Health workers have not reached out to every patient in home isolation for lack of manpower and resources, say local authorities.

As a result of travel restrictions, farmers in the region say they are unable to transport produce to the market or purchase feed and many of their fish are dying.

Tilottama Municipality’s decision to set up an isolation centre in Banbatika, Ward No 2 has been on hold since Puspalal Park has denied the municipality’s request to use the park’s building as an isolation centre.

Gurung’s Lumbini Organic Farm and Research Centre produces 28 kinds of fruits.

Prosecutors filed a charge sheet against the trio on June 21 and presented them before the court on Tuesday.

Hospitals say their resources will be spread thin if more patients are admitted.

Scores of people gathered at the border attempted to enter Nepal on Monday, but they were stopped by security personnel of the Armed Police Force.

Without subsidised insurance premiums and bank loans, the poultry business could collapse, chicken raisers said.

A large number of sexual harassment cases in the province still go unreported, said police.

Thirty-four-year-old Baburam Thapa from Palpa, who had recently returned from Dubai, died on Sunday in an isolation facility in Butwal while waiting for his Covid-19 test.

Traders said they were compelled to shut down their shops after people disregarded requests not to form crowds.

The victim’s family lodged a complaint with the police on Sunday and urged authorities to take strong against the guilty.

The 20-year-old was deputised to skipper Gyanendra Malla after Paras Khadka left the captaincy and hopes to play in the IPL someday.

In the absence of waste management plants, the majority of the local units have been dumping waste on river banks and open areas.

Besides food and beverages, restaurants are now serving live music--as per popular demand.