Prison escapee held
Police have arrested a prisoner, who had escaped from the Chitwan prison during the September 8-9 Gen-Z protests, from Jhapa.
According to police, Ashish Subba (29) of Shivasatakshi Municipality–8 was arrested from his house on Sunday. Subba had been in custody for investigations in a pangolin trafficking case.
The Area Police Office in Jhiljhile shared that Subba would be sent to the Chitwan prison.
Social Security Fund collects Rs 95.44 billion from contributors
Six years since its establishment, the Social Security Fund has collected a total of Rs 95.44 billion from its contributors.
According to the Fund, the amount was collected from its 2.64 million plus contributors of 22,309 listed enterprises.
Likewise, the Fund has settled the claims of Rs 17.64 billion so far.
As shared by the Fund, Rs 2.51 billion was paid for medical expenses, Rs 228.6 million for accidents and disabilities, and Rs 290.7 million from the dependent family security scheme.
It shared that more than Rs 14.6 billion was paid for the retirement claim scheme.
Effectiveness of the Fund has improved as the foreign migrant workers should mandatorily participate in the contribution-based social security system.
Physical Infrastructure Reconstruction Fund receives Rs 93 million
The Physical Infrastructure Reconstruction Fund received Rs 10.1 million from Life Insurance Corporation Nepal on Sunday.
Chief Executive Officer of LIC Nepal Pranaya Kumar handed over a cheque of the amount to Finance Minister Rameshwor Prasad Khanal.
The Fund is established by the government for the reconstruction of physical structures damaged from arson and vandalism during the Gen-Z protests that happened on September 8 and 9.
Likewise, the employees of F1 Soft International, E-Sewa and Fonepay Payment Service Limited contributed Rs 7.5 million to the Fund.
Chairman of F1Soft Group Siddhantha Thakuri handed over the bank cheque to Minister Khanal on November 19.
The Fund has received Rs 93 million as of Sunday, Spokesperson of Finance Ministry Tanka Prasad Pandey said.
A bank account, 1960100102070004, has been opened at Rastriya Banijya Bank, Singha Durbar branch for the reconstruction fund.
The government has established the Physical Infrastructure Reconstruction Fund for the reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure, economic recovery, and relief operations.
The government has also appealed to the provincial and local governments, the private sector, Nepali and foreign citizens, the non-resident Nepali community, friendly nations, development partners, and international organizations to extend their support in this campaign for reconstruction.
Around 90 percent population vaccinated against cholera in Bara and Parsa
Around 90 percent of the population in Bara and Parsa districts has been administered with anti-cholera vaccine.
The anti-cholera immunization drive was launched in two-phase.
According to Head of Family Welfare Division of the Department of Health Services, Dr Abhiyan Gautam, the vaccine was administered to 88.25 percent people (322,926) in Bara and 90 percent (589,354) in Parsa.
The immunization drive was launched for the people above one year in Bara from October 12-19 while from October 30-November 13 in Parsa.
Gautam shared that the anti-cholera immunization drive launched in the two districts had the highest coverage so far.
Earlier, the coverage used to be 70-80 percent. Ten percent of the population, who missed the vaccination drive, had received the anti-cholera vaccine under the regular immunization programme.
The Department of Health Services had launched the anti-cholera immunization drive in six local levels of Bara and 14 local levels in Parsa following the outbreak of cholera in two districts in the last week of August.
