GAUSHALA, June 20: The 154-feet-long drain pipe, unilaterally constructed by India in no-men's land along the Nepal-India border at Matihani municipality-8 of Mahottari district, was buried early this morning.

KATHMANDU, May 7: Nepalis in India are still paying five times higher telephone call tariff for calling home, compared to the call rates from Nepal to India.

KATHMANDU, June 9: The laying of water pipes for much-awaited Melamchi Drinking Water Project has been speeded up in Kathmandu valley. The project aims to supply water to valley's dwellers within the Nepali month of Asoj, a project official said.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Although excited by the recent progress made by the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MSWP), Asmita Yadav, who lives in a hostel at Thapagaun, could not hide the exasperation in her face while treading along the Hanumansthan-New Baneshwar road.

JAJARKOT, Jan 23: The local villagers of Majkot – 6 have been deprived of irrigation facility after someone stole the pipe of the irrigation project.

KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The Melamchi Water Supply Project has intensified the installation of water pipes in the Kathmandu Valley as the government targets to supply water fetched from the Sindhupalchwok-based Melamchi River to the capital denizens by the upcoming Dashain festival (October-September).

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: As many as 1,000 workers are being mobilized everyday in three districts of Kathmandu Valley to dig trench to lay the pipes for the supply of Melamchi drinking water.

BEIJING, Aug 11: An official report says a high-pressure steam pipe has exploded at a power station in central China, killing 21 people and injuring five others.

MYAGDI, Aug 2: The district headquarters of Beni is facing acute scarcity of drinking water after landslides ruptured the supply line at multiple sections.