The Karnali Dialogue on the topic 'Mulyawan Logo: Opportunities, Challenges and Course of Action in Organic Mission' has started in Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province.
The Mid-Hill Highway has remained incomplete for 11 years. Out of the 85 kilometres of the Jajarkot section, only 55 kilometres have been paved so far. The section from Kudu to Thalaha of the highway is yet to be completed.
The agriculture office reported that during the apple producing season, local apples were sold for Rs. 65.50 per kg at the orchard gates. Similarly, local apples were sold for Rs. 70 per kg in some orchards of municipalities. The Italian Fuji apples were sold at prices exceeding Rs.175 per kg.
Water taps have been fixed in households of Limatang, Simkot Rural Municipality-3, of Humla district. It has brought ease to the locals following the fitting of the new water tap.
Deuda competition was also held by the group of local women during the indigenous food exhibition. Messages were given through the Deuda songs regarding indigenous dishes, nutritious and organic food.
In the cold winter winds of northern Gorkha’s Dharche Rural Municipality-2, the roads of Runchhet village seemed unusually busy, almost as if a festival were underway.
In the recent past, a fire broke out in a mobile phone shop in Khalanga Bazaar area of Chandannath Municipality–5. After the fire happened in the narrow intersection, the local residents nearby got terrified due to high risk of the fire getting spread in other houses.
More than 60 construction projects in northern Humla have been temporarily halted due to extreme cold weather. With temperatures dropping below freezing, cement work has been suspended, forcing a four-month pause on these projects.
According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, 10 out of 20 people on board the jeep were injured when a jeep carrying students on an educational trip crashed near Aaganeta in Bangad Kupinde Municipality-8, on Friday afternoon.
Some 2,210 additional voters have been registered in Jajarkot district for the election of the House of Representatives (HoR) to be held on March 5.
Although basic healthcare is a fundamental right of citizens, some remote villages in Bajhang are still deprived of basic healthcare facilities.
Six hundred and twelve people have benefited from a free eye examination camp conducted in Simkot, the headquarters of Humla district. Of these beneficiaries, 69 underwent cost-free surgery for removal of cataract.