MUGU, Aug 7: Students of Malika Primary School near the district headquarters of Mugu have been forced to study in a dilapidated classroom.

FIDIM, July 22: Two people died when the roof of an under-construction temple fell apart at Tari of Hilihang rural municipality-7, Bharapa in Panchthar.

Souls of My City: Under one roof

July 29, 2018 10:11 am

Prabina Kaldang, 25, has been married for two years. She and her husband have a six-month-old baby. Her husband is a railing worker.

HONOLULU, July 17: An explosion caused by lava oozing into the ocean sent molten rock crashing through the roof of a sightseeing boat off Hawaii’s Big Island, injuring 23 people Monday, officials said.

Busking for a roof overhead

July 2, 2018 10:26 am

The Kutumba studio had gone through a wave of change since my last visit five years ago. Though the interiors remained the same, the instrument galore spoke of their achievements over the years. It was further remarkable that the smoggy cigarette fumes had also settled. Also, all members seem to have aged; even the youngest, percussionist Siddhartha Maharjan, is now a proud father of a baby boy.

ROLPA, May 31: The Sunil Smriti Rural Municipality in eastern Rolpa has announced to launch “roof for the poor” program. Under the program the thatch roofs of the houses in the rural municipality will be replaced with tin roofs.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The students of Purna Hira Secondary School at Bansgadhi Municipality-8 in Bardia district have to endure up to 44 degree Celsius during summer as they study under corrugated zinc sheet roofs due to the lack of proper buildings. Of the total 522 students at the school, 65 percent are from the Tharu community.

School without roof

March 17, 2018 08:12 am

PYUTHAN, March 16: Imagining a classroom without roof is weird. However, this is how the classes have been running at Bal Bidya Secondary School of Pyuthan Municipality after the wind and storm on Thursday night blew off the roof. As their final examination is underway, students have no choice but to be punctual in such classrooms. They say that they have no choice than to sit for exams in the dilapidated building.

School without roof

March 17, 2018 05:36 am

PYUTHAN, March 17: Imagining a classroom without roof is weird. However, this is how the classes have been running at Bal Bidya Secondary School of Pyuthan Municipality after the wind and storm on Thursday night blew off the roof. As their final examination is underway, students have no choice but to be punctual in such classrooms.

Tomato price hits the roof

August 25, 2017 03:57 am

KATHMANDU, August 25: The price of tomato in the Kathmandu Valley has hit the roof due to low supply from the farms, traders say.

BABIYACHAUR (MYAGDI), May 5: A storm blew away corrugated metal roof of a building of Ramche Primary School at Dhaulagiri rural muncipality-6 in Myagdi on Thursday noon.

KATHMANDU, April 18: Believe it or not, most of the quake-stricken schools are still continuing classes in makeshift tents in the capital city two years after the massive earthquake struck Nepal.

JHAPA, Dec 13: A 18-year-old construction worker fell to his death Monday from the roof of an unfinished building of Suresh Banshal of Birtamode Municipality-7in the district.

KAPILVASTU, Aug 6: Three members of a family died when the roof of their house collapsed at Tingharewa village of Gugauli VDC – 5 of the district.

MELAMCHI, June 29: Around 15 months into the earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 and damaged hundreds of houses and structures, the victims are still facing difficulties for want of a roof over their heads.