Pariyar was appointed in November 2019 under the former Maoist quota.

Local residents say they have transferred the ownership of their fertile land to the government, but haven’t received anything in return from officials who promised them money.

Local governments, including Dhanauji, haven’t been able to get their budget endorsed, months into new fiscal year.

Health workers and employees have been staging a sit-in for the past one week demanding immediate release of the allowance.

Despite lagging in education, more people aspire to join civil service compared to their counterparts in other provinces.

Around 400 families have been facing water shortage in Ratmate, Bastipur and Raimandal in Ward No. 3 of Bardibas for the last five decades.

Thirty-year-old Bachu Tamang was rescued by witnesses and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The encroachers are working in collusion with the forest officials, forest consumer committee, and Bardibas Municipality, local residents say.

The border has been closed since March 21 to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Security personnel detained Mohammad Aftab Alam's brother from Bihar in India and brought him to Rautahat last week.

Mahatab Alam was arrested in Motihari, India, and brought to Rautahat on Monday.

The victim was living with her parents after divorcing her husband, police say.

Demonstrators block East-West Highway as they also demand justice for a protester killed in police clash.

Three persons injured as police opened fire at demonstrators who took to the streets on Tuesday demanding action against the guilty.

One man was injured after police opened fire to disperse the agitated mob.

Private hospitals in Biratnagar are demanding a deposit of Rs 100,000 to Rs 300,000 from each Covid-19 patient before starting their treatment, locals say.

The contraband was found in the apartment of an Indian national on Saturday.

Most of them have no knowledge of legal proceedings while factors like lengthy legal process and financial burden drive them to seek justice from within the community, lawyers say.

The father of the deceased was promised monetary compensation and martyrdom for his son if he agreed to receive his body and change his statement.

Health offices in the municipality are facing a shortage of medicines since the ones purchased some three months ago through a tender process did not meet the WHO standard.