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This Week on E-Paper
Let’s take a break from usual political shenanigans and the gloom and doom of the coronavirus crisis and relish in the arrival of the monsoon this week.
True, rivers will soon be swollen, there will be landslides, highways will be blocked, and in the Tarai there will be inundation. All this is getting more intense with the climate emergency. Timely preparedness, especially as rural Nepal combats the second wave of the pandemic is a must. Read more...
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Heavy showers continued on Wednesday across central Nepal. One of the worst affected areas is 40km northeast of Kathmandu in Melamchi Bazar, where dozens of people are reported missing and infrastructure washed away by flash floods.
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Early on Wednesday, residents of Bhaktapur entered their communal wells and ponds and cleaned their water sources as well as nearby heritage sites to mark Sithi Nakha festival.
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Nepal Student Union, the student wing of the Nepali Congress, burns effigies of caretaker PM KP Oli and Deputy PM Rajendra Mahato demanding the reinstatement of Parliament and asking Mahato to step down following his controversial comment on citizenship.
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Locals of Jagdulla rural municipality in Dolpo head to Patan for the annual Yarsagumba collection season. Yarsa picker say they don't expect to collect the Himalayan herb as much as they did last year.
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Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over a consignment of ambulances, PPE kits, ventilators, ICU beds and PCR kits from the Indian Army to the Nepal Army on June 11, to assist its fight against the second wave.
