As many as 26 members in the 87-strong assembly are under 40 years of age.

The increasing number of women entrepreneurs reflects the progressive mentality of the family and society, officials say.

Police say the smugglers opened fire in an effort to scare-off the security personnel stationed to monitor the border area.

The session has been called at 1 pm.

Min Bahadur BK of Kanchanpur-5 in Rupandehi district was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Kapilvastu District Court in 2015.

Poudel defeats Ganesh Poudel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party by a margin of 1,366 votes to secure a House seat from the constituency for the fourth time.

Police said a 36-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife were found dead inside their house at Devdaha-5.

Hospitals have not been built in 89 local units out of 109 under the ‘one municipality, one hospital’ programme.

More than 1,800 patients with high fever have been admitted to Lumbini Provincial Hospital in the last two weeks.

Pharma factories in Lumbini province produce medicines worth Rs15 billion annually and provide 2,500 jobs, officials say.

Many children are stateless as they are unable to get citizenship certificates due to lack of birth registration documents issued by ward office.

Garbage is dumped on the riverbanks as the city does not have a waste processing site.

The District Administration Office in Rupandehi has clamped a curfew in Motipur Industrial Corridor Area for an indefinite period to avert any untoward incidents.

The clash ensued when police deployed to demolish illegal huts erected on government land were attacked by squatters.

Over two dozen people including police personnel have sustained injuries during the incident, said police.