| Bhairahawa,
                                gateway to Lumbini, hit by parking woes
                                : Hotels and restaurants draw crowds but
                                lack proper parking space. Most offices
                                and businesses rely on street parking,
                                adding to congestion, by Dipendra
                              Baduwal (kp 09/07/2025)
 Harka
                                Sampang refuses ADB loan, cites debt
                                burden in water project (kh
                              04/07/2025)
 Ilam
                                Awaits Revival, by Kusum Gautam (rn
                              03/07/2025)
 Delays
                                plague national pride, strategic road
                                projects in Baglung : Despite repeated
                                promises and contract extensions,
                                incomplete roads, stalled bridges, and
                                neglected buildings continue to hinder
                                development in the district, by
                              Prakash Baral (kp 07/06/2025)
 Smuggled
                                Chinese motorbikes power life in upper
                                Dolpa : Villagers rely on affordable
                                motorcycles from across the border to
                                get around, by Ramchandra Neupane
                              (kp 15/05/2025)
 Ghalegaun:
                                The village that dreamed itself into the
                                future : Ghalegaun celebrated a silver
                                jubilee of its success as Nepal’s model
                                village for tourism. It has grown from a
                                remote village into a shining symbol of
                                what’s possible when a community acts on
                                its dream, by Aash Gurung (kp
                              17/04/2025)
 At
                                Nepal’s only hunting reserve, tourism
                                brings no joy : People face problems
                                with education, health, transportation,
                                and drinking water. Benefits do not
                                spill over to local residents, by
                              Prakash Baral (kp 27/03/2025)
 Drinking water
                                projects hinders due to government
                                change (ae 07/02/2025)
 65
                                projects for drinking water, irrigation
                                and river control in Myagdi (rep
                              25/01/2025)
 Budget
                                crunch stalls Chaurjahari and Rakam
                                Karnali model town projects : Residents
                                of the project sites complain about lack
                                of progress and being unable to use or
                                sell their land, by Krishna Prasad
                              Gautam (kp 23/01/2025)
 Dozens of major projects
                                in Karnali stalled (rn 20/01/2025)
 Villages
                                in Limi Valley are turning into ‘ghost
                                settlements’ : Lack of basic facilities
                                means the residents have had to make a
                                difficult choice—whether to stay back
                                and endure the difficulties or to leave
                                for good, by Tripti Shahi (kp
                              12/01/2025)
 Krishna’s ‘Sailung
                                Dream’: A Vision for Growth, by Sita
                              Neupane (kh 12/01/2025)
 Federalism
                                fuels Janakpur’s demographic boom : The
                                sub-metropolis’s population growth has
                                nearly doubled the national average,
                                according to a latest report (kp
                              06/01/2025)
 Five
                                dozen development projects left
                                incomplete in Salyan : Lack of budget,
                                contractors’ negligence and corruption
                                complaints are cited as the reasons
                                behind the delays in construction,
                              by Biplab Maharjan (kp 26/11/2024)
 How Dhulikhel Paved Way
                                For Development, by Meenraj Panthee
                              (rn 14/11/2024) Lumbini: Focus on
                                petty projects leaves multi-year
                                projects in limbo (ae 14/11/2024)
 Road
                                connection transforms a Jumla local unit
                                : Improved access brings health,
                                education and market opportunities to
                                residents of Patarasi Rural Municipality,
                              by DB Budha (kp 30/10/2024)
 29 water supply
                                projects completed in Tanahu and
                                Nawalpur (kh 13/10/2024)
 1,742 houses built
                                for the poor in Jhapa under safe housing
                                program (kh 10/08/2024)
 Give Priority To Rural
                                Development, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
                              06/08/2024)
 Lumbini
                                infrastructure: Billions in investment
                                yield little : Economists see the
                                development as cascading failure—the
                                breakdown of parts that leads to the
                                failure of other parts, by Sangam
                              Prasain and Sanju Paudel (kp 31/07/2024)
 Climate change,
                                road, and hydropower construction hit
                                Annapurna Region hard : Local
                                representatives say hydropower projects
                                are being built within the Annapurna
                                Conservation Area without proper
                                consideration of the local environment
                                and biodiversity, by Krishna Mani
                              Baral (ae 26/07/2024)
 The ‘Tilottama
                                Model’ of local development, by
                              Narayab Aryal (ae 15/07/2024)
 Residents
                                of Khoriya settlement in Siraha are
                                deprived of basic facilities and
                                services : The village does not have
                                roads, water supply and electricity.
                                Villagers say they feel ignored by
                                authorities, by Binay Aazad (kp
                              09/06/2024) Cycling
                        for livelihood: Can Kathmandu survive without
                        cyclists? Kathmandu municipality considers that
                        getting rid of hawkers and street food vendors
                        makes the city “clean”, by Tara Lal Shrestha
                      and Bidhya Shrestha (kp 10/03/2024)
 Save
                        Lumbini Struggle Committee calls for mobilizing
                        income generated from the Lumbini area for local
                        development (rep 14/02/2024)
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