The elected representatives, after the local elections two years ago, had decided to set up the rural municipal office at the school’s building.

A Cabinet meeting of Province 1 government has appointed human rights activist Subodh Raj Pyakurel as the vice-chairman of Provincial Planning Commission.

A Cabinet meeting of the Province 1 government on Wednesday formed Province Planning Commission.

The votes of ex-British Gurkha servicemen and their families were decisive in the past elections. No more.

Paddy production in the eastern region, the country’s food basket, has been projected to swell 10 percent this year despite the damage caused to farms by the August floods, the regional Agricultural Development Office said.

Nepali industrialists in Biratnagar have blamed Indian authorities for not taking the initiative in repairing a flood-damaged bridge at Mirjungghat in India. This has seriously affected Nepal-India trade via Biratnagar border point.

Biratnagar Airport, which has been closed since last Friday after being deluged by floods, is expected to resume its operations from Saturday, according to the airport authority.

Around 500 industries at Morang Industrial Corridor that were inundated in the recent flooding in the Tarai have been shut down for the past three days.

Construction of cross-border broad gauge railway line from Katahari in the eastern Nepali district of Morang and Bathnaha in the Indian state of Bihar has come to a halt after landowners, who were not happy with compensation extended by the government, moved the Supreme Court.

Annapurna Cements located in the Sunsari-Morang Industrial Corridor has started test production.

Sugar smuggling through Biratnagar customs point is on the rise, thanks to lax revenue administration and weak border security. A number of importers have been found evading taxes by importing sugar declaring the produce as rice at the customs office.

Cardamom farmers in the eastern district of Dhankuta have complained about the concerned authorities’ failure to assist them.

Farmers in Morang are elated after the District Agriculture Office (DAO) started to disseminate various information related to farming through text messages to their mobile phones.

When bids were invited the first time, there was only one taker; and the tender offer was scrapped for failing to get the minimum three bids

Plastic bag manufacturers have urged the government to rethink its decision to impose a blanket ban on the use of toxic plastic and propylene bags.