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Uplands brace for heavy snowfall. Tourists, farmers on alert

Kathmandu, Oct. 28 -- Very heavy rainfall, similar to that during the Dashain festival in the first week of October, is most likely to occur again from Thursday, with Koshi and Madhesh provinces expec... Read More


Underpaid and overworked, private hospital nurses demand pay parity

Kathmandu, Oct. 26 -- Eva [name changed], a staff nurse at a teaching hospital under Bhairahawa-based Universal College of Medical Science, receives only Rs13,000 as basic salary a month. The hospital... Read More


As smog season looms, experts urge early action on air pollution

Kathmandu, Oct. 24 -- distance vehicles was suspended for three days in the first week of October, in view of the forecast of excessive rainfall and the risk of floods, landslides and inundation. Aut... Read More


Nepal reports a dozen indigenous malaria cases since January

Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- Around a dozen cases of indigenous malaria infection have been reported since January, this year, which is a serious setback in the country's efforts to achieve its malaria elim... Read More


Finance ministry flooded with public grievances

Kathmandu, Sept. 25 -- Within just two days of the launch of email addresses [email protected] and [email protected] and toll free hotline numbers, the Ministry of Finance has received over 600 phone ... Read More


Cholera cases jump in Parsa district

Kathmandu, Sept. 24 -- A new infection of cholera, a deadly waterborne disease that first broke out in the first week of August, is starting to resurge in the local units of Parsa district including i... Read More


New cholera cases quadruple within days in Parsa

Kathmandu, Sept. 23 -- A new infection of cholera, a deadly waterborne disease that first broke out in the first week of August, is starting to resurge in the local units of Parsa district including i... Read More


Children, teens show mental health problems after Gen Z protest

Kathmandu, Sept. 18 -- old girl from Kathmandu was rushed to Kanti Children's Hospital, Maharajgunj after she stopped sleeping in the night and remained anxious all the time. Doctors attending the pat... Read More


Birgunj cholera outbreak still out of control

Birgunj, Sept. 18 -- After efforts to contain the spread of cholera, which broke out in Birgunj last month and spilled over to adjoining local units and districts, the Ministry of Health and Populatio... Read More


Medics shocked by bullet wounds of Gen Z protesters

Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- Doctors and nurses at the National Trauma Centre had expected some participants of the Gen Z protest to come to them with baton-inflicted wounds and had prepared accordingly. B... Read More