Kathmandu, Jan 21 : The rapid response team formed to slaughter birds and bird related items in Kakkarvitta in Jhapa district near Kathmandu, where the bird flu virus was detected, completed its first phase of operation.

According to Kantipur, around 13000 birds were destroyed during the three-day campaign.

Kathmandu, Jan 21: Nepal Prime Minister and Maoist Chairman Prachanda has tabled a proposal related to distribution of party responsibilities at the central and local levels as well as at the party organisational departments in the Central Committee (CC) meeting.

According to Kantipur, Prachanda has proposed formation of a five-member headquarter committee under his convenorship. He also proposed the names of senior leaders, Baburam Bhattarai, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Ram Bahadur Thapa and Mohan Baidya to take up responsibilities for the government, the parliament, army and the street respectively as members of the HQ Committee.

Nepal government is taking all the possible steps to save other regions of Nepal from falling prey to deadly bird flu. Mechinagar has been declared emergency region where birds were found affected with deadly H5N1 virus.

Districts close to the affected areas, including Morang and Chitawan have been issued notices regarding risk of spread of bird flu.

Kathmandu - Nepal on Friday announced its first case of H5N1 strain of bird flu virus in poultry in the eastern region and ordered immediate measures to contain it.

The virus was detected in the border town of Kakarbhitta in Jhapa district, about 450 kilometres east of Kathmandu.

The area is a major border transit point for goods and animals from neighbouring Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.

The Nepalese cabinet met Friday in emergency and declared a 10-kilometre area around Kakarbhitta for Quarantine and ordered immediate culling.

Here’s a wake-up call for this Himalayan nation.

A Cabinet meeting headed by PM Prachanda said that Nepal has detected its first bird flu case of the season.

While speaking on this, Nepal’s agriculture Minister, Jai Prakash Prasad Gupta stated, “The virus has been found in chicken and ducks. We have confirmed it is H5N1 virus.”

The minister informed the media persons that the deadly H5N1 bird flu was reported in poultry from the southeast Nepal town of Kakarvitta, bordering India.

New Delhi, Jan. 15 : Syria and Nepal today said that they were interested in enhancing cooperation with India in the fertiliser sector.

Delegations from these two countries conveyed this message to Chemicals, Fertilizers and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Paswan welcomed both delegations. The Syrian delegation was led by Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Sufian Al Alao, while the Nepalese team was led by that country''s Commerce and Supplies Minister Rajendra Mahato.