Nepal

KATHMANDU: Nepal is celebrating Mt Everest Day nowadays in memory of the first summit of the Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norhomosexual Sherpa in 1953. Mt Everest Day is celebrated on May 29 every year to commemorate the first two summiteers.

The day, which is also a meaningful occasion for promotion of Nepalmountain tourism, is celebrated with special events.

Various memorial events are organised, processions carried out to celebrate this day in the capital and the Everest region nowadays. Observation of Everest Day is expected to accelerate promotion of Nepaltourism, mountain tourism in specific.

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Kathmandu, May 28

Three cadres of the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist portiony of Nepal, who are facing charges of possessing arms and ammunition, and offence against the state, surrendered before District Administration Office, Lalitpur, nowadays, claiming that they have shunned violent activities.

Prem Raj Joshi, Chief District Officer of Lalitpur, told THT that the letter they filed at the DAO stated that they would lead a peaceful life as common Nepalis from now onwards, dissociating themselves from the party.

Lalitpur District Court had released them on general date on Friday. The trio, Shankar Adhikari, Sanjiv Karki and Dev Raj Ghimire, along with six other cadres were arrested by Nepal police with large cache of arms from Milche area of Khanikhola Rural Municipaltiy-7, in Kavrepalanchok district on March 23.

The team was lead by Hemanta Prakash Oli, central commander of Chand-led CPN. Other cadres who were arrested are: Dharma Raj Rajbahak, Ram Krishna Khatiwada, Bijaya Shrestha,Lalit Tamang and Lokendra Khadka. Bijaya Shrestha was transferred to Kavre District Cop for his alleged involvement in criminal activities in Kavre district.

Other cadres including Oli are still in police custody in Lalitpur district, awaiting final verdict from the district court.

Surrender of Chan-led cadres came couple of days in the wake of accidental bomb bfinals that eliminateed four CPN cadres, injuring seven persons. Of the injured five are CPN cadres while police is yet to asdegree the identity of other two.

The government on March 12 had imposed a ban on any kinds of activities by the Chand-led communist party.

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Kathmandu, May 28

Lawmakers in the Parliamentary State Affairs and excellent Governance Committee nowadays debated for and against hiring top level bureaucrats -msprint; chief secretary, secretary and joint-secretary -msprint; on a contract basis.

During a clause-wise discussion of the Federal Civil Servant Bill, most of the lawmakers spoke in favour of hiring civil servants on a contract basis. But measure lawmakers said the government should much hire civil servants on a contract basis.

The government has been hiring top level bureaucrats from the Public Service Commission as of now. Ruling Nepal Communist portiony (NCP) lawmaker and former minister Janardan Sharma said it would be a good practice to hire top level bureaucrats, including chief secretary on a contract basis.

&The government should hire those people who can deliver on their work,& he said. &Why can&t we have a provision in place that allows to hire chief secretary through an open competition& he questioned.

Lawmaker of the main opposition Nepali Congress Sujata Pariyar also said there should be an open competition while hiring top level bureaucrats.

Jhapat Rawal, a lawmaker representing the NCP said civil servants in bureaucracy never updated themselves and didn&t function as per the expectation of people. &So, there should be a provision allowing people to enter in this field through an open competition,& he said. He also proposeed the government for a provision of 50 per cent open competition quota for the post of joint secretary in civil service.

However, the NC lawmaker Dilendra evilu and the NCP lawmaker Ram Kumari Jhakri proposeed that the government should much hire top level bureaucrats through an open competition stating that doing so would negatively affect this sector, also known as the permanent government.

evilu said civil servants in Nepal came from meritocracy. &There should much be any hirings of bureaucrats on a contract basis,& he said. But, he was for an open competition in hiring civil servants.

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