Nepal unhappy due to party's unilateral decisions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> BHAIRAHAWA, JUN 27 - <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/cpn-uml-477.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CPN-UML</a> senior leader <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/madhav-kumar-nepal-42.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Madhav Kumar Nepal</a> has expressed his dissatisfaction towards the party's operation in unilateral manner.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nepal was unhappy after crucial decisions such as recalling ministers from cabinet and replacing them with new ones were taken without intra-party discussions. If party is to be run by personal decisions, there will be no use of a UML-led government, Nepal said.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "The trend of recalling and appointing ministers without discussions in the party is not a good sign. We have stake our claim in the government because a UML-led government will better than a NC-led government. But if this party is to be operated by unilateral and personal decisions, such government will hold no meaning," Nepal said.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nepal was speaking in a programme to condole the death of party central member Baburam Chaudhary in <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/bhairahawa-11913.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bhairahawa</a> .</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHizyIVOlSNDB9y2V4CC8KchSZS4RzuDevZLm1nvU9WjCSOvbu_OHzWkuBzNbRKyV3Nsc5DQK0kqlIzybN5k3o3H274YpOVEEDYPmh_8ZORlfP676E-4GlKC8TbVLu1CnoEhJbafVfR0E/s1600/mkn_20150627062337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHizyIVOlSNDB9y2V4CC8KchSZS4RzuDevZLm1nvU9WjCSOvbu_OHzWkuBzNbRKyV3Nsc5DQK0kqlIzybN5k3o3H274YpOVEEDYPmh_8ZORlfP676E-4GlKC8TbVLu1CnoEhJbafVfR0E/s1600/mkn_20150627062337.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Nepal unhappy due to party's unilateral decisions

BHAIRAHAWA, JUN 27 -  CPN-UML  senior leader  Madhav Kumar Nepal  has expressed his dissatisfaction towards the party's operation in u...

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Pilot error caused US chopper crash: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - Pilot error as well as “the lack of terrain awareness” has been blamed for the causes of a fatal <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/us-285.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">US</a> Marine Corps <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a>crash in the Kalinchok mountain in<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/sindhupalchok-56373.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sindhupalchok</a> district on May 12, according to a report issued by a joint Nepali and <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/us-285.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">US</a> Army Accident Investigation Board.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thirteen people, including five civilian and two Nepal Army personnel, were killed onboard the Huey UH-1Y <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> dispatched for a relief operation in Dolakha district. There was no damage to third-party property. The wreckage of the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> was found after days of intense searching.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The report submitted to Tourism Minister Kripasur Sherpa on Friday said that the pilot’s lack of understanding on the specific and severity of weather condition in Kalinchok mountain range resulted to the crash.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The pilot flew inadvertently into fast-building clouds and up-drafting winds in Kalinchok Mountain, losing situational awareness and control of the aircraft, following which the aircraft hit the terrain at an altitude of 11, 200ft, stated the report.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The nature of the crash was—Controlled Flight into Terrain (CFIT). This means, a state of flight when the pilots have full control of the flight and yet the plane hits terrain.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> According to the report, the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> inadvertently entered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) from visual flight rules (VFR). VFR are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see outside the cockpit to control the aircraft's altitude, navigate, and avoid obstacles.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Flights under the VFR condition are not permitted to enter the IMC unless the aircraft gains height or clear the surrounding terrain and it is the violation of the rules, aviation experts said. “The pilot loses sight of the ground, if he/she subsequently enters into IMC from VFR.”</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The report said that while navigating along the vast terrain and adverse weather condition, the<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> hit the vertical granite face of the Kalinchok Mountain. The aircraft first sheared five inch tree trunk with main rotor blade and slammed into the ground at around 2:50pm. Had the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> been 50ft above its existing flying position, the crash should have been averted, said an official of the Tourism Ministry.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> had landed at Singati at 2:35pm and evacuated five injured civilian from there. There were two <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/us-285.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">US</a> Marine photographers onboard the aircraft.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The video footage showed that besides five injured civilian, another civilian was trying to board flight, but was off loaded. The report, however, has not pointed out overloading factor for the crash. There were 13 people in the 10-seater aircraft.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Initially, the Nepal Army had refuted claims that civilian were also killed onboard. However, DNA tests and investigations by experts from both countries confirmed that five other people on the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/chopper-10143.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chopper</a> were local villagers.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The accident investigation board was formed on May 20 and it was carried out under the Aircraft Accident Investigation Procedure Manual of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan). “Normally, military aircraft crash is not subject to the civil aviation investigation manual; however, in the context to avoid such disaster in the future, the report has been submitted to the Tourism Ministry and the Caan. The report has recommended 10 interim safety measures to avoid such disaster in the future. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3bVqSXIkdj7CE5klSRxk0KmfUbJ__brCxDg01tRustojtv54SVQPBM1rt6fTrxjnwF0mlCvYAv3QXUGPT4ocEv_MV0I8Q_4CSoKbSgAgaF3HUTn3BA_csDSMK662ND-_6zLHyiNK-h4/s1600/CRASH11_20150627045321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3bVqSXIkdj7CE5klSRxk0KmfUbJ__brCxDg01tRustojtv54SVQPBM1rt6fTrxjnwF0mlCvYAv3QXUGPT4ocEv_MV0I8Q_4CSoKbSgAgaF3HUTn3BA_csDSMK662ND-_6zLHyiNK-h4/s1600/CRASH11_20150627045321.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Pilot error caused US chopper crash: Report

KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - Pilot error as well as “the lack of terrain awareness” has been blamed for the causes of a fatal  US  Marine Corps  ch...

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Constitution within 18 days: BRB

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> POKHARA, JUN 27 - UCPN (Maoist) senior leader Baburam Bhattarai has said that the momentum gained in the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/constitution-writing-45158.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">constitution writing</a>task, following the agreements forged between the major political parties, should not be weighed in terms of benefit or loss to some party.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Addressing a programme here on Saturday, leader Bhattarai said, “Democracy is such a phenomenon where a full consensus is not applicable. Democracy means the consensus on majority basis. It requires adequate agreements.”</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Saying that the 16-point deal signed by the major political forces has paved the way for <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/constitution-writing-45158.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">constitution writing</a> , leader Bhattarai mentioned that if the draft of the constitution could be presented at the Constituent Assembly by Sunday, the dissenting factions could also be incorporated in further process of constitution drafting process.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “The promulgation of the constitution has been almost ensured after the 16-point pact. There is no doubt about it,” leader Bhattarai said, “The task of resolving the remaining issues among the political parties and taking the draft of constitution to people for discussions will move ahead.”</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Likewise, leader Bhattarai said the constitution will be promulgated by completing all the remaining tasks within 18 days.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNWEA7inSRtW8TdCjgajHrTpZjSQfep3eJm8cKixDc0chO0xHlVPfUlZznzp9VAbjj0pcuPSa74-EOg0uCZZm_EtE-Am-1xY3pToq2CmpTnRyG3mPdUa5hvFXQltjlJ9VRCCHcOWvZI8/s1600/baburam-bhattarai_20150627033001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNWEA7inSRtW8TdCjgajHrTpZjSQfep3eJm8cKixDc0chO0xHlVPfUlZznzp9VAbjj0pcuPSa74-EOg0uCZZm_EtE-Am-1xY3pToq2CmpTnRyG3mPdUa5hvFXQltjlJ9VRCCHcOWvZI8/s1600/baburam-bhattarai_20150627033001.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Constitution within 18 days: BRB

POKHARA, JUN 27 - UCPN (Maoist) senior leader Baburam Bhattarai has said that the momentum gained in the  constitution writing task, follo...

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Nepal collecting facts to defend Lipu-Lekh pass

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - The government is collecting evidence before making its official claim with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> and <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> that the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/lipu-lekh-pass-57986.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lipu-Lekh pass</a> lies within the Nepali territory.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The row over Lipu-Lekh, located on the Nepal-<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> border, erupted after a joint statement issued on May 15 in Beijing during <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> n Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit read that the two of Nepal’s neighbours agreed to expand border<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/trade-13599.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">trade</a> through the pass.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The 28th point of the joint communiqué states that “the two sides agreed to hold negotiation on augmenting the list of <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/trade-13599.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">trade</a> d commodities, and expand the border <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/trade-13599.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">trade</a> at the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/lipu-lekh-pass-57986.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lipu-Lekh pass</a> .”</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is in consultation with the concerned line agencies to collect facts to claim that the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/lipu-lekh-pass-57986.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lipu-Lekh pass</a>belongs to Nepal.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The matter has already been raised by the International and Labour Committee of Parliament which urged the Foreign Ministry to take up the matter with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> and <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> . Though the ministry has been refusing to divulge information on the matter, it is making “diplomatic moves quietly”.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “We are collecting evidence and information so that we can firmly put our position with both the neighbours,” said Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Not much discussion took place on the matter in meetings with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> n and Chinese foreign ministers who were here for the June 25 donor conference.  </div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> It was agreed that PM Sushil Koirala would take up the matter with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> and Foreign Minister Pandey would discuss the matter with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Since we are not prepared, it would be premature to take up the issue without solid evidence and proof. We need to do adequate homework before taking up the matter with <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> and<a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> ,” said a senior Foreign Ministry official.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> He added that the ministry is in consultation with security agencies responsible for border security, the Home Ministry and the Department of Survey.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> PM Koirala has already raised the issue with his <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> n counterpart, Narendra Modi, during his telephonic conversation on June 11 while extending an invitation to him to attend the reconstruction conference that concluded on Thursday. An informed official said Modi had replied that it was a new issue for him and he did not know that the matter would be seriously objected to in Nepal.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “The issue will be taken up by the foreign secretary-level mechanism as authorised by the two sides during Modi’s visit to Nepal last year,” said Dinesh Bhattarai, foreign relations adviser to the PM. During the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> n PM’s visit, the two countries had agreed to assign the task to settle the boundary disputes including the border areas of Susta and Kalapani at the mechanism. “This is no doubt a disputed issue but there will be no compromise on our sovereignty,” said Bhattarai. In his opinion published in the Post earlier this week, survey expert Buddhi Narayan Shrestha wrote that the <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/lipu-lekh-pass-57986.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lipu-Lekh pass</a> is part of the Nepali territory. “The historic maps of 1827 and 1856, among others published by the British Survey of <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/india-1185.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">India</a> , depict that the Western boundary of Nepal is extended up to Limpiyadhura, and the river originating from this point is named as ‘River Kalee’. Similarly, the ‘Old Atlas of <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/china-2206.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">China</a> ,’ a map published during the Qing Dynasty (1903), depicts, in Chinese characters, Limpiyadhura as the source of the Kali River.”</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7aiGKrCLj4ztt_Dob7wz8i6a4iTAQvCCdfJuNZSNzhTY_XkecMXcRvh3NFaVjF26eK-6zB5xvcfStxe4ujxm-MF_JHjlSFUq1fGH75z0nVYf9Rv39is9NkNkXcJaGS91UICyy58V_3o/s1600/map_20150627082837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7aiGKrCLj4ztt_Dob7wz8i6a4iTAQvCCdfJuNZSNzhTY_XkecMXcRvh3NFaVjF26eK-6zB5xvcfStxe4ujxm-MF_JHjlSFUq1fGH75z0nVYf9Rv39is9NkNkXcJaGS91UICyy58V_3o/s1600/map_20150627082837.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Nepal collecting facts to defend Lipu-Lekh pass

KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - The government is collecting evidence before making its official claim with  India  and  China  that the  Lipu-Lekh pa...

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Taskforce readies preliminary draft of constitution

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - A cross-party taskforce formed to prepare an integrated draft of the new constitution has prepared the preliminary draft.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The draft was tabled at the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly on Friday. After endorsement, it will be presented to the CA. Taskforce members say the draft was submitted to the CA committee despite failing to resolve some of the disputes.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Some issues remain unresolved but we submitted the draft to the Drafting Committee, asking it to resolve them on its own,” said a Nepali Congress member in the panel.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The team has meticulously documented each article of the new constitution with the help of experts. Legal and constitutional experts including Purna Man Shakya, Bheshraj Sharma, Madhav Poudel and Tek Prasad Dhungana provided technical and legal inputs.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For the new constitution, 37 parts and 296 articles have been proposed. The taskforce, led by Committee Chairman Krishna Prasad Sitaula, was mandated to resolve the disputes and prepare an integrated document on the basis of chapter-wise drafts submitted by the five subcommittees based on the spirit of the 16-point cross-party agreement.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “On the citizenship issue, we are still for the ‘and’ provision,” said Ramesh Lekhak, a CA member from the Nepali Congress. On the federal structure, the parties have agreed to keep the existing districts intact. The present structure of the local bodies will be maintained until the states are carved out and local bodies restructured as per the new constitution.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sitaula said the debate on the issues would continue and the provisions amended until the constitution is promulgated. CA members on the panel also agreed to hold the local elections within six months. As a transitional arrangement, amid the calls for the reappointment of all the judges and constitutional body members, the members agreed to continue with the incumbent officials.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Drafting Committee is scheduled to meet at 1pm on Saturday. Sitaula has asked all the committee members to read the draft before attending the meeting. The committee hopes to present the preliminary draft to the CA by Sunday.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When the Drafting Committee submits the draft, the CA sends it to people for feedback. CA Chair Subas Nembang has slated a meeting of the CA for Monday afternoon.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First integrated statute blueprint</strong></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong>- Presidential and prime ministerial elections within one month of constitution promulgation</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Interim election of local bodies within six months of constitution promulgation</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Provincial Assemblies to have 60 percent directly elected representatives. Remaining 40 percent representatives to be picked under the proportional representation system</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Local bodies to have village councils, municipalities and district assemblies</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Village and municipal heads and deputies to be directly-elected; Ward chairs to be picked through indirect election</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjJJhOhMmYw8Wnu7htMmqus8IEHc0wnEezEIv8E4xImVG_b1px3cvEMuM3GF6Q4kSKzkuJRnPch6kIVuWaYol5odB8ZyITV7LQq7OGqTN86W263wn8dZWiRH6aChdJP1HGQWX7PGB0QA/s1600/78b1e20c1ef7542634d8a0fbb98d75cd_20150627082134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjJJhOhMmYw8Wnu7htMmqus8IEHc0wnEezEIv8E4xImVG_b1px3cvEMuM3GF6Q4kSKzkuJRnPch6kIVuWaYol5odB8ZyITV7LQq7OGqTN86W263wn8dZWiRH6aChdJP1HGQWX7PGB0QA/s1600/78b1e20c1ef7542634d8a0fbb98d75cd_20150627082134.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Taskforce readies preliminary draft of constitution

KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - A cross-party taskforce formed to prepare an integrated draft of the new constitution has prepared the preliminary dra...

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Demand for Nepalis workers may decrease in Malaysia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MALAYSIA/KATHMANDU, JUN 27 - Just weeks after the government endorsed a provision making it mandatory for employers in major work destinations to provide free visa and free plane tickets to Nepali <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/migrant-worker-20017.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">migrant worker</a> s, Malaysia has signed an agreement with Bangladesh to recruit 500,000 workers for the next six months.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The deal, signed on Wednesday, could bring decline in the demand for Nepali <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/migrant-worker-20017.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">migrant worker</a>s in the largest work destination, stakeholders have said.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Malaysian Home Minister Dato’ Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Bangladeshi Expatriates Welfare Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain signed the deal to hire Bangladeshi workers under the “Business-to-Business mechanism”. The new mechanism was set up after the government-to-government model failed. Under the previous model, aimed at promoting ethical recruitment, around 7,000 Bangladeshi workers were hired. “Under this new mechanism,</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> manpower recruitment can be run through private recruitment agencies,” Daily Star, a Malaysia newspaper, has quoted a Bangladeshi official as saying.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Stakeholders, including recruiting agencies in Nepal, claimed that the upcoming months are likely to see a significant drop in the demand of Nepali workers in Malaysia. The country has been hiring around 200,000 Nepali workers every year and around 700,000 Nepalis are said to working there at present.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Recruiting agencies said that government’s “immature” decision not to send workers abroad without free visa and free ticket is pushing the work destinations, including Malaysia, to seek alternatives for Nepali workers.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “The government should have done enough homework and consulted with stakeholders, including the governments of the labour receiving counties, before taking such decision,” said Kumud Khanal, former vice chairperson of Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> However, many others within and outside the foreign employment agencies support the government decision saying that it will lessen economic burden on workers. An Amnesty International report states that Nepali <a href="http://www.ekantipur.com/en/related-news/migrant-worker-20017.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-color: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #004f8b; font-size: 14.828893661499px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">migrant worker</a> s take debt paying as high as 60 percent interest to go aboard. However, many stakeholders agree that ensuring free visa and ticket will be impossible without cooperation from the destination countries.</div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #272727; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-right: 41px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> State Minister for Labour and Employment Tek Bahadur Gurung said the agreement would not affect the hiring of Nepali workers. “Nepali workers have cultivated a very positive image in Malaysia and other work destinations through hard work and honesty. Nobody will take that place,” Gurung said, adding that preparations are under way to sign a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia on the matter.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxXuCSmHblKdY0lCSiXVUScSJk9DtNwZHE4_RowrgUkgZ96koH3316qLl4SZCw2_uEPRC6T8wgPY3jJ1nkx2z4vuQ_6empt_Mt35qgTejhf2cJjLVr9ZBNvWKs49gRojE6MkCNw4AF3w/s1600/nepali-workers_20150627084621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxXuCSmHblKdY0lCSiXVUScSJk9DtNwZHE4_RowrgUkgZ96koH3316qLl4SZCw2_uEPRC6T8wgPY3jJ1nkx2z4vuQ_6empt_Mt35qgTejhf2cJjLVr9ZBNvWKs49gRojE6MkCNw4AF3w/s1600/nepali-workers_20150627084621.jpg" /></a></div> </div>

Demand for Nepalis workers may decrease in Malaysia

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