Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (September 24, 2019).
Training programme on Xi Jinping Thought raises concern among opposition leaders
The primary opposition party has raised concerns about the ruling Nepal Communist Party’s two-day training programme on Xi Jinping Thought, the current guiding doctrine of the Communist Party of China.
There are some fundamental differences between Nepali and Chinese societies, constitutions, political orientations and governing systems, said opposition Nepali Congress leaders at a book launch programme in the Capital on Monday.
Nepal among countries with slowest mobile internet
Nepal was ranked 130 out of 145 countries in mobile internet speed by the latest Speedtest Global Index by Ookla.
The survey conducted by the internet testing and analysis firm recorded Nepal's average mobile internet speed at 10.78 megabytes per second (Mbps) against the global average of 28.02 Mbps.
The ranking has put Nepal a few points ahead of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. South Korea, with 111 Mbps of mobile data speed, is placed at the top of the list.
Government shortlists contractors for three ambitious projects, including Nijgadh airport
The government on Monday shortlisted contractors for the construction of three mega projects—Lower Arun Hydropower Project, Nijgadh International Airport and Kathmandu Outer Ring Road Project—in a move that could give impetus to Nepal’s much-needed infrastructure.
A meeting of the Investment Board of Nepal, chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, shortlisted the contractors for the three projects, which were among those showcased at the Nepal Investment Summit held in March.
Begum Hazrat Mahal was the queen of Awadh, a princely state located in today’s Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and a fierce participant in India’s first freedom movement, the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.
In 1856, the British East India Company deposed Awadh’s ruler Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and exiled him to Calcutta with a promise of a life of luxury. His queen, Begum Mahal, however, enthroned their 12-year-old son Birjis Qadr, and fought the British valiantly for two years, before escaping and seeking asylum in Nepal. She came with a coterie of helpers and soldiers, among whom were Samim's ancestors.
Police are failing rape victims, new human rights commission report says
Despite an increase in the number of reported rape cases in Nepal, rape victims are repeatedly let down by the police, a damning new human rights report says.
Human rights activists have frequently said that young Nepali girls and women who report rape, now estimated to be over a thousand each year, face an insensitive police force that comprises mostly male officers who are woefully undertrained when it comes to dealing with survivors of sexual violence, a majority of whom are minors. And now, a study on rape victims’ access to justice and police accountability in ensuring the same, released on Monday by the National Human Rights Commission, confirms what rights activists have said for years.
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