KATHMANDU: A light earthquake of local magnitude 4.0 occurred in far-western Nepal with its epicentre in Bajura district on Saturday late afternoon. The National Seismological Centre said the earthquake
Though ranked 74th in the District Human Development Index, Bajura occupies the 75th position in the district poverty index. According to 2011 Census, poverty rate is 64.1 per cent in the district.
BAJURA: Although locals of 11 VDCs have been facing acute food crisis for the last two months, they are yet to be supplied with rice in the northern part of Bajura. Chief of Food Corporation in Kolti,
DIPAYAL: Coliform, a cholera virus, was detected in drinking water supplied to districts in remote far-west. The virus can spread diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and viral fever, among other
BAJURA: Incessant rainfall with landslides claimed three lives while six houses were swept away in Kolti VDC of Bajura, on Saturday night. The deceased have been identified as Kar Budha, 45, his grandson
BAJURA: Elderly citizens of Kotila VDC in Bajura are an elated lot because there are toilets in every house in the village now. Radhika BK, an elderly citizen of Kotila VDC used the toilet for the
A forest fire has been raging at Nuwakot Community Forest in Jugada VDC from Sunday morning. The blaze is yet to be brought under control, said Jagatraj Pandit, a local. The blaze has destroyed
The Nepal Human Report 2014 developed jointly by the National Planning Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was released in the capital on Thursday. Vice-chairman of the National
BAJURA: Well over 47 per cent of kids in Bajura district suffer from malnutrition; it has been learnt. This fact came to light in a recent survey conducted by Helen Keller International, an INGO, in
BAJURA/KHOTANG: Wildfires in different community forests has hit life hard in Jugada, Budhiganga, Kolti, Martadi and Bandhu in Bajura. Fire in Ghatal Community Forest has destroyed Jugada VDC completely.
