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UK climber heads home as Nepal probes 'illegal' video call

KOSH RAJ KOIRALA
KATHMANDU, May 25: Even as the government starts investigating the ´illegal´ video call that British climber Daniel Thomas Hughes made from the top of Mount Everest, it has come to light that he already left Nepal on Wednesday.

Officials at Summit Nepal Trekking Pvt Ltd, a local partner of the UK-based Jagged Globe Everest Expedition 2013, said Hughes, along with two colleagues, left for home after arriving in Kathmandu from Base Camp via helicopter, Wednesday. Shortly after landing at the Domestic Terminal at about 4 p.m., they went directly to Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) to catch their flight home. [More]

	SOCIETY Tougher trials to yield: better drivers
	BY ASMITA MANANDHAR
	The new license trial examination requires the two-wheelers and four-wheelers to pass through several processes before they are regarded capable of acquiring the driving license. On a busy road, a motorcycle accelerates rapidly regardless of other vehicles whizzing beside it. And to top it off, it does not speed in a linear path, but decides to put up a show and paces in a criss-cross path in an S-like trail, further confusing the fellow drivers on the road. When such incidents occur, the on-duty Traffic Police generally stop such riders for their low road etiquette. But instead of acknowledging their mistake, the riders confidently say that this was how they passed their license test.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

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

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]

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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]

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INTERNATIONAL

16 children die in Pakistan school bus fire: police
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LAHORE, Pakistan, May 25: Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.

Seven other children were injured in the blaze which destroyed the vehicle. [More]

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
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Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan
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