The project was put on hold for more than a decade following land acquisition issues.

In Lumbini Province, all factories have started cutting production.

Bohara received 36,717 votes, while Khand secured 34,036 votes as per the final results.

A meeting of security officials of India and Nepal held in Rupandehi on Saturday decided to strengthen security on the international border.

The bus routes allow visitors to tour the greater Lumbini area that covers several historical places related to Buddha.

Bhairahawa’s tourism entrepreneurs disappointed as Gautam Buddha International Airport fails to attract foreign airlines.

The government has identified it as one of the key trade routes for the movement of commerce between India and China.

Companies in special economic zones that export more than 60 percent of their output will get higher reductions.

Farmers across the country are desperate for chemical fertilisers to arrive as early onset of monsoon brings abundant rain to prepare the fields for paddy transplantation.

The passenger bus en route to Bhairawaha from Janakpur plunged into the Rohini river along the Bhairawaha-Parasi section of the Postal Highway at around 4:30 am. More than 23 people were injured in the accident.

Nepal has to fall back on imported power in the winter when domestic output drops to one-third of the installed capacity.

The government abolished the customs duty on the import of sponge iron after power generation swelled in a bid to encourage domestic consumption of electricity.

Factories housed in the SEZ are required to export at least 60 percent of their production, according to the Special Economic Zone Act.

Only 25 of the 69 plots at Nepal's first special economic zone in Bhairahawa have been utilised as there are no takers for the rest.

The problem has occurred because the roadside drains are narrow and they get clogged, insiders say.