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Symbol of decentralisation in Koshi now reduced to signboard

Seven years after the Koshi provincial government established a Chief Minister’s contact office in Dhankuta as a symbol of decentralisation, the office has reportedly become virtually non-functional, with only an office assistant remaining and no regular public services being provided.

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Madhesh adds 5,068 industries as nearly 2,000 businesses close

Madhesh Province registered 5,068 new industries last fiscal year, even as 1,938 industries and business enterprises closed or were deregistered, highlighting the mixed picture of business activity amid an economic slowdown.

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Tasneem's Cookout traces MTR's 100-year culinary legacy

Tasneem’s Cookout with MTR, an event that brought together guests for an immersive introduction to the heritage of Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR) and its celebrated South Indian vegetarian cuisine, took place in Kamalpokhari on August 23.

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World's Only Shaligram River,Dug Up Illegally At Midnight

Despite a legal monsoon ban, heavy machines are digging up sand and stones from the Kaligandaki, the world's only river known for Shaligram stones, at midnight in Baglung and Parbat. Locals say police stay silent as the river's shifting course threatens a Majhi settlement.

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Heavy rain forecast in three provinces as Tarai cities remain hot

Nepal is set for another wet day, with heavy rain forecast in parts of three provinces and squally winds possible in Madhesh as the monsoon continues to influence the country.

File - A worker fumigates a resident area to prevent the spread of the dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases in Kathmandu, Nepal September 06, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Baglung Municipality emerges as dengue hotspot with 459 cases

Baglung Municipality has emerged as the main centre of a growing dengue outbreak, accounting for 459 of the 646 cases recorded in the district over the past two months, according to the Health Office, Baglung.

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Rotary golf fellowship raises $3,500 for global polio eradication drive

The Rotary Club of Himalayan Golfers (RCHG) has raised around US$3,500 through the Nepal legs of the Virtual Rotary World Golf Fellowship 2026, generating a total impact of US$10,500 through the Rotary International-Gates Foundation matching arrangement.

Lawmaker Ranju Darshana of RSP speaking during the House of Representatives meeting. Photo Nepal Photo Library

Lawmakers demand death penalty for rapists

Members of Parliament from across the party lines in the House of Representatives today called for reforms in laws, including capital punishment for rapists after the rape and murder of three-year-old Garima Chaudhary in Bara.

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Nepal's formalisation machinery is there: Now make it work

Nepal does not suffer from a shortage of formalisation policy. What it needs now is a way of making the many institutions it has already built work together as one, and a clearer sense of what would make ordinary workers and small enterprises want to step into those systems on their own.

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