ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Thursday, January 9
Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 9, 2020)All 122 Chinese nationals arrested from various parts of Kathmandu were deported on Wednesday. Angad Dhakal/TKP
Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 9, 2020)
Nepal’s arrest and deportation of 122 Chinese raise legal and ethical questions
The Department of Immigration on Wednesday deported all 122 Chinese nationals who were arrested from various parts of Kathmandu on December 23 for their involvement in “suspicious activities”.
The deportation, which took place after security agencies failed to establish any criminal charges against them, has left many questions unanswered, including why they were arrested in the first place and what will happen to them once they are in China.
Government is running out of duty stickers and that may halt liquor and cigarette sales
There’s plenty of liquor but Nepalis may soon have none to buy.
With the government almost out of its stock of excise duty stickers, there could be a halt on the import of foreign alcohol. Liquor and tobacco manufacturers must paste excise duty stickers on their products in order to sell them in the market, as per Excise Duty Regulations.
According to the Inland Revenue Department, the agency that implements the regulation, excise duty stickers are already in short supply. Stickers for imported liquor have already run out and the department has resorted to using stickers that are meant for local products.
Nepal Airlines' Doha service avoids Iranian airspace
Nepal Airlines said its Kathmandu-Doha service has avoided Iranian airspace as tensions between Tehran and Washington escalate following the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a US drone in Iraq.
Nepal Airlines flies daily to the Qatari capital Doha at 10:25 pm. The carrier has been using Iranian airspace since 2017 after several Arab nations barred aircraft from flying to Doha through their airspace.
Customers at Krishna Bahadur Khatri Chhetri’s eatery, known colloquially as ‘Laptan ko hotel’ and located in Dillibazar, gained fame as a hub for politically conscious young people and literary personalities during the Rana and Panchayat regimes.
Given the kind of people who patronised this eatery, its story remains well-documented in Nepal’s political and literary history.
Kathmandu District Court orders Prithivi Malla in judicial custody until the final verdict
The man accused in the fatal drunk-driving car accident in the Capital last December has been sent to jail until a final verdict in the case is announced.
Judge Dipak Kumar Dahal at the Kathmandu District Court issued the order against Prithvi Malla.The 21-year-old was taken into police custody after causing the death of 38-year-old Lila Devkota in a drunk-driving accident in Budhanilkantha on December 14. Malla has been accused of vehicular homicide.
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