Every update from Gulf makes hearts race in Nepali homes

Achham/baglung, March 5 -- As the ongoing war in the Persian Gulf reverberates across the region, the tremors are being felt far and wide. The families of Nepalis working in Gulf countries are anxious... Read More

First-time voters in Nepal's poorest districts want results, not empty promises

Achham, Feb. 23 -- Junichande Rural Municipality in Jajarkot district is the poorest among Nepal's 753 local units, according to government statistics. For 24-year-old Neera Shahi of ward 6 of the rur... Read More

Women serve as election police, men handle home duties

Achham, Feb. 21 -- When Rajya Bhul, 52, from ward 4 of Mangalasen Municipality, leaves home at eight each morning dressed in police uniform, it marks a quiet but profound shift in her life. For the ne... Read More

Indian youth head to Achham for work as locals continue to leave for India

Achham, Feb. 18 -- While many young people from Achham continue to travel to India in search of work, a contrasting trend has begun to take shape in the district. Young men from India are arriving in ... Read More

Veteran election policeman plans to retire after serving 10 polls

Achham, Feb. 3 -- When Tanka Prasad Dhungana, a resident of ward 5 of Mangalsen Municipality in Achham, first donned the temporary police uniform in 1991, he was just 18. His parents applied tika on h... Read More

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