The rural municipality has initiated ‘Employment Programme for Relief’ through all its ward offices.

But the government has proposed allowing the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority to probe complaints of such conduct by public officials and fine them.

Landslides at Limgha and Thulolumpek in Gulmi district had claimed 13 lives and displaced around 100 families last year.

Health facilities run by the federal government witness a sharp drop in number of people coming in for tests as they start charging money.

Experts stress elections that everyone can afford to take part in so that good people have equal chances of representation.

Oli’s meeting with Samant Goel could be aimed at mending the strained ties between Nepal and India, say observers, while party leaders disapprove of it saying it goes against diplomatic norms.

Park officials say using technology has helped control illegal activities inside the park while they intensify anti-poaching operations ahead of the festive season.

Covid-19 patients from the municipality had to go to isolation facilities in the neighbouring Sindhuli district for treatment.

Victims of the conflict, non-governmental organisations quash the government’s claims.

With a new working procedure coming into effect, there is high risk of lawmakers choosing their own people as consumer committee members to spend the funds, critics say.

School operators say this is not the right time to introduce new courses.

The smugglers killed the policemen and threw their bodies into the Mohana river, said police.

The Sudurpaschim government released Rs 4.5 million amount through Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment to airlift the food stuff to the villages.

Amnesty International’s new report shows that despite Qatar’s recent labour reforms and protective laws, domestic workers go through various forms of exploitation on a daily basis.

The Oli administration on Sunday had announced only those who cannot afford would be tested and treated in public hospitals for free as there are insufficient beds with cases soaring.

The ministry, however, does not have a policy of imposing prohibitory orders to restrict movement during Dashain, Tihar and Chhat, the spokesperson says.

While ruling party lawmakers will deposit it in Covid-19 fund, opposition ones will return the allowance to the government.

Nepali migrant workers see ray of hope in labour destination countries that are re-opening their economies as they fail to find jobs at home, foreign employment experts say.

Another police personnel who was on the same patrol with the missing officer was found dead in Mohana river in Kailali on Sunday, said police.

Eighty-nine people tested positive for the virus in the past week in the district, signifying a wider spread of the virus.