Nearly a hundred children from Karnali are rescued from children’s homes in various cities every year, says activist.

A Nepal Army bomb disposal squad disposed of the IED wrapped in plastic and placed in a box.

The runway of some airports located in the mountains of western Nepal was blacktopped recently, raising hopes of locals.

Three others have been injured in the mishap that occurred at Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality.

The jeep heading to Surkhet from Mugu met with the accident near Khallagad bridge at around 11:45 am.

Three other children seriously injured in the blast are undergoing treatment.

The disasters set off by heavy rains over the past week have displaced 2,889 families across the province. Sixty families moved to safety, police say.

Twelve people died in other landslides in Mugu and Humla.

Incessant rains for the past five days have wreaked havoc in the district while also affecting search and rescue efforts.

Five of a family have gone missing in Kalikot. Several areas are without transport, communication and power.

The local Sannigad micro hydropower project is in disrepair since 2019.

While most households in Palata Rural Municipality now have access to running water, efforts are underway to supply water to other local units.

Government schools in the district say they are spending the meal money to pay salaries to privately-hired teachers.

There are six male and three female doctors at the Kalikot district hospital in Manma.

As many as 169 incidents of child marriage were reported in Tilgupha Municipality and Shubhakalika Rural Municipality last year.