Thursday, June 18th, 2026

Forest Minister of Province 1 Thapa passes away



BIRATNAGAR: Shekhar Chandra Thapa, Minister of Forests, Environment and Land Conservation of Province No. 1 passed away on Wednesday.

Thapa, 56, was a candidate from the Nepali Congress for the elections to be held on November 20 from the Provincial Assembly Constituency (A) of Morang Constituency-3.

Family sources informed that Thapa passed away at Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar at around 10:30 this morning in the course of treatment.

He was initially infected with dengue. Later he also suffered from pneumonia.

Publish Date : 09 November 2022 12:44 PM

Govt moving to deploy special task force against wild elephant threat in Jhapa

KATHMANDU: The government is moving forward with plans to deploy

RSP secretariat meeting begins, focuses on general convention preparations

KATHMANDU: The central secretariat meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party

Araniko Highway upgrade delayed as bitumen shortage halts paving work

KAVREPALANCHOK: Blacktopping work on the Dhulikhel–Khawa section of the Araniko

Three parliamentary committees to meet today

KATHMANDU: Three committees under Nepal’s Federal Parliament are scheduled to

House to continue budget deliberations; ministers to respond to lawmakers’ queries

KATHMANDU: A meeting of the House of Representatives is scheduled