Puja Giri

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Tension erupts at St Lawrence College in Chabahil as a teacher is accused of molesting a girl student and asking her to be his sex partner

Published On: May 24, 2022 02:15 PM NPT By: Puja Giri

KATHMANDU, May 24: A teacher of St Lawrence College located in Chabahil, Kathmandu, has been accused of molesting a girl student of class 11.

Tuberculosis still kills 16,000 people a year in Nepal

Published On: March 24, 2022 07:15 PM NPT By: Puja Giri

KATHMANDU, March 24: Every year, 16,000 people die of tuberculosis in the country, according to the National Tuberculosis Control Center (NTCC). The number of new TB patients has reached 69,000 this year and the number is likely to increase further.

From TB survivors to TB champions

Published On: March 24, 2022 05:45 PM NPT By: Puja Giri

A story of some Nepali youth who got infected with tuberculosis (TB), which was once called ‘the white plague’, at a young age, and after winning the battle against the disease with the right treatment, have been campaigning for its prevention, testing and treatment with the goal of eradicating it from the country by 2035.