Officials say the new rule has been enforced to discourage illegal cross-border trade and promote local businesses.

35-year-old Irshad Khan sustained bullet injuries in his shoulder and waist in the attack.

Calls growing for efforts to save the endangered mammal.

The city saw a number of tourism events cancelled over the week amid Covid-19 concerns, causing worry among tourism entrepreneurs.

Infrastructure was built for four well-equipped toilets in the area but lack of a plan on how to operate them has rendered them unusable.

The pillars will be reconstructed after a joint meeting of the officials from Nepal and India.

Lack of physical infrastructure, employees, legal knowledge, awareness in the grass roots level are the major challenges behind the poor functioning of the body.

Frantic farmers in most of the districts in Province 5 said if nothing is done, food production may drop

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Saturday inaugurated the Visit Lumbini Year 2076 BS, a campaign launched by Province 5 with an objective to draw more than 2 million visitors to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha.

Police on Thursday seized arms and ammunitions in a raid in Shivraj Municipality, the hometown of Communist Party of Nepal leader Netra Bikram Chand, in  Kapilvastu.

A three-day International Tripitaka Recitation programme commenced at Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha, on Wednesday.

Kapilvastu district is on track to becoming self-reliant in fish production, with annual production of fish topping 1,200 tonnes in the last fiscal year.

A five-year-old boy, who had been missing from Mayadevi Ruralmunicipality-4 since Thursday, was found dead near his residence on Sunday.

The country is conducting the parliament and provincial elections for the first time after the promulgation of new constitution. The first phase of federal parliamentary and provincial assembly elections were held in 32 of 77 districts on November 26 while the second phase of elections is due for December 7 in the remaining 45 districts.

Nearly 33,000 goats were imported through the Krishnanagar border crossing in the western Tarai during the recently concluded Dashain festival, making it the biggest entry point for these meat animals.