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Villages struggle as hydel projects leave Kalanga River dry

by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023.On October 22, a 40-year-old woman from ward 4 of Kedarsyun Rural Municipality in Bajhang, fell off a cliff while cutting grass and suffered critical injuries. She was rushed to Dhangadhi town of Kailali for lack of a good hospital in Bajhang. But the doctors in Dhangadhi advised her family to take her to a well-facilitated hospital. However, her family thought it better to take…

BNP had a 1-point demand in 2014 too, but it died at the start: Hasan Mahmud

report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said the BNP had announced a one-point demand before the 2014 elections too, but that had yielded no results. “Khaleda Zia in 2013-14 made a one-point demand [saying] that the government should leave, the government must be pulled down. But their movement died at the start,” he said while speaking at AL’s peace rally at the South Gate of Baitul…

Acting Foreign Minister Muttaqi Calls World’s Sanctions ‘Cruel’:

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 31, 2023 at 10:16 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in an event held to meet family members of the 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria, described the sanctions imposed by foreign countries as “cruel”. “The world countries should listen, they should not pursue their cases under the pretext that these people are being harmed here. They should not damage the Afghan academic figures.…

Levies official survives Kalat IED explosion

by Abdul Wahid Shahwani in Dawn, Mar 2, 2023KHUZDAR: A senior Levies official survived a roadside IED blast, but a civilian was hit by its splinters and died on the spot in the Juhan area of Kalat district on Wednesday. Officials said unknown miscreants had planted the improvised explosives device at the roadside to target the vehicle of the Levies officer, but he passed through the area without any loss. “The IED exploded when a…

Lessons learnt in Afghanistan

by Syeda Tahreem Bukhari in The Nation, Jan 22, 2023The dynamics of great power competition in the 21st century are quite complicated. The US learnt from the war in Afghanistan that military operations would only lead to an economic drain but also that prolonged conflict results in a drastic change in public opinion, demanding the withdrawal of troops. It also compromised the image of the US at the international level. As per the Costs of…