There are eight members in the Cabinet—all men from the Khas-Arya community.

Around 500 people have died of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases in the 10 districts of Karnali Province in the past decade, according to the Provincial Health Directorate.

For a lack of special classes, trained teachers and supporting physical infrastructure, disabled children in Province are deprived of basic education.

The completion period of the Rs700 million project is two years, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority.

Police and local residents suspect that Suki Baduwal jumped into the river with her children.

Out of 704 posts of health workers in the province, 441 are vacant.

The former bonded labourers say the state has done little for their rehabilitation.

The Health Ministry in April had announced 50 percent allowance for workers deployed to the frontline in the fight against Covid-19.

Eighty-nine people tested positive for the virus in the past week in the district, signifying a wider spread of the virus.

Despite the high expenditure, the local units did not deliver on their promise, say locals.

Locals raise questions about the poor monitoring and evaluation of the development work by the local authorities.

The 50-bed isolation facility built a month ago has a leaking roof and weak walls, say locals.

While some people have resorted to protests, others have clashed with police demanding that their test results be made available at the earliest.

Local units in Dailekh directed to trace 87 individuals who were staying in the same facility as three Covid-19 patients.

Woman gives birth in quarantine, but locals reject her husband’s money saying it might transmit coronavirus.