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The Himalayan Times 26 May 2014 Encouraging initiative It was astonishing to read the news “Minister tells cops to be courteous “ (THT, 22 May, Page 2) that might have been appreciated by all the readers. The orientation programme “Police Service with Smile” organized by the Nepal Police seems to be a very worthy programme in terms of making the police service friendly. So far, the relationship between the police and general people does not seem healthy for a number of reasons. This is definitely a very encouraging step in the police history when a sitting Home Minister directing police personnel to be courteous and asking them to demonstrate good conduct and behaviour with the general public. In fact, the general public find it uncomfortable in the presence of the police which indicates that they see them (the police) as intruders rather than helping friends. I have heard many times traffic police scolding taxi and bus drivers using foul words. Can’t they be more...

The Himalayan Times 20 May 2014 Doubts remain This is in response to the news report “Statute may not be delivered on time: Gyawali” (THT, 19 Mar, Page 3). This possibility does not seem palatable all the political parties had promised to promulgate the new constitution within one year. However, looking closely at the ongoing political activities of the senior leaders of major political parties, Gyawali’s saying cannot be easily rejected. In a recent meeting with the 5 Chairmen of various constitutional committees, CA Chairman Subash Nembang had even expressed his dissatisfaction over the absenteeism of senior leaders in the house and other CA deliberation. The slow pace of the coalition government on handling the state’s daily affairs, delay in nomination of 26 lawmakers, delay in nomination of chiefs and members of various constitutional bodies, delay in holding local election as promised to hold within six months and so on, leave ample room for suspicion. It ha...

The Himalayan Times 16 May 2014 A case for reflection The outbreak of jaundice in Biratnagar has already claimed the lives of ten people in the last two weeks and does not seem to be under controlled looking the increasing number of affected persons visiting the government and private hospitals. More than 1500 people have been found to be severely affected in different wards of Morang district. This is an unfortunate and unusual outbreak occurred in the urban areas where literate population reside in comparison to the rural areas with less accessibility of health facilities. The roles played by the government owned health institutions do not seem effective with regard to taking precautionary measures once few cases of jaundice were seen in the outskirts of Biratnagar. The local population have to be made aware of taking necessary measures to chase away jaundice. A massive awareness campaign has to be immediately initiated by the District Health Office and its sub ...