Authorities ill-prepared for looming monsoon extremes
Nepal’s agencies have never learned from past failures in disaster management, lament disaster experts.
Nepal’s agencies have never learned from past failures in disaster management, lament disaster experts.
A significant number of maternal deaths, during pregnancy or after childbirth, are suicides, which are preventable with timely intervention.
Recommendation comes amid growing trend of high-profile detainees seeking hospitalisation to avoid prison stay.
An official at the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control says pesticide residue has been found in spices of Nepali brands as well.
As drugs regulator is acutely short of staff, its lab is unable to perform timely tests.
Impoverished forest fire victims are struggling in hospitals unable to pay for medicines.
Doctors say it could damage lungs, and urge prompt medical attention for symptoms like shortness of breath, wheezing.
Open border, budget cuts, and mosquitoes moving to higher altitudes due to climate change pose major challenges.
A report from the World Meteorological Organisation says the impact of heatwaves became more severe in Asia in 2023.
Consumer rights activists demand immediate recall of the tainted products.
Avalanches and landslides intensify in the upper regions while droughts and heatwaves have surged in the plains
Warns of legal action. But schools say law allows them to levy some charge annually.
Officials at health and population ministry hope the training will help in lessening ongoing road traffic incidents, which has emerged as the major cause of death in the country.
Decline almost double the global average during the pandemic period, says The Lancet report.
With air quality deteriorating, experts warn of heightened risk of infection from viruses including the coronavirus.