KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will start flights to the hill districts of the far west from Sunday. The NAC will start the flights from Sunday as per the directive  of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prem Bahadur Ale.

KAILALI, March 14: Entrepreneurs of the far western region of Nepal have demanded direct flights between Dhangadhi and Pokhara, especially to cater to Indian tourists and other international tourists willing to travel to these destinations.

KAILALI, Feb 25: After the death of 25-year-old Kala Dhami of Andaiya in Gauriganga Municipality-5 in a tiger attack on February 14, the stakeholders are curious as to where the tiger actually came from.

BHIMDATTANAGAR, March 2: The Sudurpaschim province government has set up health desks in seven different areas of the state for screening possible symptoms of coronovarus.

'We don't follow Chhaupadi'

January 4, 2020 09:17 am

JUMLA, JAN 4: Fourteen years ago, the Cabinet decided to declare Chhaupadi as a malpractice. But the decision couldn't be implemented effectively, leaving behind the women of Karnali and far- western Nepal to suffer in the name of the age-old tradition. In the name of tradition, what weren't they deprived of? Nutritious food, proper rest, you name it.

DADELDHURA, Oct 13: One of the biggest hospitals in the far west, Dadeldhura Hospital in Dadeldhura is crippling in the lack of human resources. The hospital has halted all major services including postmortem of dead bodies.

KATHMANDU, June 20: Sudur Paschim Province is seeing a surge in the number of accidents of late.

DADELDHURA, June 11: Sixteen women and children have lost their lives due to the practice of chhaupadi, the seclusion of women and girls from home during menstruation.

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