Kathmandu : More than a week after the cholera outbreak began in Birgunj, the situation is still not under control. Currently, nearly 200 people have been infected in Parsa district. In Birgunj and Pokhariya, the total number of cases has reached 193. According to data released by the Birgunj Metropolitan City Offic...
Kathmandu: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have released a new report revealing that two out of every five people in Nepal still do not have access to safely managed sanitation services. The report, titled “Progress on Household Drinking Water and Sanitation 2000–2...
Lalitpur: Agenda for Change Nepal has developed a roadmap for the coming three years (2025–2028). The roadmap was prepared with the participation of member organizations of the Agenda for Change Nepal Chapter as well as government officials, outlining the way forward until 2028. According to Seema Rajouria, Lead of ...
The Public Health Office, Kathmandu, has urged the public to boil water before drinking, after tests showed the presence of hazardous microbes in samples of drinking water. Officials say that water samples collected from Chandragiri, Nagarjun and Tokha municipalities on the fringes of Kathmandu Valley were found...
Safely managed sanitation is directly linked to public health, environmental protection, and social dignity. Unsafe disposal of human excreta contaminates water sources, spreads diseases, disrupts environmental balance, and undermines human rights. To address these challenges, legal instruments have been established ...
Bardiya: Nepal Engineering College has introduced a manually operated wooden device called the ‘Gulper’ for safe sanitation. Originally imported from the imperial College London UK, the Gulper has now been localized using Nepal’s own resources, skills, and materials. The college publicly unveiled the wooden Gulp...
Dhangadhi: An integrated solid waste management center constructed in Godawari Municipality of Kailali has come into operation. A large integrated waste management center with the capacity to treat 13,000 liters of fecal sludge daily has been brought into operation. Godawari Municipality Mayor Birendra Bhatta initia...
Kathmandu : For many of us, international visits remain confined to mere observation. But for Lalitpur Metropolitan City Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan, overseas trips are not just journeys, they are the starting points of transformation. From Odisha in India to Bangladesh, from the works of Nepal’s own sociologist Dor Ba...
Global content creator-led initiative aims to raise $40 million by August 31 to provide sustainable clean water access to 2 million people around the world. In a bold new effort to tackle the global water crisis, world-renowned YouTubers Jimmy Donaldson (widely known as MrBeast) and Mark Rober have launched the #Tea...
The travel brings immense pleasure, and creates opportunities for collaboration, partnership, and friendship. During travel, having casual conversations among peers, friends, or colleagues can lead to life-changing ideas for society—and even, in rare cases, lifelong partnerships. A similar spark was lit when VAKIN’...
