The corridor will be extended in future to reach Nepal-India border through Marchawar area, say authorities.

The doctors have not received the promised allowance for months.

A chunk of the budget was spent on procurement of medical equipment but the government failed to manage the required human resource to use those equipment.

The district administration has enforced a four-day-long prohibitory order in major places of Butwal starting Sunday morning.

Four persons died in monsoon-induced disasters in Rupandehi and Makwanpur on Friday and Saturday.

Silver Heritage Group, the operator of the resort which came into operation in 2018, is facing financial distress with no income since March.

Health workers have not reached out to every patient in home isolation for lack of manpower and resources, say local authorities.

Discounts will be given on annual vehicle taxes, land registration fees and registration fees for small industries.

The province has so far reported 110 Covid-19 cases but management of quarantine and health facilities in many places remain in a dismal state.

Dhaulagiri Zonal Hospital in Baglung has also started conducting rapid diagnostic tests from Thursday morning.

24 individuals left the facility on Thursday for a lack of proper food and accommodation.

Thirty-four-year-old Baburam Thapa from Palpa, who had recently returned from Dubai, died on Sunday in an isolation facility in Butwal while waiting for his Covid-19 test.

As a result of the overcrowding, many suffer from skin-related diseases.

Child Nutrition Rehabilitation Home in Lumbini Provincial Hospital treated 61 children suffering from malnutrition in the current fiscal year.

As per the master plan, the existing building will be demolished and a new building will be erected in its stead.