Wildfires have affected 1,558 hectares of forestland in the district since mid-March, according to the Division Forest Office.

The municipality has pledged to invest more than Rs60 million in the Youth Self-Employment Programme.

The training programme aims to turn out 1,500 dhaka entrepreneurs in three years, officials say.

Forest officials and security personnel lack tranquiliser guns and various other equipment required for a safe and immediate rescue of wildlife.

A 64-year-old man was fatally burned and beaten in the name of treatment.

Rescue efforts have been affected due to adverse weather conditions and active landslides in the affected areas.

A bus en route to Achham carrying returnees from India fell off the road in Doti, killing three persons and injuring 33 others.

Continuous rainfall in the past few days has triggered landslides at multiple places in the district.

On Monday, a group of the local unit chiefs visited Chief District Officer Yadav Subedi and demanded speedy testing of all the quarantined individuals.

Police have registered as many as 35 drug-related cases in the past three years.

The school has introduced the technical courses to make students employment-ready when they complete school education.

The grand plan revolves around developing the area as one of the important tourist destinations in the country.

The landslides were triggered by heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning.

Consumers said market prices shot up by over 20 percent in a week, pushing up their food expenses.

Forest officials estimate that 182 sal trees have been cut down at Baldhengadhi in Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality-7, Palpa, in the last month alone.