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Three Bird Flu Outbreaks In Last Seven Days |
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KATHMANDU, May 21: The rapid response team comprising vet officials and technicians on Monday evening culled 475 chickens and 335 ducks following confirmation of bird flu virus in a poultry farm owned by Santosh Chaudhary of Dhapasi-6, Kathmandu.
The team deployed by the Directorate of Animal Health (DoAH) had also destroyed 200 kg chicken feed stored in farm. The vet technicians had also destroyed droppings and disinfected the farm by late night.
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Kathmandu Men Going Metrosexual |
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RIWAJ RAI |
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KATHMANDU, May 22: Rabin Bista, 29, a marketing officer at Honda Showroom at Boudha branch, colored his hair for the first time when he was in his teens. He recalled that everyone his family was offended by what he had done with his hair.
"Some of my Tibetan friends had returned from a trip to Goa and when I saw their colored hair I want to imitate them. The very next day, I went to a parlor and changed my hair to brown. I had a hard time trying to explain my parents why I did it," said Bista with a laugh.
"Since then looking different has been a passion with me," added Bista.
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East Tarai Tense After After Ex-lawmaker Haque's Murder |
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MITHILESH YADAV /JITENDRA KUMAR JHA |
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KALYANPUR (SAPTARI), May 21: Tension ran high across the eastern Tarai on Tuesday after former lawmaker Sadrul Miyan Haque was hacked to death.
Hours after the former Nepali Congress (NC) leader´s dead body was found, his supporters took to the streets, protesting police´s inaction. Haque´s supporters blocked the Kalyanpur-Bishanpar section of the east-west highway throughout the day by felling roadside trees and erecting tents on the road for staging sit-ins.
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31 In Chepang Village Of 75 Souls Sans Citizenship |
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RAMESHWAR KARKI |
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DHADHING, May 22: Around half the Chepang population residing in Naubise VDC of Dhading district, which borders Kathmandu, is without citizenship. Out of the 75 Chepangs living in ward no 9 of the VDC, 31 do not have citizenship. Because of their stateless status, they have not been able to reap state benefits meant for marginalized groups for a long time.
This was revealed by a study carried out by a non-governmental organization named Integrated Community Development Campaign (ICDC). The Chepang settlement is located just five kilometers from the Tribhuvan Highway. In the 14 households in the settlement, there a total of 75 people including 40 women. But 31are still without citizenship.
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Proxy Teachers At Makwanpur School |
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RAM SHARAN PUDASAINI |
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MAKWANPUR, May 21: Five months ago, the government had declared Makwanpur district a ´proxy teacher-free zone´. But proxy teachers are still to be found in public schools here.
Dhuwang Lower Secondary School at Bharta Pundyadevi VDC- 7 has proxy teachers working for it. This came to light after some parents lodged a complaint at the District Education Office (DEO) regarding irregularities at the school.
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