Senior-most member Binod Kumar Shah administered the oath to provincial lawmakers on Monday afternoon.

The vehicle was carrying wedding attendants from Jewa village in Chhedagad Municipality. Police say the jeep was carrying passengers beyond its capacity.

The bus enroute to Rukum West from Nepalgunj with 32 passengers onboard fell off the road at Kudu Bara Chowk in Bheri Municipality.

Smugglers have cut down trees taking advantage of nationwide lockdown, locals say.

Families of daily wage earners in Biratnagar and Dhading stare at trouble as local governments fail to distribute relief.

There are around 70 hotels and restaurants directly disposing of waste into the water.

The villagers concluded the egg was not laid by hen but a rooster--and that the egg could be sold at over Rs10 million.

The government has spent around Rs26 billion so far acquiring land from 27 settlements in Gorkha and Dhading districts.

As part of their migration pattern, the cranes have entered India from Mustang-Bheri River route, ornithologists say.

The Dhading District Police Office has imposed a ban on the movement of heavy vehicles on the road during Dashain festival.

The river is one of the 100 tourist destinations chosen by the government for the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign.

Number of Woolly Neck has decreased due to wetland degradation, reduction of nesting trees, use of pesticides and excessive hunting, conservationists say.

The bus was travelling from Malangwa, the headquarters of Sarlahi district, to Kathmandu.

Illegal mine operators have been extracting sand from river and streams in collusion with representatives of rural municipality, locals say.

Affected families have opted to retrofit their homes rather than construct new ones.