Women from the highlands of Guthichaur, Patarasi, Tila, and Kanakasundari are worried about their limited access to maternity care services.

The charred body of the girl was recovered from the incident site.

He turned his childhood passion for swimming into a career as Karnali’s first river rafting guide.

Surya Bahadur, who was born with a leg deformity, used to get bullied when he was a child. Now he works at his local unit office and everyone respects him.

The victim’s 11-day-old baby is being treated in the ICU of the hospital.

The 29-year-old motorcyclist lost control of the vehicle and fell some 75 metres down the road, police say.

Jumla has little irrigated land, while most farmers rely on rain for crops and fruits.

The Sarki family has been living under open sky after the incident and is in dire need of help.

Young girls rally against social ills, urging female relatives to shun harmful traditions like Chhaupadi, child marriage and caste-based discrimination.

Faced with a staggering prevalence of child marriages, three local units have teamed up to tackle the issue.

As many as 29 infants below one month died in the district in the last fiscal year, according to the District Public Health Office, Jumla.

Police suspect they were murdered as blood stains were spotted at the scene.

There are around 50 households in Talium and all of them are engaged in rabbit farming, officials say.

Farm incomes have more than doubled after the roadless villages were connected to the highway network.

Having exhausted all options, the villagers decided to hire watchmen to protect their crops from marauding monkeys.