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ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Sunday, August 25
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (August 25, 2019).Post Report
Parties’ undue intervention could call credibility of transitional justice process into question
When officials were appointed in the two transitional justice bodies in February 2015, conflict victims and human rights activists had expressed their reservations, saying appointments were made under political parties’ quota.
There were also concerns that a majority of those who were appointed in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons lacked experience.
Overworked drivers the main cause behind increasing road accidents
Under existing laws, all passenger vehicles that travel for over 250 kilometres are required to have two drivers. But in most cases, vehicles plying long distances are being driven by a single driver, especially during the night, which is one of the major causes of increasing road accidents, traffic police, bus entrepreneurs and drivers say.
Of late, bus conductors have a driving licence even though they are not adept at driving, bus entrepreneurs admit. Procedures to acquire a licence are slack, ridden with irregularities.
Dr Sanduk Ruit: ‘You can make history in this country’
For a country bereft of role models, here is one man who is a shining beacon of honesty, integrity and selfless service. He’s directly changed the lives of over 100,000 people, and that’s a conservative estimate. And all without so much as a whiff of corruption or impropriety.
That man, of course, is Dr Sanduk Ruit, eye surgeon extraordinaire and founder of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology.
Dalit women representatives in Pokhara say they continue to face discrimination
Dalit representatives across the city say they have experienced prejudiced behaviour from their colleagues. They complain that they’re called on to resolve conflicts, are given trivial roles and kept away from important decision-making processes.
Even male representatives say they have had to bear the brunt of caste-based discriminations.