A team of experts and technicians confirmed classical swine fever in Dharan’s pig farms as commercial farms report a high number of swine deaths in the past two months.

Dharan residents face acute water shortages every dry season. In some areas, people wait for three days to get water in their taps.

The newly appointed mayor won the mayoral seat in Dharan as an independent candidate. Sampang Rai has created a major upset this election by defeating party candidates. He secured 20,821 votes to defeat Kishor Rai of Nepal Congress who got 16,059 votes.

19 bird species were added to the list of nationally threatened birds in the past decade.

The refrigerated warehouse has allowed growers to keep their harvest for months and sell it at a fair price.

The laboratory at the hospital has not been able to test samples for the last three months.

BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences stops admitting new patients citing lack of beds.

Villagers learn new techniques to turn sand covered land into fruit orchards.

The number of e-rickshaws operating in the city areas of Sunsari has seen an exponential growth in the past five years.

Farmers say the government has taken no initiative to seek alternatives to the Indian market.

The sub-metropolis has arranged for a gender focal person in each community school.

The tusker would either be tethered by a chain or killed as per the recommendation of a team of experts from Chitwan National Park.

The hailstorms in April and May and the extended monsoon in September had affected orange yield which is expected to drop 25 percent this year.

The cabbage harvest season has started in the hills of Sankhuwasabha, Tehrathum and Dhankuta.

Health workers deployed at the emergency unit at risk of coronavirus infection due to a lack of a faster device to test for the virus in patients, say hospital officials.