Karnali Province

Driver killed, three injured in Salyan jeep crash

Vehicle plunges 400 metres off Rapti Highway in Kapurkot.

Election police training begins in Salyan

Over 1,400 personnel, including 447 women, to be deployed across 117 polling stations.

Candidates brave snow and cold to campaign in Jumla highlands

Despite harsh winter conditions, party leaders visit villages for door-to-door outreach.

Karnali Provincial Assembly meets for first time since Gen Z protests

Winter session to convene at temporary venue after fire and vandalism left assembly building unusable.

Electricity poles erected a year ago, but villages still without power

Residents of six settlements in Salyan district light their homes with solar lamps, kerosene lanterns and torches.

Upper Dolpa faces challenge of bringing back voters for polls

Authorities begin collecting details of voters who have migrated to lower regions and cities for winter, ahead of March 5 voting.

Nine from Salyan killed in cooking gas cylinder blast in India

Two families from Takura, ward 2 of Siddha Kumakh, died while asleep.

Piped water reaches most households in remote Jumla village

Residents of Hima Rural Municipality say they are finally free from daily water worries and can focus on other household chores, hygiene and even kitchen gardening.

Medicines shortage hits health facilities in Dolpa’s Tripurasundari Municipality

Delay in procurement linked to absence of chief administrative officer, officials say

Complaint filed against five cops over disappearance of Dolpa youth

Search continues in nearby rivers for missing youth.

Dolpa remains tense as man goes missing

Locals halt transport and clash with police after man goes missing in Thuli Bheri river.

Humla residents relieved with direct bus service to Kathmandu

The initiative marks a significant shift for Humla, a district long dependent on air travel and porters for connectivity, but maintaining a regular schedule remains a challenge.

Influenza spreads across Mugu villages, medicine shortages worsen crisis

Cases rise in multiple local units as hundreds fall ill, schools disrupted and health facilities struggle to cope.

Karnali communities celebrate Chhora Tihar with maternal blessings

This regional festival sees sons receiving tika from their mothers two months after Tihar.

Two years after Jajarkot quake, Salyan begins damage assessment

Over 2,000 displaced families yet to be distributed first instalment of the Rs50,000 emergency relief announced immediately after the quake.

Dengue cases in Karnali continue unabated

Over 1,400 people infected since mid-July, with most cases in Surkhet, as health officials warn negligence in sanitation is driving the spread.

Upper Dolpa medical emergencies are marred by high costs and delays

People in the isolated mountain region are forced to rely on costly helicopter evacuations that require special permissions and are often delayed by red tape.