Journalist Dinesh Sitaula dies after collapsing during election campaign in Achham

Achham, Feb. 1 -- Journalist Dinesh Sitaula, who suddenly collapsed while accompanying senior Rastriya Swatantra Party leader Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen, during an election tour in Achham, h... Read More

Balendra Shah completes Sudurpaschim tour

Achham, Jan. 30 -- Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party Balendra Shah, better known as Balen, completed his Sudurpaschim Province tour on Friday by visiting Mangalsen, Kamalbazar and Binayak ... Read More

Families of two slain girls still awaiting justice a year on

Achham, Jan. 27 -- One year after the heinous killing of two teenage girls at Ghodasain in ward 8 of Dhakari Rural Municipality in Achham, the families of the victims are still waiting for justice. Th... Read More

Rural youths rush to obtain citizenship and apply for election police

Achham, Jan. 14 -- The courtyards of the District Administration Office (DAO) and the District Police Office in Achham, a hill district of Sudurpaschim province, have been unusually crowded in recent ... Read More

Health services in Achham local unit hit following federal order to end contract appointments

Achham, Nov. 27 -- The eye treatment centre operated by Mellekh Rural Municipality in Achham has shut down after the local government terminated all contract-based health staff, causing what officials... Read More

School dropout Achham youth returns from India, passes SEE and seven PSC exams

Achham, Nov. 26 -- When Lokendra Bohara left school in the ninth grade at the age of 13 and went to India for work, he believed formal education was no longer for him. A decade later, the 23-year-old ... Read More

Budhiganga project to be built under EPC model

Achham, Nov. 18 -- The construction process for the 20-megawatt Budhiganga Hydropower Project- discussed for nearly three decades-has finally begun. With 20 percent investment from Nepal government a... Read More