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Manab Sewa Ashram, Baglung rescues 54 from street

Posted by | Aug 15, 2018 |

Baglung – The Manab Sewa Ashram, Baglung has rescued 54 people from the street in a period of 15 months and has rehabilitated eight with the families. Presently, the Ashram, a humanitarian service center, provides shelter to 12 physically incapacitated and with psychotic issues who were picked from the street. According to Asharm coordinator Sumira Lama, among the rescued, two have died and two have escaped from the Ashram while some of them have been shifted to the Pokhara Ashram for better care. It is channeling to handle people with acute psycho problems. The organisation’s focused area of work is rescue of both physically and mentally disabled people from the street due to abandonment by the families and with none to take care of them, to render them proper care, medical treatment and other basic facilities including education for children and reunion with the families (if possible). It operates by volunteer services of the people and financial assistance from Nepali at home and abroad. The Asharm that was first opened in Makwanpur in 2069 BS has expanded to other districts as well (10 branches at present) and so far it has rescued over 1500 people from the street, according to Ashram central chair Ramji Adhikari. ...

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HoR approves proposals on different bills

Posted by | Aug 15, 2018 |

Kathmandu –  The House of Representatives in its meeting today approved separate proposals seeking passage on some bills and discussions on some others. The lower house of the federal parliament unanimously passed the proposal seeking approval of the Public Security (Third Amendment) Bill, 2075. Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa had presented a proposal to this effect in the meeting. The House also approved another proposal tabled by the Home Minister seeking discussions on Public Security (Third Amendment) Bill 2075 along with the report of the State Affairs and Good Governance Committee. The House meeting also unanimously approved the proposal presented by Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Prasad Adhikari seeking discussions on the Convention Providing for the Integration of Laws on the Topic of International Air Transport. Similarly, the lower house of parliament today approved unopposed the proposal seeking consideration on the Consumer Rights Protection Bill, 2075. Minister for Commerce and Supplies Matrika Prasad Yadav had presented the proposal. Putting their views on the theoretical aspects of the bill in the discussions, lawmakers said that the government has not been able to arrest the large scale black marketers, the consumer court has been made weak, the court was run by administrators and not experts, and that there was no provision for affidavit in the court. They also complained about the growing problem of food adulteration and other...

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Nuwakot bus accident-updates

Posted by | Aug 15, 2018 |

Nuwakot –  One person has been confirmed dead while the number of the injured has also increased in a bus accident occurred at Lamatar of Bidur Municipality-9 late this morning. Motimaya Tamang, 56, of Tupche of Bidur-7 who was among the nine referred to Kathmandu for further treatment died amidst the treatment, police said. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bheem Lal Bhattarai, Tamang who had been taken to Kathmandu on a helicopter breathed her last in course of treatment at the Grande Hospital. Others injured who have been sent to Kathmandu are Prem Singh Tamang, 56; Hom Bahadur Tamang, 57; Diwamaya Tamang, 20; Chhiring Tamang, 75; Purba Bahadur Lama Tamang, 56; Bir Bahadur BK; Uttam BK and Mangalimaya Tamang, 40. They have been admitted to the Green City Hospital and Grande Hospital. Others are being treated at the Trishuli Hospital. The bus (Ba 2 Kha 2804) en route to Kathmandu from Bungtang of Myagang Rural Municipality-2 fell some 40 meters down into the millet filed as the road caved in from its edge when the bus was trying to clear space for another vehicle. ...

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Three female Everest summiteers feted

Posted by | Aug 15, 2018 |

Kathmandu – The Pasang Lhamu Mountaineering Foundation has felicitated three female Mount Everest climbers amidst a programme here today. The foundation has been established in the commemoration of the late Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who made her history as the first Nepali woman to scale the world’s highest peak in 1993. She died while descending from the mountain summit. The late Sherpa has been given the status of a national luminary. Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gokul Prasad Baskota, honoured Lakpa Yangdi Sherpa, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa (second) and Yangdi Sherpa of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu rural municipality in Solukhumbu who on May 16 this year reached atop the world’s highest mountain, carrying photos the late Sherpa and the late veteran communist leader Madan Bhandari. On the occasion, the Minister congratulated the three female climbers on their success, pledging future support to the team. Offering his words of respect to the late Sherpa, the minister remembered her as an inspiring figure for all who took a great courage to prove her strength in the adventurous tourism. On the occasion, he also eulogised leader Bhandari as the epitome of democratic, patriotic and social justice movement of Nepal. The climbing by three women climbers send a different wave and message to the world, he said. Foundation chair and former minister Kripasur Sherpa said the imposition of royalty on Nepalis for the Mount Everest...

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40 hurt in Nuwakot bus accident

Posted by | Aug 15, 2018 |

Nuwakot – At least 40 people have been injured in an accident involving a passenger bus today. The bus en route to Kathmandu from Bungtang met with an accident at around 10:30 am at Lamatar of Bidur Municipality-9. As stated by the police, the bus (Ba 2 Kha 2804) fell some 40 meters down the road as the road caved in from its edge when the bus was trying to clear space for another vehicle. According to Nuwakot’s senior superintendent of police, Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, among the injured, seven in critical condition, have been sent to Kathmandu for further treatment while others are undergoing treatment at the Trishuli Hospital. ...

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