१४ मंसिर, काठमाडौं । खान बस्नै समस्या भएको  क्याम्प छाडेर साउदीको रियादस्थित नेपाली दूतावासको शरणमा आइपुगेका ५३ नेपाली अलपत्र परेका छन् । नेपाल फर्किने प्रक्रिया नमिल्दा उनीहरु दूतावासको प्राङ्गणमै अलपत्र हुन् । साउदीको हिजास गेट इन्टरनेशनल कम्पनीमा काम गर्ने नेपालीहरु गत मंगलबार नेपाली दूतावास आइपुगेका थिए । श्रम तथा रोजगार मन्त्रालयले दूतावासमार्फत साउदीको उप–श्रम मन्त्रीसँग अलपत्र कामदारको समस्या जानकारी गराइसकेको छ । अलपत्र  सबै युवा क्याम्प छाडेर आएका कामदार दूताबासको खुला चौरमा बसिरहेका छन् । ‘दूताबासमा आइपुगेका सबै नेपालीको रोजगारदता नै सम्पर्कबिहीन छ । रोजगारदाता सम्पर्कमा नआई साउदी सरकारले ‘एक्जिट’ अनुमति दिँदैन ।’

अलपत्र सबै युवा क्षितिज इम्प्लोयमेन्ट सर्भिसमार्फत त्यहाँ पुगेका थिए । कम्पनीले लामो समयदेखि कामदारलाई ब्यवस्थापन गर्ने बताएपनि चासो नदिएपछि कामदारले दूतावासको शरण रोजेका हुन् । उनीहरुलाई रियादको जदिद सनैयाको लेबर क्याम्पमा राखिएको थियो । तर, शिविरमा शुद्ध पिउने पानी पनि नपाएको उनीहरु बताउँछन् ।

बनेपाः प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहाल प्रचण्डले मुलुक ठूलो दुर्घटनाको खतरामा रहेको बताएका छन्। मुलुकको समृद्धिका लागि स्थिर राजनीतिक सरकार आवश्यक छ।’ प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले समाजका निम्ति उपयोगी काम गर्न महत्वकांक्षी योजना लिएर अघि बढ्न विद्यार्थीहरुलाई आग्रह गरे।   सोमबार काभ्रेको धुलिखेलमा काठमाडौं विश्वविद्यालयको २२ औं दीक्षान्त समारोहलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले आफू भूकम्पको केन्द्रविन्दुमा बसेर काम गरिरहेको बताए। प्रधानमन्त्री प्रचण्डले बढ्दो राजनीतिक स्थिरताका कारण संविधान कार्यान्वयनका लागि थप चुनौती उत्पन्न भएकाले मुलुक ठूलो दुर्घटनामा पर्ने खतरामा रहेको बताएका हुन्। उनले सरकारले दीक्षित विद्यार्थीबाट सरकारले ठूलो अपेक्षा समेत राखेको बताए। काठमाडौँ विश्वविद्यालयमा स्कुल अफ साइन्सका २४९ जना, स्कुल अफ इन्जिनियरिङका २८२, स्कुल अफ म्यानेजमेन्टका ४६४, स्कुल अफ एजुकेसनका १०३ र स्कुल अफ आर्टस्का १८७ गरी जम्मा कुल एक हजार २८५ जना स्नातक दीक्षित भएका छन्।

Kathmandu : Tribhuvan International Airport, the country’s sole international airport with a single runway, now faces critical shortage of parking bays for international flights. According to airline operators, they have to struggle to find a place to park the aircraft in the very limited parking area at TIA. This situation has often resulted in congestion and forced aircraft to circle for hours. According to Thakur, TIA currently has only nine parking spaces for international commercial flights, cargo and chartered planes. “The first three bays are approved for wide body aircraft and the rest for narrow body planes,” he said. Interestingly, the fourth parking bay available in the international apron has remained closed for over six months for maintenance while Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, which operates TIA always seems reluctant to hold its airport officials responsible for the mess.

Representatives of international airlines said that lack of aircraft parking bays at TIA was a major hassle for aircraft operators. “Non- availability of parking bays often leads to congestion while the movement of larger jets has also increased during the tourist season,” they said, adding that every international airline was suffering due to this problem. “It’s also a tough task for air traffic controllers and TIA officials to ensure smooth flight operations due to lack of parking bays these days,” TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur admitted. TIA which opens 18 hours a day now handles nearly 50 daily international flights.

According to operators, most of the flights choose to avoid bay-IX except in emergencies as the small space cannot even handle a narrow body aircraft. Whenever airline operators complain, Nepal Airlines Corporation and CAAN often blame each other for poor services relating to ground handling and airport operations, they added. Confirming delay in civil engineering work for several reasons, the TIA spokesperson said that maintenance was still under way at bay-IV. “The parking problem may worsen further as a few air carriers, including NAC, plan to add more wide body jets to their fleet in the coming days,” he said. According to stakeholders, TIA’s upgradation has become a far cry as a multi-million-dollar project failed to meet its deadline to improve structures such as expansion of the existing runway, construction of new taxiways, extension of the apron, installation of new lighting in the airfield and improvement of the international terminal, among others.

A version of this article appears in print on November 27, 2016 of The Himalayan Times.

 Kiran Marahatta, New York :Government of Nepal has appointed RameshKumar Gurung, a renown businessman and NRNA ICC Member, as the Tourism Representative for Portugal. A decision that made last week by the Minister of Tourism had reached to appoint Tourism Representative for the Southern European state.

Government of Nepal has been appointing Tourism Representative in abroad with some specific criteria to promote tourism activities that aiming to increase the numbers of tourist in Nepal targeted a million every year. Government had picked RameshKumar Gurung among a dozen of contenders because of his strong track record in Portugal.

Gurung, the former President of Non-Resident Nepali Association Portugal for previous 2 consecutive terms, has been residing in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, which is known as the world’s elite touristic destination, since last 2 decades holding hotels, restaurant and property business. A Pokhara born business man who is the founder president of Tamu Society Portugal, is also renown for his social work that enhanced people to people relation between Portugal and Nepal. “Gurung is simply a genius social worker whose performance as the President of NRN Portugal was outstanding,” Said Jiba Lamichhane, the Chief Patron and former President of Non-Resident Nepali Association International Coordination Council. “He deserves it, and I am confident that he will contribute a lot to promote tourism in different ways.”-Added the German based Business tycoon.

Gurung had lunched massive campaign of fund raising when Nepal was bitterly damaged by the Gorkha Earthquake in 2015. He has been fighting for immigrant’s right and facilitate for a decade that supported establishment and expansion of Nepalese community in Portugal. He is a senior right activist who always fought against abuse and miss conduct of Nepalese immigrant worker. “His efforts are always intending to make our safe living in Portugal,” said Bishnu Paudel a senior journalist based in Lisbon.

Gurung has planned to lunch several activities to promote Nepal such as lunching media campaign, coordination with local agencies, interaction with experts and tourism fair.

“I would like to thank the government of Nepal for trusting me, I never let them down” said Gurung. “I will operate all of my connections and resources more efficiently to promote Nepal in Portugal” he add.

Government of Nepal has already established Its Consulate office in Lisbon in 2012, appointing a senior businessperson Makar Hamal as the consular, which has been promoting trade, investment, bilateral relation and has been addressing the problems facing by Nepalese community. More than 10 Thousand of Nepalese are residing in Portugal.

२०७३, मंसिर १०:   पाटन स्टेशन अन्र्तगत सव स्टेशनको ६६ केभी लाइन मर्मत गर्नु पर्ने भएकाले मध्यान्ह १२ देखि २ बजेसम्म विद्युत अवरुद्व हुने काठमाण्डौं ग्रीड महाशाखा प्रशासनले जनाएको छ । राजधानीलाई लोडसेडिङ मुक्त बनाउने अभियान शूरु गरेसँगै प्राधिकरणले मर्मत गर्ने कार्यलाइ पनि तिब्रता दिएको छ । ललितपुर क्षेत्रमा भोलि दुई घण्टा विद्युत अवरुद्व हुने भएको छ । पाटन स्टेशन अन्र्तगत सव स्टेशनको ६६ केभी लाइन मर्मत गर्नु पर्ने भएकाले मध्यान्ह १२ देखि २ बजेसम्म विद्युत अवरुद्व हुने काठमाण्डौं ग्रीड महाशाखाका प्रशासनले जनाएको छ ।

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The 54-year-old farmer was one of eight million people  young woman behind the desk littered with files called his name out at the rundown government office in the mountains of central Nepal. After 18 months of living in a shack made of corrugated iron, tarpaulin and bamboo amid the ruins of his earthquake-hit house, he is finally receiving long-promised government funds to start rebuilding his home.

“The money is late and it’s not enough to build what I had before, but at least the government has given it,” Gautam said to nods from fellow villagers gathered at the office in Hokshe village, 64 km (40 miles) east of Kathmandu. “You are looking at a country that has had three governments since the earthquake – all coalitions and none with a solid majority,” said Renaud Meyer, Country Director for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nepal. “We’ve already endured one winter and two monsoons like this – out in the open with no protection from the rain and cold.”

Ongoing political instability in the country which has seen 24 governments in 26 years has stymied reconstruction efforts. Constant feuding between a myriad of political parties has fuelled political turmoil and weak governance in Nepal, delaying efforts to rebuild the country of 28 million people despite an outpouring of aid, analysts said.

“If you count from the day the NRA was established, we have made good progress and that has been appreciated by everyone,”

There is a concern the delay means people will not wait and will borrow money to rebuild basic structures again. “The people don’t wait, so if they can get some funds from somewhere, they will build a new home, but they will not get the technical guidance, knowledge and expertise to build a safer house,” said country director of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Renaud  Meyer. “It’s a hot pursuit – a race against time – to provide that help to people to ensure that the 9,000 people who died did not die for nothing. You don’t want more to die in the next earthquake.”

इलाम चियाबारीमा घोडाचढी रमाइरहेका छन् । त्यस क्षेत्रमा करिब तीन दर्जन घोडा रहेको छ । आन्तरिक पर्यटक बाट यहाँ एक पटक घोडा चढेर १० मिनेट यात्रा गरेको रु. १०० लिने गरेको छ । घोडाबाट प्रतिदिन करिब एक हजारदेखि १२ सयसम्म आम्दानी हुने व्यावसायीहरु को भनाई छ ।