Nepal sealed the border with India in March 2020 with the coronavirus in full rampage, only allowing trucks carrying vital supplies to pass.

Competition will bring down freight charges, and Nepali traders will also save time, officials say.

The hospital is struggling to cope with the surge in cases due to a shortage of beds and other necessary supporting infrastructure.

Border crossings in Parsa and Bara have been witnessing a rise in the number of people returning from India lately.

Local residents have expressed dissatisfaction over the contractor’s handing over of the road in an incomplete state.

The conflict has escalated as more people are now living close to the industrial area, industrialists say.

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.