A judge of Kalikot District Court, Shyam Sundar Adhikari, has been accused of accepting a bribe of Rs500,000.

On Wednesday morning, supporters of the Mangol National Organisation Party attempted to seize a strip of land at the buffer zone of the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in Saptari.

Nearly 50 percent of the children of school-going age in Province 2 are still out of school. Education Minister Girirajmani Pokharel said 153, 819 children do not go to school in the province.