Ventilator and ICU Unused Due to Lack of Space and Human Resource
There are reports of a lack of ventilators and ICU beds in some parts of the country. However, ventilators and ICU beds at the District Hospital Dhankuta have been left unattended. It has been more than a month and a half since the equipment was brought. Dr. Pujan Bishwakarma, acting…
Locals of Leguwa Facing Crisis of Drinking Water Since a Decade
Sharadevi Paudel, 55, a local of Mahalaxmi Municipality-5, Leguwa Dhankuta, wakes up at 5 am and goes to fetch water across the Arun river after walking for 1.5 hours. Even at 4 o'clock in the evening, her job is to get drinking water from the same place. Poudel is just…
Mass Resignation of the Employees of Radio Makalu After Not Getting Paid
Employees and journalists of Radio Makalu have resigned in front of the radio administration on March 19 after not being paid for a long time. According to Santosh Subedi, an employee of the radio, seven employees and journalists have resigned saying that they have not been paid since the fiscal…
Rape Accused Arrested
Police have arrested Dil Bahadur Rai (22) of Dhankuta Municipality-8 on August 20, in accusation of raping a 14-year-old girl. The victim was raped on August 15 and the complaint was filed on August 17 at the District Police Office. According to DSP Dhruba Kumar Shrestha of the District Police…
Crisis in Managing inmates
The District Court of Dhankuta is facing crisis in the management of inmates and detainees as they denied the transfer. The prison is facing space issues as majority of inmates and detainees are lacking the sleeping space, toilet and clean drinking water. The prison has a capacity t accommodate only…
Stakeholders recommends INSEC to be aware on Education, Health and Food Rights
Human Rights Year Book-2019 pre-review program was held in Dhankuta on November 18. Speaking at the program assistant chief District Officer Noor Hari Khatiwada said that INSEC is supporting the state for the protection of human rights and recommended to raise the issues of food, education and health rights strongly.…
Security Guard killed by an unidentified party
Ram Babu Chaudhary, 36 of Itahari Sub-metropolis-3 was killed by an unidentified group of people by using a sharp weapon. He was working as a security guard at fair being organized at Hileof Dhankuta Municipality-1. ASI Yadu Khadka of Police Post Hile said that he was attacked with a sharp…
Increment of Human Rights violation doubles in the district
INSEC district representative Santosh Ruchal while presenting the report on hal yearly review on human rights year book-2019 said that there has been double increment in the incidents of human rights violation and atrocities in the district within the five months period. The report said that in five months, 48…
Cadre of Nepal Student’s Union sets fire in campus chief’s working place
Nepal Student’s Union (NSU) unit has set fire in the campus chief’s room of Dhankuta Multiple Campus on May 13. NSU chairperson Saroj Dhamala said that the room was set into fire as a protest of not addressing their 11- points demand made by the union for the reformation of…
Protest erupts over provincial centers,government office vandalized
The agitators have set fire in two government offices and vandalized three offices in protest of determining the capital as Biratnagar for the province number 1. The agitators are in demonstration for the last 34 days demanding to make Dhankuta as a capital of province number 1. The agitation turned…
