As many as 141 health workers, 49 janitors, three ambulance drivers and 125 security personnel tested positive for the virus in the district.

All 50 beds in Gandak Hospital are occupied, which has led the hospital to send 26 infected patients home to self-isolate.

Local residents demand polymerase chain reaction tests of more people in the dense settlement.

The dry port is operating at three times its capacity with 4,358 containers sitting in its premises.

Of the 98 confirmed cases in the province, 85 are from Parsa district alone.

Collection reached 35.61 percent of the total revenue intake targeted for the period March 14 to April 11.

The smugglers had reached the core area of the national park in search of wildlife during the lockdown period.

The driver has been arrested on charges of hiding the passengers in the truck and ferrying them to Birgunj amidst the nationwide lockdown.

Birgunj prison is preparing to release elderly inmates to stem coronavirus risk.

The Agriculture Knowledge Centre could not purchase farm inputs for lack of working procedure, officials said.

More than 2,000 e-rickshaws are operating in the city without registration on a daily basis.

Jagarnathpur residents say bats are the pride of their community.

Faced with a resource crunch, Birgunj’s Thakur Ram Multiple Campus, founded in 1952, has been struggling to keep its legacy of academic excellence alive.

Smugglers have been using Parsa as a transit to smuggle drugs produced in Makwanpur and Dhading to India.

The park covers an area of 637.39 sq km and is spread across Parsa, Bara and Makwanpur districts.