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Nepal has launched a two-day nationwide campaign to distribute free Vitamin A capsules and deworming medicines to young children. The government expects about 2.1 million children to receive Vitamin A supplements and about 2 million to receive deworming medicine. The programme has mobilised more than 62,000 female community health volunteers and health workers.
Nepal’s Cabinet has decided to accept a USD 305 million assistance package from the Asian Development Bank for road improvement projects. The decision was one of six major decisions taken at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, which also covered fertilizer regulation, land subdivision deadlines, Nepal’s participation in COP31 and proposed amendments to existing laws.
Reconstruction of the long-delayed Kamala Bridge connecting Siraha and Dhanusha is progressing, with the construction team targeting completion by the end of Ashadh. The project is expected to reduce travel time and improve connectivity across Madhesh Province.
Women from several villages in Saptari are travelling to Rajbiraj Bazaar to sell handmade earthen lamps ahead of Deepawali, earning additional income for their families.
Nepal's Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two Indian nationals in Siraha after recovering 312 grams of suspected brown heroin. Police reportedly fired warning shots into the air during the operation.
A two-day Indigenous Nationalities Literature Festival has begun in Saptakoshi Municipality of Saptari, bringing together writers, cultural representatives and community members to promote indigenous languages, literature and traditions.
Police in Siraha have arrested two men after recovering counterfeit Nepali banknotes with a combined face value of Rs 25,500 during a security check.
Nepal Oil Corporation is moving ahead with plans for a cross-border LPG pipeline and large storage facility in Sarlahi to help reduce recurring cooking-gas supply shortages.
Authorities in Rautahat have urged people living along the Bagmati River to move to safer locations after water levels at the Kulekhani reservoir increased, raising concerns about possible downstream flooding.
A revised resettlement plan for the 77-kilometre Kamala–Dhalkebar–Bagmati road project has identified 219 affected private households across Dhanusha, Mahottari and Sarlahi.
Local representatives and the administration have reached an eight-point agreement following a clash during a religious procession in Bhangaha Municipality. More than 15 people were reportedly injured.
Dhanusha Police have arrested five people who had been absconding after courts sentenced them in separate criminal cases, including narcotics, road accidents and banking offences
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