More than half of the people in the world rely on coal, wood, crop wastes or dung for their energy needs, according to the World Health Organization.

The Solid Waste Management and Technical Support Centre (SWMTSC) is organising a nation-wide clean-up campaign on Saturday to encourage public participation in community-level cleanliness activitie

The Ncell company has announced that it will have 15 percent of its total base stations backed up by solar power by the end of 2013.

A total of 119 hectares of forestland belonging to the Krishnasar Conservation Area (KCA) in Bardiya district has been encroached upon in the name of landless people.

A modern five-star hotel has been proposed in the western bank area of Rara Lake, Mugu.

Food shortage has taken its toll in Bajura after the Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) depots in the district ran out of provisions.

Diesel generator sets that are increasingly being used for the daily power needs in households and offices have been found emitting more harmful gases than vehicles in the Kathmandu valley, accordi

A market monitoring team of the Department of Commerce and Supply Management (DoCSM) shut down Suddha Pani situated in the Pepsicola town planning area on Monday.

Mahottari district is in the grip of a severe drought in contrast to the torrential rains that have lashed the rest of the country.

Four persons died of diarrhoea and viral fever spreading at Saldang VDC in Dolpa district in the last four days.