Police say they are investigating the motive behind the murder.

The man was convicted of rape by a court in 2018 and was absconding since then.

Government statistics show that paddy transplantation in Madhesh has been progressing at a slow pace for lack of rain.

Local people here have complained that substandard materials were being used for the construction of over eight km long road north from Bhardaha, Saptari and another from Laukehi, Sunsari

More than 160 houses were destroyed in the fire that had engulfed the entire settlement within minutes on April 9.

The victims of a fire that ravaged Rampura Malhaniya-5 in the district have been left in the lurch as they are yet to get any relief or compensation from the government.

The National Human Rights Council (NHRC) has warned that prison facilities in the country are turning into “torture chambers”.

Police investigation has revealed the involvement of Indian sharp shooters in the abduction of a local cardamom businessman Sunil Kumar Bindal.

Smugglers are found to be using school buses to supply illegal drugs from India to Nepal, police said.

Police have arrested a man from Govindapur-7 in Morang district for assaulting his wife and locking her up for 20 days.

Police have arrested seven persons involved in various criminal activities from different parts of eastern Nepal, including Morang, Jhapa, Taplejung, and Sunsari districts.

Justice continues to elude the family of Basudev Sah of Amahibariyati-7 who was shot dead by an inebriated inspector of India’s Seema Surakshya Bal (SSB) at Khayarbana in Morang