A violent clash ensued between the supporters of Mayor Mandal and Deputy Mayor Jha over the issue of the administrative centre of the municipality.

Authorities have been given the power to execute works regarding health, education, agriculture, livestock, social security, development activities, among others.

The dropout rate in Dhanusha district remains high as student-oriented programmes have not been properly implemented.

Dhanusha police says 16 underage marriages were stopped in the past 10 months as more people are reporting child marriage cases

Lawmakers of Province 3 also protest against the proposed bill.

The people of Dusadh community in Dhanusa district of southern Nepal, just 15 years ago, were known for their infamous profession of thievery and robbery. But now, the Dusadhs from Akauda and Jhijha in the district have turned away from their earlier ways and have opted to receive an education and work white collar jobs to sustain their livelihoods.

Locals in the mid-eastern parts of Dhanusha district have been at the receiving end of wild animals destroying their crops every day.

An 11-year-old girl was found dead at Hariharpur village in Dhanusha district on Thursday
Body of Reshma (Duttiya) Rasaili of Magartole in Hariharpur, Mithila Municipality-3, was found in a sugarcane field around 700 metres from her house on Thursday

Ajaya Kumar Sah, 22, of Belauni in Janakpur-17 was taken into custody after he was found guilty of concocting his own abduction with the help of his friends, Samsad Nadaf, 20, of Janakpur-23, and Arbinda Yadav, 25, of Gadhimai Municipality-8 in Rautahat, to fleece Rs 1.5 million from his parents.

Thousands of Hindu devotees have arrived in Janakpur from various places of Nepal and India to attend the Ram-Janaki Bibaha Panchami festival.

Thousands of devotees have started to arrive in Janakpur to mark the annual Ram Janaki festival.

Police on Monday detained the priest of Janakpur-based Ratna Sagar Temple in a land forgery case.

Students of Rajarshi Janak Secondary School of Kurtha in Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-21, Dhanusha, have
been attending their classes under the open sky after the school building was razed down for road expansion six months ago.

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has asked the Province 2 government not to “overtake” the federal government, warning that it could derail the country from its journey towards federalism.

A freight train laden with 5,500 tonnes of ballast reached Janakpur from Jharkhand, India, on Wednesday.