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Children in quake-hit areas in need of physiological counselling

by Mahesh KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023A 12-year-old boy from Banke Pipalgaura in ward 14 of Athbiskot Municipality lost his mother in the November 3 earthquake. His world hasn’t been the same again. The boy, who lives under a tarpaulin tent with his father and two older brothers, can be mostly seen lost in thought. His father, Naru Malla, has been trying to pull his son back from his thoughts and get…

Emboldened loan sharks ignoring calls for compromise

by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, July 15, 2023Since the ordinance that criminalised the practice of loan sharking lost its validity on July 5, the District Administration Office, Dhanusa is struggling to bring alleged loan sharks to compromise and settle disputes with their victims. Last week, the government was unable to table a bill in the lower house to replace the ordinance, which was introduced in early May, owing to parliamentary obstruction by…

Blast at Swat police station claims 12 lives:

By Fazal Khaliq | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, April 25th, 2023SWAT / LAKKI MARWAT: At least a dozen people, including police officials, lost their lives in a powerful explosion inside the Kabal police station late on Monday evening. According to hospital sources, at least 57 people — including three civilians — sustained injuries in the blast. The explosion that rocked the police station, which reportedly occurred on the premises of the Counter Terrorism Department…