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.

Elephantiasis is the second major infectious disease after leprosy to cause permanent and long-term disability in the country.

Thirteen people have died in 31 road accidents in the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to the data of the District Traffic Police Office in Kanchanpur.

Security personnel used force on women rights activists who were protesting in front of the Kanchanpur District Court seeking justice for Nirmala Pant.

Aside from the adoption of illegal fishing methods, haphazard excavation of riverbed materials is also harming the aquatic population of the river.

A recently released report states that a total of 450 bird species, including 23 endangered species, can be spotted in the national park.