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.

All crusher industries across the eight districts of Province 2 have been closed following the death of Dilip Mahato, who had been protesting against illegal mining of riverbed material in Dhanusha.

The Postal Highway Directorate is once again set to extend the project deadline by a year.

Dilip was killed on Friday morning while protesting the illegal mining of riverbed materials from a river beside his home at Sripur in Mithila Municipality.

Twenty-four-year-old Dilip Kumar Mahato was struck and dragged by the tipper driver, say police.

Despite the high population growth, Province 2 has a higher mortality rate than the national average, according to a recent demographic report.

Dozens of private pathology labs are operating in the hospital area without registration, locals say.

The 19-year-old floored Rimi Sarkar of Bangladesh 6-1.

Drug-related cases have doubled in the past three years. Police say they have intensified surveillance, but not much has changed.