Malnutrition rates in Nepal are among the highest in the world. But participants at a programme organised in Rajbiraj of Saptari today claimed that malnutrition rate in the district was worse.

Euro III model buses have started plying Pokhara roads from today.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City is set to launch a European Union- supported energy project within a week.

The Directorate of Animal Health has urged owners of poultry farms to subject their birds to bird flu tests. The appeal came after bird flu surfaced in two poultry farms in Itahari.

About 13 per cent of the population in Kanchanpur do not have access to safe drinking water.

A team formed to manage transportation service in Pokhara has advised bringing pollution-free vehicles to use in order to mitigate the havoc caused by vehicular emission in the city, of late.

Authorities in Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve, Kanchanpur, have completed the first phase of the big cats’ count this year.

Hundreds of locals living near Mohana River in Kailali are building an embankment along the river banks to prevent flooding in their settlement.

Dadeldhura and its district headquarters Baghkhor are reeling under waste management problems due to apathy of the concerned authorities.

After installing separate waste segregation bins at the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City plans to install the bins in more areas of the city soon.