ADB approves Rs. 6.89 b loan for water services in Kathmandu Valley
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved Rs. 6.89 billion ($80 million) loan to modernise and expand the wastewater network and treatment facilities in the populous Kathmandu Valley.
View ArticleMoFSC, ICIMOD to implement a regional framework for cooperation on important...
The Government of Nepal, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and partner institutions from Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal have agreed to cooperate across borders
View ArticleOver eight tonnes of waste collected from Everest
Members of a campaign dedicated to cleaning up Mt Everest said on Saturday that they have collected over 8 tonnes of waste from the mountain over a period of one year.
View ArticleTaplejung landslides claim seven lives, four more missing
At least seven persons belonging to two families were killed and four others went missing in a landslide that hit a remote village of Thukimba-6 of Taplejung district Wednesday night.
View ArticleTaplejung landslide toll climbs to eight, three missing
At least eight persons belonging to two families were killed and three others went missing in a landslide that hit a remote village of Thukimba-6 of Taplejung district Wednesday night.
View ArticlePlastic bags banned in Kathmandu from today
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has banned the use of plastic bags in the city from Saturday.
View ArticleGovt announces relief package for flood, landslide victims as nationwide toll...
The government has announced a relief package for the flood and landslides victims across the country.
View Article3 killed in Palpa landslide
Landslide triggered by incessant rainfall hit a house in a remote village in Palpa district and claimed the lives of three members of a family on Tuesday night.
View ArticleRs 500 million for reconstruction works in flood-affected Darchula
The government is to allocate Rs.
View ArticleDeath toll from flood and landslides reach 37 as govt intensifies relief...
The death toll from the floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfalls in the Mid- and Far Western Development Regions of the country has reached 37 while eight persons were still missing a
View ArticleMagnitude 5.5 quake shakes mid-west, tremors also felt in Captial
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook mid-western Nepal Friday evening.
View ArticleTwo more die in Darchula landslide
Two women were killed and two others injured after they were buried under the debris brought by landslide in Chhapari VDC of Darchula district on Sunday.
View ArticleKMC starts monitoring waste management in hospitals, hotels
The Kathmandu Municipal Corporation (KMC) has begun monitoring of the waste management in hospitals and hotels in the capital, state-owned news agency RSS reports.
View ArticleAround 2,000 houses sub-merged in Saptari
Heavy rainfall and swollen rivers have sub-merged around 2,000 houses of Saptari district in east Nepal.
View ArticleDonor pockets 80 pc of grant assistance provided to Nepal for forest...
Around 80 percent of the Rs 500 million grant assistance the Government of Finland had provided to Nepal for a project entitled ‘Forest Resources Assesment in Nepal’ has reverted back to Finland be
View ArticleKapan declared open defecation free
Kapan VDC in Kathmandu has been declared open defecation free VDC on Sunday with the slogan ‘Clean and Green Kapan: Our identity.'
View ArticleKOICA and UNICEF join hands with Nepal govt to improve maternal, neonatal...
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is partnering with United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) to support the Government of Nepal (GoN) to implement programmes to improve maternal and neon
View ArticleNRNA donates Rs 5 million for flood victims
The Non-Resident Nepalis’ Association (NRNA) on Wednesday donated Rs 5 million to the prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to be used for the welfare of victims of recent floods and landslides in
View Article7 killed, 6 missing in landslides of Palpa, Myagdi, Syangja, Dolakha
Four different incidents of landslides on Monday night and early Tuesday morning have killed 3 in Palpa, 2 in Myagdi and 2 in Syangja while 6 are missing in Dolakha (5) and Syangja (1), police said
View ArticleTwo new agriculture initiatives to reduce poverty and hunger across Western...
The Government of Nepal's (GoN) Ministry of Agricultural Development (MOAD), the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP), the U.S.
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