The hospital had stopped admitting Covid-19 patients citing oxygen shortage in the last week.

Pokharel did not have to face the no-confidence motion earlier as he resigned as chief minister. He was then reappointed as the leader of the party commanding a majority in the Provincial Assembly.

At least four persons died in home isolation over the past few days, as they could not find hospitals that would take them in.

Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital has oxygen enough for only 127 beds out of the 300 beds for coronavirus patients.

Health workers who were engaged in setting up quarantine and isolation facilities and providing treatment to Covid-19 patients last year say they feel cheated by the authorities.

It’s tough, exhausting and stressful, they say, but they have continued their duty, devoting themselves to the care of the Covid-19 patients in one of the health facilities that is overwhelmed and short of staff.

Constitutional experts call the development a farce and against the spirit of the parliamentary system.

A Provincial Assembly member, Bimala Khatri, chooses to side with the Maoist Centre, making the UML fall short of a seat to prove majority.

With resignation accepted, Pokhrel now set to seek to form a new government under his leadership without the backing of any other party.

At least 100 households in Hyang, Kareti, Gunam, Sakhi and Sarpal are at risk of getting caught in the fire.

Unlike last year when authorities in Lumbini made quarantining mandatory for returnees, no such measures have been implemented this year.

Issuing a notice on Sunday, the District Administration Office asked the public to refrain from going out unnecessarily.

A meeting of the chiefs of all 16 local units in the district also decided to enforce odd-even vehicle rule from Tuesday amid coronavirus concerns.

Ill-equipped hospitals with limited staff are unable to handle the rising number of coronavirus cases, health workers say.

The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Banke has prompted the local administration to impose lockdown in Nepalgunj.

Preliminary investigation shows that the vultures died after feeding on the carcasses of dogs that were probably poisoned to death in Nawalparasi (West).

The Banke District Administration announced a five-day lockdown to contain the Covid-19 surge.

The road is always covered in billowing clouds of dust after the drinking water pipes were installed using excavators.

A passenger bus carrying 42 people travelling from Surkhet to Dharan collided with a tipper along the Banke National Park road section.

The provincial authorities are yet to step up preventive measures to curb further spread of Covid-19, say health officials in Lumbini, where 238 new cases were reported in last 24 hours.