Cattle smuggling on amid concern about Indian Delta variant United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, July 2 Residents of the border areas of the district are growingly worried about highly contagious Delta variant of Covid infection as smuggling of Indian cattle has reportedly increased ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
The cattle smuggling has become rampant through the porous frontier of the district, alleged the local people.
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The smugglers bring the Indian cows during the night using both land and river routes, they said.
In the local haats the Indian cattle are available and traders from different districts throng there as the demand has spiked because of upcoming Eid festival of sacrifice.
Questions galore before the Supreme Court as it hears House dissolution Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 2 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s two decisions to dissolve the House of Representatives, in a span of less than six months, now have raised questions about the relevance of the six-year-old constitution, and experts and analysts say there are some crucial questions the Supreme Court needs to answer to safeguard the constitution.
As many as 30 petitions are being heard by the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court against the May 21 House dissolution. Unlike in the past, when Oli s December 20 House dissolution was challenged, the bench needs to minutely look into at least half a dozen issues.
Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help in Northwest United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, July 2 Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly - one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery.
As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday.
An excessive heat warning remained in effect for parts of the interior Northwest and western Canada Thursday.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City erasing mural that honoured frontline pandemic workers invites ire Kathmandu Post
Nepal, July 2 Ever since the pandemic began last year, the people most at risk of being infected with the coronavirus have been frontline health workers. Also at risk are security personnel who have been at the forefront of enforcing frequent lockdown orders.
In appreciation of their efforts at checking the spread of the pandemic, Dujang Sherpa, a social activist and artist, decided to pay a tribute to them by painting a mural on the wall of the overhead pedestrian crossing at Ratnapark. The painting was to appreciate the work of front liners in the fight against the pandemic-doctors, nurses and security personnel-as well as those who passed away from Covid-19, Sherpa told the Post.
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