- Sunday, 12 January 2025
Kathmandu, May 5: At the cordial invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan KAMIKAWA Yoko is arriving here today on an official visit to Nepal.
During the visit, Minister KAMIKAWA is scheduled to meet with President Ramchandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Ms KAMIKAWA will meet and hold bilateral talks on various matters of mutual interest and concern with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Shrestha today, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This is Ms KAMIKAWA’s first visit to Nepal since being appointed as the foreign minister of Japan.
Japan remains as one of the leading countries that provide continuous support to help with the development endeavours of Nepal. Diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan were established on September 1, 1956. Nine years after the establishment of diplomatic relations, Nepal established its embassy in Tokyo in 1965. Three years later, Japan opened an embassy in Nepal.
Japan has been supporting Nepal in the fields of education, health, communication, agriculture, infrastructure, energy, civil aviation and other sectors. “There is no such sector of Nepal, where the Japanese support has not reached. Japan is helping Nepal with a focus on its economic and social development,” says Nepali Ambassador to Japan Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi.
This high-level visit by the foreign minister of Japan is expected to make a significant contribution to strengthening the close and friendly relationship subsisting between the two countries.
Following the visit, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan will depart from Kathmandu today itself.
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02- Rainfall likely in Koshi today
Kathmandu, May 5: The weather remains cloudy in the hilly areas and clear in the remaining part of the country today. This is due to partial influence of westerly winds and local winds, says the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
According to the department, there is a possibility of light rainfall with thunder and lightning in some places of Koshi region. Light snowfall may take place at one or two places in the high hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces.
There is a possibility of storms in some places of Tarai in Lumbini.
Tonight, the weather will be partly to mostly cloudy in the hilly parts of the country and clear in the rest of the country. Light rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur at one or two places in the hilly regions of Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali.
In the next 24 hours, light rainfall with thunder and lightning is likely to occur in some places of Koshi region and one or two places in the rest of the hilly areas of the country.
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03- Two people drown in Doda river
Mahendranagar (Kanchanpur), May 5: Two persons have drowned while bathing in the Doda river in Kanchanpur. Two others have been injured in the incident that took place on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Rajendra Kunwar and Vijay Kunwar of Shantipur in Belauri Municipality-7, said Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of District Police Office Kanchanpur, Umeshraj Joshi.
Samir Subedi and Shishir Bista from the same locality were injured. They are undergoing treatment at local medical centres.
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04- Five people arrested for igniting forest fire
Kavrepalanchok, May 5: Five people have been arrested for setting the forest on fire.
Those arrested are Maite Tamang,31, of Mandandeupur Municipality-11, Bikas Bhujel,25, and Savin Sunar, who have been charged of setting fire to community forest in Panchkhaal Municipality-5, and Aitimaya Tamang, 80, on charge of setting fire to Kaskot Community Forest of Namobuddha Municipality-1 and Lalkumar Sen Thakuri, 49, on suspicion of setting fire to the community forest in Arubot community forest of Chaurideurali Rural Municipality-6, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police of the District Police Office, Rajkumar Shrestha.
Meanwhile, wildfires expanding to human settlement have damaged property in various places of Roshi, Mahabharat and Khanikhola Rural Municipalities. Property worth Rs 2.6 million was gutted when 15 houses of Sanopota village in Roshi rural municipality-4 were burnt in the fire.
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05- Two killed and two injured in road accident
Dadeldhura, May 5: Two people have died in a road accident that took place involving a tractor in Dadeldhura last night.
The deceased have been identified as the tractor driver Dhiraj Thapamgar,40, of Gajuri rural municipality-7 of Dhading and Bishnu BK,27, of Rodang rural municipality, according to district police office, Kusum Nayak, the information officer of the office,
The tractor (Bagmati Pradesh 01-001 Ka. 9651) met with the accident at Sirod of Navadurga Rural Municipality-4. Two others were injured including Sudeep BK,31, of Rodang Rural Municipality of Dhading and Hikmat BK,28, of Navadurga Rural Municipality-4, Dadeldhura.
They are undergoing treatment at Dadeldhura hospital, police said.
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06- Three houses gutted in fire in Bajura
Bajura, May 5: Three houses were gutted in a fire that broke out in Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality of the district on Saturday afternoon.
The fire that started from the shed of Amar Kattel spread to the houses of Prakash Kattel and Padam Kattel in Jukot, ward no. 3 of the Rural Municipality, according to the District Police Office. All the belongings of the three houses were damaged in the fire.
The fire was extinguished by locals and the police.
Last Thursday afternoon, the house of Mohan Nepali of Ward No. 4 of the municipality was burnt to ashes by the fire that spread from the wildfire in the community forest in Budhiganga municipality.
Although the incidents of fire are increasing daily the victims have alleged that the District Disaster Management Committee and the local municipality have not shown any interest in disaster response and have not helped them either.
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