ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Friday, September 13
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (September 13, 2019). (Left ) Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and US Ambassador Randy Berry File Photo
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (September 13, 2019).
US Embassy officials meet with foreign secretary over Chinese statement about Dahal’s ‘disapproval’ of Indo-Pacific Strategy
US Ambassador Randy Berry met with Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi on Thursday to discuss a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry that said ruling party Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal “disapproved” of the US-led Indo-Pacific Strategy.
Dahal’s assertion, during his meeting with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday, that Nepal does not support the Washington-led Indo-Pacific Strategy had prompted the US Embassy in Kathmandu to seek a clarification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fogging does not help contain dengue epidemic, experts say
At a time when health officials, as well as political leaders, have been stressing on the need to spray insecticides to kill dengue spreading mosquitoes, national as well as international public health experts say the action is futile: spraying insecticides does not help in containing the epidemic.
They say fogging insecticides is only a populist measure, and it does not kill larva, pupa and eggs, particularly if it is done during the day.
Students say colleges cutting their hair to discipline them is equivalent to harassment
With a surge in private colleges in Kathmandu, inter-school competition has moved from board exam-based results to imposing strict rules on students. Although colleges say rules and regulations are in place to prevent students from becoming disorderly and distracted, many students complain that the policing of rules sometimes goes overboard—in fact, some say it borders on harassment.
Shorter hair is a common rule for male students in most private colleges, as is neatly-tied hair for females. Many students are aware of the rules and adhere to it to avoid getting into trouble, which could range from them being barred from classes to not being let into campus entirely.
“If you want to control a child, control his hair first,” says Sudhan Prasad Dautel, the principal of Liverpool College, whose fee receipts that included ‘haircutting charge’ went viral on Nepali meme pages a few months ago.
‘Nepal needs to do more than hold summits to lure foreign investment’
In recent years, Nepal has organised multiple summits with the view of attracting large foreign direct investment to improve the scenario of capital formation in the country and meet the government’s vision of building 2,000 km of railway in 10 years and five international airports by 2027, bringing five million tourists by 2027, and producing 15,000 megawatts of electricity in 10 years.
But data shows that despite the large investment pledges made by the attendees at such summits and foreign governments, the status of foreign direct investment inflow has remained as bleak as ever.
Nepali women team denied first silverware after Uzbekistan loss
Nepali national women’s football team failed to materialise their dream of winning first silverware after losing 3-2 against Uzbekistan in the final of the Nadezhda Cup women’s football tournament in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday.
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