Blaze causes estimated damage of over Rs30 million; investigation underway.

Delays in replacing the poles stem from confusion over responsibility following the dissolution of rural community electrification programme.

The motorcycle goes out of control and falls 100 metres down the road.

More than 500 families have gone back to their houses with cracks in three weeks, says Nim Bahadur KC, chair, Darma Rural Municipality.

Lack of budget, contractors’ negligence and corruption complaints are cited as the reasons behind the delays in construction.

The contract for the bridge was signed in 2017, with a three-year completion target.

One year on, thousands are still awaiting promised relief funds for temporary shelters, struggling to cope with inadequate support and reconstruction delays.

All injured taken to Rapti Provincial Hospital for treatment, police say.

The jeep plunges 25 metres off the road, causing casualties, police say.

Work to clear debris at Ramri and Tateli areas is underway, police say.

The 56-year-old man was hit by lightning while herding cattle.

Though a total of Rs50 million has been spent for the lake’s management over the past two decades, efforts towards that have become ineffective.

Reckless use of heavy equipment for roadbuilding, along with November earthquake blamed for weakening land’s topography and increasing landslides.

Health workers and local officials attribute rising cases to hot weather, consumption of polluted water, and poor living conditions.

The duo, aged 18 and 20, were found to be in possession of 60 milligrams of the contraband drug.