A local unit in the district has reached out to temple priests and astrologers to help them raise awareness among the local people about the malpractice.

Rajendra Bohara, arrested for rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at Doti District Hospital when he had made a run for it on Thursday night.

The team aims to keep in check smuggling cases, set up a border security post and inspect Chainpur-Taklakot road.

Malika Handmade Paper Company, once famed for its sustainable resource management practices, shut down due to negligence.

Electricity poles were installed two years ago but no further work has been done, villagers say.

The remoteness of the area has encouraged smugglers to use the route to carry out illegal trade across the border, locals say.

Locals are worried about the possible outbreak of Covid-19, as authorities do not conduct PCR tests on those returning home for Dashain and Tihar.

The victim’s relatives received the body eight days after the crime and performed funeral rites.

The accused, who is in custody, has not admitted to the crime, raising doubts about the police investigation, say family members.

A health camp is being conducted in the rural municipality for a week to examine the locals for vision-related ailments.

More than 80 percent of eye patients will regain their sight if authorities conduct an eye camp, say health workers.

In another landslide in Bajhang, two people have gone missing while four others were injured.

The disease has been reported in the district for the first time, say health workers.

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

First came the ban in harvesting the fungus due to pandemic fears and now the government has taken note of the IUCN concern of conservation needs for the Himalayan ‘viagra’.