- Friday, 24 March 2023
Earthquake occurs in Mugu
An earthquake measuring 4.5 in the Richter scale occurred at 9:15 this morning with its epicenter in Mugu district, the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, Lainchaur, said. The earthquake was felt in the districts of Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces.
Shahi appointed Vice-Chair of Karnali Provincial Planning Commission
Yogendra Shahi has been appointed the Vice-Chair of the Karnali Province Policy and Planning Commission. A meeting of the provincial council of ministers chaired by Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma on Wednesday decided this, said Krishna Bahadur GC, spokesperson of Karnali provincial government and minister for internal affairs and law.
96% population in Karnali deprived of pure drinking water
As high as 96 per cent of total population in Karnali Province is deprived of access to safe and pure drinking water.
Snowfall in Humla: Farmers elated
What has fallen is not snow, it is like gold for the farmers, said Dala Bhandari, a local farmer who has planted 150 apple saplings on his apple orchard.
Caste-based discrimination, a social crime: Karnali Chief
Karnali Province Chief Tilak Pariyar has said caste-based/racial discrimination is a social and moral crime and an assault on human dignity.
Free health camp benefits people from five districts
A free health camp organised in Dailekh has benefited people from five districts including Dailkeh, Kalikot, Jajarkot and Achham
Karnali provincial government constructing 1,000 access roads
Karnali provincial government is constructing 1,000 secondary roads this year alone.
Karnali provincial government constructing 1,000 access roads
The secondary access roads are under construction in order to expand the road access to the settlements in the province which are still out of road connectivity.
Australian Ambassador visits Jumla to celebrate Women’s Day
Australian Ambassador to Nepal Felicity Volk reached Jumla to celebrate the 113th International Women's Day with the district’s women on Wednesday.
Mugu locals have to walk two days to get 5kg of salt
Believe it or not, people in Karmarong Rural Municipality of Mugu district have to walk for two days to reach Gamgadhi, the district headquarters, to get 5kg salt at subsidised rate! The municipality lies near Nepal-China border in the
Rukum East faces food crisis in lack of snow, winter rain
As there has been neither snow nor winter rain so far this season in Rukum East district, farmers there are worried that they will starve to death.
Humla patients depend on security personnel for blood
Patients, who need blood and who are undergoing treatment at the Humla District Hospital, have no option but to depend on security personnel for blood.
Presidential candidate Poudel writes to Federal MPs, Province Assembly Members
Presidential candidate Ram Chandra Poudel, who is backed by eight-party alliance including the Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre), has written letters to all the federal parliamentarians and Province Assembly Members seeking their votes.