HELLO NEPAL

Save the nation from being another Sikkim I must congratulate and wish both the Oli led government and the Chand led CPN for their upcoming peace talks going to be held in near future “Govt forms talk-team to hold talks with Biplav-led party”(THT online, March 2). It seems that the government has agreed to meet their demands that they had put forwarded to the government to fulfil before sitting on the negotiation table. This shows that both of them are keen to resolve their political indifference on the negotiation table and join hands together for the well-being of the nation and the people rather than taking different political paths in order to gain their upper hands on the political agenda. The nation and the people cannot bear any more political and social violence other than they had seen and experienced during the ten long years so-called the people’s war under the leadership of Pushpa Kamal Dahal who had decided to join mainstreaming politics almost 16 years ago and i...

The Himalayan Times 25 February 2021 Willingness for talks It was indeed encouraging to read about the government considering having formal talks with the Chand-led CPN party for bringing it into mainstreaming politics "Chand-led CPN positive about talks" (THT,February 22, Page 1). Whatever the clandestine political agenda behind the government's intention to call the earlier banned CPN for talks, it should be seen as a positive move. In fact, this government had imposed restrictions on all activities of the Chand-led CPN on March 12,2019 following its violent activities.    In the last one-and-half years hundreds of cadres of the party were arrested, and the government continued keeping close eye on those having connected with the party. A few cadres were even shot dead by the police during encounters. Recently, a teacher was kidnapped by slitting his throat by their cadres in an eastern hilly district.Many top leaders are spending their time in jail for political reas...

  Waiting for the exciting day It was wonderful day for me to  know from today’s (18 Feb/21) "The Himalayan Times" about the news of elderly people getting COVID 19 jabs from March 7. I will be among them. 👍😆😂   Elderly to be vaccinated against COVID from Mar 7 By HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Published: 10:38 am Feb 18, 2021 The Ministry of Health and Population has decided to inoculate people above the age of 60 from March 7. MoHP Spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam disclosed this at a press briefing here today. The government plans to inoculate 2,652,258 people above 60 years of age, which is 8.73 per cent of Nepal's population, according to Samir Adhikari, assistant spokesperson for the health ministry. For details: https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/elderly-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-from-mar-7