Officials had planned to postpone the regular vitamin A supplementation and deworming campaign until March next year so they could know the actual prevalence of vitamin A deficiency if the supplement is not given before the study.

The ‘Pitri Moksha Yagya’ ritual at the Betrawati confluence will honour victims of the August 26 flood across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, and Chitwan.

Experts say moderate rain in the hills and Tarai is unlikely to cause major damage, but farmers preparing the harvest paddy could be affected.

Daily demand exceeds 400 pints, but collections have fallen to around 20. Patients needing urgent surgery are among the hardest hit.

Victims decry the lackadaisical approach from Kathmandu to the resettlement of displaced people, only prolonging their plight.

The government has announced rent assistance, temporary shelters and new land for resettlement. Survivors and local officials say little of it has reached them.

She is the first Nepali woman scientist and only the second Nepali citizen to receive the distinction.

Thirteen children have severe acute malnutrition, while experts warn that delayed intervention could push more children into life-threatening conditions.

Department of Drug Administration has cited safety concerns but doctors say the move could disrupt supplies of life-saving medicines for transplant patients.

Shailendra Raj Pyakurel tapped the construction industry’s own fund to build a vital crossing over the Trishuli river for Rs17.5 million, nearly half the government’s estimate.

A 20-year-old woman with relapsed leukaemia has received the treatment at TU Teaching Hospital. Doctors are monitoring her response.

Many settlements across the district have become inaccessible after the August 26 flood damaged roads and bridges. In Amachhodingmo, dwindling relief supplies are adding to residents’ hardship.

Health officials have indefinitely stalled vaccination in three flood-hit districts, warning that displaced children face a heightened risk of infectious disease outbreaks.

Proposal follows public outrage over a poor woman forced to give birth on a pavement outside Rajbiraj hospital after her husband could not afford blood tests.

Some victims say the Nepal Electricity Authority refused ward office recommendations to disconnect electricity meters from destroyed homes, saying they needed a police report instead.