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.
Minister for Social Development in Karnali Province, Ghanashyam Bhandari, has said province government was focused on building infrastructures for expanding health and educational services at local levels.
Three people were injured in a bear attack at Sim, ward no. 5 of Simkot Rural Municipality this morning.
The agrarian land in Karnali Province has declined by 6.08 per cent. As per a study carried out by the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the agricultural land has decreased by 6.08 per cent in the last fiscal year as compared to previous fiscal year.
Norwegian Ambassador to Nepal Dagny Mjøs has said that Nepal and Norway will continuously engage in fostering cooperation in the area of higher education.
One person has died in a road accident involving a tractor in Chiuri, Nalgad Municipality-1, Jajarkot.
The Investment Board is set to approve the investment for the Betan Karnali Semi Reservoir-based Hydropower Project (439 MW).
Hima rural municipality in the district claimed that it ensured drinking water supply to some 80 percent households.