- Thursday, 5 June 2025
Kathmandu, June 3: Both Houses of the federal parliament are meeting today. The House of Representatives is scheduled to meet at 11:00am while the National Assembly at 1:15pm.
The tentative schedule for the House of Representatives’ meeting is presentation of a proposal by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel for general discussion on the estimates of revenue and expenditure for fiscal year, 2025/026.
Similarly, Chairman of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee, Ramhari Khatiwada, is scheduled to present the report of a committee on federal civil service, 2082.
Finance Minister Paudel will also be presenting a proposal, seeking consideration on ‘Customs Bill, 2080’ in the meeting of the National Assembly.
Minister for Education, Health and Technology, Raghuji Pant, is scheduled to present a proposal seeking discussion on ‘Bill on Martyr Dasharath Chand Institute of Health Sciences, 2080’ in the National Assembly. The bill is forwarded by the House of Representatives.
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Simkot rural municipality begins online service
Simkot (Humla), June 3: Simkot rural municipality of Humla district has begun online recommendation for citizenship certificate. Ward no-4 of the rural municipality launched the online service to ease the process of acquiring essential document.
Information officer at ward no-4, Chhiring Yungdung Lama, shared that two men and a woman were provided online recommendation for the citizenship certificate.
The centralized citizenship information management system was adopted to cater the service. The service in place has freed people of carrying documents.
Information officer Lama further said the online service not only facilitated documentation but also ensured hassle-free service and ended trend of duplication and fake documents.
The service would be expanded gradually to other wards, he added.
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RSP to hold policy convention
Kathmandu, June 3: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has decided to organize a policy convention to mark the establishment day of the party. The secretariat meeting of the party held on Monday took a decision on it, according to spokesperson (acting) Manish Jha.
Joint General Secretary of the party, Bipin Kumar Acharya, has been assigned the coordinator of for the convention. Even the province, district and local chapters of the party will organize the programmes to observe the party establishment day.
The meeting has reiterated that party President Rabi Lamichhane was falsely implicated in the cooperative fraud, as he had no involvement in it at all.
The meeting witnessed updates from province in-charges Santosh Pariyar (Koshi), Manish Jha (Madhesh), Lima Adhikari (Bagmati), Sishir Khanal (Gandaki), Bipin Kumar Acharya (Lumbini), Ganesh Parajuli (Karnali), and Hari Dhakal (Sudurpaschim).
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Alertness at Birgunj check point after Covid menace in neighbouring country
Birgunj, June 3: The Birgunj check point is under close watch after the increasing cases of Covid infection in the neighbouring country, India.
The people entering Nepal have been kept in surveillance. Brief health check up is conducted among the passengers of train entering Nepal.
The meeting of Parsa district health crisis management committee held on May 29 had decided to make effective the health check up at border area in a bid to prevent spread of disease.
Mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan City, Rajesh Man Singh, inspected the health desk set up at border and directed the concerned officials to maintain further alertness.
“In view of Covid cases on rise in the bordering country, we’ve been aware and put in place the preventive measures. The health desk at border will be further effective,” he informed.
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Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolis disposes 2,267-kg mango laced with chemical
Kailali, June 3: Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolis City has disposed 2,267-kg of mango laced with chemicals.
A joint market monitoring conducted by Sub-Metropolis, the Food Technology and Quality Control Office and the Pesticide Residue Rapid Test Lab, Attariya found the mango contaminated with pesticide and destroyed it.
The pesticide residue was found excessive in the fruit, so it was destroyed, said chief of consumer welfare section at Sub-Metropolis, Mahesh Malla. Three bazaars of vegetables and fruits were inspected by the team.
The monitoring team c0llected samples from the local Agriculture Retail Market, Dakchhinkali Raoad Vegetable Market and Hat Bazzar of Chauraha, Dhangadhi and conducted the lab test.
The test found excessive use of pesticide in mango, cucumber, banana, grapes, apple, pomegranate, tomato and okra. Among those, mango was found worst- inedible. So, it was destroyed, Malla added.
Chief of Food Technology and Quality Control Office, Hareram Pradhan, informed that among the fruits, mango was found with the excessive residue of pesticide. The fruits were imported from India.
Eighteen samples were collected for the test. The mango sample showed 61 percent of pesticide residue, prompting the authority to action.
However, 17 other samples were found edible. Although there was little residue of chemical in other fruits and vegetables, they could be consumed.
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Wild elephant electrocuted
Bhadrapur, June 3: A wild elephant died of electric chock in the Ratuwamai forest of Kamal rural municipality-3 last night.
The elephant was electrocuted due to electricity leakage.
Forest officer at Division Forest Office in the district, Jivan Pathak, informed that the electric wire might have snapped after the pachyderm shoved the electricity pole, resulting into electrocution by the dangling wire.
The elephant had died on the spot. Its tusk was also burnt.
A technical team was mobilized for further investigation into the incident, Pathak added.
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Foreign returnee initiates fish farming utilizing skills gained abroad
Bhojpur, June 3: Kamal Tamang from Bhangeri of Bhojpur municipality-6 has involved in commercial fish farming. He has utilized the skills and experience he got during the foreign employment.
Tamang launched the entrepreneurship, setting the goal of becoming an example and encouraging others to involve in the farming within country.
Currently, there are five commercial ponds where he has released 60-kg of fish fries. These fries are of grass carp species. Tamang shared, “It is pleasing to launch entrepreneurship at my own locality, staying together with family.”
He spent five years in Malaysia for the employment where he worked in the fishery. If we foster commercial farming, we can easily earn huge amount in the country itself, said the foreign returnee. He had five years of experience in this field.
He further said, “Many youths are yearning for foreign jobs, but they face the consequences when they reach there. But, I returned home, thinking self entrepreneurship at my own locality.”
Tamang expects rewarding return from the fish farming. He is also planning to branch out his business, keeping pigs and chicken.
The foreign returnee hopes the income ranging from Rs 800 thousand to Rs 1 million per year. The fish reared in the hilly ponds fetches Rs 650 to Rs 700 per kg.
Chairman of ward no-6, Shailendra Karki, informed that the local level had encouraged the youths willing to initiate entrepreneurship. The incentive schemes of the local level have spurred commercial activities in agriculture sector.
The municipality provides assistance to the youths who come up with commercial plans.
As this local level is near district headquarters, marketing of the products- fish, vegetable and cash crops- would be easy, Karki added.
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