The 28-year-old died while undergoing treatment at a Dharan-based hospital on Friday while her son breathed his last at 2am on Saturday.

They were attacked by a leopard while searching for fodder for pigs in the forest near Maunakhola on Saturday afternoon, police say.

Decapitated body of a 70-year-old local of Jyamire was found at his residence, police say.

The venue had an audience of more than twice its capacity of 3,000 people.

Security personnel backed by locals are attempting to douse the fire.

Although there are theories and assumptions, police and forest officials are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire.

A team of security personnel with the help of a fire truck from Dhankuta municipality’s fire department are working to douse the fire that started since Tuesday night.

Villages in Ramechhap, Dhankuta lie abandoned and fields fallow with residents leaving in search of greener pastures.

Ever since water sources in the village began to dry up, residents have been reeling under a chronic shortage.

The number of farmers growing avocado in Dhankuta increased from 1,963 to 4,926 in four years, according to officials.

The hospital, which is one of the oldest in Province 1, has become a shell of its former self for a lack of upgrade.

Trees, mostly chir pines locally called Khote Salla, growing in around five hectares of forest land have dried up, according to the division forest office in Dhankuta.

Around 13.5 tonnes of garbage collected daily from Dhankuta Municipality is turned into compost manure by mixing the decayed garbage with soil, which is later used to fertilise a flower garden.

To avoid travel disruption during the monsoon, local residents have been demanding that the road project build bridges at the earliest.

Farmers with shares in the factory have been demanding that it be revived and operated in a transparent manner.