Despite promises from the federal and the provincial governments, no help has reached the disaster-hit areas in the last three weeks.

Rai of CPN (Unified Socialist) faces the daunting task of appointing ministers as coalition partners demand various ministerial berths for their leaders.

Acharya addressed the provincial assembly meeting on Monday and announced his resignation before the vote of confidence procedure began in the assembly.

According to the District Police Office, eight people have been killed in elephant attacks in the last three years while the number of people dying from illegal electric fences is seven.

Landslides triggered by unseasonal rains have also obstructed several road sections, police say.

Police have arrested three people--two Indian nationals and one Nepali--in connection to the incident.

The six were accused of smuggling of 33kg gold and murdering an alleged carrier in 2018. The Morang District Court acquitted all police personnel implicated in the crime.

Many posts of medical staff at the 250-bed hospital are vacant, which has affected services.

Police say the suspects killed six members of a family because of their personal vendetta against the family.

The remote village in Taplejung does not have health, education and communication services.

The 25-year-old man committed the crime because of personal vendetta, police said.

The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has reached the village and is starting investigation from Wednesday.

Mutilated bodies of the victims were found scattered near the house on Monday morning, said police.

Biratnagar city, with financial aid from social organisations and lawmakers, is building houses for 145 landless families.

The change in leadership in the province comes a day after the UML split.

The teenager, whose body was found in Rajdevi Community Forest on August 3, had been out of contact since July 28.

Rights activists say most of the victims of such allegations are women from marginalised communities.

Tamang was declared dead in 2015 in Saudi Arabia.

Subhash Tamang has been running around from one government office to another to reclaim his citizenship and his identity after he was pronounced dead in Saudi Arabia.

Various political parties, business entrepreneurs and local residents have protested against Birtamod Municipality’s mismanagement of Covid-19 vaccines.