Mercury level crossed 40 degrees Celcius in many Tarai cities

The Namuna Buffer Zone Community Forest in Kawasoti Municipality of Nawalparasi (East) is one of the few places in the country that can be seen as a great example of consistent communal effort.

A massive fire broke out at a furniture factory at Bardaghat Municipality in Nawalparasi (West) district on Tuesday morning.

Dairy farmers in western Nawalparasi are hugely worried as they have not been able to sell their milk because buyers have declared a milk holiday even during the ‘off season’ when production is slow.

Hailstorm, coupled with strong winds, has damaged banana plantation on huge tracts of land in western Nawalparasi, causing economic distress to the farmers who have not insured their crops.

Sugarcane farmers of Nawalparasi district are being affected by the massive inflow of Indian sugarcane which enter the country via the porous border. This means that Indian sugarcane avoid paying customs duty and is priced lower than Nepali farmers produce.

The curtain has finally been drawn on Nepal’s most popular but unusual sport known as elephant polo, which is played every winter on a grass field in Meghauli, Chitwan, after 35 years.

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said the upcoming elections are vital for the economic prosperity and political stability in the country and the alliance between UML and CPN (Maoist Center) is needed for the same.

Forty students have been injured when a bus carrying students met with an accident at Sukrauli, Nawalparasi on Friday.

Sugarcane farmers have demanded a hike of sugarcane rate to Rs562 per quintal from Rs531 per quintal last year, as the crushing season nears. The crushing season begins from mid-November.

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has remarked that the national sovereignty is at stake due to the current government’s tendency to sign any kind of agreement in order to attain power and prolong its tenure.

An unidentified gang smeared black soot on the face of Kawasoti Customs Office chief in Nawalparasi on Thursday.

Vegetables worth Rs 100 million in Nawarparasi district have been destroyed by floods.

Pioneer of eco-tourism Tiger Tops has stopped elephant-back safaris to end animal suffering. Adventure seekers will now follow the jumbos on foot to observe their activities instead of riding on their backs to sight-see in the jungle.

Nawalparasi-based poet Dipak Soti presented himself in a new avatar on Wednesday. During a poetry recital, organised in commemoration of Aadikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya, Soti recited poems not about love or nature but pollution—a recital that took the audience by surprise.