The government has identified it as one of the key trade routes for the movement of commerce between India and China.

They take agricultural and forest products from the farmers and give them daily essentials in exchange.

Local units ill-prepared to handle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases begin to surge in the province.

Local units work together with residents to curb people’s movement in a bid to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

Nawalparasi districts these days have been bustling with economic activities after Hongshi-Shivam Cement—a Nepal-China joint venture company—came into operation. It is the country’s largest cement factory.

The flood-displaced families in Rautahat are pinning their hope on the candidates of the upcoming local level elections to take the initiative to rehabilitate them.

Roads and irrigation facilities have remained the major demands of the locals in Adarshakotwal Rural Municipality-5, Bara as the candidates are drumming up support for the upcoming third level of local elections.

Not giving two hoots about the repeated calls from child rights activists, the election code of conduct and their own commitments, various political parties on Wednesday were found using children in their rallies as they proceeded towards the election offices in Rautahat to file nominations for the September 18 local elections in Province 2.

Thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts, stored for about 20 years after they were seized from poachers, were destroyed on a huge pyre in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) on Monday, in a symbolic gesture of the country’s commitment against wildlife trade and poaching.

A one-horned rhino was killed in the Dhrubaghat area of the Chitwan National Park on Friday night in what comes as a major setback in the country’s conservation efforts, just as the park was gearing up to mark the third year of zero rhino poaching.

Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday ruled out the possibility of withdrawing the constitution amendment bill.

In a shocking incident, a 10-year-old boy has been sacrificed at Kudiya VDC in Nawalparasi district in the name of “exorcising evil spirits”.

The tourist hotspot of Sauraha has not only seen an aggressive development of hotels and resorts over the past few years, but entrepreneurs are also investing heavily in elephant as safari.

Local youths in Nawalparasi district have taken up the conservation initiative in their own small manner.

With an aim to boost living standards of local residents, Chitwan National Park is developing a 24km tourist route from Sauraha to Madi, covering four VDCs