ICYMI: Here are our top stories from Tuesday, December 24
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (December 24, 2019). Australia is a major destination for Nepali students, primarily because of its relatively relaxed visa regulations when compared to the US or Europe. Shutterstock
Here are some of the top stories from The Kathmandu Post (December 24, 2019).
Nepal's problem with students flocking to Australia is so bad even Australians are concerned
In little over two years, 65,746 Nepali students have enrolled in tertiary education in Australia, and according to Australian education experts, that is a cause for concern.
The overwhelmingly large number of students has made Nepal the third-largest source of foreign students in Australia, behind China and India. But given that Nepal is a largely poor country with a relatively small population, experts say the growing volume of students is not good news.
A month after Nepal’s diplomatic note on Kalapani issue, India finally responds
New Delhi has finally responded to a diplomatic note sent by Nepal on November 20 protesting the placement of Kalapani within Indian borders in its new political map.
Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali confirmed to the Post that Nepal had received a response from India, but declined to provide details.
Secret to winning the Chinese singing contest: not speak a word of Mandarin
When Dorjee Sherpa was pursuing his hotel management internship in 2016 in the Chinese city of Sanya on the country’s southern coast, he picked up a few melodies he heard playing around him. When he returned to Nepal in 2017, some of it stayed with him.
Sherpa had never thought that those Chinese songs would come in handy; that is, until last week, when Sherpa won the Chinese Singing Competition held in Kathmandu.
Medical council’s ruling on Grande Hospital negligence offers nothing, infant’s father says
Sanjeev Neupane, who had demanded an investigation into medical negligence at Grande International Hospital during the treatment of his son Rihan Neupane, has called Nepal Medical Council’s decision too little too late, saying the body failed to hold the doctors involved in negligence to account.
The national regulatory body of medical practitioners two weeks ago sent a letter to the hospital, asking it to put Dr Dipika Dhakal, a paediatrician, under probation and warned Amit Thapa, the neurosurgeon who operated on Rihan, not to repeat a similar mistake in the future, according to an official at the medical council who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Bangladeshis are being trafficked into Nepal, but most cases go unreported
Hussain came to Nepal from Bangladesh in October to work. His recruiting agents had promised him a job in a big carpet factory that would pay him Rs 50,000 a month. But when he arrived in Nepal, Hussain found himself working in a small carpet factory in Kathmandu and his pay was less than half of what was promised.
“I was paid only Rs 15,000 per month,” Hussain told the Post over the phone from Bangladesh. Hussain said he had paid 1 lakh taka, equivalent to roughly Rs 134,000, to the recruiting agents for the job.
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