At least nineteen people have died of tuberculosis disease in Tanahun district in the past one year.

Three persons have died and over two dozen taken ill due to a mysterious disease, undiagnosed so far, in Saptari over the past few days.

Public Health Officer of Saptari Chandra Dev Mahato said, Ramnarayan Mandal, Dibesh Kumar Yadav and Rujal Mukhiya of Jagatpur VDC in the district have died of the disease.

Mahato said, the patients showed common symptoms like fever, stomach ache, dizziness

At least 58 people were killed and 17 remain missing in different incidents of natural disaster including lightning, floods and landslides that occured in various parts of country since May 15.

Tata Motors has launched Nano, the world's cheapest car, in Nepal from Sunday.

It has launched three models - Nano, Nano CX and Nano LX - for now.

The price of the cheapest one, Nano, is Rs 798 thousands inclusive of all taxes. Nano CX costs Rs 998 thousands and Nano LX costs 1178 thousands.

In India, the price of Nano is IRs 151.

The production of food grains is projected to increase in the current fiscal year compared to last year.

According to the preliminary projections of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) released on Wednesday, the total production of food gains will increase by 11 percent this year.

The MoAC's projection also unveiled that the total cereal production (rice, maize, wheat, millet

Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal laid the foundation stone for the 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi hydropower plant at Lamabagar, Dolakha district, on Tuesday.

The power plant being constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 35.29 billion will be completed in four and half years if works go as planned.

Upper Tamakoshi will be the biggest power plant in the country built with Nepali investment as well a

The remote far western Nepal again stands on the brink of a serious food crisis as the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said Wednesday that it is going to stop distributing food to nearly a million people in the region because of funding shortfalls.

WFP spokeswoman Christina Hobbs told AFP that it does not have enough funds to continue flying supplies by helicopter to western Nepal, where road acc

The government has banned helicopters used for sightseeing from landing at the Everest Base Camp (EBC) to preserve the fragile geological structure of the area.

The government took such decision after reports about the ill-effects of helicopter landing at the EBC from civil service employees who had gone for an Everest expedition.

The expedition team had reported chief secretary Madhav Prasa

India is mulling the idea of a power grid linking South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka which has the potential to create 1,00,000 MW capacity in the region.

Indian Minister of State for Power KC Venugopal was quoted by Indian news media as saying on Wednesday that the power grid, meant for common use among

A Nepalese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Manahari Development Institute in Nepal (MDI-Nepal), has bagged a prestigious UN award on environment and conservation.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced Wednesday the winners of this year