First chartered accountant Kuber Sharma passes away

 Nepal's first chartered accountant (CA) and former tourism minister Kuber Prasad Sharma passed away today evening.

Sharma died of a heart attack in Kathmandu while undergoing treatment. He was associated with Nepali Congress for long before he founded Hariyali Nepal Party. Being close to the leaders like BP Koirala, Ganeshman Singh, and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, he was a true socialist. But rising corruption and nepotism in the Nepali Congress distracted Sharma from the old party and in 2053 BS he founded Hariyali Nepal Party.

Sharma, who has a BCom and FCA, is Nepal's first chartered accountant apart from president of Rotary Club Kathmandu, chairman of the school management committee of Ratna Rajya Higher Secondary School, Baneshwor, and many more institutions.

He is survived by his wife and three daughters.