Following continuous rainfall since Wednesday, Koshi, Kamala, Bagmati, Bakaiya, Ratu, Khando and Lakhandehi rivers have witnessed surges.

Police say 23-year-old Shambhu Sada committed suicide, but family members suspect it was an extra-judicial killing.

As many as 57 new cases were confirmed on Saturday.

Two people returning from Gujarat in India died in Surkhet and Dhanusa for want of medical attention, and hunger.

A letter by the province attorney states the programmes aired on different channels are insulting and disrespectful to the Madhesi community.

The municipality built a fence along the border in a bid to curb cross-border movement.

Of the 98 confirmed cases in the province, 85 are from Parsa district alone.

Three health teams have been dispatched to provide treatment and find possible cause behind the deaths.

Authorities have collected and sent their viscera samples to the forensic science laboratory in Kathmandu for tests.

It says security officials should not be transferred during a pandemic as they have crucial roles to play in the province.

The facility does not have a running water supply or enough soaps, say health workers.

Nepal Chikitsak Sangh on Wednesday issued a statement in retaliation to Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut’s call to cancel the registration of private hospitals refusing treatment to patients.

The federal government had sent the necessary equipment and a team of doctors from Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital to set up a testing lab.

The government has instructed chief district officers of all eight districts to abrogate registration of private health institutions if found guilty of turning away patients.

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