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AFC fines ANFA with $ 6,000

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KATHMANDU, May 20: The Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) has slapped a fine of $ 6,000 on the All Nepal Football Association ( ANFA ) for security lapse during the last year’s AFC Challenge Cup Qualifier match between Nepal and Bangladesh, in Kathmandu.

A meeting of the Disciplinary Committee of AFC held in Kuala Lumpur on May 14 took a decision to this effect. In that match played in Dasarath Stadium, some of Nepal’s supporters had attacked Bangladeshi players by hurling mobile phones and lighters at them. Nepal had lost the match to Bangladesh 0-2. [More]

	SOCIETY Life of a housewife cop
	BY TEXT & PHOTOS: NITYA PANDEY
	Koteshwor of Kathmandu is as busy as ever, with its bustling traffic, blaring horns, crowds of people and clouds of smoke. At a “police chowki” in the heart of the locality, Biba Nepali, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Nepal Police, flashes a warm smile. “This is my first interview. In my two decades of service, nobody has ever interviewed me,” she beams.

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

RPP-RJP unity convention elects Thapa as chairman
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KATHMANDU, May 20: The ongoing unity convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) elected Surya Bahadur Thapa as the chairman of the unified party, which has been named RPP.

The convention which is under way in Kathmandu elected former RJP chairman Thapa as the head of the unified party on Sunday as the proposal to entrust top four leaders -- Thapa, Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Pashupati Shamsher JB Rana and Prakash Chandra Lohani -- with heading the party on a rotational basis was withdrawn following protest by delegates on Saturday. [More]

Gangsters charged with amassing properties illegally
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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

Live video call from Everest summit causes controversy
KOSH RAJ KOIRALA

KATHMANDU, May 20: "It´s a very proud moment to be here. It´s been two-and-a-half-years in the making," said a British explorer Daniel Thomas Hughes in the first ever video call from the top of the Mount Everest, Sunday morning.

The video call made via smartphone from the highest peak in the world was aired live by BBC World. As per the request made by the TV anchor, Hughes had briefly panned around his smartphone from the top of the Everest, showing BBC audience across the globe a spectacular view of the snow-clad mountains. [More]

Telemedicine services benefit remote area patients
ARJUN POUDEL

Utprerana school on the verge of shutting down
NIRJANA SHARMA

LIFESTYLE

Yahoo! looks to Tumblr as elixir for revival
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NEW YORK, May 20: Yahoo! geared up for a major announcement Monday said to be a $1.1 billion deal to take over popular blogging platform Tumblr, a move that could bring a younger, hipper audience to the struggling Internet pioneer.

The deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, if confirmed would be the largest for Yahoo! since Marissa Mayer took over as chief executive last year. Neither Yahoo! nor Tumblr commented on the report. [More]

Children yearning for knowledge drawn to libraries
DILIP POUDEL

Manoj's story
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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]

SPORTS BRIEFS: Basketball teams fly to Bangkok today
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England thrash New Zealand to win 1st Test
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INTERNATIONAL

India, China vow to end long-running border dispute
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NEW DELHI, May 20: The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, making his first foreign visit since taking office, said that Beijing was determined to build up trust with New Delhi as he and a team of ministers signed a series of joint agreements with India. [More]

Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi
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Saudi woman climbs Everest in first
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