Last week, the regional laboratory at Biratnagar, after an examination of the dead cattle, had stated that soil-borne Anthrax viruses were found in the animals.

The students want microbiologists to be recognised as health professionals.

Last week, 44 cattle died in Sunsari which conservationists and veterinarians say could pose immediate danger to park animals and local residents.

More than 3,000 people have been infected with dengue in the city in the last two and a half months, health workers say.

It is the first dengue death in the sub-metropolis this year; around 1,500 people were infected with the disease.

Institute agrees to increase quota in Medicine, Paediatric and Surgery streams for Nepali students

Doctors demand one-third quota should apply in each department.

The institute maintains it is managing foreign student quotas as per Medical Education Act

BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences confirms 54 new cases on Monday, taking the number of dengue patients to 368

An estimated 25,000 people have been affected by the river in the past 54 years

As of Saturday, 281 people have been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease in the Sub-metropolis

Previously, female Aedes aegypti were thought to be solely responsible for the spread of dengue in the crisis-hit zones of the Sub Metropolis

As many as 188 people from Wards 8 and 15 have been diagnosed with dengue so far this year

Rapid response team sent to contain the spreading of the disease.

Nine new cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, were reported in the Dharan sub-metropolis on Sunday, pushing the number of patients to 12 in the past 10 days.