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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who is on an official visit to China, is returning home today.

During the visit, he held meetings with high-level political leadership, including Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Chairperson, Wang Huning, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing.

Matters related to different dimensions of bilateral relations between Nepal and China were discussed on the occasion.

Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha also called on Vice Minister of the Communist Party of China's Foreign Department Sun Haiyan. During the meeting, they discussed ways to deepen relations between the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the Communist Party of China.

DPM Shrestha addressed a pre-investment conference organized at the Nepali Embassy in Beijing, calling upon Chinese investors to invest in Nepal.

He also visited the southwestern city of China, Chongqing Municipality. On the occasion, Shrestha and Secretary of the Communist Party of China Zhejiang Committee Yuan Jiajun held a delegation-level meeting. On the occasion, DPM Shrestha said Nepal and China should move forward together in the journey of economic prosperity.

Similarly, DPM Shrestha also held a meeting with Wang Junzheng, party secretary of China's Xizang Autonomous Region. On the occasion, Shrestha said Nepal and China should move forward together in the journey of economic prosperity. Similarly, Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha met Wang Zhungheng, party secretary of China's Xizang Autonomous Region, and urged him to resolve the problems being faced by the people of the Nepal-China border area.

He visited the Consulate General of Nepal in Lhasa and directed them to pay attention to economic diplomacy. A delegation headed by DPM Shrestha also visited the Kailash Mansarovar area in Tibet. He also met Sichuan People's Government Governor Huang Xiaoxiang and urged him for Chinese investment in Nepal.

Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha had left for China on March 25 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. 

Life feels heavy when things don’t  go right 

Feels sorrowful like a tree not having any leaves 

Making sadness an art by writing its creation.  

Said to be the world’s the felicitous doesn’t exit 

Even through the drove, doesn’t know your dispirited

So your heart knows, it’s the one to control oneself. 

Gloom does not have any hope to breath 

Breathing heavy having no tries in eyes 

Life seems heavy when you go through rejection. 

You get jumbled and be in your lowest 

So is foremost to feel the necessity in one’s life 

Even if you fully do your best, there’s something hiding on your back.  

Bang! Bang! Bang! Reminding every moment 

Waiting for its best to happen, and happens the antithetical

You express yourself, and you fail to make them understand.  

They teach you to love and be happy 

But when remissness changes the situation 

Not a soul teaches you to rebuild  the same happiness.  

It gives option you to rebuild the situation 

Life gives you tightness and roughness  

It’s your choice to face or pass over the fact.   

Supriya Paudel

BBM III Semester

United College, Kumaripati, Lalitpur

Police have arrested three Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in online fraud in Birgunj.

They were accused of duping the people of Nepal, India and Pakistan among other countries through social media and mobile phones.

Police apprehended the Chinese nationals on Saturday on the charge of defrauding people by establishing a call center at a two-storey house in Laxmanuwa, Birgunj Metropolitan City-15.

Among the arrestees, two are Chinese nationals and two Nepali nationals, translators of Chinese language.

Police made public the Chinese nationals amidst a press conference on Sunday.

The identities of the two Nepali nationals, however, have not been disclosed.

Police had received the information that a gang has been cheating Nepalis and foreign nationals by operating a call center in Birgunj for the past two months.

On the basis of the same information, police on Saturday nabbed the Chinese nationals from Birgunj Metropolitan City-16.

Following their arrest, a police team led by SP Kumod Dhungel of the District Police Office, Parsa carried out a raid at the house of Nandu Patel in Laxmanuwa in Birgunj-15 from where they were operating a call center.

During the raid, police recovered a large quantity of electronic devices, computers, laptops, mobile phones and SIM cards from the house, SP Dungel said.

During the press conference organized at the District Police Office, Parsa, though Dhungel informed that only three Chinese nationals involved in the gang were arrested, police have also arrested two other Chinese citizens.

Police have apprehended two more Chinese nationals from Hotel Bishwa in Birgunj.

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, has presented a proposal in the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today, seeking general discussions on the agreement related to establishing the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

Tabling the motion, Minister Basnet said the ISA was formed with the goal of increasing energy accessibility and guaranteeing energy security through energy promotion. He informed the House that all the member nations of the United Nations were affiliated to it.

Nepal signed the agreement in 2022 and so far, 118 countries have signed it while 97 countries have approved it, he added.

The energy minister insisted that Nepal signed this pact with the commitment to emphasize on the use of clean energy and moving ahead the energy security in an effective way for combating the challenges of climate change.

He said that in Nepal it is necessary to accord priority to solar energy as the production of hydroelectricity goes up during the monsoon while it decreases during the dry season whereas the demand for energy and its consumption is almost constant throughout the year.

Minister Basnet argued that solar energy is the best alternative for the immediate addressing of the demand for electricity since it takes a long time to construct the reservoir-based hydroelectricity projects.

Lawmaker Madhav Sapkota said signing on the ISA founding agreement will be advantageous for Nepal as it will increase the country's access to green finance. He stressed that solar energy is the best option to fill the gap between energy demand and supply in the country. Sapkota also called for organising special discussion in parliament on climate change issues.

Lawmaker Sobita Gautam stressed on expanding the access to renewable energy sources for substituting the import of petroleum products which accounts for around 23 percent of Nepal's total imports.

Ganesh Parajuli said there is the possibility of bringing huge foreign direct investment into the country in the solar energy sector.

Lawmaker Metmani Chaudhary called on the government to give equal priority to the generation of solar power to supplement hydropower for meeting the growing demand for power in the country.

A meeting of the Nepali Congress Central Work Execution Committee has been summoned for April 2.

According to NC central office chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel, the meeting is scheduled to take place at 2 pm on Tuesday at the private residence of party President Sher Bahadur Deuba in Budhanilkantha.

Committee office-bearers and members are directed to attend the meeting.

Nepali Congress, Bagmati Province has directed its Parliamentary Party in the Province Assembly (PA) to vote against Chief Minister Shalikram Jamarkattel.

A meeting of the NC Bagmati Work Execution Committee held today under the chair of NC Bagmati President Indra Bahadur Baniya instructed the entire PA members from the party to vote against the Chief Minister. They have been asked not to stay neutral in the process of vote of confidence for Jamarkattel.

Bagmati CM Jamarkattel is to seek a vote of confidence on April 1, Monday.

NC Parliamentary Party leader for the Province, Bahadur Singh Lama, has been asked to implement the instruction.

Jamarkattel is required to obtain 56 votes for the vote of confidence. The 110-member PA consists of 37 members from the NC, 27 from the CPN-UML, 21 from the Maoist Center, 13 from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, seven from the CPN (Unified Socialist), three from Nepal Workers and Peasants' Party and two from the Hamro Nepali Party.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 17. 30 points to close at 2,018.33 points on Sunday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 2. 51 points to close at 356. 58 points.

A total of 7,957,659-unit shares of 316 companies were traded for Rs 3. 20 billion.

Meanwhile, Maya Khola Hydropower Company Limited (MKHC) was the top gainer today with its price surging by 10. 00 percent. Likewise, Sarbottam Cement Limited (SARBTM) was the top loser with its price dropped by 9. 99 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 3. 20 trillion.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority has filed a corruption case against medical entrepreneur Bishal Pandit for carrying out irregularities while procuring health supplies of Koshi Provincial Hospital.

The anti-graft watchdog filed the case at the Special Court against Pandit today.