Indian carpenters cross the border on bicycles early in the morning and visit the under-construction houses, hotels and corporate offices to make furniture items. They then return home in the evening after finishing their work.

Hospitals run by the private sector are blatantly ignoring the mandatory 10 percent free bed allocation for the needy.

Another cable car project in the northwest of Butwal is expected to come into operation during the Dashain festival in October.

The project is eyeing both domestic and Indian tourists.

The company owning the land, which has a five-star casino resort in Bhairahawa, was found to have exceeded the land ceiling as provisioned by the law.

Giri’s motion was rejected by a majority of the 87-member assembly, managing to receive only 33 votes in his favour.

Speaker and Deputy Speaker elections will be held on January 17.

Lumbini Province Head Amik Sherchan administered the oath. Nine lawmakers took the oath in their mother tongue.

The conference was called to review the tenure of provinces and recommend suggestions to the new House for the implementation of federalism.

Central Investigation Bureau recovered 35 tolas of gold and Rs1.8 million in cash from KC’s residence in Butwal on Sunday.

Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC snubbed calls by parties and civil servants against hastily shifting the seat of the provincial government as Deukhari lacks the infrastructure.

Once Nepal’s largest spinning mill, it shut down more than a decade ago after being crippled by mismanagement.

The bus, enroute to Butwal from Gulmi, fell some 300 metres down a cliff, said police.

The clash ensued when police deployed to demolish illegal huts erected on government land were attacked by squatters.

Shanker Pokhrel of UML resigned on Wednesday after opposition decided to bring a no-confidence motion against him.