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Five killed, three injured in Dailekh jeep accident
Published On: November 29, 2018 08:03 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 29: Five people were killed and three injured when a Mahindra Bolero jeep veered off the road and plunged 40 meters at a bend in Dangre along the Banke-Bahakot road in Dailekh district on Wednesday morning.
Update : Death toll in Dailekh jeep accident climbs to five
Published On: November 28, 2018 02:19 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 28 : The death toll in Dailekh jeep accident has climbed to five as three more injured succumbed to their injuries during the treatment.
Drinking water supply becoming challenging in Surkhet
Published On: November 25, 2018 10:04 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 26: The average daily demand for drinking water in Birendranagar, the capital of Karnali Province, is 15.4 million liters. However, the authorities have been unable to meet the demand, thanks to the growing population.
Locals allege forest officials aiding timber smuggling
Published On: November 24, 2018 01:05 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 24: About a month ago, locals of Barahatal Rural Municipality-4 in Surkhet had informed concerned stakeholders about rampant deforestation and timber smuggling in forest areas. Pagma Area Forest Office and Bheri Divisional Forest Office among other offices were informed about the misdeeds. Yet, none of the offices deployed their teams to investigate.
Ex-Maoist combatants doing business
Published On: November 21, 2018 03:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 21: In 1998, Ramesh Paudel of Lekbesi Municipality-1 joined the 'People's Liberation Army (PLA)' formed by the then Maoist rebels at the tender age of 16.
Kalikot woman gives birth to conjoined twins
Published On: November 20, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 20: A woman from Kalikot district has given birth to a set of conjoined twins at the Provincial Hospital in Surkhet on Sunday. The twins were born to Lalita Budha of Raskot Municipality-5. They were delivered through a Caesarean section.
Conjoint twin girls born in Surkhet
Published On: November 19, 2018 04:35 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 19: A conjoint twin girls have been born in the district on Sunday. Lalita Buda of Raskot Minicipality-5 of Kalikot delivered the twins at Province Hospital, Surkhet through the surgery.
Mayor’s construction firm embezzles NEA’s Rs 1.4 million
Published On: November 17, 2018 07:51 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 17: Even after taking Rs 1.4 million as an advance in a contract worth Rs 14.2 million, a construction company owned by a mayor in Surkhet district has failed to make any progress in an electricity transmission line project. The project’s completion deadline expired three years ago.
A village’s journey from opium to vegetable and livestock farming
Published On: November 11, 2018 08:48 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 11: Opium production is not legal in the country. However, until a few years ago Kaltadi village of Surkhet was known for only one thing - opium production. Almost all of the 32 households of this tiny village would farm nothing but opium.
Panel formed to probe Karnali-Rara Tourism Year expenses
Published On: November 7, 2018 03:00 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Nov 7: The Public Accounts Committee of (PAC) of Karnali Provincial Assembly has formed a panel to look into expenses made during the inauguration of Karnali-Rara Tourism Year 2018.
NPC to prepare masterplan for Karnali's development
Published On: October 30, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Oct 30: The National Planning Commission (NPC) is said to be preparing a master plan for the development of Karnali, the least developed province in the country.
Bheri Babai Multi-Purpose Project to miss deadline as work falters
Published On: October 6, 2018 10:03 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Oct 6: Except for some satisfactory progress in digging tunnel for the Bheri Babai Multi-Purpose Project, other essential works that were supposed to be completed in parallel with the tunnel are yet to be started.
Karnali Province plans own airline
Published On: September 30, 2018 03:10 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 30: If things go as planned, the government of Karnali Province will have its own flag carrier airline in the near future.
Minister tells NGO to remove Bible verse from hospital
Published On: September 28, 2018 07:08 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sep 28: A provincial government minister last Friday ordered Surkhet Regional Hospital to remove a verse from the Bible inscribed on a wall on hospital premises.
Karnali pushes for pesticide-free farming
Published On: September 27, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 27: The provincial government is planning to establish laboratories at Harre of Surkhet district and Kapurkot of Salyan district to test the level of pesticides in agricultural products.
Mushrooming private schools leave community schools on verge of closure
Published On: September 22, 2018 09:40 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 22: Nepal Rastriya Saraswati Primary School was one of the most popular schools in the district until a decade ago. The craze was so high that not only commoners but even very rich and influential families used to feel lucky to get their children admitted here.
Judicial committees still struggles to deliver justice
Published On: September 18, 2018 02:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 18: It has been more than a year since the Deputy Mayor Shanti Chantel of Lekbesi Municipality in Surkhet district started handling the judicial committee of the local unit.
Sanitary pads to condoms found in local hooch
Published On: September 15, 2018 07:01 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 15: Filthy materials including sanitary pads, socks and slippers were found in the hooch seized from various places of the district by police on Saturday.
Provincial govt jobless as ministers, lawmakers in Kathmandu
Published On: September 14, 2018 05:30 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 14: At a time when the provincial government and lawmakers should be busy formulating laws and executing the programs of the budget for the implementation of federalism, the provincial ministers and lawmakers seem to be at leisure.
Commuters forced into perilous journey in lack of bridge over Bheri
Published On: September 13, 2018 03:04 AM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya
SURKHET, Sept 13: Whenever locals of Bheriganga Municipality-1 in Surkhet need to reach the district headquarters, they always have to undertake a perilous journey across the Bheri River. As there is no bridge over the river, they are forced to risk their lives using inflated rubber tubes to cross the river.
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