The under-construction bridge was expected to bring new opportunities to the village by improving connectivity and providing temporary employment to locals.

The two-day-old infant killed while returning home from hospital, police say.

Korchabang village has 59 households, most of them prospering with income from goat farms.

The injured are being treated at Rolpa District Hospital.

Prisoners, especially those in judicial custody, face frequent attacks from older inmates.

Students cultivate crops, rear livestock, and make handicraft items. ‘Kamaundai padhdai’ or earn-as-you-learn campaign is gaining traction.

The 28-year-old victim died of excessive bleeding shortly after the attack, police said.

The bus heading for Ghorahi in Dang from Baghmara of Rolpa fell some 150 metres. Two buses were engaged in reckless speed contest, according to eyewitnesses.

Aadharbhut Basic School in Rolpa has introduced a programme to preserve Dhabang village’s traditional craftsmanship.

Around a dozen people from Lungri Rural Municipality have fallen ill after eating wild mushrooms in the last 10 days.

Naresh Oli, 47, of Rolpa was working as a driver in a jewellery shop in Chandigarh.

Paribartan Rural Municipality provides scholarship to a student per year who will work for at least two years at local hospital after completing studies.

For the federal polls, Barsha Man Pun, the deputy general secretary of the Maoist Centre, is up against Purna Bahadur Budha, his former comrade-in-arms.

The parked vehicle, carrying 15 passengers heading home for Tihar, reversed and fell some 100 metres down the road, police said.

Seven people died when the bus they were on fell off the road in Jurikhet, Makwanpur while five people died in another accident in Kyangsi Bagar, Rukum (East).