KATHMANDU: Khabarhub brings to you a glimpse of major developments of the day in Nepal, including politics, business/economy, sports, entertainment, and more.
Bomb goes off in Butwal
A bomb exploded at Milanchowk in Butwal on Wednesday evening.
A cooker bomb exploded near Milanchowk, eye witnesses have said.
A leaflet of the CPN (Maoist) Bahumat Party has been found at the incident site.
EC adopts smart approach for voter education campaign
The local level election will be taking place at entire 753 units in a single phase on May 13.
This time the Election Commission (EC) decides to undo with a traditional approach for voter education campaign as it switches to ‘a smart approach’ to do so.
The EC has not mobilized people to meet voters face-to-face for voter education. Rather, it is conducting the campaign with the help of technology.
32 elected reps sued on corruption allegations; five caught red-handed in current fiscal year
Envisioned to function as the decentralized administration mechanism in the federal system, the local levels are turning the places for misappropriation and corruption of late.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has so far filed corruption cases against 32 people’s representatives till May 10 of the current fiscal year 2021/22.
2,946 polling centers highly sensitive; 260,000 security personnel deployed
The government has made all the security arrangements required to hold the local level elections in a free, fair, and peaceful manner.
A total of 260,000 security personnel have been deployed for the security of the local level elections to be held on Friday (May 13)
The Ministry of Home Affairs has said it has deployed around 300,000 staffers across the country to successfully hold the local level elections.
Boom in tourism and remittances eases pressure on foreign exchange reserves
With the remittances and the tourism sector’s gradual boom, the pressure on foreign exchange reserves has started to ease these days.
According to Nepal Rastra Bank, the foreign exchange reserves stood at Rs. 1,167.92 billion as of mid-April. Foreign exchange reserves declined by Rs 4 billion in Chaitra (March 15 to April 13) compared to the previous month.
NEPSE rises by 56 points Wednesday
The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) has increased by 56.06 points to reach 2,369.06 points on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week.
The share trading gauge NEPSE index has increased by double digits continuously this week.
Imports via Rasuwagadhi checkpoint halted
Imports through Rasuwgadhi checkpoint have been halted till local-level election.
The local-level election is taking place across the nation on May 13. Chief District Officer, Nabaraj Jaisi, said that the import of goods has been suspended as per the agreement between the officials of Nepal-China bordering area of completely halting the movement via the checkpoint until the completion of voting process.
32 elected reps sued on corruption allegations; five caught red-handed in current fiscal year
Envisioned to function as the decentralized administration mechanism in the federal system, the local levels are turning the places for misappropriation and corruption of late.
The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has so far filed corruption cases against 32 people’s representatives till May 10 of the current fiscal year 2021/22.
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