Out of 21,069 freed Haliya families in 12 districts of Nepal, only 16,000 have been listed in government data.

The officers were charged with meting out torture and destroying evidence.

Risk of spread of coronavirus has increased since the lockdown has been eased in various districts in the province.

Lack of proper drainage and encroachment of public land cause inundation in Kanchanpur every monsoon.

The hospital doesn’t have an isolation centre either.

The provincial lab has asked the Mahakali Municipality to stop collecting swab samples for the time being amid increasing numbers of samples to be tested.

An overwhelming number of returnees, poor testing rate, and unmanaged quarantine facilities may cause a rampant community spread of the coronavirus, experts warn.

The local administration conducted rapid diagnostic tests on them before sending them to their hometowns on Wednesday and Thursday.

District Administration Office in Rupandehi is preparing to bring Nepali migrants stuck in quarantine facilities in the bordering Indian town of Nautanwa.

The hospital had invited a tender of Rs 5.7 million three weeks ago to purchase a ventilator, patient monitors, and blood gas analysers, among other medical equipment.

A meeting of the district coronavirus infection control sub-committee held on Sunday decided to seal the border point for an indefinite period.

Students are returning in droves as schools and colleges in Dehradun are closed.

The river has already swallowed 13 houses and a school building in the settlement.

Forest officials suspect smugglers are exporting timber from Bramhadev to India using the Kalla Masetti route.

A recent report of the fresh bird species count, which was made public in December last year, has revealed 26 additional bird species in Shuklaphanta. With this, a total of 450 bird species are found in the protected area.