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•	Govt requests India to remove CVD
•	SC annuls writ filed against 5 SSP's promotion
•	Industry ministry to study status of 10 more firms
•	Textbook shortage in farwestern region
•	Man-eater dies of wounds inside CNP cage
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A vendor takes nap at his shop in Kalimati fruits and vegetables market. (Dipesh Shrestha)

Gangsters charged with amassing properties illegally

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Accuses them of amassing Rs 633 million through illegal sources

KATHMANDU, May 19: The Department of Money Laundering Investigation (DoMLI) on Sunday filed cases against five notorious gangsters at the Special Court for amassing properties through illegal sources.

Those arrested are Ganesh Lama, Dipak Manange aka Rajib Gurung, Parshuram Basnet aka Krishna Basnet, Chakre Milan aka Milan Gurung and Abhishek Giri. DoMLI has accused them of amassing properties through extortions, illegal contracts and banking transactions, among other illegal activities. [More]

	Q & A Freiheit's photographic journeys
	BY NISTHA RAYAMAJHI
	With an ardor and eye for photography since his childhood, Stephen Freiheit grew up to become more passionate in his work and established himself as an ace photographer. A British citizen, Freiheit was born in Germany and partly grew up in Denmark. But he considers Nepal his second home as after he first visited the country some nine years back, he has been coming back time and again.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

One more NA peacekeeper dies in Lebanon
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KATHMANDU, May 19: With the sudden demise of a Nepal Army soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon last Thursday, the death toll of peacekeepers has reached 59.

According to the Directorate of Public Relations (DPR) of the Nepal Army, Lance Corporal Deepak Bahadur Thapa died on May 16. He was a member of the Rana Bam Battalion deployed under UNIFIL Mission, Lebanon of NA´s peace-keeping force for the last two months. [More]

SC annuls writ filed against 5 SSP's promotion
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ANNISU-R announces candidates for FSU poll
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Govt requests India to remove CVD
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KATHMANDU, May 20: The government has requested India for removal of Countervailing Tax (CVD) that the southern neighbor is levying on Nepali readymade garments (RMGs) for the past few weeks going against the spirit of bi-lateral trade treaty.

Responding to the request of Garment Association of Nepal (GAN), the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS) requested India to remove CVD through Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [More]

Industry ministry to study status of 10 more firms
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Textbook shortage in farwestern region
DIL BAHADUR CHHANTYAL

DHANGADHI, May 20: One month has already elapsed since the start of the new academic session, but the students in the farwestern region have yet to receive their text books. The Kailali depot of Sajha Prakashan, the distributor, said the books are in short supply.

Unable to cope with the crowd of parents seeking new textbooks, book shops in Kailali submitted a memorandum to the Sajha Prakashan here demanding supply of books without delay. [More]

Man-eater dies of wounds inside CNP cage
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Man nabbed for posing as Chhota Rajan
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LIFESTYLE

Children yearning for knowledge drawn to libraries
DILIP POUDEL

Baglung club and Room to Read set up libraries at 115 community schools

BAGLUNG, May 18: Students of a community school in Baglung have been displaying enhanced learning capacity since the establishment of a library in their school. Prior to the opening of the library, the students had nowhere to go to quench their thirst for more knowledge.

A class six student of Rudre Peepal Secondary School, Sujan Bhandari says that the library has been a great help in learning about new topics. “We can read reference books as well as others that are not part of the syllabus,” he says. [More]

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Wishful travelling
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SPORTS

Nepalgunj upsets Janakpur
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KATHMANDU, May 19: Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) defeated defending champion Region No 7 (Janakpur) by 45 runs on the first day of the Wai Wai Women´s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Sunday.

Nepalgunj elected to bat and was all out for 99 runs in 24.4 overs at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. In reply, Janakpur was all out for 54 runs in 15.1 overs. [More]

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INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi
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KARACHI, May 19: Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan´s party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings.

Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women´s wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province of Sindh, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in an upmarket part of the city late Saturday. [More]

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