The vehicle had more people than it could carry on board, preliminary probe shows.

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

The jeep was carrying a wedding party from Banke when it veered off the road and fell down a cliff near Mulpani of Kapurkot Rural Municipality at around 2am.

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

The northern region of Humla district in Karnali has been witnessing snowfall since Friday following incessant rainfall in the past week.

Forgoing regular tests during pregnancy and delays in hospitalising pregnant women contribute to mortality.

A doctor was physically assaulted by a young patient’s father last month.

Until now, police and army personnel have been donating blood for crucial surgeries.

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

Government health facilities at Chhatreshwori Rural Municipality in Salyan have run out of essential medicines, forcing locals to seek treatment elsewhere.

Risk aggravated by haphazard road construction, claims Disaster Management Committee chief.

Some villagers say they’d rather endure the pain and resort to traditional healing methods than walk for hours to get medical treatment.

Around 500 people have died of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases in the 10 districts of Karnali Province in the past decade, according to the Provincial Health Directorate.

Forest office in Mugu detained a dog along with alleged poachers. Court freed the accused but didn’t say a word on the canine. Officials now wonder what to do with the dog.

The construction of a 15-bed hospital in Lekhpokhara, Chhatreshwari Rural Municipality-5, started a year and a half ago but the contractor company has stopped work citing non-payment.

The new academic year in many mountain districts kicked off over 10 days ago but the lack of textbooks has rendered lessons ineffective, teachers say.

A team of independent Dalit candidates wins four out of five seats in Ward 8 of Kanakasundari Rural Municipality in Jumla, including the post of chair.

The two men were on their way to celebrate election victory and had climbed on the roof of a bus when they touched electric live wires hanging overhead.

Dhan Bahadur Kami has been elected Ward 8 chair along with three Dalit members.

With the change in seasons, the hospital is seeing an increasing number of patients daily but has not been able to provide effective services due to a lack of essential medicines and specialist doctors.