Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport

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Aug 3, 2016- An Emirates plane has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport. All 300 people on board were able to escape from the burning aircraft, but a firefighter was killed. The plane appeared to have landed on its belly, and images showed thick black smoke rising into the sky. Emirates chairman Ahmed bin Saeed paid tribute to the firefighter who lost his life fighting the blaze. The Boeing 777 was flying to Dubai from the southern Indian state of Kerala. Flights to and from the airport were suspended for several hours but have now resumed. The chairman told a press conference that evacuation procedures were executed professionally and the cabin crew were the last to leave the plane. A passenger on board the plane told Reuters that the experience was terrifying. "As we were landing there was smoke coming out in the cabin," said Sharon Maryam Sharji. "People were screaming and we had a very hard landing. "We left by going down the emergency slides and as we.

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Dahal elected 39th prime minister of Nepal

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Aug 3, 2016- CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been elected as the 39th prime minister of the country after securing the required majority in the Parliament. This is Dahal’s second tenure to the country’s top executive post.  

Dahal secured 363 votes during the election for the post of PM held at Legislature-Parliament on Wednesday, while 210 votes were cast against him. 

​​House Speaker Onsari Gharti announced Dahal's victory after he secured a majority votes in the election conducted at the Legislature-Parliament. Dahal was the only candidate for the election.

He was supported by Nepali Congress, Sanghiya Gathabandhan, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik, Rastriya Prajatantra Party and other fringe parties during the election. Of the total 595 parliamentarians, 573 lawmakers participated in voting during the election. Dahal’s first tenure as PM was followed by his party’s victory in the first Constituent Assembly election. The then CPN-Maoist became the largest party in the election and Dahal took office as the country’s.

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UK court acquits Col Lama on one count of torture

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Aug 2, 2016- A British court on Monday acquitted Nepal Army Colonel Kumar Lama on one count, while the jury failed to arrive at consensus on the second count. Col Lama, arrested in January 2013, has been on trial at the Old Bailey, for torturing two alleged Maoist rebels—Karam Hussein and Janak Raut—in 2005 when he was in-charge of the Gorusinghe barracks in Kapilvastu district. Lama has all along denied both counts of inflicting severe pain or suffering. The Old Bailey on Monday acquitted Lama on the case of Karam Hussein. Hearing on Janak Raut’s case has been postponed until first week of September. A 12-member jury is supposed to reach a unanimous decision. Lt Col Lama was serving with the United Nations peace keeping force in South Sudan when he was arrested while visiting his family in East Sussex in January 2013. He was arrested under Section 134 (sub-section 1) of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a universal jurisdiction, and the prosecution.

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Parliament set to vote to elect new PM tomorrow

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Aug 2, 2016- The Parliament Secretariat on Monday published the time table for the election of a new prime minister, which will be held on Wednesday. As per the notice of the Parliament Secretariat, nominations can be filed between 11am and 4pm on Tuesday and a list of the nominations will be published at 4:30pm on Tuesday. As per Article 298 (3) of the Constitution of Nepal, any member of the Legislature-Parliament can file his/ her candidacy for the post of the prime minister. Parliament then on Wednesday will start the process to elect the new prime minister at 11am. Manohar Prasad Bhattarai, general secretary of the Parliament Secretariat, published the notice for the election of the prime minister on Monday following instructions from Speaker Onsari Gharti to make all the necessary preparations for the same. The three-day process to elect a prime minister through election began on Monday after the seven-day deadline set by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to form consensus government ended on Sunday. The presidential.

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Sadbhawana Chair Mahato blames govt for clash at no-man’s land

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Jul 31, 2016- Sadbhawana Party Chairman Rajendra Mahato has remarked that no infrastructure should be built at no-man’s land along Nepal-India border without the agreement between the two countries. Mahato said so during his visit to Nepal-India border at Tilathi in Saptarai district where Nepalis and Indians clashed on Thursday after the latter built a makeshift levee allegedly encroaching upon the Dasgaja region. The Sadbawana Party chairman, who was accompanied by a dozen central members of his party including senior vice chairmen Mirgendra Singh Yadav and Nawal Kishor Sah, blamed irresponsibility on the part of Nepal government for the clash. “The government is engrossed in the worry of losing the chair, while the people are fighting to defend the border,” said leader Mahato. He went on to say that problems at Nepal-India border have been increasing due to the state’s failure to resolve the controversy over dam construction through diplomatic efforts and timely initiatives.  “The clash at Tilathi is the result of government’s lack of accountability. The government is.

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Wu says China’s support to Nepal will continue

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Jul 30, 2016- China’s support to a new government in Nepal will continue, Chinese Ambassador Wu Chuntai said on Friday, adding that Beijing would fully assist Nepal in its development endeavours. During a meeting between Wu and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Chinese envoy told the latter that Beijing will extend all possible cooperation for a stable, prosperous and stable Nepal, a statement issued by Dahal’s secretariat said on Friday. During the meeting, Dahal, the prime minister-in-waiting, told the Chinese envoy that the pacts and agreements signed by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli with China would be implemented even after government change. Apprising the Chinese envoy of recent political development, Dahal told Wu that he would look forward to cooperation from the northern neighbour during his tenure as prime minister. Congratulating Dahal, the Wu said that the Chinese government, the Chinese people and the Chinese Communist party would work closely with the new government in Nepal, added the statement.  Dahal told the Chinese envoy that.

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Ncell seeks nod to capitalise its investments

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Jul 30, 2016- Ncell has submitted a new proposal to the Department of Industry (DOI), seeking the latter’s approval to capitalise its investments worth Rs73.95 billion. The company has so far got approval to take its authorised capital to Rs17 billion. Earlier, the Industrial Promotion Board (IPB) had rejected the company’s proposal to increase its authorised capital to Rs155.33 billion on the ground that it had not paid applicable capital gains tax for the divestment of 80 percent stake of Ncell to Malaysian company Axiata by Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera. The IPB has formed a taskforce to study the matter. The Parliamentary Finance Committee has also directed the government not to accept Ncell’s proposal until it pays the capital gains tax. Ncell has paid 15 out of 25 percent of the applicable capital gains tax. Industry Secretary Surya Silwal told the Parliamentary Finance Committee meeting on Friday that Ncell had sought approval to convert its investment into authorised capital. The telecom operator has already increased its cap- acity.

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