The health branch of Tanjakot Rural Municipality has referred 10 severely malnourished children outside the district for further treatment. Due to the lack of nutritional services in the district and
Makwanpur’s Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City–11, Thanabharyang-based 30-bed capacity Child Reform Home is facing serious problems due to the accommodation of boys far beyond its capacity. The facility currently houses 89 boys.
In Jumla, delays in the construction of two rural hospitals have forced patients to travel to the Karnali Health Sciences Academy in the district headquarters, Khalanga, for treatment. Although the
In Rampur Municipality, the long-standing compulsion of spending hours traveling to the market to collect social security allowances is gradually coming to an end. After the municipality started distributing allowances
In Gulmi district, although no cases related to child marriage have been registered with the police for the past three years, the number of adolescent mothers has been found to
Bikash Sharma, 30, an inmate who had escaped from the Central Jail, Jagannathdewal, Kathmandu, on September 9, 2025, was arrested by the police from Parsa on April 26. Sharma, a
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued a show-cause order in response to a writ petition filed against the move to clear settlements built along riverbanks and public spaces in
Police arrested two individuals on April 24, on charges of beating headteacher Dammaru Prasad Dahal, 54, of Nepal National Basic School, Chyangring, located in Madi Municipality–5. According to police, the
INSEC has monitored the holding center at Radhaswami Satsang Sundarighat, Kirtipur, where landless squatters from Thapathali, Gauri Gaun, and the Manohara area of Kathmandu district have been kept. According to
After a flood last year, a bridge on the Bhojpur–Chakhewa road was swept away, resulting in the complete suspension of movement of ambulances carrying patients, school buses, and passenger buses.
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy on charges of raping a five-year-old girl. The victim’s family filed a complaint at the Area Police Office, Biratchowk, on April 25, accusing the boy
Police arrested Sudarshan Bartola, 50, of Basamadi, Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City–3, on April 23, on charges of beating police constable Bhagenda Thapa, 30, who is working at the District Police Office,
Monitoring of the removal of a squatter settlement in Gaurigaun under Kageshwori Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu district, was carried out by INSEC. During the on-site monitoring conducted by representatives of the
The Nepal Medical Council has suspended Dr. Satis Kumar Rupakheti, who was involved in the treatment of Gita Pandey, 29, who was reported to have died due to medical negligence
The government has started removing the squatter settlement in Thapathali using excavators from April 25, 2026. As part of the government’s campaign to clear encroached public land and river corridor
Police arrested Tok Bahadur Tamang, 47, of Balefi Rural Municipality-3 on April 3, 2026, on charges of raping a 30-year-old woman on the same day. The victim’s family filed a
Two individuals convicted in separate child rape cases have each been sentenced to 18 years in jail and ordered to pay Rs. 700,000 in compensation to the victims, as per
A complaint was filed by the victim’s side at the District Police Office in Malangwa on April 23, 2026, against Birendra Kumar Singh, 36, also known as Boliya, of the
After the government issued a notice to clear the squatter settlement starting from April 24, 2026, the affected squatter community staged a protest. Expressing disagreement with the decision to evict
Ward member Heem Bahadur Pathak of Nilkantha Municipality–10 has been sentenced by the District Court to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay Rs. 100,000 as compensation to the
