GANESH BISHU

In Nepalgunj, residents are required to pay a total of Rs 10,000 to two separate government agencies to install a single drinking water tap. Locals say the high upfront cost has prevented a large number of economically disadvantaged families from accessing safe drinking water supplied through the go...

Spread across an area of 85.94 square kilometres, Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City uses various vehicles for service delivery, monitoring, administrative work, and transportation of elected representatives and employees. According to the audit report, the municipality spent Rs 9.99 million on fuel du...

The Meteorological Forecasting Division had earlier issued a warning of a heat wave in the Tarai regions of Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces. According to the division, clear weather conditions and a low chance of rainfall have further contributed to rising temperatures across western Nepal.

The survey has begun in Himalayan districts with technical support from the Ministry of Forests and Environment Nepal, Forest Research and Training Centre Nepal, and Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) Nepal.

For decades, the district’s politics was dominated by the Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML, along with the former Nepal Communist Party (NCP). This time, however, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has created a new political wave.

At least eight people were killed and five others seriously injured when a jeep plunged about 700 meters off the road at Jharmare, on the border between Baphikot Rural Municipality and Aathbiskot Municipality in Rukum West, on Friday afternoon.

The Federal and provincial governments have started initiatives after receiving complaints from non-governmental health organizations and private hospitals about unfairness in the remuneration and service facilities of nursing and health workers.

GANESH BISU BANKE, Feb 10: Ganesh Sijapati, 38, the manager of Namaste Savings and Credit Cooperative Society, accused in a cooperative fraud case, has been apprehended in Qatar and extradited to Nepal through INTERPOL.

BANKE May 21: A complaint was made to the district police office about the murder of a young woman by a man over a rejected love proposal.

BANKE, Feb 24: A fire broke out in Ambe Steel Industry located in Janki Rural Municipality-5 in Banke at around 6:30 am on Friday morning.