KATHMANDU: The health service was affected at the government hospital across the country due to the protest being by medical doctors on Sunday.
According to a report in Kantipur daily, over 100,000 patients were hit by the government medical doctors protest to halt services except in the emergency ward.
They have been boycotting services indefinitely since Friday demanding that they should be governed by the federal level, not by the provincial or the local.
KATHMANDU: Coliform bacteria has been found in bottled drinking water sold under various brands, Gorkhapatra daily reported. Coliform is the bacteria found in excreta.
The Department of food, technology and quality control found such bacteria in the sample testing of 33 different brands of bottled drinking water.
Of the total sample tested, coliform was fond in nine different companies, 18 companies found selling water of low quality while six companies found supplying water without complying with the set standards.
DHARAN: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed Shri Krishna Pranami Temple Muktidham at Itahari, Sunsari.
She said that the temple constructed has increased religious importance of the region and the country.
President Bhandari also instructed the state government to carry out activities by making a special plan for religious and cultural development of the region.
The temple has been constructed at a cost of around Rs 70 million.
KATHMANDU: Meteorological Forecasting Division has said the weather across the country, including Kathmandu, will gradually improve from Monday.
The weather throughout the country had remained affected for the past few days due to what the Division said ‘impact of the Westerly and local winds’.
The Division said it is likely to a couple of days for the central and eastern regions to see the improvement
The country saw a cumulative impact of the Westerly winds in the past few days, also due to the creation of a low-pressure line in the eastern region.
According to the Division, brief thundershowers are likely to occur in a few places of the western part tonight.
Likewise, there is a possibility of wind and storm in some places of the eastern Terai in the next 24 hours.
POKHARA: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa defended his ministry’s move of providing citizenship by descent saying that it was in line with the court verdict and the constitution.
Speaking at a program in Pokhara today, Home Minister Thapa said the government made the decision as scores of children of those people with citizenship by birth were deprived of citizenship.
He said the constitution has guaranteed citizenship to such children adding that the circular was issued by his ministry as an effort to address such problems immediately since there was no parliament session though the bill to amend the citizenship act was under the parliamentary discussion.
He urged one and all not to doubt on the government’s move. He further went on to add that the State Police Bill was under the discussion and the Parliament’s next session would probably pass it.
KATHMANDU: Bhikkhu Ashwaghosh, Sanghanayaka of Theravada Buddhism Bhikkhu Federation will be cremated with special national honors.
A meeting of Cabinet on Sunday decided to cremate the deceased with national honors.
Ashwaghosh passed away at the age of 94 years on Friday. He was suffering from kidney, heart and liver problems and from pneumonia and high blood pressure. He breathed his last while receiving treatment at the Dhapasi-based Grande International Hospital.
KATHMANDU: The Red Cross Society of China provided USD 50,000 to the storm-affected families in Bara and Parsa districts.
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi handed over the amount to Prime Minister K P Oli on behalf of Red Cross Society of China on Saturday, a statement issued by the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu said today.
During the meeting with PM Oli, Chinese Ambassador Hou said China has paid close attention to the disaster.
She also said that Ambassador Hou extended condolences to the deceased, and expressed sympathies to families of those injured.
According to the statement, she said the Chinese people will stand by the Nepali people, and would also like to provide assistance to the post-disaster reconstruction within capacity, and cooperate in disaster prevention, and reduction with the Nepali side.
DAMAULI: A technical school has been established at Puttar of Ghiring Rural Municipality-1 in Tanahun as per the government announcement to operate at least one such school at every local level body.
The Kaligandaki Technical School established under the Council of Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) was inaugurated amidst a programme here Saturday though classes here had begun on November 18 last year.
SURKHET: Various sections of the Karnali highway have been obstructed due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain and hailstorm on Saturday night.
The road was obstructed at Dahikhola in between Dullu municipality of Dailekh and Subhakalika rural municipality of Kalikot. As a result, passengers going to Karnali from Kathmandu, Nepalgunj and Surkhet have been stranded.
Sporadic rainfall and continuous landslide have made the effort to clear the road difficult, said Chief District Officer Chandra Bahadur Karki.
SURKHET: The Karnali State government on Saturday announced to provide Rs 10 million in relief to the storm survivors of Bara and Parsa districts.
The State Cabinet meeting today decided to provide relief assistance of Rs 10 million for the rehabilitation of victims in the storm-ravaged districts.