News In Brief
On March 18, 2009, President of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala said that not extending the terms of eight Brigadier Generals the government had acted against the high morale of the Nepal Army; so, he was going to talk about it with the Prime Minister according to the 6:00 A.M. news of the state-run Nepal Radio news. Similarly, General Secretary of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel met with the President and talked about the terms of eight Brigadier Generals.
On March 18, 2009, speaking to the anchor of the morning program of the Radio Nepal, Finance Minister Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai told that he was not back tracking from the five percent tax on the private schools’ earnings, no matter what the Minister for Education said; however, his actions would not adversely affect the students taking the School Leaving Examinations starting on March 25, 2009.