Korean Language Test to begin on February 19
The Employment Permit Section Korea under the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) is conducting the Korean Language Test (KLT) from February 19.
According to EPS Korea, the exam will be held at National Vocational Training Academy, Bhainsepati.
Director at EPS Korea Maiya Kandel said that exams will be conducted in five shifts in a day and arrangements have been made to conduct exams for 1,000 students each day.
"Arrangements have been made to run exams on Saturday as well. Around 47,000 students can take their KLT in the first shift," Kandel added.
The students should appear for the biometric registration of their fingerprints a day before at the EPS Korea Section Office at Gwarko, Lalitpur. And the biometric would be verified at the examination center.
Two Pakistani nationals held with nearly Rs 10 million from TIA
Police have arrested two Pakistani nationals with nearly Rs 10 million in foreign currency from the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Yasin Ahmed (31) and Mohammad Adnan Lakhani (48), who arrived in Kathmandu from Dubai, were arrested with 500, 000 Danish kroner.
The seized foreign currency is worth Rs 954,3000.
Police said the duo were apprehended with the foreign currency during a regular security check.
They have been kept at the Metropolitan Police Circle, Gaushala.
Public holiday tomorrow in Gandaki
A public holiday has been announced in Gandaki Province tomorrow to mark the Gandaki Provincial Government Establishment Day.
The Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers has issued a notice stating that all government offices, educational institutions and public institutions across the province will remain closed on Friday.
Spokesperson of the Office Praveen Dhakal shared that as per the decision of the Province Council of Ministers, a notice regarding the holiday has been published in the Provincial Gazette.
The day the first chief minister of the Province, Prithvi Subba Gurung, assumed office after the first provincial government was formed through the election of the provincial assembly is observed as the establishment day of the government every year.
On the Establishment Day, the provincial government is scheduled to organize various programs including morning procession, foundation day celebration, main program and an illumination in the evening.
10 killed in Kapilvastu bus accident
Ten persons died when a commuter bus they were traveling in met with an accident near the Surahi Bridge in Shivaraj Municipality-1 of Kapilvastu on Thursday.
According to the District Police Office, Kapilvastu, one of the deceased has been identified as Narayan Bahadur Bhandari of Pahurani Municipality-3, Rautahat.
The identities of nine others are yet to be established.
Police said that 30 persons were injured in the accident.
Among the injured, nine have been taken to Butwal for treatment. Remaining others are undergoing treatment at various health institutions in Chandrauta.
The tragedy occurred when the bus (Su-Pa-Pra-02-001 Ba 0098) heading towards Mahendranagar from Kathmandu fell some 100 meters down the road at 1 am, police said.
