International Mother Language Day being observed today
The International Mother Language Day is being marked today by organizing several programmes on Monday.
February 21 has been marked as the International Mother Language Day since 2000 after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared the day in 1999.
It has been observed throughout the world since 21 February 2000. The declaration came up in tribute to the language movement done by the Bangladeshis (then the East Pakistanis).
Nepal has also started observing the International Mother Language Day in a special manner since 2000.
A study has revealed that in every 15 days two languages are being disappeared in the world.
In order to preserve and protect mother languages, especially the disappearing ones, the Nepal Academy, Language Commission and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are jointly organizing a festival of poetry in mother language as well as cultural procession of different ethnic communities today.
The host organizations stressed the need for the stakeholders' groups to work together to protect disappearing mother languages.
On the occasion, the three organizations hosted a talk programme entitled 'Mother Language and Mother Language Literature' on Sunday. Four working papers were presented on the occasion.
It was shared that 23 out of 37 languages having less than 1,000 speakers are on verge of extinction. The speakers univocally underlined the need to work for the protection dnd preservation of the languages in crisis. RSS
American national found dead in Mustang
An American national was found dead in Mustang on Sunday.
According to the District Police Office, Mustang, JYL Perry ((51) with passport number 522451270 of California, who had been hiding in Mustang after his visa expired, was found dead while asleep at the Hotel Red House in Kagbeni, Baragunj Mukrichettra-4 yesterday evening.
He had entered Nepal on November 5, 2019 with a 15-day visa permit.
It has been learnt that he extended the visa four times.
He extended the visa for the last time on March 18, 2020 for 60 days.
According to Inspector Ashish Adhikari of the District Police Office, Mustang, Perry had entered Mustang on December 10, 2021. He stayed in Mustang for two months and 11 days.
Woman killed as ambulance hits scooter in Sunsari
A woman died after an ambulance hit a scooter she was riding on at Bhokraha Narsingh Rural Municipality-4 in Sunsari on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Nirmala Uruwa (30) of Inaruwa-5, DSP Narendra Kumar Karki of the District Police Office said.
The ambulance (Province 2-01-001 Jha 0028) hit the two-wheeler (Province 01-02-041 Pa 2155) yesterday evening.
Critically injured in the incident, Uruwa breathed her last in the course of treatment at the District Hospital, Inaruwa, police said.
Police have arrested ambulance driver Sunil Kumar Mehta (27) of Bishanpur-5, Saptari for investigation.
Nepal reports 262 new COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths on Sunday
Nepal logged 262 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Sunday.
With this, the country's active caseload mounted to 1,114, 156. Similarly, the death toll has climbed to 11,921.
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 6, 572 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 229 returned positive. Likewise, 3, 243 people underwent antigen tests, of which 33 tested positive.
The Ministry said that 1, 338 infected people recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
As of today, there are 12, 244 active cases in the country.
The Ministry said that 11, 754 people are staying in home isolation while 490 are in institutionalized isolation.
