majority.
RJPN decided to withdraw its support to the government after Kailali District Court on Wednesday slapped 11 individuals including lawmaker Resham Chaudhary with life imprisonment for their involvement in Tikapur incident, a report in Nagarik daily said.
Similarly, Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to release CK Raut, who had been arrested on the charge of sedition, on a date. A division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana and Justice Purushottam Bhandari issued the order to release Raut on a date saying that they did not find enough evidences against him.
As the world is observing the 109th International Women Day today, girl children are seen playing with the pieces of bricks. They are in the age group between two to 12 years. Their feet are bare and are wearing tattered clothes. They have not heard the name of school, let alone their day – International Women Day, reported Annapurna daily.
It is the scene of Kumarimata Brick Factory located in Changunarayan Municipality, Bhaktapur.
A meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC), which had started on January 24, has been called for March 18. The meeting had been called for February 26 after the CWC meeting endorsed the party statue by a majority of votes on February 24. However, the meeting could not take place on the stipulated date following the protest by Poudel and Sitaula factions, Annapurna daily has reported.
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