Dhangadhi airport, upgraded at the initiative of the people, has not only boosted in economic growth but also helped connect the plains and the mountains in the region.

Health institutions across the province are running short of funds to continue their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eighty thousand migrant workers have applied for the government grant prepared for only 5,000.

During the monsoon, people have to pay for boat services to cross the river and in winter, they are charged money to use makeshift bridges.

The smugglers killed the policemen and threw their bodies into the Mohana river, said police.

Another police personnel who was on the same patrol with the missing officer was found dead in Mohana river in Kailali on Sunday, said police.

The 19-year-old, who was arrested on September 7 on charge of stealing a mobile phone, had died in police custody on Friday morning.

Most government hospitals in the province are reeling under a shortage of medical equipment and proper infrastructure.

The depot of the Food Management and Trading Company in Martadi, the district headquarters, is low on stock of rice grains.

The disaster has added to the distress of Bhajani residents who were already reeling under the devastation caused by July’s floodings.

One person has gone missing in the flood in Badimalika Municipality on Sunday night.

Returning migrants in Sudurpaschim and Karnali face a bleak future. Government is still unclear how to provide help.

The lone PCR machine in the province is being used to process only 150 samples a day. More than 1,600 collected swabs are yet to be processed.

Sudurpaschim Health Directorate has instructed health workers to test swab samples for both malaria and coronavirus in the quarantine facilities.

The Sub Metropolitan city had purchased food grains worth Rs 26.1 million to distribute to the impoverished households during the coronavirus pandemic.