KATHMANDU, March 28: Nepal will be receiving 35 types of childhood cancer medicines free of cost for the next four years, with the country joining the Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer Medicines (GPACCM).

In a remarkable and compassionate move towards enhancing the welfare of its residents, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has stepped forward by offering free blood transfusion services to its citizens. KMC is taking a giant leap in securing access to a critical medical resource, blood, for all its inhabitants. This initiative is not just commendable, it's a lifesaver.

BANIYANI (JHAPA), Sept 14: The Haldibari rural municipality in Jhapa has launched the free distribution of drinking water to the locals, aiming to improve people's access to clean drinking water.

BHARATPUR, Aug 19: The Bharatpur Hospital has made 400 general beds of the Outpatient Department (OPD) service free.

We boast of ourselves as citizens of an independent nation, having never been colonized while our powerful neighboring giants were under colonial rule. We perceive ourselves as free, but are we truly free?

KATHMANDU, June 24: The Bir Hospital has decided to turn its 700 general beds into 'free beds' beginning from Friday.

Right to education is one of the fundamental rights of the Nepali people as enshrined in the country’s constitution. Article 31 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 states, “Every citizen shall have the right to get compulsory and free education up to the basic level and free education up to the secondary level from the State.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The government is providing an electric induction stove free of cost each to students from the country’s remote areas who are staying in rented rooms in the Kathmandu Valley to pursue their higher education.

DOLAKHA, July 24: Number of people visiting health post to collect free-of-cost condoms has drastically declined. Following this, a health post in Dudhpokhari of Sailung Rural Municipality-1, a remote village in Dolakha, has stopped making them available for the locals.

July 23: Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo will face no charges in Las Vegas in connection with a 10-year-old sexual assault allegation because the case cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutors said on Monday.

KAILALI, July 19: Ramita Chaudhari, who lives at the Free Kamaiya Camp in Milanpur of Kailari Rural Municipality of Kailali district carries an identity card which says she is a 'freed Kamiya'.

ROLPA, June 13: Rolpa district's Warchawang-4 in Madi Rural Municipality has been declared free from caste-based discrimination.

YANGON, May 7: Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars.

POKHARA, April 27: In order to prevent the children of the village from going elsewhere for education, a community-run Shukraraj Secondary School in Pumdibhumdi of Pokhara has introduced free bus service. By doing so, the school hopes to retain children in the village.

DOTI, March 17: More than 100 people have been benefitted from a free eye surgery camp organsied by Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Doti.

JUMLA, Nov 14: Khalanga of Jumla district, which was once the headquarters of Karnali Zone, is set to illuminate with electricity lights round the clock within this fiscal year.

India is actively distancing from SAARC thinking that it is no longer an effective body to maintain influence in the neighborhood. This policy will backfire