The absence of crucial devices like fire hydrants and fire extinguishers, along with  proper relevant training, highlight the weakness of the nation in the  implementation of fire safety protocols. Prem Prasad Acharya opting the suicidal idea of self-immolation and the unsuccessful attempt to extinguish it shows the  inability of a nation to carefully tackle fire hazards. A life would have been  saved.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday formed a committee to probe the issues raised on a social networking site by Prem Prasad Acharya of Ilam district who self-immolated in Kathmandu.  A six-me

Prem Acharya’s final facebook status makes it clear that he was ‘forced by society and state’ to choose the path of self-immolation

ILAM, Jan 25: Funds have started pouring in from all over the world in support of the family of debt-ridden Prem Prasad Acharya, 37, of Illam, who committed self-immolation in front of the Federal Parliament building in the capital on Tuesday.

Kathmandu, Jan 25: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane visited the family of Prem Prasad Acharya from Ilam, who set himself on fire in front of the Parliament House on Tuesday and passed away at the Cleft and Burn Center in Kirtipur on Wednesday morning. The minister expressed his condolences to the family during the meeting.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Prem Prasad Acharya, who attempted self-immolation in front of the federal parliament building in New Baneshwar, breathed his last on Tuesday.