Doti is yet to be declared open defecation free zone due to lack of cooperation among various organisations working in the field of drinking water and sanitation in the district.

A forest fire has been raging at Nuwakot Community Forest in Jugada VDC from Sunday morning.

The blaze is yet to be brought under control, said Jagatraj Pandit, a local.

Almost all VDCs in the Kamalakhoch region of Sindhuli have been reeling under water crunch for more than fortnight.

The Annual Household Survey, based on the data collected over the last fiscal year from 3,000-household sample, paints a picture of rampant inequality — between the rich and the poor population.

KATHMANDU: The second international conference on ‘Cryosphere of the Hindu Kush Himalayas: State of Knowledge’ organised by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development with the support

A recent statistics show that the Kathmandu Valley is still a major hub for trading and smuggling of body parts of endangered wild animals.

With soaring temperatures, Tarai is in the grip of a heat wave.

At least three persons have died due to extreme hot weather in the last three weeks in Rautahat district alone.

BIRATNAGAR: Private schools in Biratnagar have been shut for five days in the wake of an outbreak of jaundice which has claimed 10 lives so far.

KATHMANDU: The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has filed cases against 263 different companies so far this fiscal for not adhering to quality standards that the Food Act, 1967 has

BAJURA: Well over 47 per cent of kids in Bajura district suffer from malnutrition; it has been learnt.

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