Genuine and sensitive issues are being ignored because most local units equate development with roads.

According to the Education Act, 10 percent scholarship should be provided to children belonging to marginalised groups and families of martyrs.

The locals collectively incurred a loss of around Rs 40 million in the incident.

Community groups cutting down trees on the pretext of managing old and fallen trees

The priced caterpillar fungus was scarce in Dolpo this year due to frequent snowfall, storms and rains, locals say

The Rangshi section of the Jajarkot-Panchkatiya-Jumla road is currently being realigned to solve a dispute between stakeholders and the local citizens of Jajarkot.

Substandard level of infrastructure in public schools and lack of teachers have affected the quality of education imparted in these schools. Around 85 percent of community schools in the district lack physical infrastructures to support the quality of teachings in classrooms.

Three persons have been missing for more than a week from a highland at Barelek in Jajarkot district.

Two people died in a jeep accident on Panchkatiya-Bulidhunga road stretch in Khurpa of Kushe Rural Municipality in the district on Tuesday.

Jarjarkot Durbar, a historic palace carrying an archaeological significance in Jajarkot district, is in a dilapidated condition and in need of immediate repair.The then King Gajendra Narayan Shah of Jajarkot is said to have built the palace in 1400 BS. The seven-storey durbar was reduced to four storeys by the massive earthquake of 1934. Locals said the historic palace is in ruins due to the apathy of the authorities concerned.

A woman died after receiving treatment at a drugstore in Thalahabazaar, Jajarkot, on Friday.

Residents of Barekot Rural Municipality in Jajarkot district have been suffering from a food shortage for the last three months.

Around 1,500 children in Jajarkot district are at a risk of abuse and poverty, a study has revealed.

At least 75 houses at Khalanga, the district headquarters of Jajarkot, are in danger after multiple landslides broke out in the area as a result of continuous rainfall of the last couple of days.

One woman and eight children died when a landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried two houses at Thanti Bazaar in Bheri Municipality-3, Jajarkot, on Sunday morning. A man was injured in the disaster.