Nepal Highlights

All eyes were drawn towards CPN (UML)'s senior leader KP Sharma Oli's residence in Balkot Tuesday evening to see if the crooked leaders would cook up something that could feel up their stomach.

Nepali Yarshagumba pickers faced a tough time this season after loads of small consignments were returned due to 'lack of quality.'The price of yarshagumba has reduced steeply due to the surplus created by the return. According to informed sources, Nepalis export yarshagumba to China. However, Chinese businessmen who take yarshagumba and process it in labs to produce various medicines refused to accept consignments this time saying the supplied yarshagumba were of low quality. Yarshagumba is a herb found in high altitude which is believed to increase potency and cure many other diseases. The herb is also found in lower altitudes, but they lack quality. Some of them which are found in very low altitude are even poisonous. Yarshagumba which are found above the altitude of 5000 metres from sea-level is of best quality experts say.

The agitating Unified CPN (Maoist) has declared it has captured Dhankuta municipality and formed a municipality corporation, Monday. Maoist cadres entered the municipality premises in Dhankuta at the beginning of office hours this morning and announced the names of new mayor, deputy mayor and the members.

The Unified CPN (Maoist) has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal as the pre-condition for ending the current political crisis.

The government has adopted a policy to upgrade classes of students up to seventh grade by continuous assessment. They will not need to take the exams till seventh grade as per the new policy, the education secretary said.

The government is preparing to expand the area of Bardiya National Park (BNP) to double its present size by annexing 898 sq. km of forest area along the east-west highway in Dang.

Pioneer poet (Adi Kavi) Bhanu Bhakta Acharya’s dilapidated house located at Shikhar Kateri of Chundi Ramgha in Tanahun district is going to be reconstructed to resemble its original shape, reports say.