By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online July 21, 2023 The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, reiterated his support for forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would include representatives from all ethnic groups at the Gulf Cooperation Council-Central Asia Summit. Rahmon emphasized that the Taliban should recognize the freedom and rights of all ethnic groups and women in Afghanistan. “We support the formation of an all-inclusive government that represents all ethnic, political, and social…
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report in The Himalayan Times, July 14, 2023KATHMANDU, JULY 13: The government has said that discussions are on regarding implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project. Nepal and China had signed an agreement on the BRI project in 2017. Delivering a statement in the National Assembly meeting today, Minister for Foreign Affairs, NP Saud said, “Discussions are being held between the two countries regarding implementation of BRI.” Though the agreement on BRI was…
report in The Morning, July 11, 2023State Minister of Ports and Aviation Premalal Jayasekara said that the implementation of the new project to launch transport services, for both passengers and cargo, to India via the Kankesanthurai (KKS) Port which was recently approved by the Government of Sri Lanka is likely to be delayed by a further six months as the Indian Government is yet to approve the project. Speaking in this regard at a media…
by Deo Narayan Shah in The Kathmandu Post, July 10, 2023In less than four days of new government formation in Koshi Province, discontent has started brewing in the ruling coalition. CPN (Unified Socialist), a coalition partner, has expressed its dissatisfaction over the Cabinet expansion. Unified Socialist leader Rajendra Kumar Rai accused the chief minister of allocating the ministerial berths, unilaterally. He said an environment of consensus and cooperation within the alliance has been foiled and…
Report in The Kathmandu Post,July 04, 2023Leaders of the ruling coalition in Kathmandu have decided to form a new government in Koshi Province under the leadership of Nepali Congress. A meeting of coalition leaders held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Monday also decided that the Congress’ Uddab Thapa would be a candidate to lead the provincial government. Rajendra Pandey, acting chair of CPN (Unified Socialist), who attended the meeting said the top…
report in The Himalayan Times, June 28, 2023Patan High Court stated in its order today (June 27) that halting the screening of Indian films doesn’t fall under local government jurisdiction. Patan High Court has ordered Kathmandu metropolis’ Mayor Balen Shah not to ban screening of any Indian film in Kathmandu metropolis if it has been approved by the censor board.Patan High Court’s preliminary conclusion was that Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah does not possess…
report in The Daily Star, June 27, 2023At least 2,501 garment, textile, and jute product factories out of 3,164 across the country have not paid their workers 15 days’ wages for the month of June even though the government had asked them to do so before Eid. Only 663 factories paid the wages as of 7:30pm yesterday, according to data from the Industrial Police. However, 2,436 factories did pay the workers their Eid bonuses, the…
report in The Himalayan Times, June 26, 2023Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav has said federalism is flawed itself.”Even though the federal structure has been implemented, it is flawed and the constitution should be amended to execute it correctly,” he said.Stating that there is no other option but to amend the constitution to realise federalism, he said the form of government has been distorted. Stating that no government could be stable when it is a…
Report in ECONOMYNEXT, June 25, 2023Five civil society groups are calling for government action to investigate mass graves which they say contain the remains of so-called “disappeared” in various civil conflicts on the island. In a press release issued on June 22, the groups insisted that “if the Sri Lankan government is serious about dealing with the past it must commit to have international observers at all exhumations of mass graves.” The festering issue of…
by Rejaul Karim Byron in The Daily Star, June 25, 2023For the first time, no one took the opportunity to whiten black money to avail the government’s tax amnesty in the outgoing fiscal year. The government offered the tax break so that the money laundered out of the country is brought back by people, a finance ministry official said yesterday. Since independence, the government offered such tax amnesty on 21 occasions, and the opportunity was…
report in The Daily Star, June 25, 2023The number of minority population has not reduced by half under the Awami League-led government, but the policies leading towards a decline in minority population continues under this government, said Rana Dasgupta, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad, yesterday. He made the remark refuting the claim made by six Congressmembers in a letter to the US president that the Hindu population has been halved since…