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Far-west protest called off

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KATHMANDU, May 16: After an indefinite strike of 20 days, the agitating locals of the far-western region on Wednesday finally called off their protests after the government assured them in writing to address their demand.

The government signed a three-point agreement with the agitating locals assuring to create a single Seti-Mahakali state comprising all the nine districts in the far-western region. [More]

	EXCLUSIVE Darshan Rauniyar: Washington Democrat wants to make history
	BY KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA
	On May 8, Darshan Rauniyar (Democrat) became the first and only candidate in Washington State’s 1st District Congressional race to oppose a proposed coal train and terminal in Bellingham, Washington. “I’m proud to stand with the Washington Environmental Council, Sierra Club Washington, People for Puget Sound, and the Washington conservation voters in the fight to defeat this proposal that would threaten our air quality, marine wildlife, and contaminate soil in communities along the proposed rail line,” he said in the announcement.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

MPRF threaten protests against 3-party agreement
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KATHMANDU, May 16: Madhesi People´s Rights Forum (MPRF) has threatened to launch "strong" protests if the agreement reached by major three political parties on the formation of 11 provinces and other contentious issues of the new constitution is not scrapped.

The Madhes-based political party has termed the three-party agreement as conspiracy to weaken Tarai by dividing it into multiple provinces. [More]

PM appoints six ministers and deputy PM
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Parties resolve all contentious issues
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

DoC team inspects LPG dealers, fuel pump
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KATHMANDU, May 16: A monitoring team of Department of Commerce (DoC) on Wednesday inspected two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers at Pepsicola Town Planning and a fuel refilling station at Shantinagar.

According to Shankar Prasad Poudel, director of DoC, the team found that Chandni Gas Supply Center at Pepsicola Town Planning did not have necessary documents -- dealer registration and certificate permanent account number (PAN) certificates - to run business. [More]

Govt approves Rs 2.1b loans for NOC
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Nepal Satellite sacks engineers for staging protest
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Police refuse to file complain against officer for marrying a minor
RITESH TRIPATHI

BIRJUNG, May 16: District police office in Bara has refused to register a case against a policeman who married a minor girl, that too without divorcing his wife of 12 years.

Suresh Sharma, an armed police of Bhadrakali battalion at Pipula, Bara allegedly married Fulkumari Thakur on May 1. Thakur had dropped out of school last year after completing grade five and her school teachers say she was less than 15-year-old. [More]

Schools allowed to remain closed
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Rana Tharu in mass assembly of Far-West supporters
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LIFESTYLE

Making way for an unlittered Kathmandu
PREETI K KARNA

KATHMANDU, May 16: The one most peculiar aspect that defines Kathmanduites is their habit of littering everywhere regardless of their education or status in society. Littering on the streets, parks, gardens and public places is a prime characteristic common to all of them.

The discussion on prohibiting haphazard waste disposal in Kathmandu is ages old and although the measures taken in the past may not have yielded results, there are more and more people realizing the adverse impact littering has on our environment. Are we making efforts to address this problem? Not much. It’s high time for us to find solutions that would prove truly effective. [More]

Her passion so strong
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Youth and the Constitution
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SPORTS

CAB, Universal register wins
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KATHMANDU, May 16: College of Applied Business (CAB) and Universal College on Wednesday advanced to the quarterfinal of the Thames Inter-college T20 Cricket Tournament at the Army School Ground, Bhaktapur.

CAB thrashed Shankar Dev Campus by seven wickets while Universal College registered nine wickets victory over Everest College. [More]

NVA announces its annual calendar
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Khadka takes two-stroke lead on penultimate day
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