Twenty-seven people in the district including nine employees of the Inland Revenue Office in Nepalgunj, tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.

Authorities say continuous rainfall has hampered the search and rescue operation.

Some of the road sections blocked by landslide debris had also suffered the same fate last year.

One person was able to save his life by jumping off the vehicle, said police.

Farmers, on the other hand, are troubled further, as many of them had taken loans to purchase the fertilisers.

Many local unit heads have protested against the Academy’s move, arguing that it is the federal or provincial government’s responsibility to pay for the tests.

The victims, aged 26 to 41, were taken to Delhi on the pretext of sending them to Iraq and Qatar for foreign employment.

Rescue efforts were made difficult because of roads blocked by the landslide and bad weather.

The local units across various districts in the province have no record of how many people have returned and are currently quarantining at home.

Prosecutors filed a charge sheet against the trio on June 21 and presented them before the court on Tuesday.

Haphazard construction of rural roads have raised the risk of landslides and erosions, road engineers say.

Narainapur might have dodged the worst effects of Covid-19 but as the rainy season sets in, the fear of a flood haunts villagers.

The landslide had swept away four vehicles at Sammobari on the Tansen-Ridi road section in Palpa on Monday.

Continuous rainfall in the past few days has triggered landslides at multiple places in the district.

Most refuse to stay in these facilities since snake sightings have increased with the rise in temperature.

Returnees to their villages in Narainapur face hunger, poverty and ostracisation in society.

Farmers are turned away from shops for refusing to buy two kinds of fertilisers.

The woman had been airlifted from Achham after she suffered from problems in her intestine.

Five people were bludgeoned to death at a cattle farm in Tilottama Municipality on Monday night.

The murder suspect prone to erratic mood swings, said police and locals.