Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (August 16, 2019).
Head of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for children, arrested on charges of child trafficking
Bal Krishna Dangol, the director of Bal Mandir, the country’s oldest non-profit organisation for children, has been arrested on charges of child trafficking.
Dangol was detained by police on Wednesday morning from outside his office for his alleged role in abetting a British national in unlawfully procuring a Nepali child and assisting her in obtaining fraudulent documents to claim the baby as her own.
Not satisfied with your SEE marks? Get your answer sheets reexamined
Any examinee who sat for the Secondary Education Examinations and are dissatisfied with the marks they received can now ask to have their answer sheets reexamined.
For the reexamination, students first need to apply for retotaling, and if they are still dissatisfied with the results, they can ask to see copies of their answer sheets. If the grades don’t make sense then they can apply to get their answer sheets reexamined. Every year, thousands of students apply for retotaling, saying they obtained less marks than they had expected.
A Nepali worker’s death in Doha leaves others shocked and scared
A Nepali worker died and five others were injured in what looks like a premeditated attack on Nepali workers in Doha, Qatar, one of the most popular labour destinations for Nepali migrant workers.
Tabrez Ansari, a migrant worker from Sunsari district, died on the spot whereas five other Nepali citizens were hurt in the attack that took place on Tuesday evening at Jaidah Square.
Haphazard transfer of specialist doctors is affecting patients—and health facilities
The government’s employee adjustment process, which was started with a view to adjusting civil servants in the new federal set-up to ensure effective service delivery, does not seem to have worked in the health sector.
Since doctors working at government health facilities too have been put in the same basket as other civil servants, services at different hospitals are likely to be affected, while specialist doctors may not be able to use their expertise in some health facilities where they have been adjusted.
Land tillers face difficulties in the absence of land certificates
Seventeen land tiller families of Sungbucha settlement in Bhimeshwor Municipality, Dolakha, are facing difficulties in establishing the ownership of the houses they rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake for lack of land ownership certificates. Many of the tillers who have spent generations tilling the same plot of land lost their land’s paperwork during the earthquake that destroyed their houses and properties.
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