Health

Japanese encephalitis cases reach 131 in Nepal, 28 deaths reported

Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been confirmed in 131 people in Nepal so far this year, with 28 deaths reported, according to the Family Welfare Division under the Ministry of Health and Population.

Nepal

PSDN provides emergency health services in flood-hit Nuwakot, Rasuwa

Partnership for Sustainable Development Nepal (PSDN), with financial and technical support from Project HOPE, conducted 26 emergency medical and public health service deployments in flood-affected areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa between September 6 and 30.

Environment

Monsoon withdraws from western Nepal as rain continues in east

Nepal's monsoon withdrawal has advanced across much of the western part of the country, while moderate rainfall remains likely in several Himalayan and hilly areas, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

Nepal

Six firms blacklisted over road contract breaches in Jumla

Six construction companies contracted for road construction and upgrading along the Karnali Highway have been blacklisted for failing to comply with contractual obligations, according to the Road Division Office, Jumla.

World

Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing?

Who are the mystery pilots who stepped in to stabilize the FlyDubai flight as it hurtled toward disaster?

Nepal

Narayanghat-Butwal highway to get two more monkey canopy bridges

Two more overhead canopy bridges are being prepared along forest sections of the Narayanghat-Butwal road to allow monkeys to cross the expanded highway safely and help reduce wildlife-vehicle accidents.

Nepal

Six killed, 12 injured in Daunne bus accident

Six people were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus en route to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj overturned at Daunne along the East-West Highway on Saturday morning.

Nepal

Excise stickers worth Rs 10.5m seized in Rautahat

Excise stickers worth more than Rs 10.5 million that were allegedly being smuggled into Nepal from India have been seized from a border area in Rautahat, the Armed Police Force said.

Nepal

Riders deliver relief supplies to flood-affected school in Rasuwa

A group of motorcycle riders has delivered educational and other relief supplies to students of Shree Neelakantha Higher Secondary School in Uttargaya Rural Municipality of Rasuwa, which was affected by the recent Bhotekoshi floods.

Nepal

Madhes records 459 disasters in two months, 92 deaths

Madhes Province recorded 459 disaster incidents in the first two months of the current fiscal year, claiming 92 lives and affecting 510 families, according to the Madhes Province Police Office.

Kathmandu

Tenzing Norgay and Um Hong Gil foundations support Bhotekoshi flood victims

The Tenzing Norgay Foundation and the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation (UHGHF) have provided more than 85 lakh rupees to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (PMDRF) to support the victims of the devastating Bhotekoshi flood.

Environment

Climate justice must be put into practice, says Foreign Minister Khanal

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has called on the international community to provide Nepal with accessible, grant-based climate finance, saying climate justice must be translated into concrete action rather than remaining a slogan.