Work on the 114 km Butwal-Narayanghat section was started four years ago and was supposed to be completed last year. But the progress is at 35 percent.

The bus heading to Kathmandu from Dhangadhi overturned at around 4:30am following a brake failure, police say.

The deceased, residents of East Nawalparasi, had consumed the toxic fungi five days ago and were undergoing treatment at Bharatpur Medical College.

The embankments will be 21-km-long on Chitwan side and 9 km on East Nawalparasi side. On top of the embankments will be 7.5-meter wide corridor roads.

According to officials at the Butwal-Narayanghat Road Project, only around 35 percent of the work has been completed even after repeated deadline extensions.

A total of 18 rhinos have died at Chitwan National Park in one year.

The 1.2-km line connects Gaindakot with Maula Kalika, a famous Hindu temple situated at an elevation of 561 metres.

Eighteen cows have died of the disease in the district over the past two months, officials said.

The arrests were made after the victim’s husband filed a police complaint accusing the neighbours of the death.

The expansion drive along the Butwal- Narayangadh stretch of the highway has led to frequent obstructions.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the birds died after consuming poisoned carcasses.

The birds are suspected to have fed on poisoned carcass.

As many as 69 vultures have been freed from the centre since it was set up in 2008.

The 65-bed Madhyabindu District Hospital in Nawalparasi East has positions for 31 health workers, but has been making do with just 13.

Conservationists say the incident is first in Nepal in several decades.