A train carrying railway employees, security personnel, people’s representatives and media persons was operated from Jayanagar, India to Kurtha, Dhanusha on Sunday.

Two boys died on the spot after a tree fell on them in Dhanusa while a woman from Rautahat died after the windstorm caused her house to collapse.

Two separate proposals for name and capital were endorsed by a two-thirds majority of the assembly as stipulated in the constitution.

Eight security personnel and eight party cadres have been injured so far. Authorities are still trying to bring the situation under control, said police

The breach has put several settlements in the district at risk, according to officials.

None of the ventilators at the hospital are in working order, officials say.

The couple was abducted from Sahodwa in Ward No. 5 of Pipara Rural Municipality on February 23.

Roads linked to the bridge have been washed away by floodwaters, delaying the opening of the bridge.

The Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to give authority to the provincial commission for the appointment of employees under technical services—health and engineering.

Policemen came to the settlement on Sunday and started harassing villagers for collecting timber from the riverbanks, claim locals.

Ten deaths and as many as 643 new cases were confirmed in the past two weeks.

The protest was launched demanding justice for two Dalit youths who died in the past month; one at an isolation centre in Dhanusha and the other in Sabaila police custody.

A majority of health desks at the border point are without necessary medical equipment.

Nine people died and three are critically ill after consuming hooch during Holi celebrations last week.

The ruling parties—Samajbadi Party Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal—registered a proposal at the provincial assembly demanding to name the province as Madhes and Dhanusha as its capital.