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Political maneuvering stalls Surkhet Airport expansion plan

Political maneuvering stalls Surkhet Airport expansion plan

Surkhet, September 8 — Discussions about expanding Surkhet airport have stalled. An all-party meeting held in Decdember 2023, which included representatives from Birendranagar Municipality, the MP and Provincial Assembly members...

Karnali highway blocked by landslide

Karnali highway blocked by landslide

Jumla, September 8 — The Karnali highway has been blocked by landslides triggered by last night's incessant rainfall. As a result, the highway remains completely blocked for traffic due...
Couple buried in landslide, daughter rescued

Couple buried in landslide, daughter rescued

Kankrevihar (Surkhet), September 8 — Prem Kumari, a ward member of Barekot Rural Municipality-6 and her husband Man Bahadur Chalune, were buried in a landslide that took place in Dhuma...
Eight injured in vehicle accident in Kalikot

Eight injured in vehicle accident in Kalikot

Surkhet, September 7 — Eight people were injured in a vehicle accident in Kalikot. A Force Motors vehicle (Karnali Province 02001 Kha 0098) traveling from Sinja in Jumla...
Civil servants named for awards

Civil servants named for awards

Kathmandu, September 7 — The government will present the Outstanding Civil Service Award to 10 employees on the occasion of Civil Service Day next year. An announcement of this was...
Passanglhamu road obstructed

Passanglhamu road obstructed

Rasuwa, September 7 — All vehicles including passenger buses have been stranded after the road is blocked between Grang and Thade along the Pasanglhamu section in the district today.  ...
Traffic resumes on Prithvi Highway

Traffic resumes on Prithvi Highway

Chitwan, September 7 — Prithvi Highway, which had been blocked due to landslides, has now reopened. Deputy Superintendent of Police Bheshraj Rijal from the District Police Office Chitwan informed...
Dry landslide blocks Prithvi Highway

Dry landslide blocks Prithvi Highway

Chitwan, September 7 — Prithvi Highway has been blocked since 7:30 this morning due to a dry landslide near Fisling in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality Ward No. 3. According to...
Heavy rainfall likely in five provinces

Heavy rainfall likely in five provinces

Kathmandu, September 7 — Heavy rainfall is likely to take place in the hilly region of Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces this afternoon. This is due to...
Police investigate mother-son murder in Katari

Police investigate mother-son murder in Katari

Gaighat, September 6 — Police have been dispatched to investigate the murder of a mother and her son in Sorung Chhabise, Katari Municipality-10. Despite 24 hours having passed...
Baglung flood death toll reaches three

Baglung flood death toll reaches three

Dhorpatan (Baglung), September 6 — The body of 20-year-old Kamal Sapkota of Bandre Adhaithar, Baglung Municipality-4, who had been missing in a flood in the Bandrekhola rivulet, has been found.  ...
Landslide halts two-way traffic in Malekhu

Landslide halts two-way traffic in Malekhu

Kathmandu, September 6 — A landslide has occurred in Malekhu, Dhading along the Prithvi Highway. Inspector Samata Basnet of the District Police Office in Dhading informed that landslides have...