Along with private health facilities, some state-run health facilities also mix up hazardous medical waste with household waste.
Aryal secures victory by a margin of nearly 30,000 votes over Congress rival.
Nepali Congress and UML candidates trail far behind in final tally.
Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate secures victory with 18,757 votes; Ujyalo Nepal Party chair finishes second.
Nepali Congress candidate Prabal Thapa finishes second in final tally.
RSP candidate holds commanding lead with around 8,000 votes left to be counted.
Pradeep Bista ahead by 5,000 votes.
Ganesh Parajuli strengthens early advantage with over 4,600 votes
Rukesh Ranjit and Rajiv Khatri ahead in Bhaktapur-1 and Bhaktapur-2, respectively.
Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate maintains strong lead over Congress and UML rivals.
Pandey surpasses Ghising, who held early lead, in preliminary vote count.
Bam ahead of UML’s Rajan Bhattarai as initial vote count is released.
Bista takes early lead as vote counting begins in the constituency.
Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate ahead of UML’s Maniram Phuyal in preliminary vote count.
Darshana ahead of Nepali Congress candidate Prabal Thapa as vote counting progresses.
Traffic police take action after viral video shows driver punching pedestrian.
Blaze broke out on the hotel’s upper floor in the morning; no casualties reported.
Trash from pilgrims’ cooking and washing piles up as the Pashupati Area Development Trust finds it hard to enforce rules.
Shah plans to contest from Jhapa-5 to challenge Oli.
Education department warns of cancellation of approval if schools fail to respond within 15 days.
