Indian authorities had closed the suspension bridge connecting the two bordering towns since early morning.

Darchula locals on Sunday padlocked the door of the suspension bridge that connects Nepal and India after the Indian side unilaterally started constructing an embankment along the Mahakali river.

Indian firm agrees to provide Rs1.6 million in compensation to 9-year-old boy’s family.

Villagers, including those in Chhangru and Tinkar, are forced to use the Indian road to move their cattle.

Scores of students have been left without the government-provided mid-day meal as landslides and floods disrupt food supply from the district headquarters.

The disasters triggered by heavy rainfall have injured at least eight people, police say.

The jeep was on its way to the district headquarters, Khalanga, from Gokuleshwar when the accident occurred at Shailyashikar Municipality-6, Ullani.

As many as 537 children in the district aged between 6 months and five years were found suffering from malnutrition in the last fiscal year 2021-22.

The 17-year-old from Byas Rural Municipality fell into river after the tuin snapped at Dumling on Wednesday.

A picker used to collect 25 to 30 pieces of yarsa until a few years ago but one has hardly found three to seven pieces this year.

People from about half a dozen villages have been risking their lives to reach the district headquarters.

In the old days when trade was flourishing, Nepali traders used to import goods from Taklakot using porters, mules, sheep and horses.

The current academic session started six months ago but the supplier failed to deliver books to 23 community schools in Apihimal Rural Municipality.

The project was delayed due to problem in transporting construction materials.

Around 124 students of Samaiji Basic School have been affected as they do not have proper classrooms.