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Vol. LVI, No. 245 | August 17, 2021 | Bhadau 1, 2078 | Sambat 1141 | Gunlathwo Nawami | Tuesday | www.risingnepaldaily.com | Pages 8 | Rs. 5.00 Process begins to contact Govt decides immediate rescue in Afghanistan By A Staff Reporter As per the DCS portal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 of Nepalis from Afghanistan about 134 Nepalis By A Staff Reporter The task force formed on Sunday to in Afghanistan have Kathmandu, Aug. 16 facilitate the operations to rescue Nepalis in Afghanistan has decided to enhance the registered their details by The government has decided use of social media with Nepali nationals Monday evening. to rescue all Nepalis from Taliban- stranded in the war-torn country and manage Embassy of Nepal in at +918929601925 overrun Afghanistan at the earliest COVID-19 test and quarantine for the returnee migrants. on cell phone Viber and WhatsApp. possible. The meeting has also decided to request The first meeting of the task force led A meeting of the Council of Nepali in Afghanistan to send the information by the Coordinator of Middle Asia, West Ministers held at the official residence about the latest safety and rescue works being Asia and Africa Division at the Ministry of of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur carried on in Kabul. Deuba, in Baluwatar on Monday Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has made a decision Likewise, it decided to coordinate morning, decided to airlift Nepalis to request the concerned individuals and with the concerned agencies to manage remaining in Afghanistan safely, members of their families to inform about COVID-19 test and quarantine facilities for said government spokesperson the people in Afghanistan. the returnee migrants. and Minister for Law, Justice and The government has created an online Earlier on Monday, Minister for Home Parliamentary Affairs Gyanendra registration portal at https://nepalconsular. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand directed the Bahadur Karki. gov.np/ and the concerned individuals or concerned agencies to facilitate the rescue Talking to the media persons their families can update information in the of Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand instructing secretaries and heads of security bodies to begin all after the meeting, Minister Karki portal. Spokesperson of the MoFA Sewa Lamsal necessary procedures for the rescue of Nepalis from Afghanistan in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. said, “Taking serious note of the The MoFA has urged the concerned said that the government has made diplomatic (Photo Courtesy: Home Ministry) people to immediately fill the required developments in Afghanistan, it initiative to bring Nepalis home safely from information. People can contact Department Afghanistan. As per the DCS portal, about has been decided to rescue the the diplomatic process has taken its Meanwhile, Minister for Home be appropriate to formulate an action of Consular Services (DCS) at +977- 134 Nepalis in Afghanistan have registered Nepali citizens there safely and course," Karki said. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday plan for the rescue of Nepali nationals 9749326458, MoFA at +9779749326459 and their details by Monday evening. expeditiously." Meanwhile, Prime Minister evening instructed secretaries of the in coordination with the international The government has decided to Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the community, Minister Khand urged give direction to the concerned bodies the government would take serious Ministry of Tourism, Culture and to develop better communication here and diplomatic missions abroad responsibility for the rescue of Nepalis Civil Aviation to immediately begin and coordination among all the line House sessions prorogued to begin and play coordinated roles for in Afghanistan. necessary procedures for the rescue of agencies. safe evacuation of the Nepalis, he said. Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepalis from Afghanistan. During the meeting, Foreign By Ranju Kafle order. Sessions of the House were begun from He said the process was moving the government was serious about Inviting the government secretaries Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 July 18 after the apex court made its final verdict forward to address the remaining the situation of Nepalis there and had including three security heads of Nepal Inspector General of Nepal Police on the writ of House dissolution. problems of ex-British made arrangements to rescue people Police, Armed Police Force, National Shailesh Thapa Kshetri, Inspector President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued “Please, do ask the Law Minister about the soldiers, who are currently on a hunger in emergency. Investigation Department and two-star General of the Armed Police Force both Houses of the federal parliament from prorogation, he can explain it better,” Pampha strike in London, the of the “Necessary coordination and general from , the Home Shailendra Khanal, Chief Investigation Monday midnight. The government had Bhusal, a Cabinet minister, said when The United Kingdom. guardianship is the responsibility of Minister directed taking initiative for Director of National Investigation recommended for the prorogation of the eighth Rising Nepal asked for the reason behind the "The government of Nepal is the government for Nepalis awaiting the immediate and safe airlift of Nepali Department Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, session of the House before it could enter its sudden prorogation. committed to resolving the issue of security and rescue. The government citizens from the country in turmoil, Nepali Army’s Major General Saroj business. The House of Representatives was also ex-British Gurkha soldiers through will fulfill this responsibility according to Home Minister’s official Pratap Rana and other officials briefed A Cabinet meeting held on the same scheduled for Monday afternoon where Speaker diplomacy and has urged all concerned consciously and seriously,” he said in Facebook page. the Home Minister about the situation morning had recommended to the President Agni Sapkota read out the letter from the to withdraw their fast-unto-death as a tweet on Monday morning. Expressing the view that it would of Nepalis in Afghanistan. for the prorogation of the House session. The President about the prorogation of the House House of Representatives was jobless after it at the end of the session. Earlier, Speaker and was reinstated last July. two Cabinet ministers, Pampha Bhusal and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, were in a discussion a vote of confidence in the second meeting of where Sapkota had asked the ministers to the HoR held on July 18, last month. Neither provide business to the House. Smart lockdown may come into the Cabinet could expand nor did the House of According to the record in federal Representatives get proper legislative job in this parliament secretariat, 10 meetings of the duration after the Supreme Court named a new lower House were set in nine days, however no force any time: CCMC Prime Minister on July 12 through a mandamus See page 6 By Purushottam P. Khatri CCMC-Ops Nurahari Khatiwada Kathmandu, Aug. 16 told The Rising Nepal on Monday. "As per the circular issued to the Over 4.7 million people get The COVID-19 Crisis DAOs, smart lockdown now can be Management Centre-Operation imposed from August 16 evaluating (CCMC-Ops) Directive Committee the respective sector's level of first shot against COVID-19 headed by Prime Minister Sher infection and other criteria set by By A Staff Reporter Similarly, 7,467 people have Bahadur Deuba directed all the the smart lockdown modality," Kathmandu, Aug. 16 received Johnson & Johnson vaccine district administration offices Khatiwada said. over the period. (DAOs) across the country to bring From August 16, the More than 4.7 million people have At the same time, 7,051 got the smart lockdown modality into concerned districts and even rural received their first dose of vaccine first shot of AstraZeneca and 57,625 implementation. municipalities can enforce smart against COVID-19 while 3,490,065 got second dose of AstraZeneca in Three weeks ago, the lockdown at any time analysing people have received their full dose place of Covishield in the last 24 government had prepared a their area's overall cases of the as of Monday. hours. scientific and statistics-based smart COVID-19 infection, clarified According to the Ministry of The MoHP on Monday confirmed modality of lockdown that can Khatiwada. Health and Population (MoHP), 3,451 new cases of COVID-19 of be implemented in all concerned For effective implementation 4,716,936 people have received their which 2,566 were detected through districts, regions, municipalities and of smart lockdown, the Directive first shot against COVID-19. PCR tests and 885 cases were detected rural municipalities based on cases Committee headed by PM had The government is administering from antigen tests. of infection, active cases, mortality endorsed the rules related to vaccines including AstraZeneca, With this, the nationwide and physical infrastructure of the COVID-19 Infection Risk Control, Covishield, Johnson & Johnson and COVID-19 tally through PCR method government hospitals. 2021, prepared by the expert team Vero Cell. reached 734,838 and 76,015 were "We have instructed all the members of the CCMC-Ops. According to the MoHP, 158,335 antigen positive. DAOs, especially the Chief Analysing the health security people were inoculated in the last 24 Of the total 15,611 tests District Officers, who will be the risk factors, the government has hours across the nation. conducted in the last 24 hours, 10,093 coordinators of the concerned categorised the risk zones into In the last 24 hours, 25,375 people were Real-Time Polymerase Chain districts to take the specific decision four levels as red, amber, yellow got their first dose and 60,816 people Reaction (RT-PCR) while 5,518 regarding the modality of lockdown and green zones. Under the four have been vaccinated with the second antigen tests, informed the MoHP. to be imposed in their region," Joint classified statuses, red status region dose of the Vero Cell vaccine. See page 6 Secretary and spokesperson for the See page 6 Holy Shrawan with five Mondays concludes By A Staff Reporter Despite the prohibitory order, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 women thronged several temples to mark the last Monday of the Shrawan, the fourth month of the holy month and worshipped from Nepali calendar, has concluded with outside the temples. However, the worshiping of Lord Shiva on the smaller temples in the suburbs of last Monday of the month. the Kathmandu and in other Each ‘Monday’ of Shrawan is districts were open for the whole day. considered highly auspicious for the The Pashupatinath Temple with Hindu devotees. many other religious sites were far Many Hindu women observe less crowded this year compared to fast on this day to show devotion the previous years. But, hundreds to Lord Shiva, who is considered of Hindu women marked the last the God of the gods. However, due country have remained closed with is lifted and economic activities Monday by worshipping Lord Shiva to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement of the second have rebounded, tourism, festive at the Pashupatinath from outside the the Pashupatinath Temple and most lockdown since April 29. and recreational activities are still temple premises. other temples and shrines across the Although the lockdown restricted. See page 6 www.risingnepaldaily.com The Rising Nepal

Bullion 2021 August 17 Hallmark Gold = Rs. 90,600 per tola 2 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday Worked Gold = Rs. 90,100 per tola BUSINESS Silver = Rs. 1,200 per tola FM Sharma urges cooperatives Share Trading Monday's share prices

Closing Previous Difference to invest 60% in productive sector Traded Companies Price Closing Rs. National Hydro Power Company Limited 438.9 399 39.9 By A Staff Reporter in the manufacturing sector and support in Kathmandu, Aug. 16 poverty alleviation,” he said. Nepal Limited 552.9 538.8 14.1 Stating that he heard the Hydorelectricity Investment and Development Company Ltd 570 529.2 40.8 Finance Minister Janardan cooperatives were charging 18 per Ngadi Group Power Ltd. 1215 1270 -55 Sharma has urged the savings and cent interest on the loans taken by Api Power Company Ltd. 631.8 600.1 31.7 credit cooperatives to invest 60 per cent the poor people, he urged to reduce Himalayan Distillery Limited 7474 7045 429 of their funds in the productive sectors. such interest rates. Minister Sharma Ridi Development Company Ltd. 885.5 805 80.5

He made this remark while urged NEFSUN to pay attention to ICFC Finance Limited 956 1020 -64 addressing the 34th foundation day of the incidents of some cooperatives Kamana Sewa Bikas Bank Limited 745 700 45 Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit swindling people's money. NIC Asia Bank Ltd. 988 1004 -16 Cooperative Unions Limited (NEFSCUN). He expressed his hope that the Arun Valley Hydropower Development Co. Ltd. 603 592 11 Saying he had heard that savings and NEFSCUN would play a role in stopping credit cooperatives were investing in real the misappropriation of public property Nabil Bank Limited 1507.4 1505 2.4 estate or other such unproductive sectors, by the founders of the cooperatives. First Micro Finance Development Bank Ltd. 1196 1100 96 Minister Sharma asked, “What is your Expressing dissatisfaction over the fact Universal Power Company Ltd 555 512 44 investment focused on? It doesn't make that the stabilisation fund had not been RMDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1770 1650 120 much sense to buy a house, land or car. ” set up yet, he requested to set it up within Mahalaxmi Bikas Bank Ltd. 635 612 23 He said he had made a plan to a month. United Modi Hydropower Ltd. 545 522 23 transform the consumption-oriented The NEFSCUN has 4,000 Union Life Insurance Company Limited 816 854.7 -38.7 economy into a production-oriented primary institutions and more than Garima Bikas Bank Limited 644 627 17 one, and urged the cooperatives to 7,000 savings and credit cooperatives. Global IME Bank Limited 493.4 487.5 5.9 help in this regard. The cooperatives, which He assured that he was ready to operate in 76 districts of the country, Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Ltd 818 820 -2 Tourists walking up a waterfall at Gunadi, Myagde Rural Municipality–1, Tanahun. resolve the problems of cooperatives if they have 3.4 million individual members, Arun Kabeli Power Ltd. 663 655 8 (Photo: Amar Raj Naharki/TRN) had any. “You should increase investment according to NEFSCUN. Nepal Reinsurance Company Limited 1590 1590 0 Grameen Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1354 1338 16

Himal Dolakha Hydropower Company Limited 400 379 21

Jyoti Bikas Bank Limited 556.4 554.1 2.3 NEPSE gains 5.72 points, though Dalit community found more Nepal Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 1918 1934 -16 Nirdhan Utthan Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited 1715 1746 -31 turnover dips to Rs. 15.93 billion affected by COVID-19 Nepal Infrastructure Bank Limited 461.9 468 -6.1 Shine Resunga Development Bank Ltd. 562 559 3

By A Staff Reporter of 158.98 points (2.28 per cent) followed by By Our Correspondent the process of vaccination. their jobs in lockdowns. Siddhartha Bank Limited 576 579 -3 Kathmandu, Aug. 16 development bank and trading group whose Surkhet, Aug. 16 Likewise, wages He said that the economic Bikas Bank Ltd. 648 653 -5 indices increased by 74.73 points (1.34 are the main source of source of 80 per cent of the Nepal Bangladesh Bank Limited 497 498.9 -1.9 The benchmark of capital market index per cent) and 64.73 points (1.69 per cent) Although coronavirus income for the Dalit Dalits was wages which Shangrila Development Bank Ltd. 522 518 4 NEPSE has closed with a marginal growth respectively. has affected all communities, community, but they was cut off because of the on Monday. Similarly, the sub-indices of Dalit community in the have lost their source coronavirus. Shivam Cements Ltd 1605 1597 8 The NEPSE index has increased by 5.72 microfinance, hydropower, investment and district seems to be most of employment when Danda BK, executive Reliance Finance Ltd. 629 634.5 -5.5 points (0.18 per cent) to close at 3,160.05 others group declined by 56.82 points, 40.12 affected by it. many sectors were shut member of Birendranagar Manjushree Finance Ltd. 1278 1257.9 20.1 points due to increase in the share prices of points, 2.68 points and 3.6 points respectively. Dalit community down. Municipal Assembly, said Muktinath Bikas Bank Ltd. 758 761 -3 manufacturing and production, microfinance However, sub-index of life insurance seems most affected in the there was discrimination in Sana Kisan Bikas Bank Ltd 1942 1885 57 and development today. group posted the highest fall of 172.87 district after day-to-day the treatment of coronavirus Sindhu Bikash Bank Ltd 559 529 30 NEPSE index declined by 24.57 points points (0.96 per cent) followed by non- work was stopped along Dalits have been facing patients and the banks did Prabhu Bank Limited 479 488 -9 to close at 3,154.33 points on Sunday. life insurance and hotels and tourism group with increasing cases of not trust Dalits when asked discrimination in relief Prime Ltd. 523 525 -2 The sensitive index which measures the whose indices decreased by 67.36 points COVID-19. for a loan. Development Bank Limited 590 594 -4 performance of group ‘A’ companies also (0.47per cent) and 32.73 points (0.88 per cent) During a discussion distribution and they Rajesh Soni of increased by 3.56 points (0.6 per cent) to close respectively. between Dignity Initiative were even segregated in Dalit Service Association Central Finance Co. Ltd. 650 652 -2 at 592.93 points. Shares of five companies, including and Dalit Services quarantine and isolation, and suggested the local and Sanima Mai Hydropower Ltd. 607 608 -1 However, transaction volume has National Hydro Power Company, Ridi Association on the impact provincial governments RSDC Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1060 1022 38 decreased by about Rs. 5.71 billion today Hydropower Development Company, of coronavirus on Dalits in people's representatives have to come up with plans to NRN Infrastructure and Development Limited 865 839 26 compared to Sunday’s transaction. Khanikhola Hydropower Company, Jeevan Surkhet on Monday, Dalit discriminated even in the increase the income level Machhapuchhre Bank Limited 436 440 -4 A total of 28,617,805 shares worth Rs. Bikas Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha and leaders and stakeholders process of vaccination. of the Dalits as the Dalit Kumari Bank Limited 388.5 394 -5.5 15.93 billion of 227 companies were sold in Corporate Development Bank traded at a said that the impact of the community is more affected. Citizen Bank International Limited 408 410 -2

589,093 transactions today. positive circuit of 10 per cent today. virus was particularly high According to District Forward Community Microfinance Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 3129.8 3095 34.8 On Sunday, the transaction amount set Similarly, share price of Ru Ru on the Dalit community. Rup Sunar of Dignity Public Health Office about Shikhar Insurance Co. Ltd. 1998 2025 -27 a new record while 35,550,688 shares worth Hydropower Project increased by 9.44 per cent Participants stated Initiative said that the 25 per cent Dalits have NMB Bank Limited 479 483.5 -4.5 about Rs. 21.64 billion were traded. and Himalaya Energy Development Company that Dalits have been Dalit community was more died from the coronavirus According to the Nepal Stock Exchange, by 9.17 per cent. facing discrimination in affected as the children of in . Ganesh Citizen Investment Trust 4082 4081 1 sub-indices of seven of 13 groups have However, the share price of relief distribution and they the Dalit community could Bhakta Gautam, public Mega Bank Nepal Ltd. 384.2 389.5 -5.3 witnessed an increase while those of six groups ICFC Finance Limited decreased by 6.27 were even segregated in not participate in online health officer, said that out Finance Ltd. 781 793 -12 have declined. per cent, followed by Mountain Energy by quarantine and isolation, classes due to poverty. of the 212 people dying Nepal Credit And Commercial Bank Limited 364.5 371.8 -7.3 Sub-index of manufacturing and 5.33 per cent and Union Life Insurance and people's representatives Sunar further said from the virus 54 belonged Deprosc Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited 1845 1833 12 production group posted the highest growth Company by 4.53 per cent. have discriminated even in 45 per cent Dalits had lost to the Dalit community. Rairang Hydropower Development Company Ltd. 627 616 11 Goodwill Finance Co. Ltd. 810 795 15

Everest Bank Limited 758.8 761.1 -2.3

Japan ekes out Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Company Limited 503 501.1 1.9 Construction of first section of Koshi economic growth Power Company Limited 622 620 2 Chhimek Laghubitta Bikas Bank Limited 1917 1910 7 AP Synergy Power Development Ltd. 712 724 -12 Tokyo, Aug. 16 Shree Investment Finance Co. Ltd. 608 608 0 Corridor transmission line completes Sanima Bank Limited 540 542 -2 By A Staff Reporter constructed to connect Japan's economy grew ProgressiveFinance Limited 505 505 0 at an annual rate of 1.3% in Kathmandu, Aug. 16 hydropower projects Asian Life Insurance Co. Limited 1399 1388 11 the last quarter, raising hopes of Province 1 to be Himalaya Urja Bikas Company Limited 607 556 51 The construction constructed in Bhojpur, for a gradual recovery from the painful impact of the Excel Development Bank Ltd. 1140 1170 -30 of the first section of Sankhuwasabha, coronavirus pandemic. Neco Insurance Co. Ltd. 1452 1434.5 17.5 Koshi Corridor 220 KV Terhathum and Taplejung The Cabinet Office Union Hydropower Limited 528 491 37 Transmission Line Project to the national grid with reported Monday seasonally Sunrise Bank Ltd Promoter Share 215 215 0 has been completed. the concessional loan of adjusted gross domestic CEDB Hydropower Development Company Limited 1038 1030 8 The construction the government, NEA and product, or GDP, the sum Lumbini General Insurance Co. Ltd. 883 887 -4 of 106 km long 220 KV Exim Bank of India. of the value of a nation's Nepal SBI Bank Limited 410.5 425 -14.5 double circuit transmission NEA has already products and services, grew Shiva Shree Hydropower Ltd 469.5 454 15.5 line from Inaruwa of signed Power Purchase 0.3% in April-June, marking Mountain Energy Nepal Limited 1280 1352 -72 Sunsari to Tumlingtar Agreement (PPA) to a reversal from the 0.9% of Sankhuwasabha has connect 516 MW of contraction in the previous Civil Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1619 1586 33 been completed. A total electricity of 28 private quarter for the world's third- Miteri Development Bank Limited 744 735 9 of 326 towers have sector projects to this largest economy. Dibyashwori Hydropower Ltd. 401 371 30 been constructed for the transmission line. These The annualized rate is Corporate Development Bank Limited 1073.6 976 97.6 transmission line. projects are in various how much the economy would Century Commercial Bank Ltd. 285 288.1 -3.1 Managing Director stages of construction, have grown or contracted had Radhi Bidyut Company Ltd 909 910 -1 of Nepal Electricity NEA said. the on-quarter rate continued Mirmire Microfinance Development Bank Ltd. 1962 2016 -54

Authority Kulman In the first package for a year. Sunrise Bank Limited 383 386 -3 Underlining growth for Ghising informed that the of the corridor, Inaruwa- Saptakoshi Development Bank Ltd 470 472 -2 April-June in Japan were infrastructure has been Basantapur-Baneshwor- Janaki Finance Ltd. 653.1 650 3.1 prepared for the supply of Tumlingtar 220 KV double private consumption, rising Laxmi Bank Limited 404 408 -4 electricity from the 2,000 circuit transmission line at an annual rate of 3.4%, and private residential investment, Guheshowori Merchant Bank & Finance Co. Ltd. 612 615 -3 MW hydropower projects the transmission line that the projects 33 KV transmission line was not has been constructed. The which grew at an 8.6% annual Khanikhola Hydropower Co. Ltd. 459.8 418 41.8 constructed in the Arun and Tamor of the area have been facing during enough. The installed capacity of the estimated cost is USD 37.5 million. rate. Nepal Insurance Co. Ltd. 1015 1014 1 river basins after the completion of the rainy season." projects is about 33 MW. In the second package, 220 KV Exports jumped at an Himalayan Power Partner Ltd. 681 700 -19 the transmission line. substations have been constructed in The existing 33 KV line in Project Chief Rajan Dhakal annual rate of 12.3%, as Japan The line will be operated Inaruwa, Basantapur, Baneshwar and Best Finance Company Ltd. 544 544 0 Tirtire of Sankhuwasabha will be said that three substations have benefited from the ongoing Tumlingtar. The estimated cost of the Civil Bank Ltd 287 292 -5 (charged) at 33 KV from Tuesday. connected to the Koshi Corridor been constructed in Tumlingtar of overseas e1conomic revival Mero Microfinance Bittiya Sanstha Ltd. 1685 1667 18 "Until the construction of 220 transmission line and the Chatara- Sankhuwabha and Baneshwor and package is USD 25.3 million. from the pandemic damage. KV substation in Inaruwa is completed, Dharan 33 KV line at Dharan Sub- Basantapur of Tehrathum. In the third package, work Imports surged 21.9%. Nepal Doorsanchar Comapany Limited 1238 1246 -8 the line will be temporarily charged metropolis-17 of Sunsari. "With continuous efforts to is underway for the construction Some analysts had Sunrise First Mutual Fund 18.39 19 -0.61 at 33 KV and electricity generated The projects in Bhojpur, overcome various obstacles in the of Basantapur-Dhungesanghu expected the Japanese Total Amount Rs. 15,930,897,938 from private sector projects will be Sankhuwasabha and Tehrathum were construction phase, we have been (Taplejung) 35 km transmission economy to continue to supplied to Bhojpur, Sankhuwasabha not able to run at full capacity during able to complete the work with the line. The construction of 132 towers contract, given recent Total Quantity 28,617,805 and Tehrathum," said Ghising. is targeted to be completed by next the rainy season as the capacity of help and cooperation of all," he said. negative data about housing Total No of Transactions 159,093 "It has solved the problem of Tirtire-Basantapur-Dhankuta-Dharan The Koshi Corridor has been January. and investments. The Rising Nepal www.risingnepaldaily.com

2021 August 17 NATION 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday 3 KAHS preparing to launch Cross-border movement raises Masters in nursing By Our Correspondent in MBBS, B Pharma, BNS, Khalanga, Aug. 16 BMS, BPH, MDMS, MSc Epidemiology, Bachelor Karnali Academy of of Nutrition and now it is Health Sciences (KAHS) making postgraduate level risk of COVID infection has been developing courses nursing courses. By Our Correspondent in various disciplines in He said that the , Aug. 16 the field of medicine. The curriculum developed in academy has recently started Jumla is expected to be At a time when there is a risk of a postgraduate nursing course applicable and standardized third wave of COVID-19 infection, in Jumla. in the medical field in western the number of people going across the border to Rupaidiya for shopping is increasing day by day. Health experts have warned that people going across the border could be the carrier of coronavirus infection. India is again witnessing rise in COVID-19 cases. Hundreds of people are visiting India for shopping, said Krishna Prasad Shrestha, chairman of Citizen Welfare Society, Banke. Rupadiya market is a regular marketplace for most of the Nepalis here. They buy necessary stuff and With the target to Nepal. He emphasized that get back. develop medical education the curriculum in Jumla could “We are asking the local in Western Nepal, more than focus on same geography. authorities for imposing strict a dozen medical professors, Dr. Saraswati Gautam, prohibition to curb the transmission associate professors and assistant professor of nursing of virus in the border areas,” said heads of various departments at the institute, said that the Shrestha. of the Karnali Foundation study would be conducted to The number of people crossing are working in Jumla to emphasize on the well-being the border for shopping had reduced develop the postgraduate of the patients and the safety during the second wave of infection, course. Lately, they are of the patients. but now many people cross the planning for the nursing Speaking at a two-day border to buy necessary stuffs on a course to introduce this in curriculum development daily basis, he added. the postgraduate level. workshop at Jumla, dean of “If people do back and forth Dr. Niresh Thapa, rector Nursing Gautam said, "We at the border area, then it is likely of the foundation, said after will finalize the high level to turn costly for the prevention and the introduction of nursing nursing course in a few days. control of the possible spread of the courses in postgraduate level It will also be documented coronavirus,” warned Dr. Prakash the foundation will take in the cornerstone of the Thapa, chief at Bheri Hospital. another milestone. foundation." The poor handling of people’s Thapa informed that Various experts have movement at the border area has the academy had already given suggestions on the draft triggered a fear of COVID-19 developed various courses of the curriculum. infection. The less the movement of people, the easier to adopt the safety has increased risk in spread of the Nepalgunj. movement of people across the for COVID-19 as people cross the precautions, said Dr. Thapa. virus, said Abdul Wahim Mansuri, The authority must impose border, he added. border for daily necessities, said Briefs The movement of people Chairman of Chamber of Commerce, strict measures to control the Banke is always a hotspot Mansuri. Army man dies falling off roof

Tanahun: A Nepali Army constable, who had come home on COVID-19 infection rate on rise in Kavre local levels at leave, died after falling off the roof of his own house on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Laxman Thapa, 36, of Byas high risk of disasters Municipality-3, Deuralinagar in . Sunsari and Jhapa According to Raju Neupane, Assistant Inspector at the District By Our Correspondent District Emergency Operations Police Office, Tanahun, Thapa fell from the roof at around 11 pm on By Our Correspondents Sunsari during the second pandemic," said Dhakal. infected, aged below 18. Banepa, Aug. 16 Center (DEOC). Sunday night and succumbed to his injury, breathed his last while Inaruwa/Jhapa, Aug. 16 wave and of them, 335 could Meanwhile, according The district has Ghimire said Panchkhal undergoing treatment at Damauli Hospital. not survive the infection, to our Jhapa correspondent, confirmed 515 COVID-19 The residents of seven Municipality is at high risk Constable Thapa had been deputed at No. 3 Brigade in The infection rate in informed Umesh Kumar the infection rate is increasing related deaths including 149 local bodies of Kavre district of earthquakes, COVID-19 Khairenitar of Suklagandaki Municipality of the district. Sunsari has been on the Dhakal, Chief District day by day in Jhapa as well. females and 237 males since are expected to be affected by pandemic, floods, fires and road Police said that they were investigating the cause behind the rise after the relaxation of Officer of Sunsari. Of 278 RT-PCR and antigen the beginning of the second disasters. accidents. incident. the prohibitory order. The Stating that the tests performed on Sunday, wave of the pandemic. District Disaster Similarly, Banepa local levels of Sunsari had infection rate was higher in coronavirus infection was Jhapa CDO Shrawan Management Committee Municipality is at high risk reported 335 deaths and Dharan and , CDO detected in 184 samples, Kumar Timsina said that the (DDMC) has estimated that of earthquake, COVID-19, Pillion rider dies in 16,000 cases of COVID-19 Dhakal requested everyone informed Jiwan Chaulagain, infection and death rate had seven out of 13 local levels fire and road, while Dhulikhel during the second wave of to opt for high alertness by COVID-19 focal person at not declined as expected. of the district are at high risk Municipality is at high risk road accident the pandemic. of natural disasters including of earthquake, COVID-19 duly following the health and Jhapa Health Office. According to Timsina, Birtamod: A woman died in a road mishap at Bahardashi Rural As the prohibitory floods, landslides, lightnings, pandemic, fire, and road safety protocols. The COVID-19 data of prohibitory order has been Municipality-7, the inner road in on Sunday night. In order has been relaxed, the hurricanes, fires, COVID-19 accident. "Owing to the Jhapa shows that the district imposed across the district the accident, another woman was injured. number of infections and pandemic, earthquakes. Likewise, Namebuddha negligence of people in is at a higher risk of being for the last three weeks. The deceased has been identified as Saraswoti Magar, 32, COVID-19 fatalities have Panchkhal Municipality, Municipality is at high risk abiding by the health and hit by another wave of the "As the prohibitory orders a permanent resident of Ganeshman Charnath Municipalty-6 in been increasing in Dharan Banepa Municipality, of earthquake, hurricane, safety measures, the risk of pandemic. Currently, there imposed by local levels . The accident occurred when a car (Pra 01 001 and Itahari Sub-metropolitan Dhulikhel Municipality, lightning, fire and Panauti virus spread has increased are 3,214 active cases of were ineffective, we failed Ch 7277) hit the scooter with registration No. Pra. 1-01Pa 1942 Citiy of the district. Namobuddha Municipality, Municipality at high risk in the district," said Dhakal, COVID-19 in Jhapa and to break the chain of the coming from same direction, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharan has reported Panauti Municipality, of earthquake, COVID-19 adding that efforts were of them, 207 have been spread of the virus," he said. Rakesh Thapa said. 138 deaths and Itahari Mahabharat Rural Municipality pandemic, fire and road being made to curb the hospitalised while the CDO Timsina added In the accident, scooter rider Pratima Karki, 28, was injured. reported 88 deaths from and Khanikhola Rural accident. spread of the virus. remaining are staying in that the infection rate was Magar died while undergoing treatment at B&C Hospital mid-April to mid-August. Municipality are at high risk According to Ghimire, "As soon as the home isolation. increasing in Jhapa as the in Birtamod, DSP Thapa said. The deceased had been staying According to the of overall disaster, DDMC Mahabharat Rural Municipality prohibitory order was Moreover, the Jhapa range of COVID-19 tests was temporarily in a rented room in Kankai Municipality-6, said Police District Administration informed. is at high risk of earthquake, released, the active cases of Health Office has reported also expanded. "Similarly, Spokesperson Thapa. Office, Sunsari, currently, It has been determined by flood, landslide and Khanikhola COVID-19 began to increase that the infection rate was we lacked in the monitoring Car driver Jang Bahadur Basnet, 24, of Mai Jogmai Rural there are 1,789 active cases estimating the different degrees Rural Municipality is at high in Dharan and Itahari. Thus, increasing in children of those staying in home Municipality-2 of has been taken under control by the of COVID-19 in the district. of disaster risks witnessed by the risk of earthquake, flood, we are in consultation with below 18 years of age. As isolation. This could also be Area Police Office, Anarmani. A total of 16,213 the Dharan stakeholders of Sunday, virus infection the reason why the infection local bodies, according to Raj landslide, hurricane and (TRN) people were infected with to frame strategies in the was detected in 304 people, rate hasn’t declined despite all Kumar Ghimire, information lightning. the novel coronavirus in days to come to fight the i.e., nine per cent of the total the restrictions," he said. management officer at the Jhula Festival begins in Mithilanchal Tarun Dal leader dies By Our Correspondent Saptari and the Tirhut region of of COVID-19 Jaleshwor, Aug. 16 , India. By Our Correspondent In previous years, fairs used Nepalgunj, Aug. 16 The Jhula Festival, celebrated in to be organised all over the Mithila Mithilanchal every year in the Nepali region throughout the Jhula period Leader of Nepal month of Shrawan to commemorate which used to be attended by pilgrims Tarun Dal, youth wing the time lord Ram and Sita swung from India and Nepal. But for the past of , on a swing together in the Treta two years, the fairs have not been as Raj Khadka died of Yuga, has begun. Celebrations large as they used to be thanks to the COVID-19 on Sunday. have engulfed the entire district of COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-year- After showing Mahottari, especially Baba Kutti and “We have significantly toned old Khadka, who hails symptoms similar to that Matihani, which are the traditional down the celebrations for health from Baijanath Rural of COVID-19, Khadka centres for the Jhula Festival. and safety reasons. Only locals were Municipality-1, Banke underwent an RT-PCR The festival, celebrated from while devotees chant hymns and offer allowed to attend the Jhula festival this breathed his last on test at Medical College, the third day of the bright lunar prayers, shared Hari Prasad Mandal, year,” Mayor Mandal said. Sunday night at 11:30 on August 6. He fortnight of Shrawan to the full moon mayor of Matihani Municipality. Mandal wished that the while receiving treatment was found to be infected day, is celebrated by taking the idols of Jagannath Das Vaishnav, pandemic would end soon so that at Bheri Hospital. with the virus on the Ram and Sita from the Laxmi Narayan Manmahantha of the Laxmi Narayan the festival could get back to its Nepal Tarun Dal, same day. He was then shrine in Matihani to the Jhula house shrine informed that the Jhula Festival former glory and also attract national Banke informed that admitted to the isolation for swinging. The idols are taken on a was celebrated in a grand manner in and international tourists to the Khadka was the local- ward of Bheri Hospital for palanquin amidst a musical procession Mahottari, Janakpurdham, Sarlahi, municipality. level member of the party. further treatment. www.risingnepaldaily.com The Rising Nepal

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2021 August 17 Wisdom comes alone through suffering. 4 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday OP-ED -- Aeschylus EDITORIAL Dissection Of Monetary Policy employees, dividend to their shareholders There is a provision of reducing the cash provision is expected to encourage them to Defeating The Virus, and paying tax to the government, thus reserve ratio (CRR) by 0.5 per cent for a year send money through the banking channels strengthening the government coffers. after commencement of joint operation, of and increase deposits (savings) in the BFIs. In recognition of the contributions of lowering the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) by Recovering Economy the BFIs to the economy, the government one per cent for one year after commencement Loan rescheduled S the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nepal has has also provided them with some facilities of joint operation, annulling the dormant The monetary policy has also paid been rising considerably once again with the relaxation of in view of the impact of the COVID-19 period (cooling-off period) of six months for heed to other sectors hit by the COVID-19 restrictions, the country might go through a more distressing pandemic on them. The monetary policy has board members and top executives before pandemic. The monetary policy has made a A given continuity to the refinancing facilities joining other institutions and of extending provision whereby the loans taken by tourism situation in the near future. The months-long curbs were effective, to Uttam Maharjan some extent, in dealing with the pandemic. But the restrictions also to help reduce the impact of the pandemic on one per cent leniency in the interest spread entrepreneurs, cinema halls, public transport had their adverse impacts on the economic as well as social sectors. industries and enterprises. This provision was rate, among others. entrepreneurs and educational institutions – It is needless to mention that the current global public health crisis HE government unveiled the monetary introduced during the last fiscal year. The monetary policy has, however, the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic - may has left the national economy in tatters and exacerbated the problem policy for the fiscal year 2078/079 In order to improve the liquidity tightened its noose around big share-market be assessed and rescheduled or restructured of unemployment and livelihood difficulties. Several million people Ton August 13, 2021. This time, the situation, the monetary policy has jacked up players by putting restrictions on margin by the BFIs concerned by Poush-end. are believed to have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the contagion monetary policy came a bit late for political the credit-deposit ratio to 90 per cent from lending. Now, a person or entity can avail of Likewise, the tenure of the loans taken by about 19 months ago. A sense of fear among the general populace reasons, or rather political instability. The the previous 85 per cent. With this revision, a margin loan of Rs. 40 million from a single hotels, restaurants, cinema halls and public has been created with the tracing of new variants of the virus and the budget for this fiscal year was unveiled by the BFIs will have an excess of 5 per cent financial institution and of Rs. 120 million transport entrepreneurs may be extended to possibility of a more infectious third wave. the erstwhile government on May 29, 2021. liquidity, which can be invested in lending. in total. This provision will not affect small another one year and the loans may be repaid, There is a practice of unveiling the monetary along with interest, in four instalments. This However, the government has laid the much-needed focus on policy on the heels of the announcement of is a positive aspect of the monetary policy. containing COVID-19 through intensified vaccination campaign. an annual budget to implement the provisions The recently announced monetary policy has paid In fact, post-pandemic recovery is It is working hard to vaccinate all the eligible citizens against this relating to financial aspects mentioned in the main concern of the government. The fatal viral disease by mid-April next year. It plans to administer the attention to reviving the industries and enterprises hit the budget. COVID-19 pandemic is still raging and vaccine to one-third of the population within the next two months. As in the previous year, the monetary hard by the pandemic. many sectors are still in a shambles. In such This pandemic can be contained only through vaccines and following policy has come out amid the raging a grim situation, it is but natural for such health safety norms such as wearing face masks, maintaining social COVID-19 pandemic. The major concern of An increased credit flow resulting from this share-market players. It is believed that big sectors to look to the government for financial distancing and washing hands. As of now, as many as 7.8 million the country is how to get out of the clutches will also incentivise the business sector to share-market players can manipulate the share succour and facilities to free themselves from people in Nepal have got at least the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. of the pandemic and how to improve the expand business prospects. Similarly, the market. Now, the share market is continuing the impact of the pandemic. The recently With the import of more doses of various COVID-19 vaccines in economy battered by the pandemic. So the credit to core capital plus deposit (CCD) its bullish trend with a NEPSE index of over announced monetary policy has paid attention recent times, the inoculation drive has now been going on smoothly. monetary policy has focused on reviving the ratio, which was set at 85 per cent last fiscal 3,000. to reviving the industries and enterprises Some 367,000 people are now receiving the shots on a daily basis. economy. year from 80 per cent from the year before, Remittances are a good source of hit hard by the pandemic. Viewed thus, the The government has not only increased the number of vaccination has been rescinded for this fiscal year, giving financial support for the country. Many monetary policy can be considered the one in centres but also mobilised more health workers across the nation so Financial sector relief to the BFIs. Nepali migrant workers are scattered across the right direction in the present-day context. as to accelerate and expand the inoculation process. Besides, it has It is a no-brainer that banks and financial The monetary policy has encouraged the world, especially across Gulf countries, in What is needed is the implementation of the added health infrastructures across the nation. institutions (BFIs) are the backbone of the the mergers and acquisitions of the BFIs. the course of foreign employment. It is said provisions enshrined in the monetary policy Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the government economy of the country. When the financial The policy of the successive governments that still more remittances are coming to the for the revival of the economy badly hit by would import additional 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by sector is weakened, it will adversely affect towards reducing the number of commercial country through the non-banking channels. the pandemic. upcoming mid-October. An effective management and distribution the economy. However, as compared to other banks through the process of mergers and To encourage the migrant workers to send of the COVID-19 vaccines is the best way to fight the contagion. sectors, the financial sector has maintained acquisitions has not panned out satisfactorily. remittance money back home through the (Former banker, Maharjan has been The government is working on immediate, mid-term and long-term its sound foothold. The BFIs have suffered a To motivate the BFIS to go through the banking channels, the monetary policy has regularly writing on contemporary issues for strategies to rein in the virus and revive the economy battered by the profit crunch to some extent but they are still process of mergers and acquisitions, the made a provision of giving an additional one this daily since 2000. uttam.maharjan1964@ pandemic. In its Common Minimum Programme (CMP) made public making a profit, distributing bonus to their monetary policy has some facilities in place. per cent interest to remittance deposits. This gmail.com) last week, the government has come up with various programmes to tackle the contagion and give a boost to the economy. It will take all measures necessary to receive more vaccines if necessary and ensure the just distribution of the life-saving jabs. Addressing the Economic Summit-2021 held here in the capital on Sunday, Digital Banking In The Spotlight Prime Minister Deuba added: “Our strategies against COVID-19 will be based on scientific suggestions and the consultations of health experts.” The encouraged to provide electronic currently researching the use of payment switch will be installed for ending the system of having to go to government has adopted a policy on the post-vaccine economy to keep the payment services to the customers digital currencies. the settlement and documentation the bank to submit and update the aggregate economic stability intact and prepare a framework for necessary of micro-financing institutions Among these, the central of payment transactions within personal details of the customers. relief programmes to entrepreneurs and business enterprises. The government (MFIs) and cooperatives by banks of five countries had Nepal and use Nepal's own As stated in the policy, the e-KYC has already announced to provide COVID-19 vaccines and reliefs to the expanding the scope of business. officially practiced cryptocurrency. payment card while maintaining system will be implemented based virus-hit sectors, including tourism, transport, party palace and departmental This will further increase the access Cryptocurrency works using a interconnection between electronic on technology by simplifying the stores. The government has given top priority to protection of small investors of digital finance. Also in the blockchain technology which is a payment devices. This will be system of customer identification. and entrepreneurs and the promotion of small and medium-scale enterprises policy, it is mentioned that there decentralised technology spread implemented by NRB through its It won’t only ease the customers through different targeted programmes. It is noteworthy that the government Rudra Prasad Adhikari will be a review in the limit of across many computers that subsidiary company Nepal Clearing & BFIs but also minimise the has come forward with a two-pronged strategy of running the vaccination drive digital payment transactions. As manages and records transactions. House Limited (NCHL). This will cost for both parties. A part and implementing the economic recovery plan simultaneously. HE monetary policy, unveiled the people are shifting eliminate the current from above the monetary policy by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) from physical payment foreign dependency on 2021/22 provisioned that the recently, has laid emphasis methods to digital payment switch. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) T payment methods Now the people working in remote areas will get on the digital banking. It has opened Not In My Backyard up discussions for cryptocurrency due to pandemic, can process the loan special refinance facility. This Raphael Mweninguwe new residents arrive each month from and the expansion of digital finance this provision will without physically will support in internet extension other countries, including Burundi, access. If the policy is implemented definitely benefits the presenting in the in the remote areas of the country EFUGEES from surrounding Rwanda, the Democratic Republic effectively, the current fiscal year large number of users. banks and financial and hence increase the access countries are given local of the Congo, Ethiopia and Somalia. would be a turning point in the digital The policy institutions (BFIs). digital services in such areas. businesses in Malawi a run Because of the crowding, an transformation of the banking sector. has addressed about As mentioned in the Looking thoroughly R In the monetary policy, it is digital currency for the monetary policy, NRB the monetary policy, it seems, for their money. Many Malawian estimated 2,000 refugees have left the customers seem to prefer doing camp over the years to live elsewhere mentioned that the current fiscal year first time. As stated, is going to formulate positive steps have been taken business with refugees than with their in Malawi. Most of them opened 2021/22 is going to be celebrated keeping in view the the digital loan in the digitalisation of banking own countrymen. small business such as retail food as the ‘Digital Payment Promotion increasing use of digital guidance for digital sector. However, there are “You can negotiate with a stores, clothes shops, beauty salons Year’ with an intention of diminishing currency globally, If it is implemented effectively, it loan disbursement several challenges ahead. If it is Burundian and get what you want and restaurants. cash payment. The revenue received necessary feasibility will enable the digital ecosystem to by BFIs. After its implemented effectively, it will at a better price, and they have good The Dzaleka Refugee camp by the government and all types of study will be done for flourish, thereby helping to realise implementation, the enable the digital ecosystem to business etiquette,” says Mark Phiri, a cannot accommodate all those who payment, including social security digital currency by the service recipient can flourish, thereby helping to realise resident of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe. have left, says a refugee who runs a allowance, pension, etc., will be Central Bank. This the vision of ‘Digital Nepal’. apply for loan from the vision of ‘Digital Nepal’. For “Refugees know what customer care small business in Lilongwe and who made through bank’s digital payment will not only open the home and then loan the effective implementation of is all about. Most Malawian business asked for anonymity. “The camp methods. For its implementation, door for bringing Central Bank Part of the appeal of this technology will be disbursed by the banks and the policy, the NRB, banks and owners, on the other hand, find it hard is too congested,” he said. “Even necessary infrastructures will be Digital Currency (CBDC) but also is its security. Bitcoin, Ethereum, financial institutions by approving financial institutions (BFIs), service to negotiate and have no knowledge of if we go there, where will we be managed and awareness programmes opened the formal discussion of Tether, Binance Coin, Cardano, the application online. The will providers and the stakeholders marketing. So the refugees’ businesses accommodated? I wish the government will be conducted. cryptocurrency, its possibilities and etc. are the major cryptocurrencies gradually minimise the time should work in tandem and be are thriving.” had given us another camp that has future in Nepal. According to the in the present days. consumed for loan processing. equally responsible. Apparently the refugee-owned space for all of us.” Payment service Think Tank Atlantic council, more As per the policy, a national businesses are thriving too much Kanamula John, a representative Next, it is said that the than 83 countries around the world payment switch will be set up this Digital KYC (Adhikari, an IT expert, to suit Malawian businesses and of Rwandan refugees at the camp, payment service providers and holding 90 per cent of the world’s year for Nepal's own payment Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) is works at Rastriya Banijya Bank. government officials. In April, said in an interview with AfricaNews payment system operators will be gross domestic product (GDP), are card. It stipulates that a national going to implement digital KYC by [email protected]) Minister of Homeland Security that the order will disrupt many lives. Richard Chimwendo Banda told all “Some of us have married Malawis 50 Years Ago TAILPIECE refugees living in cities and villages and we don’t know what will happen Reader's Mail Three police officers were they have 14 days to return to the to our children,” he said. Minister August 17, 1971 standing in line at the Pearly Dzaleka refugee camp, about 40 km Chimwendo Banda responded that Gates. Saint Peter asked the outside of Lilongwe. refugees with Malawian spouses Two US B-52 Govt Initiative Praiseworthy first officer, “What did you do “Those who are doing business should apply for permanent residence. Bomber Downed am writing to you in could hit Nepal at any with your life?” “I was a police should do so at the camp and not He added that the order was issued Hanoi- Two American reference to a news report time and children would officer,” he responded. “What in communities where locals live,” for security reasons, to protect both I B-52 strategic bombers were titled 'Additional 10 million be at the greater risk this kind of police officer?” Saint Peter Chimwendo Banda said. He added that refugees and Malawians. downed by the North Vietnam vaccines by mid-October: time. asked. “I was a vice officer. I kept staying at the camp is better than being However, many refugees and armed forces last Sunday, PM Deuba' published in your Similarly, the Health drugs off the streets and out of sent back to their countries of origin, some Malawians feel that security is reports AFP. daily on August 16. The Ministry has also called all the hands of kids.” “Welcome to which the government decided against. not the issue. They speculate that the news report informs that the the hospitals to separate heaven. You may end the gates.” The ruling affects thousands order stems from complaints from Notice To government was committed to beds for the treatment He asked the second man of refugees, many of whom are long- Malawian business owners about Contributors bringing in more vaccines and of children during the what he did as a police officer. “I term residents of Malawi. However, competition from refugees. This is not vaccinate every citizen by the possible third wave. was a traffic officer,” said the man. Malawi’s high court has stopped the the first time that such objections have TRN welcomes articles, letters end of April. As it has been “I kept the roads and highways relocation order pending a judicial surfaced. In 2007, complaints appeared and comments from our valued While the government is established that vaccination safe.” “Welcome to heaven. You review. Meanwhile, human-rights in the press about traders from China, readers and contributors. Our priority is on timely topics of making efforts to administer is the most effective way to may enter the gates.” organisations and the UN Refugee Tanzania, Pakistan, India and Nigeria public interest and concern. anti-coronavirus vaccine to all control COVID-19, the He asked the third man Agency UNHCR have asked the opening businesses without obtaining Please email your as soon as possible, managing government must strive what he did as a police officer. government to reconsider. the necessary licenses. Ken Lipenga, contributions to: vaccine to children below 18 on ensuring vaccine for “I was a military policeman, sir,” Some residents and former the commerce minister at the time, [email protected] years of age should also be children in order to ensure replied the man. “Wonderful! residents of the Dzaleka camp say that reportedly vowed the government [email protected] prioritised. their safety during the third I’ve been waiting for you all living conditions there are difficult. would “flush out illegal foreigners” The public health wave. day!” replied Saint Peter. “I need The camp was designed to house up who were causing a big problem. Or send them to P.O. Box 23, Kathmandu Nepal experts have warned that the Rakesh Shah to take a break! Watch the gate, to 14,000 refugees but is now home third wave of the pandemic Dhanusha will you?” to more than 49,000. Several hundred -- Development And Cooperation The Rising Nepal www.risingnepaldaily.com

Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin 2021 August 17 Yassin waves from a in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday 5 (Photo: AP) WORLD Victorious Taliban fighters patrol Kabul Malaysia's AFP shortest-serving Kabul, Aug. 16 Victorious Taliban fighters PM resigns patrolled Kabul on Monday after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20- AFP been hit hard this year, with year war, as thousands of people mobbed Pur, Aug. 16 Muhyiddin's government the city's airport trying to flee the group's accused of moving too slowly feared hardline brand of Islamist rule. Low-profile political as the highly contagious Delta President Ashraf Ghani fled the country insider Muhyiddin Yassin had variant spread nationwide. - on Sunday night as the insurgents a swift and unexpected rise to Topsy-turvy politics - In 1971, encircled the capital, capping a military Malaysia's premiership -- but Muhyiddin joined the United victory that saw them capture all cities in his time in power was fraught Malays National Organisation just 10 days. "The Taliban have won with with instability, and he leaves (UMNO), the lynchpin of a the judgement of their swords and guns, office as the country's shortest- coalition that ruled Malaysia and are now responsible for the honour, serving leader. He resigned on for six decades until its defeat property and self-preservation of their Monday after months of bitter in 2018. countrymen," Ghani said after fleeing. infighting in his coalition, and He was chief minister Government forces collapsed with public anger growing of southern Johor state, a without the support of the US military, over a worsening coronavirus heartland of the country's which invaded in 2001 after the September outbreak. ethnic Malay Muslim 11 attacks and toppled the Taliban for its He took power after majority, and later served support of Al-Qaeda. But the the collapse of a reformist in senior posts in central ultimately failed to build a democratic alliance that had swept to government. Muhyiddin was government capable of withstanding power at landmark polls in named deputy prime minister the Taliban, despite spending billions 2018, outmanoeuvring more in 2009 when Najib Razak of dollars and providing two decades of charismatic rivals Mahathir was premier. military support. Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim. But he later fell out with After police and other government But being appointed by the Najib after criticising him forces gave up their posts in Kabul king -- rather than having won over the multi-billion-dollar on Sunday, Taliban fighters took over Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Photo: AP) an election -- he was accused scandal linked to state fund checkpoints across the city and entered of lacking legitimacy, while 1MDB, and was sacked in the presidential palace. Militants with rifles taking control of the city. "Now it's time army, the Taliban would definitely target flights because of the chaos. The United from working, while people were publicly his parliamentary backing was 2015. Najib was accused slung over their shoulders were also seen to test and prove, now we have to show me." The United States had sent 6,000 States had earlier released a statement stoned to death for adultery. razor-thin and he struggled to of looting huge sums from walking Monday through the streets of the that we can serve our nation and ensure troops to the airport to ensure the safe with more than 65 nations urging the Muska Dastageer, a lecturer at the tame competing factions in his 1MDB, allegations that Green Zone, the formerly heavily fortified security and comfort of life," he said. evacuation of embassy staff, as well as Taliban to let Afghans leave the country, American University of Afghanistan, coalition. contributed to his coalition's district that houses most embassies and The Taliban's capture of the Afghans who worked as interpreters or warning of accountability for any abuses. which opened five years after the Taliban The 74-year-old leaves 2018 poll defeat. He was international organisations. capital had occurred, as in many other in other support roles. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres were ousted, said Kabul residents felt office after just 17 months convicted last year and The Taliban sought to reassure the cities, without the bloodshed that many Other governments, including urged the Taliban and all parties to "frightened and helpless". "The fear just -- the shortest-serving prime sentenced to 12 years in jail, international community that Afghans had feared. - 'We are afraid' - But there France and Australia, had also organised "exercise restraint" and said the rights sits inside your chest like a black bird. It minister since Malaysian although he remains free should not fear them, and they will were desperate scenes at Kabul's airport charter flights. The US government of women and girls, who suffered under opens its wings and you can't breathe," independence in 1957. pending an appeal. not take revenge against those who on Monday as people tried to board the said Monday it had secured the airport, the previous Taliban regime, must be she wrote on Twitter. - US credibility Bridget Welsh, a Malaysia Muhyiddin later joined supported the US-backed alliance. In a few flights available. "We are afraid to but there was still chaos with witnesses protected. The Taliban imposed an ultra- 'diminished' - The US government has expert from the University a party set up by Mahathir, message posted to social media, Taliban live in this city," a 25-year-old ex-soldier reporting American soldiers firing shots strict interpretation of sharia law during insisted in recent days that its two decades of Nottingham, said his and helped to oust Najib co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar called told AFP as he stood among huge crowds into the air to ward off crowds. Authorities their 1996-2001 rule. This included of war in Afghanistan was a success, leadership was consumed and UMNO from power. on his fighters to remain disciplined after on the tarmac. "Since I served in the then cancelled all remaining commercial banning girls from schools and women defined by quashing the Al-Qaeda threat. by simply trying to survive In a volte-face typical of and he botched the handling Malaysia's turbulent politics, of the Covid-19 outbreak. he joined hands with UMNO "His mode throughout was again last year to win Indonesia’s Mount survivalist politics," she told enough support to become Veteran opposition leader wins AFP. "He was disconnected premier. But when he refused from the reality of Covid, the to intervene in corruption Merapi erupts sheer scope of trauma it has cases against some of the inflicted on Malaysia as it party's MPs, several pulled AP both have been active since the worsened... support, leaving him without Yogyakarta, Aug. 16 end of July. The southwest rim Zambia’s presidential race He did not prepare when a parliamentary majority. dome volume was estimated at AP Hichilema narrowly lost two previous the Law Association of Zambia, citing the the country needed to be And crucially, the influential Indonesia’s most active 1.8 million cubic meters (66.9 Lusaka, Zambia, Aug. 16 elections to Lungu in 2015 and 2016. His country’s constitution. prepared." After avoiding king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan volcano erupted Monday with million cubic feet) and about 3 support grew in each of those polls and in Right groups have accused Lungu of a first wave of infections Ahmad Shah, also turned its biggest lava flow in months, meter (9.8 feet) tall before partially Zambia’s veteran opposition leader 2016 he lost by just 100,000 votes. restricting Zambia’s democratic freedoms last year, Malaysia has against him. sending a river of lava and searing collapsing Monday morning, Hakainde Hichilema has won the southern Zambians celebrated overnight, with by closing down some media houses and gas clouds flowing 3.5 kilometres sending pyroclastic flows travelled African country’s presidency after taking hundreds of Hichilema’s frenzied supporters detaining rivals and critics. (more than 2 miles) down its fast down the southwest flank at more than 50% of the vote. turning his home on the outskirts of the Hichilema has his work cut out for PRISM slopes on the densely populated least twice. Hichilema was declared president– capital, Lusaka, into a party zone. him, as his supporters are looking to him to island of Java. Smaller pyroclastic flows of elect by Esau Chulu, chairman of the The defeated Lungu, 64, can still increase employment and cut out corruption. The rumbling sound could searing gas and lava travelled up to Electoral Commission of Zambia, early appeal the result in the courts. He has already “We will fix this!” was one of his popular Sheriff's deputy frees trapped bear be heard several kilometres (miles) 1.5 kilometres (a mile) southwest Monday after results for 155 of the country’s signalled that he may not accept his loss. campaign slogans. Colorado: A sheriff's deputy in Colorado responded to a away as Mount Merapi erupted, at least twice more during the day. 156 constituencies were announced. Lungu asserted Saturday that the Zambia recorded economic progress residential area in which a mother bear had trapped herself inside a sending hot ash 600 meters (nearly The 2,968-meter (9,737- Hichilema, a 59-year old businessman elections had not been free and fair for more than a decade and achieved middle- car as her two cubs watched nearby. 2,000 feet) into the sky. Ash foot) peak is near Yogyakarta, an contesting the presidency for the sixth time, in three provinces seen as opposition income status in 2011, but now the country The Garfield County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook blanketed nearby towns, but long- ancient city of several hundred got more than 2.8 million votes to President strongholds, citing violence and the is beset by high inflation, high debt and post that a deputy responded to a neighbourhood in the county where established evacuation orders are thousand people embedded in Edgar Lungu’s 1.8 million votes, achieving killings of a few of his supporters, allegations of corruption. the bear apparently had entered the car to search for food -- and the in place near the volcano, and no a large metro area on the island one of the biggest electoral wins in Zambia’s allegedly by the opposition. Lungu The COVID-19 pandemic hurt the door slammed shut behind her. casualties were reported. of Java. The city is a centre of history. Hichilema garnered more than 50% claimed that ruling party polling agents already stuttering economy even further. The deputy determined the bear had done too much damage It was Merapi’s biggest Javanese culture and a seat of royal of the nearly 5 million votes cast to win the had been brutalized and chased away Lockdown measures pushed Zambia into its to the inside of the car for him to get the back door open, so he lava flow since authorities raised dynasties going back centuries. presidency outright, without having to go to from voting stations, leaving his party’s first recession since 1998 and the economy attempted to free the animal by swinging the driver's door open. its danger level last November, Merapi’s alert status has a runoff election. About 80% of the country’s votes “unprotected.” contracted by 1.2%, according to the World The sheriff's office said the first attempt failed when the bear said Hanik Humaida, the head of been at the second highest of four registered voters cast their ballots. His Patriotic Front party is “consulting Bank. accidentally closed the door again, but the deputy was able to release Yogyakarta’s Volcanology and levels since it began erupting Hichilema will become Zambia’s on the next decision we have to make,” he An easing of the lockdown measures her on the second attempt. Geological Hazard Mitigation last November, and Indonesia’s seventh president since the reintroduction of said in a statement released by his office. in the latter part of 2020 and the global rise The bear was reunited with her cubs, and the deputy followed Centre. Volcanology and Geological multi-party democracy in 1991 by founding Lungu can approach the Constitutional in copper prices resulted in some recovery, to ensure they left the neighbourhood. She said the lava dome just Hazard Mitigation Centre has not president, the late Kenneth Kaunda, who had Court within seven days of the declaration of although inflation reached a high of 22% in below Merapi’s southwest rim raised it despite the past week’s ruled the country as a one-party state for more a winner of the presidential election results, February this year, according to the World and the lava dome in the crater increased volcanic activity. than two decades. according to lawyers’ professional body, Bank. Hissing cobra was electric toothbrush Singapore: Animal rescuers called to a Singapore home in which a woman thought she heard a cobra hissing wound up rescuing the resident from a malfunctioning electric toothbrush. Animal welfare group ACRES said a team was dispatched to Quake injured wait for help as new disaster overwhelms Haiti the Jurong West area on a report from a resident who heard what she thought could be a dangerous snake hissing in her bedroom. AP “There has been nothing. Haiti on Monday night. The The resident, Xi Yan, sent the team a recording of the noise she Les Cayes, Aug. 16 No help, nothing from the civil protection agency said heard, and the rescuers determined it sounded like a black spitting government,” Auguste’s sister, Haitians must expect strong cobra, a venomous species. Under Haiti’s burning Bertrande, said Sunday as winds, heavy rain, rough seas, The team searched Xi Yan's home for nearly an hour before heat, Jennie Auguste lies with Haitians were still trying to landslides and flooding. Muhamad Safari Bin Masnor discovered the source of the hissing a lost, thousand-yard stare on a take stock of everything around Officials said more than -- an Oral B electric toothbrush. He turned the toothbrush on and flimsy foam mattress placed on them as the death toll from 7,000 homes were destroyed off again, bringing an end to the hissing. an airport’s tarmac. A resident disaster soared. and nearly 5,000 damaged. (Agencies) of the southwestern part of the The country’s Civil Hospitals, schools, offices and Caribbean nation, Auguste has Protection Agency said 1,297 churches were also affected. wounds in the chest, abdomen dead from the magnitude 7.2 The quake centred about and arm after the roof of the earthquake had been counted 125 kilometres (78 miles) Today in History store she worked at collapsed by Sunday, a day after the west of the capital of Port- during a powerful earthquake temblor turned thousands of au-Prince nearly razed some 1597 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and over the weekend. structures into rubble and set towns and triggered landslides Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores. She flashes the occasional off frantic rescue efforts ahead that hampered rescue efforts 1668 – A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths grimace of pain while her sister of a potential deluge from an in a country that is the poorest in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. or other helpful bystanders fan approaching storm. in the Western Hemisphere. 1712 – Action of 17 August 1712 New Deep naval battle her. In the badly damaged coastal Saturday’s earthquake It already was struggling with between Denmark and Sweden. town of Les Cayes, health care is also left at least 5,700 people People displaced from their earthquake destroyed homes spend the night outdoors in a the worsening poverty, the 1808 – The Finnish War: the Battle of Alavus was fought. at capacity, so Auguste can now injured, with thousands more grassy area that is part of a hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti. (Photo: AP) coronavirus pandemic, the 1827 – Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord. only wait — for space at a local displaced from destroyed political uncertainty following 1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins hospital, or a spot on one of the or damaged homes. After blackouts, and many people news, terrified of the continuing soon worsen with the coming the July 7 assassination of in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements small planes that are ferrying sundown Sunday, Les Cayes slept outside again, clutching aftershocks. of Tropical Depression Grace, President Jovenel Moïse and a along the Minnesota River. injured people to Haiti’s capital. was darkened by intermittent small transistor radios tuned to The devastation could which is predicted to reach wave of gang violence. Source: www.wikipedia.org www.risingnepaldaily.com The Rising Nepal

Former minister and lawmaker Giriraj Mani 2021 August 17 Pokharel speaking at the 6 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday House meeting in the capital on Monday. PAGE SIX (Photo: TRN) NC active membership Nepal-India Oversight issue to be sorted out Mechanism reviews by Wednesday bilateral projects By A Staff Reporter transmission lines, construction of By A Staff Reporter The party had earlier endorsed active Kathmandu, Aug. 16 Nepal Police Academy, integrated Kathmandu, Aug. 16 membership report presented by Active check posts, Ramayana Circuit, High Membership Probe Committee headed The ninth meeting of Nepal- Impact Community Development The Nepali Congress is likely to by leader Lekhak. So, now only few India Oversight Mechanism reviewed Projects (HICDPs), motorable bridges end its row over remaining active issues need to be settled, said Paudel. the progress of the projects being over the Mahakali River, agriculture membership by Wednesday. But, the report would get a final implemented under bilateral economic and cultural heritage, among others. The Party's taskforce would submit shape after the taskforce submits its and development cooperation between Both sides underlined the need its report by August 19 to party President report. Party president Deuba would the two neighbours. for expeditious implementation of the and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba hand over the final report to Central The meeting was held in Kathmandu bilateral projects, said the MoFA. To concluding the active membership Election Committee, which will pave the on Monday under the co-chairmanship this end, they agreed to take necessary dispute as the active members are voters way for party's 14th general convention. of Foreign Secretary, Bharat Raj measures to address problems and of the party general convention. The Sitaula taskforce would settle the Paudyal, and Ambassador of India obstacles timely in course of project NC chief secretary Krishna Prasad active membership row in six districts to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, the implementation. Paudel informed that the row would including Dhanusa, Sarlahi, Saptari Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) The Nepali delegation included end within given time as the party and Bara of Provice-2, and Rasuwa and informed. officials of the agencies responsible for Central Working Committee meeting Sindhupalchowk of . The meeting discussed the status the implementation of the respective on Saturday had fixed responsibility and The party has set a target to distribute of implementation of all on-going projects while Indian delegation time for it. its active membership to 852,711 projects, including roads, cross- included officials of the Embassy The meeting had formed the workers. Among them, 409,032 are border railways, Arun-III Hydropower of India, Kathmandu and project taskforce under leadership of party old and 443,678 are new. The number Project, petroleum products pipelines implementing agencies. former general secretary Krishna Prasad could slightly change after settling all and Pancheshwar Multipurpose The Mechanism was set up Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Investment Board of Nepal (IBN), Sher Bahadur Sitaula comprising leader Dr. Minendra the disputes. The party has decided to Project. Deuba receiving Performance Contract Report for the fiscal year 2077/78 from the Chief in September 2016 to oversee the Rijal and Ramesh Lekhak. The taskforce hold its local level general convention Executive Officer Sushil Bhatta at Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. Similarly, the meeting also reviewed implementation of bilateral projects would end all remaining disputes within from September 3 by clearing the row the progress of the post-earthquake and take necessary steps for their (Photo Courtesy: PM's Secretariat) two days. over active membership. reconstruction, , power and completion in time. Floods in Katani River MoHP instructs Traders demand full Europe eyes arthritis drug inundates two villages to waive fees operation of Tatopani for COVID-19 cases By Our Correspondent by the Rural Municipality. for QR code AP with other steroids or required extra Dhangadi, Aug. 16 Beaten rice, noodles and checkpoint Amsterdam, Aug. 16 oxygen, including via a ventilator. biscuits were distributed, said Tocilizumab is an anti-inflammatory certificate By Our Correspondent Two villages have been Kamal Prasad Chaudhary, The The European Medicines drug currently used to treat adults Sindhupalchowk, Aug. 16 Agency has started an accelerated submerged due to the floods in Chairman of Ward No. 7 of the By A Staff Reporter and children with severe arthritis. checkpoint review process to determine if a In June, the U.S. Food and Drug the Katani River of the Kailali Rural Municipality. Kathmandu, Aug. 16 Entrepreneurs of has been only common arthritis drug might help Administration granted the drug an district. Chairman Chaudhary said Sindhupalchowk have The Ministry of Health and people hospitalized with severe emergency use authorization and Badka Basanta and 28 families had come into urged Prime Minister Sher partially open Population (MoHP) has urged the COVID-19, months after the drug the World Health Organization Chhatakpur Basanta villages contact even though many Bahadur Deuba to take concerned authorities for waiving since 2015 was granted an emergency use recommended its use last month for in Kailari Rural Municipality-7 families in both villages had initiative for full-fledged fees for the certificate issued with QR earthquake. authorization in the U.S. people who are critically ill with have been inundated. been affected by floods. The operation of Tatopani Code to those receiving vaccination In a statement Monday, the EU COVID-19. The European regulator According to Chheduram details of the families across checkpoint. Chinese government to against COVID-19. drug regulator said it was assessing said it expected to make a decision Chaudhary of Badka Basanta the Katani River could not be Officials of the fully open the Tatopani The MoHP asked the concerned an application to extend the use of by mid-October on tocilizumab, village, the flood in Katani collected due to the floods. Sindhupalchowk Chamber checkpoint. authorities not to charge any amount tocilizumab for adults suffering from based on data from four large burst the banks of the river. The wooden bridge built of Commerce and Industry “We have also to the service-seekers asking for severe coronavirus in the hospital, studies. The drug was first licensed “ has flooded more and Nepal Trans Himalaya requested the Prime over the Katani River in Badka vaccination certificate. who were already being treated in the EU in 2009. Border Commerce Minister to relocate the than 100 houses in both the Basanta village is also under Issuing a press statement Sunday Association met Prime flood and landslide affected villages. increasing risk of overflowing. evening, Deputy Spokesperson at the Minister Deuba and urged people to safer places The floodwater that entered Chairman Chaudhary said MoHP urged the same. him to take initiative with as Sindhupalchowk is a Trudeau triggers Canadian the houses has damaged food that the bridge is likely to The MoHP’s attention was drawn the Chinese government flood-hit area,” said Hom grains including paddy and overflow as the water level is towards the matter when the news of to fully open the Tatopani Bahadur Basnet, president wheat. The food that could not rising due to the flood in the some manpower companies charging checkpoint as it is still of the Sindhupalchowk election, voting day Sept. 20 be moved to a safe place has river. The wooden bridge was the foreign employment hopefuls only partially open, said Chamber of Commerce and been damaged due to wetness,” also washed away by the flood for issuing vaccination certificate Bed Bahadur Shrestha, Industry. AP will fall in behind him, but if he loses Chaudhary said. last year. with QR code came to light, read the outgoing president of the He said that they urged Toronto, Aug. 16 he's toast," Bothwell said. The Katani River has been Vehicles transportation on statement. Sindhupalchowk Chamber Prime Minister Deuba "It's not that he's unpopular flooded due to the overnight the postal highway area has Some service-seekers had of Commerce and Industry. to pay due attention to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but there's no affection there. The complained that they had to pay rains. Now, farmers are worried also been halted due to the The checkpoint has been the upgrading of the triggered an election Sunday as he Liberals behave as if he is this money for online forms to obtain that the river floods will also floods. only partially open since 28-kilometre Kodari seeks to capitalize on Canada being beloved figure but he's not. The vaccination cards with QR codes. damage their paddy fields, he Meanwhile, a team of 2015 earthquake. Highway from Barhabise one of the most fully vaccinated novelty is gone. The MoHP has also warned added. Kailari Municipalitiy including According to Shrestha, and construction of physical countries in the world. But there's still enough there of action against those manpower Families who have stayed Chief Administrative Officer Prime Minister Deuba has infrastructures, including Trudeau announced the election and the performance on COVID agencies or individuals charging fees hungry since the morning have Khagendra Raj Joshi, has been assured them of holding motorable bridges, washed would be held on Sept. 20 after was pretty solid so I think people for vaccination cards with QR codes. been provided prepared food monitoring the flooded area. special talks with the away by the floods. visiting the general, who will balance these things going into holds a mostly ceremonial position the election and vote for Trudeau." representing Britain's Queen Trudeau, the son of the late Elizabeth II as head of state. Liberal Prime Minister Pierre House sessions prorogued... Over 4.7 million people get... "We've had your back, and now Trudeau, became the second bill drafts went for endorsement in ordinances were accepted for the recorded 961 new active cases, 3,335 patients are admitted it's time to hear your voice," Trudeau youngest prime minister in this duration in the lower House. Most endorsement procedure in the House. infections in the past 24 hours. Of these, to various health facilities while the said. "Canadians need to choose Canadian history when he was first awaited drafts of the citizenship bill, No new drafts were registered in the 677 cases were confirmed in Kathmandu, remaining 36,036 are in home isolation. how we finish the fight against elected with a majority of seats in public service act were tabled for the House except annual reports of Auditor 167 in Lalitpur and 117 in Bhaktapur. As per the latest update, 795 COVID-19." Parliament in 2015. The Liberal's procedure but remained where they General, Election Commission and In the past 24 hours, 571 new infections COVID-19 patients are admitted to the Trudeau is seeking to win a victory ended almost 10 years of were. However, the upper House was Muslim Commission in its session. were recorded in Province 1; 17 in Province Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and 197 are majority of seats in Parliament. His Conservative Party government in able to endorse seven bills in the same Nothing was important except Finance 2; 1,444 in Bagmati; 380 in Gandaki; under treatment with ventilator support Liberal Party fell just short of that Canada, but scandals combined with duration. Altogether, 43 bills in the Minister Janardan Sharma presenting 131 in Lumbini; nine in Karnali and 14 across the nation. two years ago and must rely on the high expectations have damaged House of Representatives and 12 others the white paper, the State Minister for in Sudurpaschim. According to the Meanwhile, 2,458 COVID-19 patients opposition to pass legislation. Trudeau's standing. in the National Assembly are awaiting Health and Population informing about data released by the MoHP, 21 recovered from the infection in the last 24 The election comes as Canada His father served as prime certification. COVID-19 vaccines management and districts including Morang, Jhapa, Sunsari, hours. Nepal has now recorded 685,140 is experiencing a new wave of minister from 1968 to 1984 with a Cabinet ministers presented 15 the Home Minister speaking about the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, cases of recovery, and the recovery rate COVID-19 cases, driven by the delta short interruption. different ordinances in the House incident that happened in Mahakali River Makawanpur have more than 500 active now stands at 93.2 per cent. The country variant of the coronavirus. Trudeau Opposition leftist New of Representatives but none of the during this House session. cases each and 16 other districts have more also reported 35 deaths related to the called it "the fourth wave amongst Democratic Party leader Jagmeet than 200 active cases each. disease in the past 24 hours, taking the unvaccinated people." Singh said it is "selfish" for Trudeau Smart lockdown may come... The active caseload was 36,036 on total death toll to 10,327. The death rate Trudeau isn't as popular as he to call an election in a pandemic. will have hard nature of lockdown, with Under the given marks for every Monday. According to the MoHP, of the now stands at 1.5 per cent. once was, but his government's Ontario, Canada's largest province, mixed lockdown under the amber zone, variable, if the outcome crossed 65 handling of the pandemic has been reported more than 500 cases for the soft lockdown in yellow and minimal out of 100, such area can enforce hard Holy Shrawan with five... widely viewed as a success. After a fourth straight day. lockdown under green status. lockdown, with mixed lockdown for Married women observe the fasting, Shrawan, known also as the month slow start Canada now has enough Opposition Conservative leader Five scientific variables will be regions receiving 30-65 marks, soft perform pujas and rituals for the welfare of festivals, according to Hindu belief, is vaccine for every citizen. More Erin O'Toole didn't answer when analysed before making any decision lockdown for regions scoring 16-30 and and long life of their husband, as well as considered the most pious one and marks than 71% of eligible Canadians asked if his candidates will or to enlist them into any colour-specific minimal lockdown if a region receives for a peaceful and happy life. Unmarried the beginning of Hindu festival season are fully vaccinated and over 82% should be vaccinated. status. They include - weekly test less than 15 marks. girls observe the fast in this month to get including Teej, and . have received at least one dose. He said he is disappointed positivity rate, percentage change in "The actual situation of the infection a good partner. Devotees follow strict Devotees observe fasting on five The government has spent billions Trudeau is trying to divide people infection compared to the previous of COVID-19 in each district, region, and vegetarian diet and take only a single meal Mondays in Shrawan. Along with Lord to prop up the economy amid about their health. week, weekly new cases per million, the area will be known if the officials of a day during the month. Shiva, people also worship Goddess lockdowns that have now lifted. "The Liberals are going to keep bed occupancy in percentage, and deaths the concerned districts analyse and put They worship Lord Shiva with Parvati, Ganesh and Lord Kartikeya in But if the result is another pounding the Conservatives on this per million. the data correctly," according to Joint Belpatra and other flowers, shower milk this month. minority government, the "knives and it will happening as the fourth Based on five different variables, the Secretary Khatiwada. on Shivalinga and chant his different names The devotees believe that offering will start to come out," said Robert wave of the pandemic is picking red zone listed five different variables Apart from CDOs in the concerned including ‘Shambho’, ‘Mahadev’, ‘Rudra’ milk to Lord Shiva in this month earns a Bothwell, a professor of Canadian up steam, said Nelson Wiseman, were given 20 marks each, 13 marks district, officials at the central office and ‘Shankara’. lot of blessings. This is considered holy history and international relations at a political science professor at the under amber status, six marks under of CCMC-Ops can also provide them It is also believed that Goddess Parvati and a number of fasting (vratas) and rituals the University of Toronto. University of Toronto. "The fourth yellow status and three marks under support to know the actual effect of the observed Shrawan fast to get Lord Shiva are performed by the devotees during the "Trudeau is not widely liked. wave could hurt the Liberals if green status. virus infection, he said. as her consort. month. He's what the Liberals have so they lockdowns are reimposed." The Rising Nepal www.risingnepaldaily.com

2021 August 17 ENTERTAINMENT 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday 7 Depp says Hollywood is Writing lyrics a boycotting him, says his fall is ‘absurdity of media mathematics’ passion: Belbase PTI Khichikka, which was liked by many Los Angeles, Aug. 16 music lovers and listeners of Nepali songs. Young female singer Melina Rai Actor Johnny Depp, one of the has sung, Najanera Hoina Jani Jani most popular stars of Hollywood, Bhayo’ which created a ripple in Nepali says he feels he is being boycotted music-dom. by the film industry as his latest The son of Maha Sharma and movie Minamata is yet to get a Chandra Sharma Belbase, he does not release in the United States. only pen peppy songs for young listeners In a recent interview with The but has scripted devotional songs. His Sunday Times, the actor detailed creation, Lumbini Shanti Bhumi, is one of his recent legal situation, life such songs that has captured the attention turmoil and acting career. Depp, of many who have a deep respect for the whose ex-wife Amber Heard has Buddha’s birthplace. accused him of domestic violence, What is remarkable about this called his fall from Hollywood’s devotional song is that it has been sung by good graces an “absurdity of noted Nepali female singer Kunti Moktan. media mathematics.” Moktan’s hubby, Shila Bahadur, has “Some films touch people arranged the song. and this affects those in Minamata His other famous songs are: Thulo and people who experience similar Jat Sano Jat (singer-Kishor BK), Timile things,” Depp said of the Andrew Sodheka Prasna Tardai Chhu (Singer- Levitas-directed movie, which Manish Godar) and Timi Gungunayau Mo features him as W Eugene Smith, K Garu (Singer-Raj Sigdel). an American photojournalist who Dashain Aayo (Saraswoti Lama helped expose the devastating Bhujel), Mo Hu Sadak Baalak (Nipa impact of mercury poisoning on ),Muktinath Bhajan (Singer-Rita coastal communities in Japan in Kc) and Marubhumi Bata Chari(Singer- the 1970s. By A Staff Reporter Female singer Anju Pant has Durga B.K) are other songs. “And for anything…. for Kathmandu, Aug. 16 crooned his song, ‘ Ankha Rashayera Many of his songs have been Hollywood’s boycott of me? One Ke Bho,’ which was composed by Rajan rendered into music videos in which noted man, one actor in an unpleasant and Amid a crowd of Nepali songwriters, Timisina. male and female artistes from the Nepali messy situation, over the last number Depp, 58, exited his leading role also finding some support in a lyricist from Bhairahawa has stood apart Sugam Pokhrel, another noted male tinsel town have acted. of years?” he added. in Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts the global film industry as the owing to his ability to pen heart-tugging vocalist of the Nepali music arena, sang Writing songs is a passion for The interview marks the franchise, while MGM reportedly San Sebastian Film Festival songs. , ‘ Timi Hidne Bato,’ which drew many Belbase, who teaches Population Study Pirates of the Caribbean star’s first halted the US release of Minamata. has stood by its decision to Keshav Sharma Belbase, who was rave reviews. at Baharawaha Campus. media interaction after losing libel “(We) looked those people in honour Depp with their top born and was brought up in Bhairahawa, Both the songs sung by Pant and Gazhal writer Boond Rana and case against British tabloid The the eyeballs and promised we would prize, the Donostia Award, a has jotted down songs that have hit the Pokhrel were nominated for Hit FM, lyricist and writer Rajendra Thapa have Sun, which referred to the actor as not be exploitative. That the film lifetime achievement honour right chords of the listeners. Image and Bindabasini song awards. inspired him to write lyrics. a “wife-beater” in an article about would be respectful. I believe that that recognises “outstanding Belbase’s fame as a lyricist has A heartthrob of many, singer He follows and likes Raj Sigdel him and ex-wife Heard. we’ve kept our end of the bargain, contributions to the film world.” recently gone up with the release of his Pramod Kharel has sung, ‘Yo Mutu Jalai Kunit Moktan the most among the Last year, the court ruled that but those who came in later should The Karlovy Vary International various music videos and albums. Unle Mero’. Nepali singers while Neha Kakkar and the publication proved the content of also maintain theirs,” Depp said Film Festival in the Czech Republic Some of his songs have been The song became an instant hit Arijit Singh are the ones whom he likes its article to be “substantially true,” about the delay in the film’s release. also said it would celebrate Depp crooned by the famous singers of Nepali as the noted singer Kharel gave it a fine the most. Bob Marley, Justin Bieber and and the judge found that 12 of the He added that “he is moving and “recognize and pay tribute to music. He has brought out a total of four rendition of it. Ariana Grande the western singers he 14 alleged incidents of domestic towards where I need to go to make the acclaimed actor’s extensive albums that included hit songs. He also penned a peppy song, Photo follows. violence had occurred. all that to bring things to light.” career and lasting legacy on the film Following the court’s verdict, The actor, however, is industry globally.” ‘Free Guy’ gives box office a lift, opening with $28.4M AP “Free Guy” was expected to debut around $20 “Since Memorial Day weekend, the domestic box videogames for intellectual property. Reynolds starred New York, Aug. 16 million. Its surprisingly strong opening gave further office has been running at approx. 50% of 2019 levels, in one of the best performing videogame adaptations proof to what some analysts have been saying with several spikes from strong titles, but then returning — 2019’s “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu,” which “Free Guy,” an throughout the year — hybrid releases that send to 50% of 2019,” Gross said in an email. “Under normal grossed $432 million worldwide. action comedy starring Ryan new movies immediately onto streaming platforms conditions, ‘Free Guy’ would be opening 50% higher “Free Guy” will play exclusively in theaters for Reynolds as a background character in can significantly harm ticket sales. The last two No. than this weekend’s number — comfortably.” at least 45 days — and its strong performance through a videogame, opened better than expected 1 movies — Warner Bros.’ “The Suicide Squad” But the enthusiasm for “Free Guy” was enough the weekend suggests it could buck the summer’s over the weekend, collecting an estimated and Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” — were launched to lead Reynolds to announce Saturday that Disney typical trend of fast drop offs. Last week’s top film, $28.4 million in ticket sales despite a marketplace simultaneously in theaters and homes. wants a sequel. In the film, Reynolds’ character, Guy, “The Suicide Squad,” slid steeply, dropping 70% in its challenged by COVID-19. But however movies are being released right realizes he’s a “non playable character” in a “Grand second weekend. After its $26.2 million debut, James After a few weeks of declining audiences and now, box office conditions are far from ideal. The Theft Auto”-like game. It features co-stars Jodie Gunn’s “Suicide Squad” redo pulled in just $7.8 million underwhelming debuts amid the delta variant surge, rise in U.S. coronavirus cases over the last month has Comer, Lil Rel Howery and Taika Waititi. for Warner Bros., bringing its two-week total to $42.9 “Free Guy” succeeded with an old-school formula: corresponded with diminished ticket sales at theaters. Reviews were good (82% fresh on Rotten million. It’s concurrently playing on HBO Max. an original, star-fronted movie with good word- Some cities, including New York and San Francisco, Tomatoes), and a male-heavy audience gave That film’s tumble gave a few other releases of-mouth playing only in theaters. The movie are preparing to make vaccine passports required for “Free Guy” an “A” CinemaScore. (About 60% of more room at multiplexes. Sony Pictures’ horror directed by Shawn Levy was made by the Walt entering movie theaters. moviegoers were male, Disney said.) “Free Guy” also sequel “Don’t Breathe 2” opened with $10.6 million, Disney Co.-owned 20th Century Fox, with a David A. Gross, who runs the movie consultancy added $22.5 million internationally. in line with studio projections. While “Don’t Breathe theatrical release contractually stipulated for the Franchise Entertainment Research, estimates that “Free Guy” is also the latest in a comeback 2” debuted with less than half the opening of the 2016 roughly $100 million production. new releases are selling about half the tickets they for gaming-based movies. After decades of futility, original, the sequel was made with a modest budget Playing in 4,165 North American theaters, normally would. Hollywood is increasingly finding success by mining of $15 million.

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2021 August 17 8 2078 B.S. Bhadau 1 Tuesday SPORTS Son gives Spurs win WIndies clinch one- win AFP over Man City Kingston, Aug. 16 AP West Indies scrambled a London, Aug. 16 pulsating one-wicket victory over Pakistan on Sunday as the If this was a first taste of visitors self-destructed in the life without Harry Kane for final session of the fourth day Tottenham, maybe that prospect when on course to take the first isn’t so terrifying after all. At least Test of the two-match series at not while Son Heung-min is still Sabina Park. at the club. Defending a modest target Son netted a second-half of 168 after they were dismissed winner Sunday as Tottenham in the morning session for 103, opened the Premier League season Shaheen Shah Afridi led the with an impressive 1-0 home attack with figures of four for victory over defending champion 50 in reducing the home side to Manchester City — the team that 114 for seven at tea with only has spent the summer trying to buy wicketkeeper-batsman Joshua its talisman striker. da Silva and the tailenders left. New Tottenham manager However, in scenes Nuno Espirito Santo left Kane reminiscent of a similar one- out of his team altogether amid wicket loss in the deciding Test Jayden Seales (L) and Kemar Roach (2L) of West Indies continued speculation about a of the 2000 series in Antigua, celebrate winning the 1st Test against Pakistan in Kingston, pending move to City, but still Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung- the Pakistanis lost the discipline Jamaica. (Photo:AFP) nd ended up with a statement victory Min (2 L) celebrates with in their and composure on his debut. teammates after scoring against in the field. For the fast bowler, who me at the end and for his five- Son finished off a quick Manchester City in London. Three catches were is less than a month away from wicket haul today because he counterattack in the 55th minute and (Photo: Xinhua) missed to allow Kemar Roach his 20th birthday, it was an s someone really special as a Tottenham effectively neutralized and last man Jayden Seales to historic achievement when he young fast bowler.” City’s many attacking threats in all the speculation aside. all opened with big victories on he expects to soon have the striker take their team to the target with mopped up the Pakistan tail Pakistan captain Babar front of a packed home stadium of “We are all professionals. Saturday. back in the team. a last-wicket partnership of 17. with the last three to Azam did well to hide his about 58,000 fans. We wanted to focus on this game,” City dominated possession “Look, Harry is one of the Roach, who was dropped become the youngest-ever to disappointment but could not “I think this means a lot for Son said. “Obviously, Harry is so, but struggled to break down a best players in the world, honestly,” twice, hit the winning runs off take five wickets in a Test avoid referencing the obvious us, for the start of the season,” so important for us. But let’s see.” disciplined Tottenham side, which Nuno said. “So we are very lucky Hasan Ali to finish unbeaten innings for the West Indies. costly errors when it mattered Son said. “First game, with the Based on this performance, was content to sit back and wait to have him. So he has to get ready on 30. Ironically, it was Hasan “I just decided to take it most. fans finally, it’s just an incredible City might need Kane more than for opportunities to counter. “You and help the team.” who missed a straightforward step by step, run by run,” said “This is the beauty of performance.” Spurs do — especially after letting see the stats, the intention to create In Sunday’s early game, West catch at deep square-leg off a relieved Roach minutes after Test . Our bowlers were Kane’s absence was the big Sergio Aguero leave on a free chances, to create much more,” Ham twice came from a goal Shaheen which allowed Roach to completely what looked an really good especially Shaheen pregame talking point, although transfer this summer. City manager Pep Guardiola said. down to beat Newcastle 4-2 in an eventually complete the job at the unlikely task when he joined and Abbas,” said the skipper, Nuno said the decision was made This was the final game of a “Unfortunately we were not clinical entertaining encounter at St James’ end alongside a jubilant Seales. da Silva at the start of play omitting to mention the three solely because the England striker crowd-pleasing opening Premier enough.” Park. “It was a really good game, if Seales was named man after tea. wickets taken by Hasan in the only returned to full training on League weekend and City was Tottenham will hope it was you were a neutral you would have of the match for his match “This is easily the most push for victory. Friday after his holiday. the only big title contender that the kind of performance that could said it was a good game of football, haul of eight for 125 which important innings I have ever “Had we taken those Son insisted the Tottenham failed to start with a win. Chelsea, help convince Kane to stay at plenty of action at both ends,” West included five for 55 in the played and credit to Jayden catches the result could have players had no difficulties putting Manchester United and Liverpool Spurs after all. And Nuno insisted Ham manager David Moyes said. second innings. as well for holding on with been different.” w Snippets Nepal-PNG to Atletico win opener as play day-night Weather Gerd Müller dies at 75 Tuesday ODI Series Sunrise at 5:36 am Munich: Gerd Müller, the Bayern Munich Barca ‘leap into unknown’ By A Staff Reporter Sunset at 6:41 pm and former West Germany soccer great known as Kathmandu, Aug. 16 “Der Bomber” for his scoring prowess, has died. He AFP was 75. The Bavarian club announced his death on Madrid, Aug. 16 Forecast for Nepal Monday's Weather Record Nepali national cricket Max. Min. Rain Sunday, with club president Herbert Hainer saying it (Tuesday) team will play their first day- Stations temp. (C) temp. (C) (mm) Defending champions Atletico Madrid Generally to Mostly cloudy was “a sad, dark day for FC Bayern and all its fans.” night One Day Internationals Dipayal 35.5 24.5 11.3 Müller scored 566 goals for Bayern between 1964 got their Spanish Liga season underway with a throughout the country. Light to Dadeldhura 26.6 17.3 59.7 2-1 win at Celta Vigo on Sunday as Barcelona (ODI) series against Papua moderate rain is likely to continue Dhangadi 33.5 23.0 131.8 and 1979, helping the team to four German titles, Birendranagar 32.7 23.7 16.5 braced for “a leap into the unknown” without New Guinea (PNG) slated for at many places of Province 1, four German Cup wins and three European Cup September 5 and 8 in Oman. Province 2, Bagmati Province Nepalgunj 34.5 15.0 3.3 victories in that time. He still holds the record for Lionel Messi. and and at Jumla 26.4 16.5 4.2 Cricket Association of 31.8 23.7 0.4 the most goals scored in the Bundesliga with 365, Angel Correa gave Atletico the lead after some places of Lumbini Province, Nepal (CAN) confirmed on and Sudur Pokhara 32.8 22.5 37.6 23 minutes after being set up by Thomas Lemar. Bhairahawa 34.0 25.6 0.1 scored in 427 league games. Müller’s goals, scored Pashchim Province , chances Correa added a second goal in the 64th minute Monday about the ODI series Simara 32.5 25.5 14.2 in a variety of ways, helped earn Bayern promotion of heavy rain with thunder and just five minutes after Iago Aspas had pulled against PNG. Kathmandu 29.2 21.0 0.0 to the Bundesliga in 1965 and usher in a period of Nepal is also playing lightning at one or two places of Okhaldhunga 24.2 18.0 0.0 Celta level from the penalty spot. Province 1, Bagmati Province and Taplejung - 17.5 - greatness at the club that laid the foundation for its PNG for the first time after success today. (AP) However, the game was marred by a mass Gandaki Province. Dhankuta 29.4 20.0 0.0 brawl in the closing stages following a foul on Nepal got ODI status beating 32.7 26.0 0.0 the latter on March 14, 2018. Jomsom 25.5 14.0 6.5* Atletico striker Luis Suarez. Red cards were Some Expected Temp.: 28 - 30 °C Dharan 33.0 23.9 29.4* Nepal’s matches Rain Probability: 80 % Federer to undergo more brandished for Hugo Mallo of Celta and Mario banners were in Jankapur 32.5 25.2 39.1* Hermoso of Atletico. Barcelona fans were, place well before against PNG will be a knee surgery tune-up for their ICC CWC meanwhile, contemplating their post-Lionel kick-off venting NEPAL RASTRA BANK Paris: Roger Federer said on Sunday he will Messi future which was starting with a home the fans anger towards president Joan Laporta. League-2 Tri-Series against FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT undergo further knee surgery and admitted he “will be encounter against Real Sociedad later Sunday. One read “Laporta, Barca is not your business”, Oman and the United States out for many months”, a decision which casts further Messi may have joined Paris Saint- while another proclaimed “Barca yes, Laporta of America (USA) to be EXCHANGE RATES doubt on his future in tennis at the age of 40. “I will Germain but his memory lingers heavy over no!” played in September. August 17, 2021 be on crutches for many weeks and out of the game the Camp Nou despite the removal of a giant “It was a big emotional blow,” said Nepal had already CURRENCY UNIT BUYING SELLING for many months,” 20-time Grand Slam title winner photograph of the Argentine superstar from 23-year-old Barca fan Adria De Lucas. “I was in kicked off their training Indian Rupee 100 Rs. 160.00 Rs. 160.15 Federer said in a video posted on his Instagram the entrance in the wake of his move to France. my room when I saw the news. I started sending calling 19 players for the Tri- Open Market Exchange Rates account. The decision immediately rules him out of series under head coach Dav A crowd of 25,000 was expected as part of messages to all my friends, and no one believed For the purpose of Nepal Rastra Bank the US Open, where he has been champion five times Watmore. The close camp ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and anger clearly it. It was emotionally hard.” He added: “It’s a CURRENCY UNIT BUYING SELLING and which starts in two weeks’ time. “I want to give remains in the wake of Messi’s unexpected leap into the unknown (without Messi). We will is going on at TU Cricket U.S. Dollar 1 Rs. 118.50 Rs. 119.10 myself a glimmer of hope to return to the tour in some departure after 21 years at the Catalan club. see what happens.” Ground, Kirtipur. shape or form,” added Federer. “I am realistic, don’t Euro 1 Rs. 139.62 Rs. 140.32 get me wrong. I know how difficult it is at my age Pound Sterling 1 Rs. 164.17 Rs. 165.00 to go through another surgery. I will try it. I want Swiss Franc 1 Rs. 129.66 Rs. 130.31 to be healthy, I want to be running around.” (AFP) Super League rebels back in European soccer’s top club body Australian Dollar 1 Rs. 86.94 Rs. 87.38 Canadian Dollar 1 Rs. 94.42 Rs. 94.90 Giorgi wins title at AP But Real Madrid, League amid a backlash board took into consideration Singapore Dollar 1 Rs. 87.39 Rs. 87.83 Montreal London, Aug. 16 Barcelona and Juventus are from governing bodies and the clubs’ acknowledgement Japanese Yen 10 Rs. 10.84 Rs. 10.89 refusing to giving up on the supporters — particularly in that the so-called European Chinese Yuan 1 Rs. 18.30 Rs. 18.40 Montreal: Camila Giorgi completed a stunning Nine of the teams who largely-closed breakaway England. 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Vol. LVI, No. 245 | August 17, 2021 | Bhadau 1, 2078 | Nepal Sambat 1141 | Gunlathwo Nawami | Tuesday | www.risingnepaldaily.com | Pages 8 | Rs. 5.00 Process begins to contact Govt decides immediate rescue Nepalis in Afghanistan By A Staff Reporter As per the DCS portal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 of Nepalis from Afghanistan about 134 Nepalis By A Staff Reporter The task force formed on Sunday to in Afghanistan have Kathmandu, Aug. 16 facilitate the operations to rescue Nepalis in Afghanistan has decided to enhance the registered their details by The government has decided use of social media with Nepali nationals Monday evening. to rescue all Nepalis from Taliban- stranded in the war-torn country and manage Embassy of Nepal in India at +918929601925 overrun Afghanistan at the earliest COVID-19 test and quarantine for the returnee migrants. on cell phone Viber and WhatsApp. possible. The meeting has also decided to request The first meeting of the task force led A meeting of the Council of Nepali in Afghanistan to send the information by the Coordinator of Middle Asia, West Ministers held at the official residence about the latest safety and rescue works being Asia and Africa Division at the Ministry of of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur carried on in Kabul. Deuba, in Baluwatar on Monday Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has made a decision Likewise, it decided to coordinate morning, decided to airlift Nepalis to request the concerned individuals and with the concerned agencies to manage remaining in Afghanistan safely, members of their families to inform about COVID-19 test and quarantine facilities for said government spokesperson the people in Afghanistan. the returnee migrants. and Minister for Law, Justice and The government has created an online Earlier on Monday, Minister for Home Parliamentary Affairs Gyanendra registration portal at https://nepalconsular. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand directed the Bahadur Karki. gov.np/ and the concerned individuals or concerned agencies to facilitate the rescue Talking to the media persons their families can update information in the of Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand instructing secretaries and heads of security bodies to begin all after the meeting, Minister Karki portal. Spokesperson of the MoFA Sewa Lamsal necessary procedures for the rescue of Nepalis from Afghanistan in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. said, “Taking serious note of the The MoFA has urged the concerned said that the government has made diplomatic (Photo Courtesy: Home Ministry) people to immediately fill the required developments in Afghanistan, it initiative to bring Nepalis home safely from information. People can contact Department Afghanistan. As per the DCS portal, about has been decided to rescue the the diplomatic process has taken its Meanwhile, Minister for Home be appropriate to formulate an action of Consular Services (DCS) at +977- 134 Nepalis in Afghanistan have registered Nepali citizens there safely and course," Karki said. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday plan for the rescue of Nepali nationals 9749326458, MoFA at +9779749326459 and their details by Monday evening. expeditiously." Meanwhile, Prime Minister evening instructed secretaries of the in coordination with the international The government has decided to Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the community, Minister Khand urged give direction to the concerned bodies the government would take serious Ministry of Tourism, Culture and to develop better communication here and diplomatic missions abroad responsibility for the rescue of Nepalis Civil Aviation to immediately begin and coordination among all the line House sessions prorogued to begin and play coordinated roles for in Afghanistan. necessary procedures for the rescue of agencies. safe evacuation of the Nepalis, he said. Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepalis from Afghanistan. During the meeting, Foreign By Ranju Kafle order. Sessions of the House were begun from He said the process was moving the government was serious about Inviting the government secretaries Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 July 18 after the apex court made its final verdict forward to address the remaining the situation of Nepalis there and had including three security heads of Nepal Inspector General of Nepal Police on the writ of House dissolution. problems of ex-British Gurkha made arrangements to rescue people Police, Armed Police Force, National Shailesh Thapa Kshetri, Inspector President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued “Please, do ask the Law Minister about the soldiers, who are currently on a hunger in emergency. Investigation Department and two-star General of the Armed Police Force both Houses of the federal parliament from prorogation, he can explain it better,” Pampha strike in London, the Capital city of the “Necessary coordination and general from Nepali Army, the Home Shailendra Khanal, Chief Investigation Monday midnight. The government had Bhusal, a Cabinet minister, said when The United Kingdom. guardianship is the responsibility of Minister directed taking initiative for Director of National Investigation recommended for the prorogation of the eighth Rising Nepal asked for the reason behind the "The government of Nepal is the government for Nepalis awaiting the immediate and safe airlift of Nepali Department Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, session of the House before it could enter its sudden prorogation. committed to resolving the issue of security and rescue. The government citizens from the country in turmoil, Nepali Army’s Major General Saroj business. The House of Representatives was also ex-British Gurkha soldiers through will fulfill this responsibility according to Home Minister’s official Pratap Rana and other officials briefed A Cabinet meeting held on the same scheduled for Monday afternoon where Speaker diplomacy and has urged all concerned consciously and seriously,” he said in Facebook page. the Home Minister about the situation morning had recommended to the President Agni Sapkota read out the letter from the to withdraw their fast-unto-death as a tweet on Monday morning. Expressing the view that it would of Nepalis in Afghanistan. for the prorogation of the House session. The President about the prorogation of the House House of Representatives was jobless after it at the end of the session. Earlier, Speaker and was reinstated last July. two Cabinet ministers, Pampha Bhusal and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, were in a discussion a vote of confidence in the second meeting of where Sapkota had asked the ministers to the HoR held on July 18, last month. Neither provide business to the House. Smart lockdown may come into the Cabinet could expand nor did the House of According to the record in federal Representatives get proper legislative job in this parliament secretariat, 10 meetings of the duration after the Supreme Court named a new lower House were set in nine days, however no force any time: CCMC Prime Minister on July 12 through a mandamus See page 6 By Purushottam P. Khatri CCMC-Ops Nurahari Khatiwada Kathmandu, Aug. 16 told The Rising Nepal on Monday. "As per the circular issued to the Over 4.7 million people get The COVID-19 Crisis DAOs, smart lockdown now can be Management Centre-Operation imposed from August 16 evaluating (CCMC-Ops) Directive Committee the respective sector's level of first shot against COVID-19 headed by Prime Minister Sher infection and other criteria set by By A Staff Reporter Similarly, 7,467 people have Bahadur Deuba directed all the the smart lockdown modality," Kathmandu, Aug. 16 received Johnson & Johnson vaccine district administration offices Khatiwada said. over the period. (DAOs) across the country to bring From August 16, the More than 4.7 million people have At the same time, 7,051 got the smart lockdown modality into concerned districts and even rural received their first dose of vaccine first shot of AstraZeneca and 57,625 implementation. municipalities can enforce smart against COVID-19 while 3,490,065 got second dose of AstraZeneca in Three weeks ago, the lockdown at any time analysing people have received their full dose place of Covishield in the last 24 government had prepared a their area's overall cases of the as of Monday. hours. scientific and statistics-based smart COVID-19 infection, clarified According to the Ministry of The MoHP on Monday confirmed modality of lockdown that can Khatiwada. Health and Population (MoHP), 3,451 new cases of COVID-19 of be implemented in all concerned For effective implementation 4,716,936 people have received their which 2,566 were detected through districts, regions, municipalities and of smart lockdown, the Directive first shot against COVID-19. PCR tests and 885 cases were detected rural municipalities based on cases Committee headed by PM had The government is administering from antigen tests. of infection, active cases, mortality endorsed the rules related to vaccines including AstraZeneca, With this, the nationwide and physical infrastructure of the COVID-19 Infection Risk Control, Covishield, Johnson & Johnson and COVID-19 tally through PCR method government hospitals. 2021, prepared by the expert team Vero Cell. reached 734,838 and 76,015 were "We have instructed all the members of the CCMC-Ops. According to the MoHP, 158,335 antigen positive. DAOs, especially the Chief Analysing the health security people were inoculated in the last 24 Of the total 15,611 tests District Officers, who will be the risk factors, the government has hours across the nation. conducted in the last 24 hours, 10,093 coordinators of the concerned categorised the risk zones into In the last 24 hours, 25,375 people were Real-Time Polymerase Chain districts to take the specific decision four levels as red, amber, yellow got their first dose and 60,816 people Reaction (RT-PCR) while 5,518 regarding the modality of lockdown and green zones. Under the four have been vaccinated with the second antigen tests, informed the MoHP. to be imposed in their region," Joint classified statuses, red status region dose of the Vero Cell vaccine. See page 6 Secretary and spokesperson for the See page 6 Holy Shrawan with five Mondays concludes By A Staff Reporter Despite the prohibitory order, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 women thronged several temples to mark the last Monday of the Shrawan, the fourth month of the holy month and worshipped from Nepali calendar, has concluded with outside the temples. However, the worshiping of Lord Shiva on the smaller temples in the suburbs of last Monday of the month. the Kathmandu Valley and in other Each ‘Monday’ of Shrawan is districts were open for the whole day. considered highly auspicious for the The Pashupatinath Temple with Hindu devotees. many other religious sites were far Many Hindu women observe less crowded this year compared to fast on this day to show devotion the previous years. But, hundreds to Lord Shiva, who is considered of Hindu women marked the last the God of the gods. However, due country have remained closed with is lifted and economic activities Monday by worshipping Lord Shiva to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement of the second have rebounded, tourism, festive at the Pashupatinath from outside the the Pashupatinath Temple and most lockdown since April 29. and recreational activities are still temple premises. other temples and shrines across the Although the lockdown restricted. See page 6 ‘Free Guy’ gives box office a lift, opening with $28.4M: P.7 all be happy, all be well Kohalpur dition

Vol. LVI, No. 245 | August 17, 2021 | Bhadau 1, 2078 | Nepal Sambat 1141 | Gunlathwo Nawami | Tuesday | www.risingnepaldaily.com | Pages 8 | Rs. 5.00 Govt decides immediate rescue Process begins to contact Nepalis in Afghanistan By A Staff Reporter As per the DCS portal, of Nepalis from Afghanistan Kathmandu, Aug. 16 about 134 Nepalis By A Staff Reporter The task force formed on Sunday to in Afghanistan have Kathmandu, Aug. 16 facilitate the operations to rescue Nepalis registered their details by in Afghanistan has decided to enhance the The government has decided use of social media with Nepali nationals Monday evening. to rescue all Nepalis from Taliban- stranded in the war-torn country and manage Embassy of Nepal in India at +918929601925 overrun Afghanistan at the earliest COVID-19 test and quarantine for the returnee migrants. on cell phone Viber and WhatsApp. possible. The meeting has also decided to request The first meeting of the task force led A meeting of the Council of Nepali in Afghanistan to send the information by the Coordinator of Middle Asia, West Ministers held at the official residence about the latest safety and rescue works being Asia and Africa Division at the Ministry of of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur carried on in Kabul. Deuba, in Baluwatar on Monday Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has made a decision Likewise, it decided to coordinate morning, decided to airlift Nepalis to request the concerned individuals and with the concerned agencies to manage remaining in Afghanistan safely, members of their families to inform about COVID-19 test and quarantine facilities for said government spokesperson the people in Afghanistan. the returnee migrants. and Minister for Law, Justice and The government has created an online Earlier on Monday, Minister for Home Parliamentary Affairs Gyanendra registration portal at https://nepalconsular. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand directed the Bahadur Karki. gov.np/ and the concerned individuals or concerned agencies to facilitate the rescue Talking to the media persons their families can update information in the of Nepali nationals stranded in Afghanistan. Minister for Home Affairs Bal Krishna Khand instructing secretaries and heads of security bodies to begin all after the meeting, Minister Karki portal. Spokesperson of the MoFA Sewa Lamsal necessary procedures for the rescue of Nepalis from Afghanistan in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu on Monday. said, “Taking serious note of the The MoFA has urged the concerned said that the government has made diplomatic (Photo Courtesy: Home Ministry) people to immediately fill the required developments in Afghanistan, it initiative to bring Nepalis home safely from information. People can contact Department Afghanistan. As per the DCS portal, about has been decided to rescue the the diplomatic process has taken its Meanwhile, Minister for Home be appropriate to formulate an action of Consular Services (DCS) at +977- 134 Nepalis in Afghanistan have registered Nepali citizens there safely and course," Karki said. Affairs Bal Krishna Khand Monday plan for the rescue of Nepali nationals 9749326458, MoFA at +9779749326459 and their details by Monday evening. expeditiously." Meanwhile, Prime Minister evening instructed secretaries of the in coordination with the international The government has decided to Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the community, Minister Khand urged give direction to the concerned bodies the government would take serious Ministry of Tourism, Culture and to develop better communication here and diplomatic missions abroad responsibility for the rescue of Nepalis Civil Aviation to immediately begin and coordination among all the line House sessions prorogued to begin and play coordinated roles for in Afghanistan. necessary procedures for the rescue of agencies. safe evacuation of the Nepalis, he said. Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepalis from Afghanistan. During the meeting, Foreign By Ranju Kafle order. Sessions of the House were begun from He said the process was moving the government was serious about Inviting the government secretaries Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 July 18 after the apex court made its final verdict forward to address the remaining the situation of Nepalis there and had including three security heads of Nepal Inspector General of Nepal Police on the writ of House dissolution. problems of ex-British Gurkha made arrangements to rescue people Police, Armed Police Force, National Shailesh Thapa Kshetri, Inspector President Bidya Devi Bhandari prorogued “Please, do ask the Law Minister about the soldiers, who are currently on a hunger in emergency. Investigation Department and two-star General of the Armed Police Force both Houses of the federal parliament from prorogation, he can explain it better,” Pampha strike in London, the Capital city of the “Necessary coordination and general from Nepali Army, the Home Shailendra Khanal, Chief Investigation Monday midnight. The government had Bhusal, a Cabinet minister, said when The United Kingdom. guardianship is the responsibility of Minister directed taking initiative for Director of National Investigation recommended for the prorogation of the eighth Rising Nepal asked for the reason behind the "The government of Nepal is the government for Nepalis awaiting the immediate and safe airlift of Nepali Department Ganesh Prasad Adhikari, session of the House before it could enter its sudden prorogation. committed to resolving the issue of security and rescue. The government citizens from the country in turmoil, Nepali Army’s Major General Saroj business. The House of Representatives was also ex-British Gurkha soldiers through will fulfill this responsibility according to Home Minister’s official Pratap Rana and other officials briefed A Cabinet meeting held on the same scheduled for Monday afternoon where Speaker diplomacy and has urged all concerned consciously and seriously,” he said in Facebook page. the Home Minister about the situation morning had recommended to the President Agni Sapkota read out the letter from the to withdraw their fast-unto-death as a tweet on Monday morning. Expressing the view that it would of Nepalis in Afghanistan. for the prorogation of the House session. The President about the prorogation of the House House of Representatives was jobless after it at the end of the session. Earlier, Speaker and was reinstated last July. two Cabinet ministers, Pampha Bhusal and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba won Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, were in a discussion a vote of confidence in the second meeting of where Sapkota had asked the ministers to Smart lockdown may come into the HoR held on July 18, last month. Neither provide business to the House. the Cabinet could expand nor did the House of According to the record in federal Representatives get proper legislative job in this parliament secretariat, 10 meetings of the duration after the Supreme Court named a new lower House were set in nine days, however no force any time: CCMC Prime Minister on July 12 through a mandamus See page 6 By Purushottam P. Khatri CCMC-Ops Nurahari Khatiwada Kathmandu, Aug. 16 told The Rising Nepal on Monday. "As per the circular issued to the Over 4.7 million people get The COVID-19 Crisis DAOs, smart lockdown now can be Management Centre-Operation imposed from August 16 evaluating (CCMC-Ops) Directive Committee the respective sector's level of first shot against COVID-19 headed by Prime Minister Sher infection and other criteria set by By A Staff Reporter Similarly, 7,467 people have Bahadur Deuba directed all the the smart lockdown modality," Kathmandu, Aug. 16 received Johnson & Johnson vaccine district administration offices Khatiwada said. over the period. (DAOs) across the country to bring From August 16, the More than 4.7 million people have At the same time, 7,051 got the smart lockdown modality into concerned districts and even rural received their first dose of vaccine first shot of AstraZeneca and 57,625 implementation. municipalities can enforce smart against COVID-19 while 3,490,065 got second dose of AstraZeneca in Three weeks ago, the lockdown at any time analysing people have received their full dose place of Covishield in the last 24 government had prepared a their area's overall cases of the as of Monday. hours. scientific and statistics-based smart COVID-19 infection, clarified According to the Ministry of The MoHP on Monday confirmed modality of lockdown that can Khatiwada. Health and Population (MoHP), 3,451 new cases of COVID-19 of be implemented in all concerned For effective implementation 4,716,936 people have received their which 2,566 were detected through districts, regions, municipalities and of smart lockdown, the Directive first shot against COVID-19. PCR tests and 885 cases were detected rural municipalities based on cases Committee headed by PM had The government is administering from antigen tests. of infection, active cases, mortality endorsed the rules related to vaccines including AstraZeneca, With this, the nationwide and physical infrastructure of the COVID-19 Infection Risk Control, Covishield, Johnson & Johnson and COVID-19 tally through PCR method government hospitals. 2021, prepared by the expert team Vero Cell. reached 734,838 and 76,015 were "We have instructed all the members of the CCMC-Ops. According to the MoHP, 158,335 antigen positive. DAOs, especially the Chief Analysing the health security people were inoculated in the last 24 Of the total 15,611 tests District Officers, who will be the risk factors, the government has hours across the nation. conducted in the last 24 hours, 10,093 coordinators of the concerned categorised the risk zones into In the last 24 hours, 25,375 people were Real-Time Polymerase Chain districts to take the specific decision four levels as red, amber, yellow got their first dose and 60,816 people Reaction (RT-PCR) while 5,518 regarding the modality of lockdown and green zones. Under the four have been vaccinated with the second antigen tests, informed the MoHP. to be imposed in their region," Joint classified statuses, red status region dose of the Vero Cell vaccine. See page 6 Secretary and spokesperson for the See page 6 Holy Shrawan with five Mondays concludes By A Staff Reporter Despite the prohibitory order, Kathmandu, Aug. 16 women thronged several temples to mark the last Monday of the Shrawan, the fourth month of the holy month and worshipped from Nepali calendar, has concluded with outside the temples. However, the worshiping of Lord Shiva on the smaller temples in the suburbs of last Monday of the month. the Kathmandu Valley and in other Each ‘Monday’ of Shrawan is districts were open for the whole day. considered highly auspicious for the The Pashupatinath Temple with Hindu devotees. many other religious sites were far Many Hindu women observe less crowded this year compared to fast on this day to show devotion the previous years. But, hundreds to Lord Shiva, who is considered of Hindu women marked the last the God of the gods. However, due country have remained closed with is lifted and economic activities Monday by worshipping Lord Shiva to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement of the second have rebounded, tourism, festive at the Pashupatinath from outside the the Pashupatinath Temple and most lockdown since April 29. and recreational activities are still temple premises. other temples and shrines across the Although the lockdown restricted. See page 6