Authorities struggling to contain forest fire inside Rara National Park
50 hectares of forestland have been destroyed in the last three days.
50 hectares of forestland have been destroyed in the last three days.
The construction work has now reached its final stage with only a kilometre of the track to be opened.
Out of 704 posts of health workers in the province, 441 are vacant.
Lack of awareness and geographical remoteness lead women to deliver their babies at home instead of visiting health facilities, health workers say.
The former bonded labourers say the state has done little for their rehabilitation.
Under the studying-earning programme launched by Janajyoti Secondary School, students can take interest-free loans to start farming projects.
Poor road conditions have made it difficult to transport daily essentials from Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, to remote areas of Chhayanath Rara Municipality.
With health posts and ward offices closed, villagers struggle to manage the basics.
The residents of Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality end up spending more money on the travel, food and lodging expenses for the journey than on salt, they say.
People say contractors don’t transport rice in time and when they do, the grains are of inferior quality.
Poverty, food shortage and lack of awareness behind existing malnutrition crisis, say experts.
The villagers say they are happy with the availability of computer courses in community schools at an affordable price.
The local government plans to build new infrastructure to attract more tourists in the future.
Campaign inspires girls and women to abandon period sheds.
The agitating students have padlocked TNT Technical College and Syarputal Engineering College.
Police fired several rounds of bullets on Tuesday afternoon to contain the situation.
Survivors displaced for over six months have demanded relocation to safer areas but their demands have remained unaddressed.
More than 40,000 beds have been removed from various quanrantine centres throughout the province, according to the Karnali Provincial Health Directorate.
A strong wind had blown away the roof of the school building some eight months ago.
Many affected families do not have land ownership certificates and those who have say the compensated amount is not enough.