Three districts in the province—Banke, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu—will collectively set up 3,000 bed-strong quarantine facilities for those who have and may return from India.

Even though the province has zero cases so far, the risk is still high, given many districts in the province share borders with India.

Following a meeting with family members, the Social Development Ministry agreed to provide the deceased’s wife with a job and fund the education of their two sons up to grade 12.

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

While in a majority of districts, the situation remained normal with public complying with the order, in others the police had to make arrests, confiscate vehicles and even resort to imposing a curfew.

The decision to designate the province’s capital and name would be passed through the two-thirds majority of the assembly.

The capital expenditure is just seven percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

Rupandehi and Lumbini facing drinking water shortages as wells run dry.

The pollution from 40 industries being operated on the Nepali area, in addition to the pollution making its way in from India, is causing irreversible damage to the population living in the area

Consumers said market prices shot up by over 20 percent in a week, pushing up their food expenses.

Coliform bacteria have been found in drinking water used by locals at Musikot Municipality-4, in Gulmi district, where, last week, around 150 people were taken ill, some seriously.

Province 5 Chief Minister (CM) Shankar Pokharel expanded the Cabinet by appointing three more ministers on Monday. Three-member government, including CM Pokharel, was formed a month ago.

Gangster Manoj Pun was killed in a police encounter in Devdaha Municipality of Rupandehi district on Wednesday morning.

Ninety percent of the employees assigned to the provincial ministries and government offices in Butwal, the temporary headquarters of Province 5, have not reported to work.

Nepali Congress central member Chandra Bhandari and CPN-UML Secretary Pradeep Gyawali are filing their candidacy from Gulmi-1 for the upcoming federal elections.