Bardibas municipality has started conducting awareness campaigns and taken measures to control the spread of the disease.

Government statistics show that paddy transplantation in Madhesh has been progressing at a slow pace for lack of rain.

The 17-km section is part of the 69-km Jayanagar-Janakpur railroad being reconstructed at the cost of Rs10 billion.

Early marriage is the driving force behind adolescent pregnancy and serious reproductive health problems.

Six local units have issued a notice informing that all schools in the area will be closed for a week starting Monday.

The robbers ran away with Rs3.5 million from the bank, said police.

Police fire nine rounds of bullets into the air and lob 13 teargas shells in a bid to take the situation under control.

A bench of Judge Ram Chandra Khadka announced the sentence to the 27-year-old on Tuesday after pronouncing him guilty on charges of rape, abduction, hostage-taking, and murder.

Police lob five shells of teargas canisters to take take the situation under control.

Neha Chaudhary has accused Pankaj Chaudhary, her husband of nine months, of physical and mental abuse for not bringing enough dowry.

Disputes over land acquisition have affected the plans. The construction site lies inside a community forest.

The agitating students say they resorted to protest as repeated requests to the school and local administrations regarding their concerns were ignored.

Election Office says preparations are being made to resolve the dispute by holding an all-party meeting.

Poor infrastructure and a lack of roads have especially put pregnant women at high risk.

The government has increased the minimum support price of sugarcane by 8.39 percent to Rs590 per quintal. The price includes a government subsidy of Rs70 per quintal paid to sugarcane farmers.