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UML leaders entry likely to create deeper rifts within UCPN (Maoist)

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KATHMANDU, May 24: The recent defection of CPN-UML politburo members to the UCPN (Maoist) has not only sounded alarm bells for the UML but is equally likely to create deeper rifts within the existing factions of the UCPN (Maoist).

With UML politburo members Ram Chandra Jha and Urmila Aryal joining the UCPN (Maoist), some of the Maoist leaders fear that the entry of UML leaders may have long-term implications for the party itself. [More]

POLITICAL AFFAIRS

India had no direct role in 12-pt deal: Jayanta Prasad
KISHORE NEPAL

KATHMANDU, May 23: Indian ambassador to Nepal Jayanta Prasad has denied any direct involvement of India in the historic 12-point understanding reached between then Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the then underground CPN (Maoist) that paved way for the former rebel party to come into mainstream politics in Nepal.

The envoy said that all the political changes that have occurred since 1951 have taken place due to the people´s desire for change in Nepal. "The issue of 12-point understanding, which is raised time and again in Nepal, was also not done by India. India had used her goodwill to help political party leaders to reach an agreement," Prasad told Republica. [More]

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Three shops selling low quality gold jewelries: NBSM
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Jewelry shop challenges govt quality test report

KATHMANDU, May 23: Shree Riddhi Sidhhi Jewellers and Shalimar Jewellers at Bishal Bazar and Geetanjali Jewellers at Durbar Marg have been found cheating customers by selling low quality gold jewelries, according to a quality test report of the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM).

The Bureau had collected the samples from the jewelery shops on Tuesday and released the quality test report on Thursday. The report has mentioned that the jewelry samples showed that the they were of low quality. [More]

Govt formulates first draft of urban poor policy
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Consortium to invest Rs 6 billion in Mistri Khola project
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Dream big and live even bigger
KAMAL PARIYAR

KATHMANDU, May 23: It came as a shock to her parents when Raha Moharrak told them that she wanted to climb Mount Everest, a surprising wish for a young woman in Saudi Arabia.

"It was like a shock to my parents when I requested my father to grant me permission to climb Everest as a gift on my 27th birthday," recalls Raha, who has now become the first Saudi woman to reach atop the world´s highest mountain. "With a heavy heart, he said okay but asked me to promise to come back safe." [More]

5 climbers feared dead on Mt Kanchenjunga
KHAGENDRA ADHIKARI

READ Global aims to build more libraries in Nepal
PRATIBHA RAWAL

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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SPORTS

Baskota to lead CAN XI in Dehradun
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KATHMANDU, May 23: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has informed that a team led by Prithu Baskota would play the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on the name of CAN XI. CAN organized a press conference on Thursday and informed that the team would leave for Dehradun via Dhangadhi.

Only seven players of the national team that clinched the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 are included in the 14-member team of CAN XI. "Captain Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Basant Regmi are in process to play professional cricket in Canada. Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul Vishwakarma and Subash Khakurel are injured while two bowlers, Amrit Bhattarai and Sanjam Regmi, have been are rested," said Ashok Nath Pyakuryal, the general secretary of CAN. [More]

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INTERNATIONAL

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

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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]

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