Saptari sees rising violence against Dalits
Two murders and two rape cases involving Dalit victims reported in the district in past three months. Families and activists accuse police of inaction.
Two murders and two rape cases involving Dalit victims reported in the district in past three months. Families and activists accuse police of inaction.
Locals burn tyres, display black flags, accusing the metropolis of overreach.
Children fell into the tank while playing at neighbour’s house.
Two vehicles fell off the road and caught fire after a head-on collision in Bahudarmai Municipality.
In several areas, embankments have crumbled due to erosion, but officials cite funds crunch for failed repairs.
RSP chair among 29 individuals charged over alleged embezzlement of cooperative funds totalling over Rs1.15 billion.
Truck driver on the run, police say search underway.
Police records show a rise in murders in the province, from 93 cases in 2020-21 to 128 in 2023-24. Dhanusha and Siraha are hardest hit.
Temperatures in Madhesh Province have risen steadily over the past week.
Lack of disaster-sensitive planning has put lives and livelihoods at risk in the province, say officials.
Two divers went missing during a disaster preparedness drill. Other diver Rajbanshi was found dead on Saturday.
Smugglers are using the town to move marijuana from the hills into India and bring prescription drugs from India into Kathmandu.
Two community schools and provincial hospital benefit from Chinese aid
India provides replacement train without AC coaches during repair period.
Bed Bahadur Khadka, 61, succumbed to brain cancer on Monday.
As many as 542 people, most of them children, drowned in three years in rain-filled pits and unguarded water bodies left behind by construction and excavation work.
Municipality warns of fines and vehicle impoundment as crusher industries continue unauthorised excavation in Maraha River.
Officials blame legal grey areas, jurisdiction confusion for years of delay in selling timber.
Police take doctor in custody as victim’s family members protest placing her body on the highway in front of hospital.
13-year-old hospitalised; police investigate complaint against private school teacher.