Flash floods tear through Salyan villages, damaging roads, water supply projects and farms
By Biplab Maharjan Torrential rain swelled rivers and streams in Salyan district, washing away infrastructure, cutting off transport links and disrupting water supplies for hundreds of families.
Eighty six explosives found buried inside police office premises in Salyan
By Biplab Maharjan Explosives and related materials recovered in a corroded condition during construction work.
Scientist vacancies hamper agriculture research in Nepal
By Binod Ghimire, Ramesh Kumar Paudel, Biplab Maharjan & Madhav Aryal Absence of scientists and technicians cripples research, weakens services and deepens the crisis for farmers across Nepal.
Salyan surgeries halt forces patients to travel outward for care
By Biplab Maharjan Closure forces patients to travel as far as Dang, Nepalgunj or Surkhet to seek care—at heavy prices.
Army escorts school children as tiger terror grips Salyan villages
By Biplab Maharjan Villagers living near Banke National Park have long lived in fear, but it grew urgent after a tiger killed three people in December.
Driver killed, three injured in Salyan jeep crash
By Biplab Maharjan Vehicle plunges 400 metres off Rapti Highway in Kapurkot.
Election police training begins in Salyan
By Biplab Maharjan Over 1,400 personnel, including 447 women, to be deployed across 117 polling stations.
Electricity poles erected a year ago, but villages still without power
By Biplab Maharjan Residents of six settlements in Salyan district light their homes with solar lamps, kerosene lanterns and torches.
Nine Nepalis killed in fire in India
By Biplab Maharjan A fire followed by multiple gas cylinder blasts in Himachal Pradesh killed the victims from Takura in Siddhakumakh Rural Municipality, Salyan on Monday.
Nine from Salyan killed in cooking gas cylinder blast in India
By Biplab Maharjan Two families from Takura, ward 2 of Siddha Kumakh, died while asleep.
Woman killed in tiger attack in Salyan
By Biplab Maharjan Victim found dead in community forest near the Banke National Park.
Two years after Jajarkot quake, Salyan begins damage assessment
By Biplab Maharjan Over 2,000 displaced families yet to be distributed first instalment of the Rs50,000 emergency relief announced immediately after the quake.
High fever kills four women in Salyan local unit, scrub typhus suspected
By Biplab Maharjan Over 600 residents of Darma Rural Municipality may be infected with the disease, says a local health official.
Unseasonal rain soaks ripening paddy in Salyan, farmers fear rot
By Biplab Maharjan As farmers attempt to dry the drenched harvest, more losses loom with heavy rain forecast in the coming days due to Cyclone Montha’s impact.
Three dead, two injured in Salyan minibus crash
By Biplab Maharjan The vehicle en route to Dang from Rukum West fell 200 metres off the road, police say.