Lockdown restrictions loosened and calls for Minister to resign over alleged support for discrimination: last 7 days in Nepal

While more than a thousand daily cases of coronavirus are being reported, the government loosens lockdown restrictions and calls for the Education Minister to resign over his alleged support of discrimination against a Dalit community member. Listen here to find out what else made the headlines in Nepal in the past 7 days.

Nepali protestors affiliated with wings of main opposition political parties scuffle with riot police while burning an effigy of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari Source: EPA

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