Road construction puts settlements in Baglung at risk of landslide

Baglung, June 27 -- Baglung saw its first landslide of the year in Kathekhola Rural Municipality last week; the disaster buried several houses and claimed the life of a woman. Since the monsoon rains... Read More

Returnees prefer hotels to unmanaged and overcrowded quarantine facilities

Baglung, June 26 -- A recent returnee from Saudi Arabia was asked to stay a night at a quarantine facility in Baglung Bazaar before making his way to his hometown the next day. Having heard of the poo... Read More

In Baglung, District Crisis Committee orders locals to clear fences set up at entry points to ward off the movement of people

Baglung/parbat, April 25 -- The District Crisis Management Committee in Baglung has instructed the local governments to remove the roadblocks placed to prevent outsiders from entering their areas in o... Read More

Local units in Parbat and Baglung continue to see new entrants despite lockdown

Parbat, April 14 -- It has been almost three weeks since the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19. Transport services have come to a grinding halt and local units i... Read More

Baglung intensified rapid testing; health of both the infected 'normal'

Baglung, April 14 -- Baglung's District Health Office has identified over 900 individuals that require coronavirus testing, and plans to complete their rapid testing by Tuesday, Suraj Giri, chief of t... Read More

Baglung awaiting medical equipment to start running Covid-19 tests

Baglung, April 7 -- The federal government has decided to launch large-scale Covid-19 rapid diagnostic tests in Baglung, but the health officials in the district say they still lack essential medical ... Read More