KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has pointed out the need to expand 'Poison Information Centre' service to local level.

NEPALGUNJ, May 12: The parents of Bhumisara Kunwar of Banke who died on Friday after poisoning herself on May 6, have accused her in-laws and husband of provoking her to commit suicide.

BIRATNAGAR, Aug 14: Twenty six school children, some of them as young as four, have fallen ill after drinking water that was mixed with poison in their school, Shree Secondary School of Letang-9, Jate.

Poison in Food

June 26, 2018 02:00 am

Coliform bacteria in milk samples

The poison we eat

June 14, 2018 07:21 am

I had been staring at an apple in my hand for almost ten minutes. As a child, everyone around me told that an apple a day kept the doctors away.  The belief persuaded my mother to arrange diced apples neatly for breakfast every morning. Little did I know then that the apples thought to be packed with health benefits could send me rushing to the hospital.

GAUSHALA, May 22: Two teenage girls have committed suicide by consuming poison here at Balawa municipality – 1 of Mahottari district.

Poison food

February 1, 2018 02:00 am

Ensuring food inspection

Two brothers who unknowingly consumed poison here Sunday evening, one is succumbed in course of treatment, police confirmed.

The poison in your food

August 25, 2017 11:49 am

You may have noticed that even after being careful about our food habits, many of us tend to get stomach infections and food poisoning on a regular basis.

SARLAHI, Jan 4: Frustrated by poverty, a mother of six poisoned three of her daughters and then committed suicide in Pipariya-3 of Sarlahi district on Sunday.

Old poison

December 15, 2016 00:45 am

Old beliefs die hard. The ones related to religions are particularly sticky. The new Nepali constitution outlaws any kind of discrimination based on caste, creed and gender. Yet Nepali women continue to face many kinds of discriminations just because of their gender

2 die after consuming poison

August 23, 2016 20:39 pm

UDAYAPUR, Aug 23: Two persons, including a police constable, have committed suicide by consuming poison in Udayapur district on Tuesday.