Government offices in Saptari resumed their operations after almost six months on Thursday.

At least four persons died while nine others were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Bhardaha-1 along the Bhardaha-Koshi barrage road section in Saptari district on Friday morning.

At least three people were killed in violent clashes that erupted between the security forces and protesters causing obstructions on the East-West Highway since Saturday night. Normal life has been crippled in several parts of the eastern and central Tarai, a region already reeling under an acute shortage of essential supplies.

Protesters, defying prohibition order in riot zones, vandalised dozens of vehicles at Bhardaha along the East-West Highway in Saptari on Sunday.

Locals at Bharadaha in Saptari district took to the streets on Wednesday, protesting the death of Rajiv Raut who was shot by police during a banda on Tuesday.

More than 160 houses were destroyed in a fire at Rampura Malhaniya-5 in Saptari on Thursday.

An inferno engulfed a Dalit settlement at Kanchanrup Municipality-6 in Saptari district on Thursday, killing an elderly person and destroying 79 houses belonging to 33 families.

A team of officials from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday carried out a field monitoring of the District Prison in Saptari.

Some police officers have been accused of ‘concealing’15 kg gold bar which was confiscated from Deuri Baruwa VDC in Saptari district.

Supporters of CK Raut, who was arrested on September 14 from Morang on the charge of being involved in a secessionist campaign, staged demonstrations in Saptari

Established 22 years ago, Gajerndra Narayan Singh Industrial Estate in Rajbiraj is yet to see the entry of an industry, thanks to the lack of a conducive investment environment

Three people in a family at Bairawa VDC-4 have been beaten up in accusation of practicing witchcraft.

A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was killed and over 65 families rendered homeless when a fire destroyed the Thalhi settlement at Jamuni Madhepura-6 in Saptari district on Thursday.

The Indian government has invested millions in various development projects in the district.

A businessman, in collusion with bank staffers, has embezzled Rs 40 million from Nepal Bank Limited’s (NBL) Kanchanpur branch in Saptari, it has been found.