highway-accidents

Highway accidents are no accident in Nepal

Reckless driving, poor engineering, and a lack of emergency response make Nepal’s highways deathtraps

Shristi Karki

Deadly Dasain on Nepal’s highways

The death toll in a bus plunge in Mugu has reached 32. Twenty-four people died on the spot and eight more during...

How Covid-19 saves lives in Nepal

The Covid-19 crisis has dominated news bulletins in Nepal for the last six months, and in the past week the headlines are...

Injured use Internet to get rehab care

Last November, a speeding bus in Argakanchi lost control and tumbled down a mountain, killing 19 and injuring 18 passengers. Three weeks...

Sonia Awale

Waiting till the cows come home

The first thing one notices these days while travelling by road in the Tarai are hundreds of cattle blocking the East-West Highway,...

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