The bus enroute to Rukum West from Nepalgunj with 32 passengers onboard fell off the road at Kudu Bara Chowk in Bheri Municipality.

Kantipur Media Group, KL Dugar Group and Summit Air deliver rice to shortage-hit Humla villages.

District residents have to pay higher prices to buy the grain from local markets.

The halt in surgical services has forced people in the district to go to Nepalgunj, Surkhet or other places for treatment.

Constant delays in opening tracks, maintenance work and regular upgrades have left the highway in a poor condition.

As many as 169 incidents of child marriage were reported in Tilgupha Municipality and Shubhakalika Rural Municipality last year.

Poor road condition, coupled with human negligence, unserviced old vehicles and disregard for traffic rules, leads to fatal road accidents.

The fire started around Monday midnight and came under control at around 6am this morning, police said.

The bus en route to Tulsipur of Dang from Salyan plunged into a river near Kapurkot Rural Municipality-5.

136 people have been killed and 300 others maimed, injured in several accidents since the highway came into operation in 2007.

Local residents blame authorities for not doing anything to stop haphazard construction. The local government says it is coming up with a master plan to conserve the lake.

Search underway for the missing two, police say.

Earlier, the local residents had to visit Taklakot in China to receive medical care.

The vehicle en route to Gamgadhi from Nepalgunj was carrying 45 people returning home for Dashain.

The provincial government has launched ‘Bank Account for Daughters for Secure Life’ but many people in rural areas are unaware of the scheme.

For a lack of special classes, trained teachers and supporting physical infrastructure, disabled children in Province are deprived of basic education.

Schools in Mugu and Humla have not received textbooks due to disruption of roads.

Many local units have cited a lack of suitable land plots and delay in preparation of detailed project reports behind the project’s inability to take off.

Local residents face difficulties transporting daily essentials in the absence of a bridge.

The District Administration Office has also been relying on a generator for its daily operations.