Kathmandu, Aug. 8 -- All water samples collected from household taps in ward 3 of Mahankal Rural Municipality in Lalitpur district have been found contaminated with faecal coliform. Of the five sampl... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 7 -- At least two people died and 11 others have been infected with the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus that has spread in nine districts of the country since January. Of the decease... Read More
Kathmandu, July 30 -- As many as 150 women died of maternity-related complications in the fiscal year 2081-82, probably the lowest maternal deaths recorded in a year in Nepal. However, recent data fr... Read More
Kathmandu, July 25 -- As drought grips the country's southern plains, farmers hoping for rain may instead face a windstorm on Friday evening in parts of Madhesh and Koshi provinces, as meteorologists ... Read More
Kathmandu, July 17 -- Seven out of the eight deep borings installed for irrigation in ward 4 of Bara's Pheta Rural Municipality have dried up due to a prolonged dry spell during the mid-monsoon. The t... Read More
Kathmandu, July 16 -- Nepal witnessed a massive measles outbreak in 2022 and 2023. But on Monday, the Ministry of Health and Population declared all 77 districts of the country 'fully immunised and su... Read More
Kathmandu, July 11 -- An outburst of a previously unnoticed supraglacial lake formed in Tibet above the Rasuwagadhi border point is responsible for Tuesday's devastating flood on the Bhotekoshi river,... Read More
Kathmandu, July 10 -- Every day, an elderly man from Kapilvastu district dials the landline number of the Meteorological Forecasting Division to inquire about rain updates. The office had forecast abo... Read More
Kathmandu, July 9 -- Officials at the Flood Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology were unaware of the flood in the Bhotekoshi river until 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning.... Read More
Kathmandu, July 7 -- Once again, thousands of ailing people from across the country will be deprived of treatment on Monday, with the Nepal Medical Association, the umbrella body of medical doctors, a... Read More