Poor crop harvest for a lack of fertilisers has driven the locals to destroy cash crops and plant marijuana to stay afloat.

As many as 603 people from the marginalised Chepang community will benefit from the health insurance policy from the upcoming fiscal year.

The provincial government had launched the housing programme in all 10 districts except three districts of Kathmandu Valley this fiscal year.

Five others sustained serious injuries in the incidents.

Hetauda Sub Metropolis is also going to instruct all individuals to use the sanitiser machine before entering Hetauda from the Ratomate area.

Isolation, quarantine facilities set up in various districts of the province in preparation for a possible coronavirus outbreak.

Viral Disease Research and Training Centre is being monitored by federal Ministry of Health and Population.

The local unit has also decided to establish a health desk in all SEE centres.

Gender pay gap runs deep in all kinds of profession in Makwanpur, women leaders say.

The Bagmati Provincial Government has plans to eradicate child marriage by early 2022, but numbers are not all too encouraging.

The province will be self-sufficient in fish production in two years, officials say.

A large number of cattle was buried under debris during the disaster.

The programme will come into effect primarily in four villages of Sindhupalchok and Kathmandu.

In May 2019, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had announced that sanitary pads would be distributed to girls in community schools for free from the beginning of the current fiscal year.

The report submitted by a probe committee pointed out poor security management and managerial weakness at the resort for the incident.