A dry spell in mid-monsoon pushes hundreds in Banke to migrate to India
Last year, unseasonal and extreme precipitation damaged ready-to-harvest paddy, while this year, paddy saplings and other crops have dried up due to a dry spell.
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Beijing announces new Rs15 billion aid to Nepal
This new grant is additional to the grant announced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal in October, 2019.
Nepal Airlines at a loss as Chinese planes begin to rust
The Chinese planes cost more money to operate than they brought in, and Nepal Airlines was racking up losses dangerously.
Floods damage homes, displace families in Dolakha
Local residents say that the construction of a recharge pond – which burst and caused the flood – in fragile topography above a human settlement has put many at risk.
Rising cost of living is squeezing Nepalis who were already on a tight budget
Nepal’s inflation reached a 70-month high in June and there are signs that it will breach the double-digit mark by the end of the fiscal year ending mid-July.
Almost all water from small suppliers contaminated: Nepal officials
The three Valley districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur have all been witnessing outbreaks of cholera, with doctors citing contaminated water as the major cause.
International rights groups call for amendment to Nepal’s transitional justice bill
The rights bodies have also said that the bill does not clarify the principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law in a manner consistent with international laws.
Nepal’s youngest female electric bus driver on the road less travelled
25-year-old Nisha Chaulagain joined Sajha to break through into a male-dominated profession and out of her love for driving.
Aimless Nepali tourism awaits post-pandemic recovery
Experts have attributed the poor show to global inflation, which has made travel packages pricier than ever.
Sheep are dying in traps set for wildlife in Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
Poachers and smugglers of animal body parts install traps every year to catch musk deer and Himalayan black bear, in which the sheep get caught.