Karnali, Sudurpaschim chief ministers face confidence votes amid coalition tensions
By Tripti Shahi & Arjun Shah Karnali Chief Minister Mangal Bahadur Shahi and Sudurpaschim Chief Minister Khagaraj Bhatta are seeking parliamentary backing as disputes over power-sharing threaten to complicate their coalitions.
The journey for fodder is too often becoming a final one
By Menuka Dhungana, Tripti Shahi, Madhav Aryal, Parbat Portel, Pratap Bista & Basant Pratap Singh 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.
Karnali Chief Minister Kandel resigns
By Tripti Shahi Kandel stepped down as the CPN-UML and NCP hold intense alliance talks.
Four Congress ministers resign from Karnali government
By Tripti Shahi Congress ministers step down from the UML-led provincial cabinet but the party has not withdrawn its support to Chief Minister Yam Lal Kandel’s government.
Karnali shelves flagship girls’ savings scheme, leaving 11,000 beneficiaries in limbo
By Tripti Shahi The provincial government has excluded the programme from next year’s budget after suspending deposits for four years, triggering criticism from lawmakers and uncertainty over more than Rs420 million already held in beneficiaries’ accounts.
UML vice-chair Bishnu Paudel arrested in money laundering investigation
By Tripti Shahi Former finance minister was detained in Surkhet at the request of the department of money laundering investigation, a home ministry source says.
Three die in separate drowning incidents
By Tripti Shahi Two teenage girls drown in Birendranagar, one youth found dead in Panchapuri.
Man arrested in Dailekh over alleged rape of 12-year-old daughter
By Tripti Shahi Case uncovered after the victim’s aunt in Kuwait alerts police via WhatsApp voice call.
These Karnali women once relied on family support. Now they own businesses
By Tripti Shahi Through street vending, group farming and skill training programmes, women in remote districts are slowly moving towards self-reliance and financial independence.
Woman drives auto-rickshaw to fund husband’s cancer treatment
By Tripti Shahi Doctors have advised Tulasara to manage Rs 6 million for a bone marrow transplant, but she struggles to secure even daily meals.
Women find maternal and child health much better in their daughters-in-law’s time
By Tripti Shahi Falling maternal and infant deaths and a rise in institutional deliveries point to improving care, though gaps in awareness and nutrition persist.
Three injured after gas leak sparks fire in Jajarkot
By Tripti Shahi Kitchen fire triggered by a gas leak in Nalgad Municipality leaves three family members injured, including one in critical condition.
Mother of two returns from Kuwait in casket
By Tripti Shahi 33-year-old Yamuna Sunar had gone to the Gulf kingdom to give her daughters a better future.
Two kids drown in pit in Surkhet
By Tripti Shahi A 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl died, police say.
Solve water crisis and get our vote, Rekcha village declares
By Tripti Shahi The village in Surkhet has seen more than half of its residents migrate elsewhere over the past five years mainly because of water scarcity.