Canadian agency to stop work in Nepal

KATHMANDU, FEB 06 - The Canadian Cooperation Office, established in 1987, has decided to wind down its Nepal-based operations. “The Government of Canada decided to wind down its direct country-to-country bilateral development assistance for Nepal on February 28, 2013. This decision is part of a Deficit Reduction Action Plan announced in the Government of Canada ’s 2012 budget,” said the Canadian...

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Present government will exit soon: Oli

KAILALI, FEB 06 - Senior leader of the CPN–UML KP Oli has said that the tenure of the present government will end soon. Speaking at an interaction programme organized in Kailali on Wednesday by the Nepal Intellectual Council Kailali, Oli said, as there is no reason for this government to remain intact, it will soon collapse. The outlet of the present crisis is nothing other than exit of the...

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34 Killed by Heavy Rain

SLAMABAD: Days of torrential rain have killed 34 people in Pakistan, mostly on the northwestern border with Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.The worst-hit region was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest where 25 people were killed and 57 injured as a result of heavy rain from Sunday to Tuesday, the provincial disaster management authority said. Three soldiers were also reported missing after...

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