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KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Nepal took its winning streak to 15 matches in the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship Cricket Tournament defeating Malaysia by 97 in the second match of the league round at Unity, Kuwait on Saturday. With the win, Nepal strengthened its chances of securing a semifinal berth.

It was Nepal´s third victory over Malaysia in the tournament and also one of the highest margin wins over any nation in the tournament. Nepal had earlier defeated Malaysia in the first edition of the tournament in the league round and also in the final. [More]

	ENVIRONMENT Waiting in Fear: Bagmati evictions mired in confusion
	BY KYLE KNIGHT
	Champa Kamal sits in front of her home, holding her children. She won’t let them go to school – she’s afraid the bulldozers might come while they are away and they would get separated. With constant threats to raze the homes along Kathmandu’s Bagmati River where Kamal lives, she sits day after day with her children in her lap, waiting.

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Voluntary retirement begins after hiccups
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KATHMANDU, Feb 3: In a major breakthrough in the ongoing peace process, the much-awaited voluntary retirement of Maoist combatants began in two cantonments Friday despite initial hiccups that were settled by the Maoist leadership.

However, uncertainty still prevails as the combatants may disrupt the process if the Maoist leadership fails to meet their demands. The combatants have been demanding recognition of their present rank and letter of appreciation in recognition of their "contribution" to the country. [More]

No preferential political rights at provincial level: SRC
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2 held on suspicion of murdering schoolgirl
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JHAPA, Feb 4: Two persons have been arrested Saturday in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old school girl in Jhapa district. District Police Office (DPO) of Jhapa, however, has refused to make public the names of those arrested. Sabitra Rajbanshi, of Halidbari village-4 in Jhapa, was found murdered Thursday evening inside a tea estate near her home.

Sabitra was a seventh grader at Haldibari Higher Secondary School. The tea estate where Sabitra was found dead is about 250 meters north of her home. Her father Kelisingh and mother Surji work at that estate. They are living in a hut provided by the tea estate owned by one Mohan Parajuli. Police suspect Sabitra was murdered after being raped. [More]

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LIFESTYLE

Preserving culture, being a global citizen and dealing with racism
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KATHMANDU, Feb 4: A vision of a utopian society where discrimination and prejudice don’t occur is rare. It may occur naturally within people since the very base of judgment and classification via perception reflects so. However, putting it to practice encourages racism.

Young Nepali youths seem to be aware of practices based on such prejudices which they share with Republica. [More]

Young novelist Shiwani Neupane's maiden 'Monica' launched
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Literature to bring Nepalis & Indians closer
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MMC secures quarterfinal berth
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Sri Lanka frees 1,400 prisoners on freedom day
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COLOMBO, Feb 4: Sri Lanka freed 1,414 convicts on Saturday to mark the country´s 64th anniversary of independence from Britain, a prisons official said.

President Mahinda Rajapakse granted an amnesty to convicts serving light sentences, but Sri Lanka´s most high-profile prisoner, former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka, was not among those released. [More]

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