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.

In a bid to reform the school sector, two local units in Palpa have begun implementing their plan to close all private schools and turn them into community schools in their administrative areas so that children from all backgrounds can have access to an education.  

Locals of Jhadewa, Mathagadhi-4 of Palpa, have demanded coal extraction in the area be stopped. The reason being the adverse effect mining is inflicting on their quality of life and environment.

A man was found dead 19 days after he went missing in Bhusaldanda of Tansen Municipality-1. Body of Sunil Chhetri, 36, was found in a gully nearby his residence.

Two people went missing after a motorbike they were riding plunged into Tinau River along Siddhartha Highway at Siddhababa in Tinau Rural Municipality-3 on Sunday.

At least 14 people died and nine others were injured when a bus they were travelling on met with an accident at Dharadi in Rambha Rural Municipality-4, Palpa, on Friday.

A group of children from Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality in Palpa has launched a campaign against child marriage.

Farmers in the district are reluctant to insure their farm products due to hassles they face in receiving insurance coverage from insurers. Another factor is the low insurance coverage for their expected amount.

Hailstorm has destroyed vegetables worth Rs48 million in Tansen municipality. The vegetables were grown in the vegetable zone, which is a part of the Prime Minister Agricultural Modernisation Project.

Many earthquake-affected families in Palpa are still living in temporary huts because they have not received house rebuilding aid from the government.