SIX LAWMAKERS ASKED TO SUBMIT PASSPORTS FOR SCAM INVESTIGATION

SIX MORE LAWMAKERS ASKED TO SUBMIT THEIR DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS

Kathmandu, 9 May: Parliament secretariat Sunday asked six lawmakers to make available their diplomatic passports after a written request by CIAA, Kantipur reports.
Four are from MJFN and two from MJFL.
The lawmakers are: Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav, Rambha Debi, Karima Begam, Shibpujan RayaYadav, Shamla Khatun and Sanjaya Kumar Sah.
They have been asked to submit their passports to the unit of parliament secretariat’s international contact and coordination unit.
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906,100 FACEBOOK NEPALI USERS

Kathmanfu, 9 May: Forty percent of Nepalis with internet access use facebook, Kantipur reports.
Social Backers estimates 906,100 use facebook.
Approximately 8.49 percent Nepalis have internet access.
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MONITORING OF COMBATANTS MAY SOON BEGIN


Kathmandu, 9 May: The secretariat under the Special Committee is all set to start recruiting ex-security personnel for deployment in cantonments for supervision of the Maoist combatants by the end of this week, Republica reports.

The move is expected to enable the 12-member secretariat to effectively supervise the Maoist combatants living in cantonments for the last four years.

Though the cabinet had approved various posts required for the secretariat more than a month ago, the decision was delayed due to dispute over allowances to be given them.

Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Baskota and Peace and Reconstruction Secretary Dhruba Sharma sorted out the issue of allowance on Sunday, paving way for the much-awaited recruitments in the secretariat.

“We are going to start the process of recruiting ex-security personnel by the end of this week,” said Bala Nanda Sharma, convener of the secretariat.

As it lacks human resources, all the 21 satellite cantonments remain unmonitored since the exit of the UN mission in mid-January. The secretariat is planning to recruit 146 ex-security personnel who also have the experience of serving in the United Nations´ peace keeping missions.

The 12-member secretariat, which serves as the implementation body of the Special Committee headed by the prime minister, plans to deploy the ex-security personnel to cantonments, mainly to satellite cantonments.

Similarly, the secretariat is all set to set up the much-awaited situation center by the end of this week after its current office is moved from the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction to the Birendra International Convention Center, New Baneshwar.

“The situation center will also come into operation this week,” said Sharma.

Serving members of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and People´s Liberation Army will work at the center round the clock.
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