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Insurance Board chief faces fraud charge

RUPAK D SHARMA
KATHMANDU, May 25: Binod Aryal, the executive director of the Insurance Board, who took the lead in cleansing the virtually unruly insurance sector, appears to have landed in soup over insurance policy corruption and fraud.

The management head of the insurance sector regulator has been charged of wielding influence to issue a directive for personal gains and demanding compensation for loss of jet ski by purchasing insurance policy after occurrence of the accident. These allegations were confirmed by multiple sources. [More]

	Records galore on Everest
	BY THE WEEK BUREAU
	A few weeks into the climbing season at Everest this year, several records have already been set. From the oldest man to set foot on the highest mountain to the first double amputee to reach atop Everest, and first Saudi Arabian woman to four brothers of the single family to reach atop, the tussle to set records on Everest has become the rule of the game. Almost 40 records have been set since Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary reached atop the 8,848 meter high mountain 60 years ago. Here’s setting the record straight this season:

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No headway in minimum pay hike talks
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KATHMANDU, May 25: The tripartite negotiation among government, employers and employees on minimum salary of workers is not making any headway as both employees and employers continue to stick to their stance.

"Employees are not ready to compromise on their demand for minimum monthly wage of Rs 12,400, while employers are for increasing pay based on inflation and consumer market price,” a government official involved in the negotiation told Republica. [More]

Political appointments made by Bhattarai govt scrapped
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HIDCL may invest in Upper Dordi �A� hydro project
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

DHL named best employer in Asia-Pacific
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Rupee weakens further, gold dearer
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Govt collects Rs 234.45b in 10 months
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Wanna avoid jams? Call 103, traffic�s toll-free number
PRATIBHA RAWAL

KATHMANDU, MAY 3: Mother of two children, Ranju Basnet has a lot to do both inside and outside of her house. Despite her careful preparations, her schedules are always at the risk of being thrown out of kilter by traffic jams.

But she has got a solution for it, thanks to the traffic´s toll-free number which gives information about traffic jams, strikes and other traffic related information. [More]

Bir suspends OPD service for elderly after roof collapse
ARJUN POUDEL

Climbing mountain without safety gear risky: Experts
KHAGENDRA ADHIKARI

LIFESTYLE

Down the career roads
YUKTA BAJRACHARYA

KATHMANDU, May 22: Career decisions aren’t easy to make. And even when we’ve decided what we want to do in life, we’re presented with many hurdles that we have to overcome. Four students from Herald International College in Maharajgunj share their career plans and anticipations on this week’s edition of Campus Talk.

The participants, Anjana Adhikari, Anita Bastola, Ranjita Bhattarai and Anupa Ramudamu are all first year students of Bachelors in Business Studies (BBS) at Herald International. [More]

Engineering the way you eat
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Keeping the fire alive
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SPORTS

Three sports briefs: TT team leaves for Bangkok today
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Bhairahawa tops group
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Police starts Gurkha Cup on winning note
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INTERNATIONAL

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
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KATMANDU, May 23: An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world´s highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said.

Yuichiro Miura and his party arrived at the summit at around 9am (0315 GMT), according to the website. [More]

Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan
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Solar plane aims for new world distance record
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