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Team NEPO, a youth-led non-profit organization, has established a library in the Rasuwa prison office through its flagship project “Pustak Pariyojana” on Friday along with two-days free health camp for inmates. The Team NEPO said that it established the library in prisons of Nepal to promote rehabilitation, reintegration and reading culture for inmates, ensuring their right to education and information followed by imperceptible reintegration into the society once out of prison. The event was chaired by Chief District Officer Prakash Chandra Adhikari. Dr. Nigam Paudel, Founder President of Team NEPO, DSP Subash Budhathoki, Inspector Bishnu Pradeep Bashyal and Jailor Hariram Neupane were also present in the program. Addressing the inmates and the organization representatives, CDO Prakash Chandra Adhikari congratulated and thanked Team NEPO for their effort towards establishing prisons as correctional centers and requested inmates to invest their time in reading the books. Jailor Hariram Neupane said that he was extremely happy and excited to receive the books and thanked the team for their generous and thoughtful contribution. Dr Nigam Paudel, Founder President of Team NEPO handed over 500 books of various genres ranging from fictional/non-fictional to self-help, motivational, autobiographies and skill development books, journals and magazines. Nabin Khanal, Treasurer of Team NEPO, handed over 100 notebooks and pens to Jailor Hariram Neupane. Dr Paudel highlighted, "Books in prison bring positive changes in people's lives and the reading habit is beneficial for our mental health.” Addressing the prisoners, he appealed to make maximum use of those books, as well as encouraged them to write down their experiences, positive and negative feelings, difficulties and stresses while spending time in prison. stating that the notebooks were provided to the prisoners in order to journal their everyday life in prison, he thanked the supporting partners Ethics from Diverse Perspective and Global Hub for Educational Network. Earlier, libraries were set up in Arghakhanchi, Syangja, Tanahun, Achham, Chitwan and Dang prisons under the campaign. Pustak Pariyojana in Rasuwa benefits 72 inmates (64 males and 8 females). Meanwhile, Sarina Subedi, Program Coordinator of Team NEPO handed over 100 sanitary pads for female inmates inaugurating two-days free health camp on 17th and 18th February. She handed over the sanitary pads in collaboration with District Ayurveda Health Center, Rasuwa, Prison Office Rasuwa supported by Dekha Herbals. The health camp offered general health checkup, blood pressure and blood glucose screening and provided free prescribed medicines, said Dr Paudel. The camp served 72 inmates along with security personnel and other staff of the Rasuwa Prison Office.  

The 73^rd National Democracy Day is being marked by organizing various programs across the country on Sunday. A special program was held at the Army Pavilion, in Tundikhel, this morning. President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chief of Army Staff Parshuram Sharma among high ranking officials of the government attended the program. Every year, Falgun 7 of the Nepali calendar is observed as the National Democracy Day. In 2007 BS, on this day, democracy was established in the country ending the Rana regime.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli held a meeting at the former’s official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday. Earlier on December 25, an agreement was reached to give the Prime Minister to the CPN (Maoist Center) and the President to the CPN-UML. Prime Minister Dahal changed his words immediately after he won the vote of confidence. The Maoist Center, in recent times, however has been saying that the President should be chosen by national consensus. The UML leaders have been saying the party’s candidate should be made the President. Oli has been reiterating that they will not leave the post of President to other parties. As the presidential election is approaching nearer, leaders have intensified the discussions. Earlier this morning, Prime Minister Dahal held separate meetings with Congress Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka and Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane. PM Dahal has inclined to the Nepali Congress after he won the trust vote        

Nepali Congress lawmaker Chandra Bhandari’s mother Hari kala Bhandari, who was critically injured in the cooking gas (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinder explosion on Wednesday, died during the course of treatment at the Kirtipur Hospital on Thursday. Executive Director of the hospital Dr Nijina Tamrakar confirmed the death of Hari Kala Bhandari. Congress leader Bhandari is undergoing treatment at the same hospital. Preparations are underway to take him to India for further treatment. Bhandari and his mother were injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded while cooking food at the Buddhanagar-based house last night.