The daily search for grass and firewood has become a deadly gamble across Nepal’s hill districts, where women risk their lives to keep livestock that sustain rural livelihoods.

Jagannath Thapaliya and Kiran Thapa are competing for the chief minister’s post as the party works to stitch together a majority in the hung assembly.

Mahesh Karki, 30, was carried away with his scooter by the swollen river while travelling from Kathmandu to Hetauda. His body was recovered after search teams excavated sand from the riverbed.

Budgets focus on upgrading hospitals, expanding rural healthcare, strengthening maternal and specialist services, and improving access for vulnerable groups.

Bagmati, Karnali and other provinces continue providing large sums via projects recommended by provincial assembly members, raising questions over compliance with Supreme Court ruling against the Constituency Development Fund.

Court delays have frozen a key highway widening, turning the town’s main commercial stretch into a damaged, unsafe and dust-filled zone with blackout risks and disrupted businesses.

Decision aims to reduce operating costs and redirect savings to development projects, with annual savings estimated at around Rs5 billion.

Officials blame fragile topography. The road project started in 1956 is still a work in progress.

Traffic along the Ganesh Man Singh Marga to be suspended from May 31 to June 13 for upgrades and blacktopping.

From highway towns to market centres, settlements built on public and forest land across Nepal face growing uncertainty as authorities intensify anti-encroachment campaigns.

Protesters in Pokhara demand withdrawal of a 35-day eviction notice.

Road shut since 5am after landslides in Makawanpur and Lalitpur, clearance work underway.

The Rs 33 billion project aims to ease water shortage in the valley amid frequent disruption of the Melamchi water project during the monsoon.

Originally slated for completion within 30 months of its 2013 start, the project remains unfinished.

Makawanpur’s Rani Community Forest has been conserving the endangered animals since 2005. It has set aside around 20 hectares specifically for pangolins.