Local leaders of Samyukta Loktantrik Madheshi Morcha enforced an hour-long transportation strike at Saptari on Friday in protest against government apathy to address their demands.

The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on Friday caught red-handed one gazetted third-class officer while receiving Rs 50,000 in bribe at Rajbiraj Revenue Office.

The Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party Chairman Mahanta Thakur has said that secessionism would prevail in the nation if the new constitution could not address the issue of Madhes.

The Girls’ Education Campaign initiated by District Education Office (DEO), Saptari, in 37 VDCs with financial support of Unicef is in disarray, owing to the lack of monitoring.

A minor was killed and over 65 families rendered homeless after a fire engulfed a settlement at Thalhi, Jamunimdhepura-6 in Saptari district on Thursday.

Wild elephants from the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve have once again started entering villages and destroying houses and property in the eastern VDCs in Saptari district.