A dozen more were injured after the bus plunged 500 meters down the road.

Collecting rainwater saves them the trouble of carrying water from the nearest spring, half an hour walk downhill.

Lack of physical infrastructure, employees, legal knowledge, awareness in the grass roots level are the major challenges behind the poor functioning of the body.

An elected people’s representative from Malarani Rural Municipality-2, Arghakhanchi, has reportedly been missing for the past two weeks.

Two girls, both aged five, from Rupandehi and Arghakhanchi districts have been raped in the last 72 hours.

On Saturday evening, four-year-old Aryan Ghimire was out in his front yard playing with his mother when suddenly a leopard jumped out from a bush and dragged him into a nearby forest.

Locals of Bhangala in Shitalganga Municipality, Arghakhanchi, are generating income from the forest products of the Dhiri Khola Community Forest.

Many voters of Siddara region in Arghakhanchi district have complained about the voting centre being too far away from their area.

Security personnel of the Nepal Army and the Nepal Police have been deployed in Dhikura and Khanchikot forests in Arghakhanchi district to search man-eating leopards.

CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate Resham Thapa has been elected mayor of Bhumikasthana Municipality in Arghakhanchi district on Sunday.

The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, the main competing forces in the upcoming phase of local elections in Shitalganga Municipality, have started teaching voters how to cast the ballot correctly with an aim to reduce the number of invalid votes.

Seven years ago, Bishnu Karki of Bastari left Nepal in hopes of a better future and went to Qatar. Once he arrived in Qatar, things were not so rosy. The pay was menial and the working conditions hard. He left Qatar disappointed after just two years and started a cattle business instead. The rest as they say is history.

Tomato cultivation using plastic tunnels has been gaining popularity in Pokharathok of Arghakhachhi, due to its higher productivity and income compared to traditional cereal crops production.

Orange production jumped 28 percent in Arghakhanchi district in the current fiscal year driven by favourable weather conditions and decline in pest attacks.

Poet and lyricist Ratna Shamsher Thapa was conferred the Bhupi Poetry award on the occasion of Bhupi Sherchan’s 81st birthday in Pokhara on Sunday.