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Bahrain offers free vaccines to undocumented workers but Nepalis are not showing up Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 9 -- The Nepali mission in Bahrain, a labour destination for Nepali workers in the Persian Gulf, has a unique problem. As part of its Covid-19 vaccination drive, the Bahrain government has offered free vaccines to all including expats on its soil. As a result, Nepali migrant workers living and working in the Gulf state are being inoculated. Unlike most other countri...

When the lights go out Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 8 -- "Batti gayera match hernai paiyena" is an oft-repeated phrase among football enthusiasts in many parts of the country these days. Even as Copa America and Euro 2020 inch towards their finals, Nepali football fans have something other than the performance of their favourite teams to worry about: The frequent power outages that ruin their football viewing experience. Imagine staying up until quarter to one a.m. and still being...

With Delta variants circulating, experts warn of new second virus wave peak Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 8 -- Kathmandu, the capital city with a high population density, is behaving as if there is no coronavirus. After two months of a strict lockdown, almost everything has reopened. Tuesday onwards, public vehicles too have started operating with little restriction and marketplaces are seeing growing crowds. Public health experts, who have long warned that a third wave could h...

Padma river embankment risks catastrophic collapse United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, July 8 -- Residents of Charbhadrason upazila in Faridpur are living in fear of flooding as a large portion of an embankment along the Padma River in Haziganj Bazar has developed cracks. Locals say vast tracts of land in the upazila could be inundated during the monsoon if immediate steps are not taken to protect the embankment from erosion. Read: Over 50 Kurigram riverine villages inun...

UCB to offer free workshop with Monash College Australia on improving memory skills United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, July 7 -- Universal College Bangladesh (UCB), the exclusive partner of Monash College Australia in Bangladesh, is delivering a free workshop this Friday July 09, 2021, Improving Memory Skills: How to Remember Class Learning. The workshop will be conducted by Alison Brown, Learning Skills Adviser, Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY), Monash College ...

Ties of tradition that bind and blind Kathmandu Post Nepal, July 7 -- Suga is a village pretending to be a township. Located in the middle of the Jaleshwar-Matihani section of the trans-border Mithila Madhyamiki Parikrama circuit, the settlement is said to sit close to one of the several holy sites in the Ganga plains where Sukhdev Rishi of Hindu lore is believed to have meditated. Snuggling happily between the perennial Bighhi River in the east and torrential Rato in the west, ...

Australia provides medical equipment worth Rs 4.1 million to TU Teaching Hospital My Republica The equipment, July 7 -- Ambassador of Australia to Nepal Felicity Volk on Tuesday handed over medical equipment worth AUD 45,450 (approximately Rs 4.1 million ) to Professor Dr Dibya Singh Shah, Dean of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) and Dr Samarika Dahal at the Forensic Department of TUTH. an ultrasound machine and a portable dental x-r...

Fate of opposition alliance at stake as CPN-UML factions step up unity talks Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 7 -- On Tuesday afternoon, chairman of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) went to Koteshwor to meet senior CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal at his residence. The visit came as the UML has begun discussions to chart out the roadmap for party unity. On Monday the UML had revived its two-month old task force to resolve the dispute inside the party as Nepal has been si...

Rampal Maitree power project "to be commissioned in Dec" United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, July 7 -- The first unit of 1320MW Maitree Power project in Rampal will be commissioned in December next, coinciding with the Golden Jubilee celebration of Bangladeshs Victory Day. The second unit of the project is expected to be commissioned matching with the implementation of the associated transmission system. The project is an environmentally friendly supercritical technology...

Academics plan a university of excellence but keeping politics at bay is a challenge Kathmandu Post Kathmandu, July 7 -- There are around a dozen universities in the country. Half of them-Lumbini Buddhist, Far-Western, Mid-western, Agriculture and Forestry, Nepal Open and Rajarshi Janak-came into operation after the country adopted a new political system following the 2006 movement. At the time of their establishment, each of them promised academic excellence as all the countrys...