Unlike last year when authorities in Lumbini made quarantining mandatory for returnees, no such measures have been implemented this year.

Malika Rural Municipality started running the three-year course last year to encourage people to be involved in agricultural entrepreneurships rather than going abroad for employment.

The villagers are hugely affected by the water crisis that starts from November and lasts till mid-June every year until the arrival of monsoon rains across the country.

Following the July 2 landslide, residents of Musikot in Gulmi have been demanding that the municipal office move them to a safer location.

Flooded rivers have driven people out of their homes in Rupandehi.

District Hospitals in Arghakhanchi and Nawalparasi (West) have closed all services, except emergency units, and sent their Covid-infected health workers in isolation.

Parsa and Bara issue prohibitory orders restricting public movement in a bid to control further spread of coronavirus.

More than 25 percent of the total 886 bird species found in the country are spotted in Resunga and Madane forests, conservationists say.

Projects such as bridge and road constructions in the district have been in limbo for years.

The orange harvest in Gulmi and Arghakhanchi was worth Rs550.5 million while Myagdi produced oranges valued at Rs220.1 million.

270 individuals of 32 families in Bhangala have found employment in the community forest.

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.