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Goodbye football

Paris St Germain English midfielder David Beckham, who bids farewell to his football career, cries after his final home game. (AFP)

EC to verify voter signatures for new party registrations

GANI ANSARI
KATHMANDU, May 19: In a bid to verify voter signatures submitted by new political parties seeking registration at the Election Commission (EC), the constitutional body has developed new computer software for the purpose.

According to an EC official, they will soon begin to check the authenticity of voter signatures submitted by new political parties. The EC will match the signatures against signatures in the new electoral rolls it has prepared. Similarly, the constitutional body will verify the numbers on citizenship certificates. [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

Govt in 'internal homework' to name poll date 'soon'
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KATHMANDU, May 19: The government has started internal consultations to announce fresh date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) polls as it finished holding talks with major parties on various contentious issues in the proposed election-related ordinance on Friday.

Although the parties expressed flexibility on several contentious issues during the talks, the government is finding it difficult to address the demands especially by the fringe parties to keep the ratio between the seats allocated for first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) same as in the former CA. Also they have expressed serious reservations over the proposed provision on 1 percent of the total vote as eligibility threshold for PR seats. [More]

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BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Vishal Group bags Suzuki two-wheeler dealership
KRITI BHUJU

KATHMANDU, May 18: VG Automobiles, a subsidiary of Vishal Group, has bagged the dealership of Suzuki two-wheelers for Nepal. Earlier, Ganesh Enterprises was the sole authorized distributor of Suzuki two-wheelers for the country.

With VG bagging the dealership of Suzuki two-wheelers, two companies will now be selling Suzuki two-wheelers in the Nepali market.
Amar Rajkarnikar, managing director of Ganesh Enterprises, said his company will continue selling Suzuki two-wheelers in Nepal though Suzuki India has also appointed VG Automobiles for the purpose. [More]

Paragliding test flight from highest point yields success
DILIP POUDEL

New high-end resorts to open in Meghauli
RAMESH KUMAR POUDEL

SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Student unions violating admission norms to win FSU poll
NIRJANA SHARMA

KATHMANDU, May 18: With the Free Student Union (FSU) poll set to be held on June 6, student unions aligned with various political parties are doing all they can to win the elections in the Tribhuvan University (TU) constituent colleges.

The student unions took campus chief and administrative officers of various Valley-based TU constituent colleges hostage till late Friday night as the deadline for students´ admission was coming to an end. [More]

90-yr-old Chepang, son, 70, get citizenship
RAMESHWOR KARKI

Construction of Lhasa-Shigatse railway in full swing
SUBODH GAUTAM

LIFESTYLE

Children yearning for knowledge drawn to libraries
DILIP POUDEL

Baglung club and Room to Read set up libraries at 115 community schools

BAGLUNG, May 18: Students of a community school in Baglung have been displaying enhanced learning capacity since the establishment of a library in their school. Prior to the opening of the library, the students had nowhere to go to quench their thirst for more knowledge.

A class six student of Rudre Peepal Secondary School, Sujan Bhandari says that the library has been a great help in learning about new topics. “We can read reference books as well as others that are not part of the syllabus,” he says. [More]

Manoj's story
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Wishful travelling
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SPORTS

Tearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris and career
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

PARIS, May 19: With the Beatles ringing in his ears and tears in his eyes, David Beckham admitted that his starring role in Paris Saint-Germain´s French title party was the last chapter of his colourful career.

The 38-year-old former England captain, one of the most high-profile players to shuffle between football and celebrity, made his final home appearance for the Ligue 1 champions on Saturday before heading into retirement. [More]

Civil Bank wins Ncell Beach Cricket
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Shrestha takes over management of Machhindra football team
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INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani politician gunned down in Karachi
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KARACHI, May 19: Gunmen have killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan´s party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial re-run of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings.

Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women´s wing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province of Sindh, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in an upmarket part of the city late Saturday. [More]

Saudi woman climbs Everest in first
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Pakistan mosque bombs kill 13: officials
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