The gathering held in Singapore in the presence of Chairman of the Federation Biswasdeep Tigela, elected Ale Maila as general secretary, and members are Homkaji Gurung, Bipin Yonjan, Kumar Shrestha, Kedar Rai, Tanka Limbu, Subhas Ghising, Suraj Rai (Darjeelinge Bro), Balkrishna Titung, Homnath Gurung, Hom Bahadur Gomden and the Advisors are Jiwan Mukarung and Madan Mabo.

This is the 14th branch of the Federation so far spread in 12 countries.

Meanwhile, at the 200th Bhanu Jayanti organised by the Federation in Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia, Federation Vice Chairman Mani Rai Gothale made public a monthly e-magazine. The e-magazine ‘Mulbato’ is edited by Dr. Lekhnath Kafle from Taiwan.

KATHMANDU: Tilak Bahadur Thapa Magar, who was given a clemency by Afghan President Hamid Karzai last week, has said that the government should play crucial role for the rescue of Nepali migrant workers languishing in jails in different countries.

Magar, who was serving a 20-year jail term in Afghanistan for 27 months had arrived home on July 13 after Karzai granted clemency on the request of Nepal government.

He also thanked Nepal government for playing a parental role for his release.

Organizing a press conference at Reporters Club Nepal on Thursday, he said he was arrested by officials of Afghan Intelligence Organization on charge of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Thapa was working as a security chief in a multinational company in Helmand Province of Afghanistan. The local and appellate courts had ordered 16 in jail to Thapa. However, the supreme court later fined 20 in year in jail.

Thapa said that Afghani national Muhammad Asgar working in the same company was arrested by the NDS who later supplied Thapa’s name for spying, paving a way for Thapa’s arrest.

He shared he was given extreme tortures in jail. “They were beyond telling,” Thapa recounted.

Thapa, a premanent resident of Tanahun, has expressed gratitude to then prime minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai, then foreign affairs minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Nepali Ambassador to Pakistan Bharat Raj Poudyal, who is also accredited to Afghanistan mission, member of the National Human Rights Commission Gauri Pradhan, YCL Tamuwan Coordinator Ktshiz Lamichhane and others who supported for his release.

Thirty-six Nepalis migrant workers employed at the Chinese Village Restaurant in Dubai collected the amount at the initiatives of Prayag Raj Bhandari. Bhandari is from Malakheti, Kailali district.

The amount was handed over to Assistant Regional Administrator of the Far-West Region Dinesh Kumar Ghimire.

The donation was received through the Kailali district reporter of Kantipur Television, Tek Raj Joshi.

Flood in the Mahakali River on June 16 and 17 triggered by incessant rains caused heavy damage in Khalanga Bazaar in Darchula district.

KATHMANDU: The National Election Commission of the Non-Resident Nepali Association, Australia, has declared the ICC representatives from Australia for the upcoming two years.

Issuing a press statement, the National Election Commission declared the name of elected office-bearers of ICC representatives from 2013 to 2015.

The elected members are Dr Krishna Hamal, Sanjeev K Sharma, Bhairab Dhakal and Sujata Basnet KC. The Commission has appreciated all the enthusiastic efforts and participation from everyone in this election process.

The program to be organized by members of Nepal Japan Youth Club Dinu Gurung, Sarita Lalchan and Dalu Lama would begin at 10:00 PM and would continue till 4:00 AM, Lalchan said.

The Ladies’ Night Program would be organized at Maya Restaurant in Gotanda. The organizers said that the program is exclusively organized for the women only. The entry fee of the program has been fixed 3,500 Japanese Yen.

All the collected money would be send for flood victims in Nepal, it is said.

The deceased is Sailendra Thapa of Tulsipur in Dang district. Thapa was killed near Thegu in Seoul. The accident took place when a car that Thapa was riding hit a parked truck. 

His body has been kept in a local Hospital in Thegu. 

BOSTON: Nepalis community in Boston of USA organized a monthly regular gathering on Sunday where over one and half dozen Nepalis recited their poems and other creations. The program was organized at Cambridge, Boston.

Senior littérateur Dr Shiva Gautam recited his Fibonacci.

The program was conducted under the banner of literary series ‘Srijana Utsav’.

Gauravraj Thapaliya, littérateur Dinesh Rajbhandari, Maheshwor Panta and others were present at the program. They opined to develop Srijana Utsav as a common platform of Nepalis living in Boston of USA.

On the occasion, Bharati Gautam, Maheshwor Panta, Dipa Rai Pun, Suresh Wagle, Anu Shah, Dinesh Rajbhandari, Gobardhan Pooja, Roshani Khanal, Gaurab Raj Thapaliya, Bhakta Gurung, Mamata Karmacharya, Lalab Bahadur Eir, Gyan Prasad Sharma, Sushma Shrestha Nepal, Anshu Laxmi Rajbhandari and Deli Tamang, among others recited their poems by remembering their motherland.

SAN FRANCISCO: The Motherland Nepal has welcomed UML youth leader Rabindra Adhikari in San Francisco on Friday evening.

Currently, the UML youth leader is in the USA visit under US government’s IV program.

Adhikari, an MA in Management, said that people are yet to get benefit of democracy due to lack of economic reform though the country witnessed drastic political changes.

The program was organized at Himalayan Flavour Restaurant.

Chairman of Motherland Nepal Anil Pandey said that country’s future was in the hand of youth leaders.

KATHMANDU: A Nepali former Qatar Academy chemistry teacher Dorje Gurung held on charges of insulting Islam has been released from jail, Doha News reports.

Gurung is expected to leave Qatar soon, according to his colleagues, who said they won’t breathe sighs of relief until that happens. The teacher has apparently been given assurances that the charges against him will be dropped.

Gurung, who was fired from QA last month over remarks he made to students, was set to fly out to his native country of Nepal shortly thereafter. But those plans were derailed after he was picked up on May 1 and held at the Al Rayyan police station for 10 days.

According to Gurung’s colleagues, the teacher had been responding to harassment from the students and jokes about his nationality by asking something to the effect of, how would you like to be stereotyped, i.e. called a terrorist?