Around 880 workers from across the border have been stranded at various brick kilns in Nawalparasi (East) due to the lockdown.

While the villagers have engaged in community work, they haven’t forgotten the importance of taking precautionary measures amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Ramgram Municipality had distributed foodstuff worth about Rs1million to the needy in various wards amid the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

As many as 65 trees were felled in the past few days in Nawalparasi (East), forest officials say.

Around two dozen Nepalis stuck in Valmiki Nagar in Bihar complain of authorities’ apathy towards them.

The cooperative's regular buyers--Himalayan Dairy, Dairy Development Corporation of Kathmandu and Fishtail Dairy of Pokhara--have not been picking up milk for the past week.

Around 1,400 Indian workers are employed in various kilns in the district; most are happy to stay put and work.

Around 1,100 workers stranded for the past one week at various construction sites of Kaligandaki corridor road construction projects struggling to make their way home.

More than 150 workers stuck at the construction site in Gauda alone.

The local authorities had been able to trace only one among the eight. But on Sunday, the respective local units traced the remaining seven.

The seven others were not found in the locations mentioned in their passports, say police.

The 131km road project kicked off in January 2019.

Several officials representing the contractor haven’t returned to Nepal since they travelled to China to celebrate the Chinese New Year last month.

Hotel Association Nepal said it would launch special packages after identifying potential tourist markets.

The federal Ministry of Forest and Environment had granted permission to cut down 46, 294 trees along the section to make it a four-lane street in November last year.