Several settlements in Rautahat and Saptari face yearly displacement and loss of lives and properties caused by floods and inundation.

Hundreds of people from various settlements in Saptari are affected by floods in the river every monsoon.

A total of 1,133 houses are to be built under the programme in Saptari.

Ministry of Health and Population has allocated Rs 760 million for the upgradation of the hospital.

Boring machines purchased at Rs 13 million lies unused

Saptari police has arrested BP Yadav, former lawmaker of then Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal, and Hari Narayan Mandal, central member of Rastriya Janata Partyp-Nepal, in a forgery case.

Leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal have said they are preparing to stage a Rastriya Aandolan, or national level protest, by uniting with all the forces advocating politics of identity.

One hundred and thirty flood affected families of Tirahut Rural Municipality-2 and -5 in Saptari district have been living with hardships after the floodwaters of Mahuli stream swept away their houses in June, 2017.

A team of Armed Police Force (APF) and a gang of marijuana smugglers exchanged fire at Gobargadha Tapu in Hanuman Nagar Kankalini Municipality-13, Saptari, on Friday night.

A murder suspect was shot dead after police said they opened fire in self-defence in Saptari district on Wednesday.

Saptari police has arrested two people on charge acquiring Nepali citizenship by providing fake documents. Gangadhar Yadav and his grandson Bibekananda are accused of obtaining Nepali citizenship from the then Bhutahi VDC-9 in Saptari.

The Saptari administration has banned the sale and consumption of liquor in no-man’s land and it’s periphery along the Nepal-India border points in the district.

Commercial marijuana farming has been flourishing in various settlements of Saptari district, police say.

The office of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) at Madan Nagar in Rajbiraj-7, Saptari, has been pilfering electricity for a long time now, according to one of the building’s security personnel.

An unidentified disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari leaves three dead and 400 affected within the last 15 days, according to the health officials.