SOCIETY
Govt launches three-month-long awareness campaign against dengue
Govt launches three-month-long awareness campaign against de...
The campaign launched by the Ministry of Health and Food Safety includes a weekly 'Clean Friday' event aimed at identifying and eliminating mosquito breeding sites near public institutions, schools and community organizations.
4 days ago
POLITICS
No-confidence motion filed against Karnali CM as coalition collapses
No-confidence motion filed against Karnali CM as coalition c...
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After two days of discussions with the Nepali Communist Party, 16 members from both parties, along with former Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma, signed and filed a no-confidence motion against Kandel at the Province Assembly.
4 days ago
SOCIETY
Death toll of 22 rhinos last FY raises conservation concerns in Chitwan
Death toll of 22 rhinos last FY raises conservation concerns...
A total of 21 endangered one-horned rhinoceroses died in and around Chitwan National Park (CNP) during the last Fiscal Year (FY), highlighting the persistent challenges facing Nepal's flagship wildlife conservation efforts despite decades of success in rhino protection.
4 days ago
POLITICS
Political turmoil grips Lumbini as NC prepares to quit UML-led government
Political turmoil grips Lumbini as NC prepares to quit UML-l...
The Lumbini provincial government faces growing uncertainty as the NC prepares to withdraw from the UML-led coalition amid unresolved power-sharing negotiations.
4 days ago
SOCIETY
Govt bars fresh contract hiring, shifts workforce to centralized pool
Govt bars fresh contract hiring, shifts workforce to central...
The government has barred fresh contract recruitment, removed retired pensioners from contract service, and created a centralized employee pool to redeploy temporary staff as part of its ongoing bureaucratic restructuring.
4 days ago
SOCIETY
893 scrub typhus cases recorded in Chitwan in FY 2025/26
893 scrub typhus cases recorded in Chitwan in FY 2025/26
Among the patients who came to various hospitals in the district in the last fiscal year, 893 were found to be infected with scrub typhus. Out of the 11,419 patients who visited the district's hospitals in the fiscal year 2025/26, 893 were found to be infected with scrub typhus during testing.
4 days ago
WORLD
School bus crash kills 21 in eastern Uganda
School bus crash kills 21 in eastern Uganda
Michael Kananura, spokesperson for the Traffic and Road Safety Directorate, said in a statement that the bus, carrying pupils from King David Junior School in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, crashed at Chekwatit Village in Kapchorwa District.
4 days ago
SOCIETY
Five-vehicle collision in Kathmandu leaves 10 injured, one critical
Five-vehicle collision in Kathmandu leaves 10 injured, one c...
A busy stretch of road in Kathmandu turned into a scene of chaos on Friday after five vehicles, including an Indian-registered car, collided in a chain-reaction crash, leaving 10 people injured, one of them critically.
4 days ago
SOCIETY
Bagmati govt to provide subsidized medical treatment for journalists
Bagmati govt to provide subsidized medical treatment for jou...
The Bagmati Province Government has decided to provide journalists based in the province with discounted health treatment services at the provincial hospital.
4 days ago
POLITICS
PM Shah nominates members on recommendation panel for three academies
PM Shah nominates members on recommendation panel for three...
Narayan Prasad Dhakal (Kathmandu) and Archana Thapa (Lalitpur) have been nominated as per the Clause 8(1) of the Nepal Academy Act-2064 BS, while Batsa Gopal Vaidya (Lalitpur) and Lok Bahadur Chitrakar (Lalitpur) have been nominated in accordance with the Clause 8(1) of Nepal Fine Arts Academy Act-2...
4 days ago