KABUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) – The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes. Waking up in hospital, everything was dark. […]
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The government has decided to provide free testing and treatment to COVID-19 patients. Monday’s Cabinet meeting took the decision and instructed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to make preparations in this regard. Free test and treatment services for COVID patients will be available only at government laboratories and healthcare facilities. The Supreme Court
Nepal’s candidate Bandana Rana has been re-elected to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the second term, in the elections held during the 21st Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in New York on November 9, Permanent Mission of
As many as eight people have been handed down prison terms and fines for their involvement in re-labelling expired food products and other Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs). The Department of Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection (DoCSCP) on Monday ordered one year imprisonment and Rs 300,000 fine each to Ronak Bothra, an Indian citizen and
Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 1,551,254 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 11,177 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,
COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 197,024 Recovery: 159,724 Death: 1,126 Read Post »
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern about poor human rights situation amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bagmati Province. As per a report released by the NHRC Bagmati Province Office last week, the government had failed to initiate preparedness measures against the pandemic. “The government did not make enough effort to control or
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The prisoners at Rautahat District Prison are having a hard time as the jail is accommodating thirty times more inmates than the prison’s capacity. The district prison, which was constructed during the Rana regime, has the capacity to house only 12 prisoners, but is accommodating 360 prisoners at the moment. Jailer at the prison, Shambhu
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The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has formed a team to monitor the status of coronavirus infection across the country and implementation of the government’s latest steps to control the virus’s spread. After the government was criticized for deciding to charge people for COVID test and treatment, a team led by chief health expert
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As the government on Sunday launched free agriculture insurance program in 11 districts across the country, sugarcane farmers on the same day handed over a memorandum with an ultimatum to Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Lekhraj Bhatta, stating that the government had failed to implement its written commitment from March. According to the farmers,
A month after Lauren mustered the courage to tell her mother she is lesbian, the 26-year-old Shanghai resident came out to a stranger who knocked on her door. She told the young man, one of 7 million conducting China’s once-in-a-decade census that she and her girlfriend lived together. Where the questionnaire asked for “relationship to
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