The Chepang families fear that the global Covid-19 pandemic is overshadowing the outbreak of measles-rubella in these settlements.

The accident occurred when the victims were returning home after a visit to Dholamandali Temple.

Rup Lal sah was on his way to Kathmandu for treatment.

Even though the buses seem to be technically driven by two individuals, there is only one driver, authorities say.

The company can still build the cement factory on the private land it acquired earlier, officials say.

More than three dozen brick factories operating in Dhading district have been found evading tax by issuing two types of bill.

Vegetable farmers in Dhading are finding no takers for their produce grown without the use of pesticide.

Compensation distribution programme for those affected by the construction of the 1,200MW Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project has hit a snag due to delays made by the project office and officials of the concerned government agencies.

New standards have been set in Dhading district to regulate crusher, sand-washing along with sand and stone mining firms operating mostly near Prithvi highway and in the banks of Trishuli River.

The government has cut off power to 29 stone crushing factories and 62 sand washing plants located along the Prithvi Highway in Dhading for evading taxes and causing pollution in the Trishuli River.

So much sand and pebbles have been gouged out of the Agra River in Thakre Rural Municipality that the riverbed has gone down by 5 metres in the last 45 years. The Agra flows along the Prithvi Highway, and the sand and pebbles used to black top the road were extracted from the bottom of the river.

Sand mines are operating illegally in areas around Prithvi Highway using fake company registration documents, a government report shows.

The land acquisition process for the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project in Dhading and Gorkha districts has been in limbo as the administration, survey and land revenue offices in both districts are short-staffed.

At least 40 people got injured when a truck knocked a bus on Prithvi Highway in Mauwakhola of Benighat Rural Municipality in Dhading district on Saturday. Of them, six are critical.

A bus en route to Kathmandu from Rajbiraj plunged into Trishuli River at Ghatbesi Bange Mode in Dhading district on Saturday morning.