With no laws in place, the local government in Province 5 is failing to work effectively in various sectors--particularly forest and land management.

The provincial hospital receives around 1,200 patients on a regular basis.

Middlemen are taking the lion's share of the profit.

Over a dozen settlements have sprung up on the banks and the course of the river, but the Butwal government, instead of cracking down, is providing them with amenities.

Women development offices were dissolved with the implementation of federalism.

The law states that every court should have a separate room for the hearing of juvenile cases

The district is seeing a sharp rise in juvenile misconduct cases—from 16 recorded cases in the past year to 85 this year so far.

Despite the government’s initiative to encourage women to visit health care centres for pre and post natal check-ups under the ‘Safe Motherhood Programme’, around 41 percent pregnant women in Province 5 still give birth at home.

As many as 364 cases of suicide among women have also been reported in the same time period, against a nationwide number of 1,538. Police believe that most women committed suicide due to excessive physical and mental torture, sometimes at the hands of their own families.

Sadhana Women’s School in Butwal, which was established 13 years ago, is on the verge of collapse due to financial crisis.

Butwal Sub-metropolitan City in Rupandehi district organised a function on Saturday to commemorate the historic victory at Jitgadhi, a fort during the Anglo-Nepal war (1814-16).

In an attempt to bring all children of school-going age to the school system, Kotahimai Rural Municipality has started distributing school uniforms, bags and stationeries to the students enrolled to the Early Childhood Development (ECD)—a pre-school facility in public schools—of all community schools and Madrasas.

Krishni Tharu, Deputy Speaker in Provincial Assembly of Province 5, elected to the position in 2017, is a former Kamlari, an indentured girl child labourer, from the Tharu community.

Dauphins Family of Cameroon defeated Nepal Police Club (NPC) in sudden death penalty shootout in the final of the Tilottama Gold Cup football tournament to claim third back-to-back titles in Butwal on Monday.

Nepal Police Club (NPC) and Dauphins Family of Cameroon clash on Monday for the title of Tilottama Gold Cup football tournament at the ANFA Academy grounds in Devinagar.