The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed a case at the Special Court against Mayor Jitendra Prasad Gupta and an engineer Ram Chandra Sah

Raj Kumari Sah was set on fire by her brother-in-law while preparing a meal on Friday. She died of burn injuries on Saturday.

Around 500 houses inundated at several settlements of Saptari district.

In Pathari’s Musahar community, one person has already died of hunger and others are on the verge of starvation.

Chairman of the local unit Satish Kumar Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police Tilak Bharati and representatives of various political parties reached the incident site and held discussions with the quarantined people.

Although a few days ago the provincial government took the decision to send a Polymerase Chain Reaction machine to the district to conduct tests, the district-based authorities are yet to fix a location to set up a PCR machine in Saptari.

Relief distribution programmes in other parts of the district have also courted controversy, while some wards are yet to coordinate any efforts.

The incident occurred as security personnel were taking action against the locals who had gathered in the market place.

Districts in Province 2 start tracing contacts of people who entered Nepal in the past two weeks.

The outposts are are being added to curb illegal smuggling of goods, crime, and ensure a robust border security.

Three boys died and more than 400 people have been taken ill due to an unidentified disease in Kanchanrup Municipality of Saptari district within the last 15 days.

The test flight to evaluate the operational capacity of the upgraded Rajbiraj Airport in southeastern Nepal has been put off due to procedural delays.

The upgradation of Rajbiraj Airport in South-eastern Nepal has been completed after a long time. Buddha Air’s plane is expected to touch down on the runway on May 3 as part of the airport’s trial.

In a heinous incident, a boy murdered his 11-year-old sister after raping her in Saptari district of Province 2.

Local administration of Rajbiraj has started removing campaign banners and posters carrying election symbol of candidates and political parties from the public place hung in defiance of the election code of conduct.