SIDDHARTHANAGAR: Locals in Gallamani area have been badly affected due to the carbon and other pollutants spewed by a factory in the settlement. Local residents allege that the Honey Food Products Private
A month’s walk from the nearest sea, Kathmandu -- elevation almost a mile -- is as vulnerable to climate change as the world’s coastal megacities. The capital of the poorest Asian country after Afghanistan
KATHMANDU: Nepal has achieved remarkable progress on reducing early childhood mortality, improving public health and nutrition and immunization, preventing deaths from diarrhea, fever and acute respiratory
KATHMANDU, JAN 15 - The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) has decided to ask all government officials not to use polythene bags in their day-to-day life. During a follow-up meeting
KASKI, JAN 15 - Migrantory water birds in the district have been endangered due to human activities such as deforestation and encroachment, ornithologists and conservationists counting the number of such
JAJARKOT, JAN 15 - The threat of acute shortage of food looms large in the remote region owing to the failure of Nepal Food Corporation (NFC) to transport subsidized rice to its depots located in remote
MANTHALI, JAN 15 - Following rampant deforestation in community forests which has seriously threatened bio-diversity in the region, the District Forest Office (DFO) in Ramechhap has forwarded a proposal
With interlinking of rivers (ILR) project high on its agenda, the Narendra Modi government is working on a new water-sharing arrangement to "revive the ailing Yamuna and benefit Upper Yamuna river basin
In a major boost to cross-border wildlife conservation, India and Nepal have joined hands to secure the key Boom-Brahmadev corridor connecting the Haldwani forest division in Uttarakhand and the Kanchapur
The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal, as part of the global MICS programme. Technical support was provided by
