After two years, Anmol Kc’s KRI is finally releasing in theatres on Feb 9 (today) with a few limited paid previews of the evening of Feb 8.
However, the film trailer was released on December 15, 2017, has now caused major changes in the Kollywood calendar of 2018. At least three films have shifted their release dates over the past two months, surrounding the developments around the Anmol KC, Anoop Bikram Shahi, Aditi Budhathoki & Kameshowr Chaurasiya starring film. Kri is set in the budget of 3 crore NPR and the lead cast of Kri Anmol K.C. has charged 20 lakhs for the film which makes him one of the highest paid actor of Nepal.
Originally titled KRI, the film is based on Love, Romance & Action.
At the same date, Akshay Kumar’s Padman is also releasing in India and Nepal. The padman challenge craze is increasing every other day.
So, Who do you think will take over eachother in Nepal?
The first Pashupatinath fair is to be held from March 14 to 20 on the premises of Pashupatinath temple.
“The fair is being organised for the first time to promote tourism,” said Kedar Man Bhandari, coordinator of Pashupatinath fair organising committee.
Organising a press meet, Bhandari said, “By organising the fair on the occasion of Pachare Jatra, we not only aim to promote tourism but also our culture and tradition.”
Pachare Jatra that starts from Pashupatinath temple marks the beginning of various jatras observed in Kathmandu Valley. The
festival is being organised so that people can enjoy various jatras and rituals performed in the valley.
“Preparations for the fair are under way and we have started renovating temples in Pashupatinath temple complex. For the promotion of the fair, we are planning to set up 56 welcome gates at all entry points of Kathmandu Valley and digital welcome gates and information desks will be set up at all gates of Pashupatinath temple,” he said, adding that construction of statues of Lord Shiva and Parbati for the festival was under way on the premises of the temple.
Nepal Army to organize their first exhibition at Army Headquarters on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri and Army Day 2074 BS.
The three-day exhibition would have begun today till February 10. Chief of Army Staff Rajendra Chhetri inaugurated the exhibition amid a function.
According to Army’s Directorate of Public Relations and Information, the exhibition has been organized under the theme “From History to present” and has showcased archives of historical weapons, equipment and attire among others. The event hosted by the Army has provisioned free entry for general public.
The event has been organized to strengthen Army-Public relations and add up to knowledge of the people while fascinating them with the displays, Nepal Army informed.
Bangladeshi police have clashed with thousands of protesters, as opposition leader Khaleda Zia was jailed for five years for corruption.
Ms Zia, a former prime minister, denies misusing international funds donated to a charitable children’s trust.
The jail sentence may mean the 72-year-old is barred from parliamentary polls due later this year.
The case is one of dozens pending against Ms Zia, a long-time rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ms Zia has described the charges against her as politically motivated.
As she went into court, she told weeping relatives: “I will be back. Do not worry and be strong”, are according to the Daily Star.
The verdict was read out in a court in Dhaka after police used tear gas to disperse thousands of her supporters.
Several police officers were injured in the violence, reports said.
Ms Zia was led away to jail minutes after the verdict, bdnews24 reported.
Her son Tarique Rahman was given 10 years in jail in absentia as he is in London. The same jail term was handed down to four of her aides.
The trial against Ms Zia centered on $252,000 (£182,000) intended for an orphanage trust set up when she was prime minister. She was found guilty of embezzling the funds.
The US has carried out rare air strikes on Syrian pro-government forces after what it called an “unprovoked attack” on allied Kurdish and Arab fighters.
US officials estimated that 100 pro-government fighters were killed in the incident on Wednesday.
They had allegedly tried to take ground east of the River Euphrates captured from the Islamic State group by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.
State media said the US “aggression” left dozens of people dead or wounded.
The Middle Euphrates River Valley serves as an informal demarcation line in eastern Syria, with the government controlling the western side and the SDF the east.
There were several skirmishes in the valley last year, as both sides sought to drive IS militants from their last major stronghold in the country.
“Coalition service members in an advise, assist, and accompany capacity were co-located with SDF partners during the attack 8km east of the agreed-upon Euphrates river de-confliction line,” a statement said.
“In defense of coalition and partner forces, the coalition conducted strikes against attacking forces to repel the act of aggression,” it added, asserting its “non-negotiable right to act in self-defence”.
Unnamed US military officials subsequently told reporters that about 500 pro-government fighters, backed by artillery, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars, were involved in the assault.
One SDF fighter was reportedly wounded in the incident. There were no American casualties.
“We suspect Syrian pro-regime forces were attempting to seize terrain SDF had liberated from [IS] in September 2017,” one official told Reuters news agency.
The forces were “likely seeking to seize oilfields in Khusham that had been a major source of revenue for [IS] from 2014 to 2017, the official added.
The US-led coalition had observed a slow build-up of pro-government forces in the area over the past week and had alerted Russia, which backs the Syrian government, to the presence of SDF forces in the area, according to the official.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, confirmed there had been an attack on SDF positions near the town of Khusham, 10km (6 miles) south-east of Deir al-Zour city, and put the death toll at about 20.
On Thursday morning, Syrian state media reported that the US-led coalition had bombed “popular forces” fighting IS and SDF forces east of the River Euphrates, denouncing what they called a “new aggression” and “an attempt to support terrorism”.
An Al-Ikhbariyah TV correspondent said the bombing left “dozens of dead and wounded” and identified the pro-government fighters as “local people”.
The national body to oversee reconstruction activities in the wake of 2015 earthquake, National Reconstruction Authority has released Rs 11 billion to provide to quake survivors for individual house construction.
The Authority released the amount to the Central Project Implementation Unit under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development.
The Authority says it released the budget in advance as the progress achieved in the reconstruction is significant, hence the survivors might demand more grant.
The Authority has requested the Ministry of Finance to release Rs 5 billion more.
As of Tuesday, total 291,815 houses are under construction and 227,854 persons are due to receive the second tranche of reconstruction grant.
The National Assembly election has concluded peacefully in all six provinces across the country for 32 National Assembly members has been over at all six voting centers of six provinces, said the Election Commission.
The Election Commission says the voting was held peacefully in Biratnagar of Province 1, Patan of Province 3, Pokhara of Province 4, Dang of Province 5, Surkhet of Province 6 and Doti of Province 7 from 10 am to 3 pm today.
As per the latest update provided by the Chief Returning Officers of the respective provinces, around 99 per cent votes have been cast till 2:00 pm. The election that started at 10:00 am today witnessed an active participation of voters.
“Till now, only 14 voters are yet to cast vote. Of the 1,677 voters, 1,663 have already cast their votes,” said the EC.
Of the total 56 members to be elected, 24 have already been unanimously elected. As many as 52 candidates are vying for the remaining 32 seats.
As per the constitutional provision, eight members will be elected from each province.
Voters standing in a queue to cast ballot in the NA election of Province 3, in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Photo: RSS
President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the Santapur Integrated Settlement constructed by Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation at Rautahat today at Chandpurpur-8 on Tuesday. The victims had been living in the makeshift houses on the bank of Santapur-based Bagmati River.
The settlement at Santapur-8 comprises of 50 buildings, of which 47 are earthquake resistant homes, community halls, temples, club houses and view tower. The infrastructures are child and disability friendly.
Governor Ratneshwor Lal Kayasta, and famous comedy actors, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya had also participated in the program.
The houses were constructed by the Foundation with a cost of Rs 59.48 million.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari handed over the key of the integrated settlement to Settlement Management Committee Chairman Jaya Narayan Yadav amid a function in Rautahat today.
Before handing over the key, the head-of-the-state inaugurated and monitored the settlement.
According to Arjun Neupane, Project Manager at the Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation, 47 families of Musahar, Dusad, Chamar, Lohar, Teli and Tharu communities, are the beneficiaries.
The integrated settlement has 47 houses, a community hall, a school, a club hall, a view tower and two temples.
Nepali comedian duo, Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya, among others, attended the programme chaired by Sitaram Kattel (Dhurmus) and Kunjana Ghimire (Suntali), chairpersons of the Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation.
The government has decided to ban public vehicles that are 20 years or older across the nation from March 15 onwards. Such vehicles were banned in Kathmandu Valley last year.
The Department of Transport Management (DoTM), under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, said the rule will be strictly enforced with an objective to curb vehicle congestions, controlling air-pollution emanating from vehicle emissions and reduce road accidents that might happen with old vehicles plying on the roads.
This is not the first time that the government has made such a commitment, though. The decision was made in January 2015 to take vehicles which are older than 20 years off the roads.
On February 28 last year, the Cabinet banned public vehicles older than 20 years from operating inside Kathmandu Valley, but the decision was not implemented strictly.
The department has booked less than a dozen such vehicles in the past year.
“Such old vehicles are one of the many causes for congested traffic and pollution. Once we are able to phase out all vehicles above 20 years of age, it will ease vehicular movement in city areas and minimise pollution,” said Pandey.
As per DoTM’s estimation, there are almost 5,000 20-year-old vehicles plying the roads of the country and almost 2,500 such vehicles were being operated in the Valley. However, Pandey claimed that almost all 20-year-old vehicles have already been phased out from Kathmandu Valley.
“Operating 20-year-old vehicles in the country after mid-March will be against the law and DoTM will take action against transport entrepreneurs if they are found operating such old vehicles after the given deadline,” said Pandey.
Citing that such old vehicles are not technically fit to be operated and are also prone to accidents, Pandey informed that DoTM will cancel the route permit of all such old vehicles from mid-March.
However, transport entrepreneurs have been seeking incentives from the government before phasing out old vehicles citing that prohibiting transporters to run their vehicles will put their investments at risk.
“Transport entrepreneurs have injected huge investment while procuring their vehicles. The government should first take the responsibility of transport entrepreneurs’ investment before enforcing the ban,” said Saroj Sitaula, general secretary of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs Association.
Director of DoTM Tulsi Ram Aryal said that they wanted to remove all kinds of old vehicles but they did not have proper law to carry out the action. Aryal further stated,
“We do not have authority to ban all kinds of vehicles that are hazardous to the environment and we are bound by vehicle and transportation regulations 1997 that will not allow us to make decisions on private vehicles.”
DoTM officials suggested that using old public vehicles made people prone to accidents and they were also one of the main causes of pollution.
Public vehicle operators are not satisfied with the new rule. Rail Bahadur Tamang, a taxi-driver said that he had invested a lot of money to buy a taxi and he would be out of work once it was scrapped.
“I have been driving this taxi for the last 15 years, and I have taken good care of it. I am confident that this can last 15 years more. But, if I have to scrap it in the next five years, I will be unemployed at the age of 40, and will not be able to start a new profession.”
Similarly, automobile dealers have been urging government to ban vehicles on the basis of their fitness rather than age.
Almost 6 schools in Manang district has shut down their operations as they are failed to enrolled a single student even at the last quarter of the academic session.
Primary schools in Tilicho, Tanki, Bharka, Dabal, Humde and Pisang have reported zero students in the current academic session.
The number of students in the community schools in villages has gone down drastically over the years as students enroll in schools that are based in urban areas.
According to Principal of Tilicho Primary School, Yam Prasad Timalsina, the locals have admitted their children in schools in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Besisahar among others leading to a fall in number of students at local schools.
In the previous academic session, Tilicho Primary School had 26 students. However, this year the number has fallen down to zero forcing the school to shut down operations.
Likewise, the classrooms are padlocked in Humde based Humde Primary School for the past two years.
Other primary schools in the area have also shared the same plight as locals continue to admit children in schools based in cities, officials in the district informed.
The case is one of dozens pending against Ms Zia, a long-time rival of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ms Zia has described the charges against her as politically motivated.
As she went into court, she told weeping relatives: “I will be back. Do not worry and be strong”, are according to the Daily Star.
The verdict was read out in a court in Dhaka after police used tear gas to disperse thousands of her supporters.
Several police officers were injured in the violence, reports said.
Ms Zia was led away to jail minutes after the verdict, bdnews24 reported.
Her son Tarique Rahman was given 10 years in jail in absentia as he is in London. The same jail term was handed down to four of her aides.
The trial against Ms Zia centered on $252,000 (£182,000) intended for an orphanage trust set up when she was prime minister. She was found guilty of embezzling the funds.
“Coalition service members in an advise, assist, and accompany capacity were co-located with SDF partners during the attack 8km east of the agreed-upon Euphrates river de-confliction line,” a statement said.
“In defense of coalition and partner forces, the coalition conducted strikes against attacking forces to repel the act of aggression,” it added, asserting its “non-negotiable right to act in self-defence”.
Unnamed US military officials subsequently told reporters that about 500 pro-government fighters, backed by artillery, tanks, multiple-launch rocket systems and mortars, were involved in the assault.
One SDF fighter was reportedly wounded in the incident. There were no American casualties.
“We suspect Syrian pro-regime forces were attempting to seize terrain SDF had liberated from [IS] in September 2017,” one official told Reuters news agency.
The forces were “likely seeking to seize oilfields in Khusham that had been a major source of revenue for [IS] from 2014 to 2017, the official added.
The US-led coalition had observed a slow build-up of pro-government forces in the area over the past week and had alerted Russia, which backs the Syrian government, to the presence of SDF forces in the area, according to the official.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, confirmed there had been an attack on SDF positions near the town of Khusham, 10km (6 miles) south-east of Deir al-Zour city, and put the death toll at about 20.
On Thursday morning, Syrian state media reported that the US-led coalition had bombed “popular forces” fighting IS and SDF forces east of the River Euphrates, denouncing what they called a “new aggression” and “an attempt to support terrorism”.
An Al-Ikhbariyah TV correspondent said the bombing left “dozens of dead and wounded” and identified the pro-government fighters as “local people”.
In the previous academic session, Tilicho Primary School had 26 students. However, this year the number has fallen down to zero forcing the school to shut down operations.
Likewise, the classrooms are padlocked in Humde based Humde Primary School for the past two years.
Other primary schools in the area have also shared the same plight as locals continue to admit children in schools based in cities, officials in the district informed.
