Ruling party lawmakers demand revision in the annual fiscal plan

Lawmakers from almost all the parties in the provincial assembly are calling for increasing the amount

Around 7,000 houses damaged in Kailali district, among them 2,116 destroyed

Heavy rainfall and strong windstorm struck parts of Kailali district on Thursday night.

Relatives of a woman who died on Thursday, three days after giving birth to a child at the Seti Zonal Hospital in Dhangadhi, held protests at the hospital on Friday, claiming that the woman died due to the carelessness of the hospital staff.

Dhangadhi-based Seti Zonal Hospital remained tense throughout Friday due to the protest over the death of a new mother.

The ripples created by the 2015 Tikapur incident had just begun to settle down. The town’s residents were gathering themselves from the incident that resulted in violent killings of nine people, and nearly stoked communal violence between the Tharu and non-Tharu communities.

The Kailali District Court on Wednesday handed down a life sentence to 11 people including Resham Lal Chaudhary, a lawmaker from the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, in connection with the 2015 Tikapur incident in which nine people were killed in a violent clash.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the Nirmala Pant rape and murder case has tarnished the image of Nepal in the international arena.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the Nirmala Pant rape and murder case has tarnished the image of Nepal at the international level.

One year after the implementation of the federal governance system in the country, officials in Sudurpaschim Province are introducing Ayurveda and yoga studies in the region’s official curricula, making it mandatory for all schools to teach classes starting from the upcoming academic calendar.

A man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in raping a 12-year-old girl in Bajura. The suspect has been identified as Dal Bahadur Thapa, 47, of Budhiganga Municipality-8, Nuwakot.

A 17-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Jalasa Hotel in Dhagadhi, has been rescued from Mohana forest. Police rescued Basanta Bhat of Godawari Municipality-6 on Tuesday.

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has refuted his alleged involvement in the process of procuring two wide-body aircrafts.

Although the government has already criminalised Chhaupadi, the practice of banishing women to secluded huts during their menstrual periods, many people’s representatives, right activists and teachers have been found following the barred practice in various parts of Achham, Bajura and Bajhang districts.