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KATHMANDU, June 13 -- Nepal recorded 2,407 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with 3,994 recoveries and 46 deaths.According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 7,517 PCR tests and 4,889 antigen tests were conducted today. Of them, 2,407 tests turned out to be positive for COVID-19. With this Nepal's COVID-19 casetally has surged to 628,942 including 531,105 recoveries and 8,412 deaths.There are currently...

KATHMANDU, June 13 -- Medical equipment donated by three EU Member States - Slovenia, Austria and Malta - arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport Sunday morning. The EU Member States have supplied the equipment through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to assist Nepal in its fight against this terrible second wave of Covid-19.The delivery of the consignments today is yet another show of solidarity to the ongoing efforts of Team Europe to...

Bangladesh, June 13 -- BRAC, one of the world's largest NGOs, has said it will strengthen advocacy activities on safeguarding its employees from sexual exploitation and abuse.A training programme on safeguarding employees and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) concluded at a hotel in Cox's Bazar on Sunday.About 160 trainees under different programmes of HCMP of BRAC participated in the four-day training, organized by HCMP of...

Nepal, June 12 -- Sunita (name changed), a 15-year-old girl from the Makawanpur district in central Nepal, left her home to work in a carpet factory in Kathmandu three years ago after her mother passed away. Her story perhaps symbolises millions of similar stories of Nepali child labourers, particularly from remote, marginalised communities-forced to migrate internally for survival. After three years of child labour, Sunita was rescued and...

Kathmandu, June 12 -- The Medical Education Commission, the government entity to regulate the medical education sector, on Friday agreed in principle to grant affiliation to the controversial B&C Medical College based in Birtamod, Jhapa.The commission led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is ex-officio chairperson of the commission, decided to grant the affiliation to the college after it fulfils the necessary legal procedure.The college,...

Nepal, June 12 -- On the front cover of Devendra Raj Pandey's book 'Ek Jyan Dui Juni', which can be roughly translated as 'one body with two lives', is an attractive portrait of the author. Pandey is a former senior civil servant and an intellectual. The book has ten chapters, but it can be divided broadly into two parts-the first part covers his life as a civil servant, and the second part deals with the rest of his life during which he took up...

Bangladesh, June 13 -- Bangladesh will reiterate its position seeking quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas as Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves here for New York on Sunday morning to attend two important events at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).One of the events will be on Myanmar's current situation where Bangladesh will reiterate its call to the international community for quick and sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas,...

Bangladesh, June 13 -- Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has handed a three-match ban and a fine of Tk 5 lakh to Shakib Al Hasan due to his outburst during the game between Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club on Friday. While announcing his punishment on Saturday evening, BCB staged an unprecedented drama with the journalists cover sports in Bangladesh.At 6:15 pm, the media department of BCB sent a message through WhatsApp saying a press...

Nepal, June 13 -- Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed while playing and was given CPR by medics during his side's Euro 2020 soccer match with Finland on Saturday, and was later conscious in hospital.The game was initially suspended and later postponed.Eriksen collapsed suddenly in the 42nd minute of the match while running near the left touchline after a Denmark throw-in. Teammates Martin Braithwaite and Thomas Delaney rushed to...

Bangladesh, June 10 -- Five people were arrested Wednesday in connection with a case filed over the attack on Barishal-4 MP Pankaj Nath's motorcade in Hijla upazila Tuesday.The arrestees are Mosharraf Hossain, Syed Manjur Morshed, Mohim Dewan, Md Oli Uddin and Helal Sikder, Hijla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Asim Kumar Sikder confirmed.Md Ibrahim Sardar, general secretary of the Hijla Sramik League unit, filed the case against 24 people and...