In response to the alarming spread of dengue infection affecting thousands, a comprehensive 24-hour curfew has been enacted in Dharan sub-metropolitan city, located in the Sunsari district. The District Administration Office of Sunsari, in an official statement released on Friday, announced the imposition of a curfew due to the widespread prevalence of dengue infection across 12 local levels within Dharan sub-metropolitan city. A staggering count of more than 16,000 individuals have fallen victim to the outbreak. The District Disaster Management Committee convened a meeting on July 26th, during which a recommendation was put forth to declare a public health emergency…
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KATHMANDU: The Investment Board Nepal (IBN) has approved a total investment of Rs 36.37 billion for four hydropower projects. A meeting of the IBN chaired by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday approved investments for Rolwaling Khola (22 MW), Chujung Khola (63 MW), Dana Khola (49.95 MW), and Sani Bheri (44.52 MW) hydropower projects. According to a statement released by the Office of the Investment Board Nepal (OIBN), the meeting also reviewed the progress of the reservoir-type Tamor Hydropower Project. The meeting decided to form a high-level committee to provide recommendations for its implementation. Likewise, the board has decided to…
More than two hundred children and teenagers have run away from the Bal Sudhar Griha (juvenile detention center) in Bhaktapur. Out of a total two hundred fifty-six inmates at the Center, about 200 have fled, said Khagendra Rijal, Chief District Office in Bhaktapur. Among those, 84 have been nabbed from different places across Kathmandu valley, said the authority. The incident happened while family members and relatives of an inmate who died at the center on Sunday gathered there and were protesting. The inmates, authorities said, used the back door and windows of the building to run away. Those who ran away…
KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has also taken a statement from former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. His statement was taken by the CIB on Sunday night in the Lalita Niwas land case. Last night, the CIB also took a statement from another former Prime Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. CIB spokesperson Nawaraj Adhikari said that the investigation report will probably be submitted to the public prosecutor’s office today. He said that the report was to be submitted on Sunday, but it was not possible due to technical reasons. On Shrawan 21 (Aug 6), the Supreme Court…
KATHMANDU: The businessmen are protesting because the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is attempting to evict street vendors. On Sunday, small businesspeople operating street commerce gathered and marched in Kathmandu against the Metropolitan City’s decision. Businessmen who do business on bicycles, carts, and footpaths, as well as some ordinary people, have begun to complain that Kathmandu Metropolitan City is attempting to forcibly transfer them. According to Subin Mulmi, a legal practitioner involved in the businessmen’s movement, the Kathmandu metropolitan does not allow street vendors to work. He claimed that businessmen illegally took the city’s goods, which should be legally administered. He…
KATHMANDU: Discussions are being held with the whips of major parties to open the House. Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire is going to discuss with the chief whips of the ruling party and the opposition party. The Secretariat of the Speaker has informed that the Speaker’s Secretariat has called the Speaker’s office at Sinhadarwar for a discussion on the issue of opening the House obstruction. The Nepali Congress from the ruling party and the Maoist Centre from the opposition parties UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party will participate in the discussion.
KATHMANDU: The Bharatpur Hospital has made 400 general beds of the Outpatient Department (OPD) service free. As per the directive of the Ministry of Health and Population, the hospital has made available free bed services since Aug 18 (Friday) onward. Issuing a statement on Thursday, the Spokesperson of the hospital, senior physician Dr Govinda Kandel informed that the hospital has started providing beds freely. He shared that the minimum service charge, however, has been kept as it was for critical care (ICU, CCU, PICU and NICU), post-operative ward, cabin, HDU, spine, cardiac, neurosurgery and orthopaedic ward. The hospital now has…
In a crackdown on fraudulent educational certificates, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) has apprehended seven individuals across the country who forged certificate-level (Class 10+2) educational documents in pursuit of higher education opportunities in medical science. Under the ambitious “Operation Foxtrot Charlie,” the CIB intensified efforts to combat the proliferation of counterfeit educational certificates. These fake documents were primarily created to alter the marks achieved in various subjects, specifically targeting those seeking admission into MBBS programs both domestically and abroad. Sanjay Singh Thapa, the spokesperson of the CIB, revealed that the suspects were taken into custody after meticulous verification conducted…
Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, the finance minister, has strongly criticized the main opposition party, CPN (UML), for impeding parliamentary proceedings through the unnecessary escalation of trivial matters. Addressing a press conference convened by the Nepali Congress in Janakpurdham, under the aegis of Madhes Province, the finance minister denounced the obstruction of the parliamentary platform, emphasizing the vital role it plays as the voice of the people’s representatives. Minister Mahat underscored the illogicality of obstructing the parliamentary process, asserting, “The parliament is a cornerstone of democratic governance and a platform through which the voices of the people are heard. It is…
KATHMANDU: The month-long Gunla festival, observed by Buddhists of the Newar ethnicity, began on Thursday. Buddhist Chaityas are circumambulated with various traditional instruments during the Gunla festival, which lasts a month from Gunlathwa Paru to Janlathwa Paru of Nepal Sambat. On the occasion of the Gunla festival, which began today, a fair was conducted in Swayambhu. There is a tradition of playing nine instruments, particularly during the Gunla festival. Gunla festival is primarily a Buddhist pilgrimage celebration, but people of other faiths attend as well. During the Gunla festival, Buddhist pilgrims circumambulate Swayambhu Maha chaitya on a daily basis, as…