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KATHMANDU, July 24: Mandatory polio vaccination campaign for children under five years old is commencing in the Kathmandu Valley from today. The campaign, which will run until July 27, aims to administer polio vaccines to children under five across all three districts of the valley.

BHARATPUR, Aug 11: BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur, Chitwan, is set to extend its services across all provinces in Nepal starting mid-August. As part of a federal government initiative, the hospital will establish cancer treatment rooms with at least five beds in government hospital...

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The Kathmandu District Court has extended the custody of Bechan Jha by an additional four days to allow police more time to investigate his involvement in the fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

KATHMANDU, Aug 12: The 2021 census indicates that as many as 2,190,592 Nepali citizens are residing abroad, with over 275,000 of them being children.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a show cause order  for the imprisonment of suspended Joint Secretary Chudamani Sharma.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Ram Charitra Sah, executive director and environment scientist at the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) has strongly urged all concerned government agencies to ban the import, sale, distribution, and use of chlorpyrifos, a highly hazardous pesticide i...

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Renowned Nepali singer Prakash Timilsina was found dead on Saturday evening at his residence in Adinath Marg, Lalitpur.  He was 39.

JHAPA, Aug 11: Police have arrested three youths along with a loaded gun and stolen goods from Dewan Chowk of Arjundhara Municipality-4, Jhapa.

KATHMANDU, Aug 11: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has appointed Prabhakar Chandra Mallik as the chief of flight safety. With over 15 years in the aviation sector, Mallik’s new role was confirmed by CAAN on Friday.

SOLUKHUMBU, Aug 11: An electrician died due to electrocution in Salleri, the district headquarters of Solukhumbu, while three others were injured.