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ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Friday, January 10
Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 10, 2020)Post Report
Here are some of the stories from The Kathmandu Post (January 10, 2020)
A year after handover of Kalanki-Koteshwor road, the eight-lane expressway still lacks safety infrastructure
Even a year after the Chinese handover of the 10.5 km Kalanki-Koteshwor road to Nepal, the government authorities have not added any road safety infrastructure along the eight-lane expressway to prevent the increasing number of road traffic casualties.
Data from the Metropolitan Traffic Police Range, Lalitpur, show that 1,118 traffic accidents occurred along the road in the past 19 months, killing 45 people and injuring 769 others.
India’s ban on imports of refined palm oil could kill Nepal’s biggest export
India on Wednesday imposed restrictions on imports of refined palm oil, in a move seen as a retaliation against Malaysia, but its repercussions are likely to be immediate in Nepal, as Nepal’s largest export is refined palm oil.
While government officials are worried about the restriction’s impact on Nepal’s export volume, experts say this situation was a long time coming, as traders had been exploiting a zero tariff facility on essential products.
A divided house, ruling party has yet to decide on Speaker candidate
A deepening conflict over the candidate for House Speaker and the Millenium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal Compact has broken the facade of unity in the ruling Nepal Communist Party.
Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who had appeared flexible on letting Subas Nembang become the House Speaker just a few days ago, has hardened his stance lately, largely because of pressure from the Maoist faction of the party, according to insiders.
Middlemen lobby for their interests in parliamentary Public Accounts Committee
Members of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee have raised serious questions regarding the functioning of the House panel that is mandated to look into governmental financial irregularities. Some members allege that there are vested interests at play in the committee.
Hundreds of undocumented Nepali workers return from Malaysia after availing general amnesty
Nearly 6,000 Nepali expatriate workers have availed the general amnesty extended by the Malaysian government to undocumented immigrants to enable them to return to their home countries.
Through the five-month-long amnesty scheme called Back for Good Programme, which started in August last year, the Malaysian government had provided an opportunity to illegal immigrants on its soil to return to their own countries following a formal process.