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’...
Despite being Nepal’s capital city and the administrative and political hub, Kathmandu Valley continues to reel under an acute drinking water crisis. The irony is striking—while the city symbolizes national progress, its residents' queue for water jars, dig deeper wells that run dry, and pay exorbitant fees to priv...
In recent years, Nepal has witnessed a disturbing surge in natural and human-induced disasters, resulting in mounting human casualties, property losses, and long-term socio-economic setbacks. Backed by statistical evidence from the Ministry of Home Affairs' Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) portal and various climate s...
Kathmandu : In a significant step towards addressing the growing water crisis and climate change challenges in Kathmandu Valley, Coca-Cola Beverages Nepal (CCBN) and the Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) have successfully implemented an artificial groundwater recharge project in wards 22 and 25 of Kath...
Kathmandu, May 14: The Aquatic Ecology Centre (AEC) hosted a learning and sharing seminar on Climate Change and WASH, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, University of Leeds, University of Technology - Sydney, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology (Eawag), at the Radisson Hote...
Kathmandu : In commemoration of World Earth Day, Blue Waste to Value Pvt. Ltd. held an Inception Workshop on the program "Reduce Food Waste and Demonstrate Wise Utilization Methods to the Public in Kathmandu City: Piloting a Zero Waste to Cafe Model". The effort is supported by the DCA Innovation Fund. The theme fo...
