BRATNAGAR cricket team qualify

In a Group B match held at the TU ground, opener Pun hit 119-ball 104 with 14 boundaries as Biratnagar posted a mammoth 304-5. Janakpur were skittled out for 138 runs in 44.3 overs. The result saw Biratnagar join Bhairahawa in the last four while Janakpur crashed out after finishing fifth in the six-team standings with two points.

Apart from Pun, former national team allrounder Mehboob Alam scored 83-ball 77 with eight fours and a six. Hari Shankar Sah got the prized wickets of both Pun and Alam while Abhishek Jha, and Chandan Jha took one wicket each for Janakpur.

Janakpur were in dire strait at 85-6 and never looked looked like threatening Biratnagar. No 8 batsman Sunil Sah top scored for Janakpur with an unbeaten 37 while Raj Mohammad chipped in 23. Veteran spinner Raj Kumar Pradhan, fresh from his six-wicket haul a day earlier, Puran Shankar BK, Puspa Thapa and Siddhant Lohani took two wickets each for Biratnagar.

At Pulchowk Engineering College ground, Region III (Kathmandu) thumped Region V (Nepalgunj) by 169 runs. With Biratnagar and Region IV (Bhairahawa) making it to the semi-final form Group B, the resounding Kathmandu victory carried no significance. The hosts, who have four points from two matches, will play their next inconsequential match against Region IX (Dhangadi) on Friday.

Electing to bat, Kathmandu were all out for 276 runs in 48. 1 overs. Suman Uday (31), Prashanna Shakya (31), Sanjay Basnet (30) and Arjun Adhikari (30) were the major run scorers for Kathmandu while Inamuddin Halwai grabbed three wickets for Nepalgunj. Nepalgunj were bowled out for 107 runs in 27.4 overs in reply. Shakya took 3-19 and Pramod Basnet 3-44 for Kathmandu.

In Pokhara Pokhara, Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) kept their semi-finals prospect alive after registering 44-run win over Region VIII (Pokhara). Defending a modest total of 205 runs, Rupesh Shrivastav took four and Rajesh Pulami three wickets to restrict Pokhara for 161 in 34.5 overs.

TAC had Suman Shrestha (54), Rajesh Pulami (34) and Rupesh Shrivastav (34) to thank for posting the total. In reply, skipper Rijan Prajoo fought a lonely battle for Pokhara as he stroke a fluent 74 runs but rest of the batsmen simply collapsed. His 83-ball knock included 11 hits to the fence and two fours. Shrivastav was the pick of the TAC bowlers with figures of 4-31 while Rajesh Pulami took 3-27

hospital staffers mistake ailing boy for dead girl

on Wednesday noon BIDHYA gonaha vdc in district was admitted to the bhim hospital at bhairawa  and gave born to baby boy.

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   bidhya’s husband Kanhaiya and brother-in-law Paramalik took the child to the SCWH and admitted him to the ICU. The SCWH officials, however, handed over the child’s body to the family at around 12pm that night, declarying him dead.

While performing final rites of the child the following morning, the family came to know that the dead child was a girl, not their son.
Then they immediately took the body to the SCWH and handed it over to the hospital . They accused doctors and nurses of being too negligent.

Admitting to their mistake, the hospital administration has formed a three-member committee to investigate into the matter.

Former Chairman of Lumbini Zonal Hospital Ram Bahadur Karki is coordinator of the committee while Dr Santosh Pokharel of the SCWH and Ram Prasad Harijan from the victim’s side are members. The hospital officials said they will make public a report about the incident within seven days.

Meanwhile, the dead child’s parents have also accused the hospital of administering medicines supposed to be given to the child of Bidhya to their child, thus causing the child’s death. The baby girl, daughter of Kamala Gautam of Nayagaun in Gulmi, was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Kamala was unaware of her baby’s death until she was handed over the body returned by the Harijans.

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