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Karnali shelves flagship girls' savings scheme, leaving 11,000 beneficiaries in limbo

Surkhet, July 9 -- Karnali Province's flagship social protection programme, 'Bank Account for Every Daughter, Lifetime Security', has been left in limbo after the provincial government omitted it from... Read More


Three die in separate drowning incidents

Surkhet, June 21 -- Three people died in separate drowning incidents in Surkhet district on Saturday, police said. In the first incident, two teenage girls drowned while swimming in Tuni Khola in Bir... Read More


Man arrested in Dailekh over alleged rape of 12-year-old daughter

Birendranagar, May 1 -- Police in Dailekh have arrested a 49-year-old man on charges of repeatedly raping his 12-year-old daughter. The arrest was made on a tip-off from the victim's maternal aunt, ba... Read More


These Karnali women once relied on family support. Now they own businesses

Birendranagar, April 25 -- Usha BK of ward 7 in Birendranagar Municipality grew up with an ambition to earn her own living. That plan, sadly, collapsed early as she was married young, and her studies ... Read More


Woman drives auto-rickshaw to fund husband's cancer treatment

Birendranagar, April 24 -- Each day is a struggle between earning a meal and saving a life. For 38-year-old Tulasara Khadka of Botechaur in ward 9 of Gurbhakot Municipality, Surkhet, managing househol... Read More


Women find maternal and child health much better in their daughters-in-law's time

Birendranagar, April 15 -- While older women in Karnali Province lived through child marriage, malnutrition and high maternal and infant mortality, a younger generation is increasingly moving away fro... Read More


Generational shift reshapes maternal health in Karnali province

Birendranagar, April 14 -- While older women in Karnali Province lived through child marriage, malnutrition and high maternal and infant mortality, a younger generation is increasingly moving away fro... Read More