Society
Bodies of 2 missing individuals recovered from Rapti River
KATHMANDU: Two people who were reported missing have had their remains retrieved in recent instances near the Rapti River. Maniram Chaudhary, 62, a resident of Nayabasti in Lamahi Municipali...
KMC fines 4 companies for selling contaminated edible oil
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has imposed a cash fine of Rs 200,000 on each of four companies found selling edible oil contaminated with harmful components. During an insp...
Monsoon disasters claim 28 lives in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Since the country's monsoon season began, monsoon-related calamities have claimed the lives of 28, left one person missing, and wounded 25 others. The impact of these tragedies wa...
Parliamentary Probe reveals cooperative fraud tied to Home Minister Lamichhane
KATHMANDU: A parliamentary probe panel investigating a cooperative fraud case has found that a company linked to GB Rai and current Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane received Rs 630 million in l...
Pokhara's Fewa Lake records 286 deaths in 12 years
KATHMANDU: In the past 12 years, Fewa Lake in Pokhara has been the site of tragedy for 286 individuals who lost their lives. However, since the construction of the rescue tower at Barahi Gha...
Budget cuts hamper conservation efforts at Chitwan National Park
KATHMANDU: Budget limits have posed substantial hurdles to conservation efforts at Chitwan National Park (CNP), particularly measures focused on safeguarding endangered animals and reducing...
Clash erupts in Banke District as police attempt to arrest runaway convict
KATHMANDU: In Duduwa rural municipality-6 of Banke district, a clash erupted between locals and police when the latter attempted to arrest an absconding convict. Superintendent of Police Tul...
Landslides in Myagdi disrupt Beni-Jomsom road
KATHMANDU: Landslides in various locations within Raghuganga and Annapurna Rural Municipalities of Myagdi have severely disrupted vehicular traffic on the Beni-Jomsom road, a vital connectio...
Woman swept away due to flood in Kailali
KATHMANDU: In the Gauriganga Municipality of the Kailali district, tragic events unfolded as a young woman lost her life to flooding. Sushmita Chaudhary, aged 20 and a resident of Gauriganga...
Salt Trading Corporation increases prices of iodized salt
KATHMANDU: The Salt Trading Corporation Limited (STCL) has decided to hike the price of iodized salt goods beginning at midnight. The price of Aayo Nun, a popular iodized salt, would rise by...
Woman goes missing after being swept away by Babai River in Dang
KATHMANDU: A young woman of 20 years of age has been reported to have drowned after being carried away by the Babai River in Dang.
Sanbana, a citizen of Tulsipur Sub-metropo...
Road cave-in at Sohrakhutte-Balaju section in Kathmandu halts traffic
KATHMANDU: A road section in Sohrakhutte, Kathmandu, caved in early Wednesday morning. The acting ward chair of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-16, Pushpa Maharjan, reported that a loud sound wa...