Health workers protest arrests in capital Kathmandu, September 12 :Protesting the suppression of the peaceful agitation of health workers in the capital, health assistants all over the country staged demonstrations and halted services today.Demanding immediate release of those arrested in the... Travel 13 Sep, 2006
Health workers warn of prolonging protests Pokhara, September 10 :Health workers are still on strike in several districts of the country. Today, Kaski district health workers, who are on strike since Friday demanding that they be upgraded, staged a sit-in in the Kaski District Public Health... Travel 10 Sep, 2006
Health workers on warpath Biratnagar, September 6 :Some 400 health workers in Morang district have gone on strike today to demand promotion. They closed down all health posts in the district indefinitely to press for meeting their demands. The health workers, who had gone on... Travel 06 Sep, 2006
ONCE-OVER Cantonment plan :Kathmandum: The government is mulling over establishing three to five cantonments to keep Maoist rebels once the UN begins the arms management process here, it has been learnt. They could be established in mutually agreeable locations... Travel 27 Aug, 2006
80 pc kids in Betini malnourished Nuwakot, August 25 :Almost 80 per cent children of Betini village development committee of Nuwakot district are malnourished, a recently conducted medical check-up revealed.A team of health workers from District Public Health Office, Nuwakot, had... Travel 26 Aug, 2006
Health workers bring services to a standstill Ramechhap, August 18:Services in all health centres in the district have come to a halt since yesterday after the employees started an agitation demanding promotions. Protest programmes are being held in all the health centres. However, emergency... Travel 19 Aug, 2006
Modern-day knights KATHMANDU: This is an exclusive men’s only organisation formed on the principles laid down by King Arthur for the Knights of the Round Table, and is also named ‘Round Table International’.Round Table International seeks to instill a sense of... Travel Abroad 02 Aug, 2006
Sunsari health post without drugs Itahari, July 22:Sounds amazing, but it’s true. There are no medicines, not even packets of ORS, at Garaiya (Sunsari)-based sub health post, which was established two years ago with the objective of providing medical services to 16,000 residents of... Travel 23 Jul, 2006
Fresh nurses having tough time securing jobs Kathmandu, July 18:Nepal’s nurses who are known the world over for their quality services and hospitality and who were in demand in the global market are now having a hard time getting a placement even in the country. Thanks to the increasing number... Travel 19 Jul, 2006
Once-over Lightning claims twoCHARIKOT: Two persons were killed when lightning struck at Kabre Village Development Committee in Dolakha on Monday evening. According to locals, the deceased have been identified as Padam Prasad Dhungel, 55, and Chitra Bahadur... Travel 19 Jul, 2006
Said but undone Nepali nurses, recognised for quality service, are unfortunately having a tough time finding jobs in their own homeland. The 40 nursing campuses being run by the Tribhuvan University, Purbanchal University, Kathmandu University and the private ones... 19 Jul, 2006
Freed Kamaiyas ask govt to keep pledges Only 12,000 families have got some facilities in six years of freedomKathmandu, July 16 :Freed Kamaiyas, who gathered here today in a seminar to highlight their plight, asked the government to meet its pledges of providing five katthas of land, 35... Travel 16 Jul, 2006
