Officials at the local unit have said that the fair was organised despite the call to stop it.

In the last two weeks, Bajhang and Baitadi saw fairs attracting more than 300 people.

Mayor threatens to cancel the licence of private hospitals that fail to treat patients.

Department of Health Services sent only 10 thermal guns and a few necessary medical equipment to be distributed across Sudurpaschim Province.

With the possibility of empty granaries looming large, some farmers in the district have started working in the fields despite the nationwide lockdown.

Around 500 Nepali migrant workers are currently stuck at the border with India in Darchula because of the ongoing lockdown, and they're desperate to get back.

The man arrived from Dubai via New Delhi on Emirates and Vistara flights on March 20, and took a Buddha Air flight to Nepalgunj the next day.

Nepali authorities, however, expressed ignorance about such movements of people.

The returnees will be kept in quarantine facilities for 14 days in their respective districts, say authorities.

A meeting of the district coronavirus infection control sub-committee held on Sunday decided to seal the border point for an indefinite period.

Some districts are solely dependent on understaffed and underequipped health desks to stave off coronavirus.

Students are returning in droves as schools and colleges in Dehradun are closed.

Seti Technical School has also been launching various campaigns to support the local community. A few months ago, teachers and students of the school conducted vasectomy and tubal ligation operation on stray dogs.

Many school administrations across the district focus on taking financial benefits out of the school's budgets, according to the Education Unit.

Geta Eye Hospital in Godavari Municipality, Kailali, receives more than 100 patients from India daily.

The river has already swallowed 13 houses and a school building in the settlement.

Hundreds of houses and huts have been built encroaching upon the area near highway that links the hill districts of Sudurpaschim Province to Dadeldhura.

The District Administration Office and local governments, however, are not exercising effective mechanisms to check the malpractice, locals complain.

The problem cannot be resolved until wildlife experts conduct a study on leopards in the area and recommend action, officials say.

A local youth club has been protesting against Bohara after the latter started constructing a concrete house on the forest land.