Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (October 3, 2019).
Dashain loses its festive fervour for senior citizens
Seventy-five-year-old Janak Kumari Karki from Sunkoshi Rural Municipality on Wednesday visited the ward office to collect her social security allowance. However, after waiting a while, she was told that the office would not be distributing any allowances before Dashain.
With Mahara’s resignation, a tricky political situation arises
Mahara stepped down on Tuesday after a woman who works at the Parliament Secretariat accused him of raping her at her Tinkune apartment on Sunday. With the House Speaker’s post now vacant, the parties need to follow the constitutional provision of electing a Speaker and a deputy Speaker from different parties, something the primary opposition Nepali Congress has long been demanding.
Human Rights Watch calls on Nepal government to make public Lal commission report
Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organisation headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, has called on the government of Nepal to make public the report of a commission that investigated deadly violence involving police and protesters in 2015.
Families of migrant workers who died abroad can receive financial support at local level
Family members and close relatives of expatriate Nepali workers who lost their lives working abroad can now get compensation provided by the federal government from their respective local governments.
Dashain is a time for celebration—but just for men.
As soon as Dashain starts, Gopini Khati is swarmed with household chores. She usually spends all her mornings in the kitchen, preparing food for her guests. The rest of the day goes to cleaning and planning food items for the other days of the festival. This Dashain too will be the same for her, she says.
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