Agriculture exports from Karnali top Rs3.64 billion, but livestock imports drain Rs951 million

Surkhet, Sept. 17 -- Karnali province exported agricultural produce worth Rs3.64 billion in the last fiscal year, while spending Rs951 million on imports of livestock products including milk, meat, fi... Read More

Five bodies recovered from flood-hit Chilime hydropower project

Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- Five bodies have been found inside the Chilime hydropower project in Rasuwa district, the Nepali Army said on Wednesday. The bodies were discovered after a trolley broke throug... Read More

Three dead as landslides sweep houses in Rolpa and Jajarkot

Surkhet/rolpa, Aug. 16 -- Three people were killed in separate landslides in western Nepal on Saturday, as relentless monsoon rain continued to trigger landslides, block roads and threaten settlements... Read More

From brown sugar to pills, Karnali faces a changing addiction problem

Surkhet, July 31 -- The nature of drug abuse in Nepal's remote Karnali province is changing. Substances traditionally associated with addiction, such as heroin, brown sugar, hashish and cannabis, are ... Read More

Mangal Bahadur Shahi becomes fifth chief minister of Karnali Province

Surkhet, July 29 -- Mangal Bahadur Shahi has taken oath as the fifth chief minister of Karnali Province. Provincial chief Yagya Raj Joshi administered the oath of office and secrecy to Shahi on Wedne... Read More

One in five pregnancy airlift involves teenagers, exposes early marriage

Surkhet, July 24 -- year-old Sushila Roka of ward 14 of Musikot Municipality in Rukum West, June 4 was supposed to be the day her family welcomed the arrival of her twins. Instead, it became a race ag... Read More

Helicopter rescues offer lifeline to teenage mothers in Nepal's remote hills

Surkhet, July 19 -- year-old Sushila Roka of ward 14 in Musikot Municipality, Rukum West, the morning of June 4 became the most difficult day of her life. Her family had been preparing to welcome her ... Read More

DNA report contradicts gang-rape case against four juveniles

Surkhet/kathmandu, July 17 -- When the Surkhet District Government Attorney's Office filed a case on March 28 against four juveniles on charges of the gang-rape and murder of 16-year-old Inisha BK, th... Read More

Four injured in Bajhang jeep crash airlifted to Nepalgunj, two referred to Kathmandu

Surkhet, July 12 -- Four of the critically injured passengers in Saturday's jeep crash in Bajhang have been airlifted to Nepalgunj, while two others have been referred to Kathmandu for further treatme... Read More

Passenger bus falls into Karnali river in Dailekh

Kathmandu, July 2 -- A passenger microbus operating along the Karnali Highway has fallen into the Karnali River in the Sangetada area of Dailekh district, officials said. Police have yet to confirm th... Read More

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