The first phase construction of the Sikta Irrigation Project located in Banke district has almost been completed to which government had allocated Rs 1.85 billion budget.
In addition to the earlier budget, the project had received an additional Rs 600 million this year for the first phase works.
The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTCQ) has said three popular brands of edible oil -Dhara, Family and Shakti have been found substandard and unfit for consumption.
People in a remote village in Gorkha district have started panicking after at least a dozen people died due to an unidentified disease over the past two weeks.
The disease - that starts with common syndromes like headache, fever and cough- claimed three additional lives Wednesday in Gumda VDC alone taking the death toll to 13.
Minister of Forests and Soil-Conservation Kiran Gurung has said global warming has made mountainous regions more vulnerable to floods, landslides and other natural catastrophes.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to provide a grant assistance of $25.6 million to help restore economic activity in parts of Nepal devastated by last year's monsoon floods.
More than 300,000 people living in the eastern and far western region of the country were seriously affected by the August floods, and the landslides that followed.
