A majority of beneficiaries have decided to stay back in their old village because they do not want to leave behind their farmland and cattle.

The 56-member single largest party CPN-UML is now reduced to 43 members in the province, and Shakya needs 12 members to achieve a majority.

Most of the students have stopped attending their classes which resumed only a few days ago.

Around 700 flood-displaced families of Helambu and Melamchi have moved to other cities since the disaster.

The limited space in the new location has made the health post rollback on some of its medical services, such as maternity care for local women.

The budget for the People’s Housing Programme froze due to negligence of authorities, beneficiaries say.

Several settlements in Helambu have been cut off from the rest of the district after the floods swept away roads.

The bus was enroute to Kathmandu from Thokarpa, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality when it fell 25 metres down a cliff at Thapagaun.

Police and army personnel with the help of the locals have been searching for the missing.

The study team has recommended the relocation of 5,000 households in several settlements that are at risk.

The deaths—whether due to natural causes, poaching or other accidents—are a cause for concern, conservationists say.

With the highway section rendered impassable, dozens of container trucks have been stranded in the Miteripul area.

Around a dozen houses were swept away by floods in Melamchi Bazaar and Kuil village. Several other buildings and infrastructure also suffered damages.

Sergeant Chiran Kumar Budha was arrested last September. He was released from prison on Monday on account of completing nine-month jail term handed down by court.

Conservationists say if the waste is not cleared up soon, it will affect the ecology and tourism sector of the park area.

The body of 23-year-old Sujita Bhandari, who had gone missing on June 25, was recovered in a nearby forest on Sunday.

Many poachers who were on the run are coming forward to surrender, Chitwan park administration says.

The body was discovered in Ghamile forest of Bhandara Piple area on Sunday evening by the local people.

The natural breeding of the critically endangered crocodile species is a good sign for gharial conservation in the country, conservationists say.

Three of the four assailants are in police custody; search for the fourth suspect is underway, police said.