AQI for the last 24 hours measured at Phora Darbar
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Nepal has made dramatic improvements in literacy rates and school enrollment over the past 20 years. The same cannot be said for the quality of education. In fact, standards have declined progressively because of obsolete curricula, untrained teachers and poor instruction. . Read more...
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A child writes on a wall near the Saraswati temple in Swayambhu to mark Shree Panchami on Thursday. On this day, parents take their children to Saraswati temples to worship the goddess of learning.
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Youths staged a protest at Maitighar on Wednesday demanding justice for Prem Prasad Acharya of Ilam who died after setting himself on fire. Acharya who attempted self-immolation in front of the Parliament building on Tuesday said in a long suicide note on Facebook that he could not bear abuse and cheating by the government, businesses and banks.
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Dev Raj Ghimire of CPN-UML has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday. He received 167 votes.
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Nepal Airlines Corporation staff held a candlelight vigil in memory of the lives lost the day after Yeti Airlines Plane Crash in Pokhara on 15 January. The crash is the worst disaster in Nepal’s domestic aviation. There were 72 people on board.
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British Ambassador to Nepal Nicola Pollitt paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday.
