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Here are top stories you may have missed today
Take a quick look at some of the important news you may have missed from today’s paper.Take a quick look at some of the important news you may have missed from today’s paper.
At least 31 killed and hundreds injured by rainstorm in Southern Nepal
At least 31 people have been killed and more than 400 have been injured in a severe rainstorm that swept through parts of southern Nepal on Sunday.
Provincial officials on Monday launched a disaster relief fund under the chief minister's office and appealed for help in providing immediate relief to victims.
Most of the affected homes were made from mud and collapsed when electricity poles and trees fell on them. Officials said the injured were being brought to a hospital by cars and ambulances, but rescue work was being hampered by dozens of trees that have blocked the road.
Two provinces make the most of Investment Summit
Even though the Investment Board Nepal, which organised the event on behalf of the federal government, had selected a number of projects from different provinces, Province 2 and Sudurpaschim Province tried to woo the investors in their own way.
Although Province 2 did not showcase any projects, it tried to disseminate information about the province, including its geographical location, the benefits companies can reap by investing in the region through recent incentives like tax exemption, and what the provincial government can offer to potential investors. All the districts in Province 2 share a border with India.
Sudurpaschim Province, on the other hand, went a step ahead to tell investors about the seven projects selected by the Investment Board Nepal and nine additional potential projects in the region.
Another larger terminal to be built at Bhairahawa airport
Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa is preparing to invite bids to build a new international terminal following concerns that the previously designed terminal, which is nearing completion, may not be large enough to accommodate forecasted passenger traffic growth.
Project officials said that tenders for the construction of a 35,000-square metre terminal—nearly as large as the terminal at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport—would be invited this week.
The originally planned 15,000-square metre terminal will be repurposed for domestic flights, said Sanjiv Gautam, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. It has six parking bays and no aerobridge, he said.
Oli says he consulted Deuba on nominations, but Congress calls it a lie
The government and Nepali Congress appear sharply divided over recent nominations by the Constitutional Council, triggering a fresh debate over whether the main opposition was taken into confidence while making several appointments.
At a time when constitutional and legal experts have taken exception to government’s unilateral decision to nominate officials in the constitutional bodies, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli added a twist in the tale, saying Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader of Nepali Congress, was consulted before recommending an incumbent secretary for the post of chief election commissioner.
Hospitals countrywide ailing due to lack of doctors and nurses
Dozens of government-run health facilities across the country are reeling under acute human resource crisis due to which patients have been hit hard.
Kanti Children’s Hospital, the only national referral centre for paediatric care, in Kathmandu is one among them.
Every day, around 1,000 people visit the hospital seeking treatment for their children.