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10 killed as electric passenger vehicle plunges off road in Makawanpur

Hetauda, Nov. 12 -- Ten people were killed, and three others seriously injured when an electric passenger vehicle plunged off the road at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makawanpu... Read More


A journey home for Chhath turns deadly

Hetauda, Nov. 12 -- Sanjay Yadav was heading home to Sarlahi from Kathmandu to celebrate Chhath. He boarded a microbus at 3am on Thursday, accompanied by neighbours and relatives from his village, all... Read More


10 killed, five injured as electric microbus plunges off road in Makawanpur

Rautahat/hetauda, Nov. 12 -- Ten people were killed and five others injured when an electric microbus plunged off the road at Chisapani Gadhi in Bhimphedi Rural Municipality-6 of Makawanpur district o... Read More


Bagmati Province to build homes for 1,000 homeless families

Hetauda, Nov. 6 -- The Bagmati provincial government plans to build homes for 1,000 families without adequate housing, allocating Rs400 million for the programme in the current fiscal year. The gover... Read More


Night-time traffic halted on Kanti Lokpath amid cyclone-related rain

Hetauda, Oct. 30 -- Authorities have suspended night-time traffic on the Kanti Lokpath in Makwanpur district as persistent rain triggered by Cyclone Arnab in the Bay of Bengal raises the risk of flood... Read More


Father cannot afford last rites for son missing in Bhotekoshi floods

Hetauda, Oct. 14 -- year-old Baburam Sapkota has spent the past 47 days waiting for news of his son, who went missing in the Bhotekoshi floods. He has neither found his body nor been able to raise the... Read More


Makawanpur begins process to declare 58 missing people dead

Hetauda, Oct. 14 -- Authorities in Makawanpur have begun the process of declaring 58 people missing in the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods dead, following a special government procedure to establish their... Read More


Chepang children risk swollen rivers to get to school

Hetauda, Oct. 9 -- The rain was pouring down as school let out at 4 pm on Thursday. As students prepared to head home, the Lothar Khola had swollen into a muddy torrent. Chinimaya Chepang, an eighth-... Read More


Bagmati province seeks Rs1 billion for Bhotekoshi flood reconstruction

Hetauda, Oct. 8 -- The Bagmati provincial government has decided to provide Rs25 million in grants to 12 local units affected by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods and seek an additional Rs1 billion from... Read More


Ground cracks displace 15 families in Makawanpur, 80 houses at risk

Hetauda, Oct. 3 -- Every year around this time, Gopini Bishwakarma of Morangedhap in Makawanpur would be preparing to clean and daub her house with mud for Dashain, the biggest festival of the Hindus.... Read More