All 10 local units in the district have allocated Rs 29.677 million for prior preparation to reduce disaster risks.

Panchadewal Binayak Municipality Ward No. 2 Chairman Padam Bahadur Dhami was found dead in a cattle shed under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday morning.

Despite many campaigns and efforts, child marriage is still rampant in the district.

Lack of proper landfill sites leading to pollution of streams and rivers.

Every week, the Bayalpata Hospital, which has a dedicated mental health bureau, sees over a hundred women suffering from depression, doctors say.

While the district has introduced several safe motherhood programmes, they have largely been ineffective.

Even though locals have already submitted information about their ownership to the special survey office, more than half of the applicants are yet to receive their renewed certificates.

Enrolling students with special needs is just one way to bring them into the system; keeping them in school remains a bigger challenge.

The DPO launches patrolling in remote villages that border with Kalikot, Doti and Surkhet districts

Elected representatives have stopped going to their local offices in rural areas of Achham district.

Short of hands, ward offices in Achham rural municipality are forced to put off daily operations

This move has left many guardians perplexed since the academic year had only just begun.

Dhakari was declared a Chhaupadi- and untouchability-free village on May 17 with much fanfare. But a recent fire has led the villagers to believe that their embracing of the campaign has angered the gods.

One kilo of iodised salt costs up to Rs 40 in remote parts of the district, while non-iodised salt is available at Rs 20 per kilo.

Kala Dhami of Mangalsain Municipality-13, Achham, was all set to lead a consumers’ committee of a local drinking water project.