Monitoring Committee to be formed to facilitate waste management of Kathmandu
The government has decided to form a Facilitation and Monitoring Committee to facilitate the waste management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. A meeting held on Monday under the coordination of Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary decided to form the committee. The committee will comprise the members of the House of Representatives of Kathmandu, Nuwakot and Dhading. Informing about forming the committee, Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa said that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started collecting garbage and sought help of all the people for the long-term management of the waste. Writing a status on Facebook, he said that continuous facilitation and monitoring are necessary for the waste management of Kathmandu Valley. He was of the opinion that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City is working at its best to manage the waste.
Parliament meeting postponed till August 29
The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has been postponed till August 29. The meeting was postponed after tabling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Enforced Disappearance Commission (Third Amendment) Bill, 2079 in the Parliament. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Govinda Prasad Sharma presented the Bill in the Parliament today.
Unification between Maoist Center and CPN (US) soon after elections: Khanal
CPN (Unified Socialist) senior leader Jhalanath Khanal has announced that his party and the CPN (Maoist Center) would be unified soon after the elections. Senior leader Khanal said this during a program organized by his party at Tansen on Monday. For now, the party was for a work alliance till elections and then got unified with the CPN (Maoist Center), he reiterated. He further argued that his party was close to the Maoist Center in terms of policy, principles and thoughts, which was paving way for the unification. He also underscored the need for unification among all communist parties for building a strong communist party in Nepal. According to him, a task force was formed by the ruling alliance to decide on the seat sharing for the coming November 20 elections, which would give a final decision within some days. Present five-party alliance would continue till the election, he said, reminding that the communist party was given nearly two-thirds of total votes in the last general election, but the unification among communist parties failed due to internal strife.
Haitians launch protests, demand ouster of prime minister
Thousands of protesters in Haiti’s capital and other major cities blocked roads, shut down businesses and marched through the streets Monday to demand that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down and to call for a better quality of life, Associated Press reported.
Associated Press journalists observed an unidentified man fatally shoot a demonstrator in Port-au-Prince and then flee in a car as the crowd temporarily scattered.
Demonstrator Lionel Jean-Pierre, who witnessed the shooting, said things in Haiti have gotten out of control.
“Families don’t know what to do,” he said as the crowd around him chanted: “If Ariel doesn’t leave, we’re going to die!”
Violence and kidnappings have surged in Port-au-Prince and nearby areas in recent months, with warring gangs killing hundreds of civilians in their fight over territory. They have grown more powerful since last year’s assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
In one of the most recent killings denounced by the prime minister and Haiti’s Office of Citizen Protection, suspected gang members killed eight people over the weekend in one community, including a mother and her two daughters who were set on fire while still alive.
“This collective crime adds to the list of victims...that has reached an alarming proportion,” the office said.
Poverty also has deepened, with inflation reaching 29% and some prices of some basic goods such as rice more than quadrupling. Gasoline also remains scarce and, if available, costs $15 a gallon.
“I need the gas to work,” 28-year-old moto-taxi driver Garry Larose said as he marched. “I have a family to feed, school to pay.”
In one protest, people wore black T-shirts, while at another they wore red T-shirts emblazoned with the words, “RISE UP.”
The protests come days after dozens of demonstrators staged a sit-in in front of Henry’s official residence and demanded that he resign, according to Associated Press.
On Monday, police clashed with demonstrators in some areas, firing tear gas to break up the crowd as burning tires blocked roads.
