There was no human casualty but food grains, clothes, utensils and other valuables were destroyed in the house fire.

The minors aged 13 have been accused of raping a five-year-old girl.

The upgrade will directly benefit people of Dhorpatan Municipality and two other local units.

“The opening of this border point will promote tourism which ultimately boosts the country’s economy,” Dahal said.

The duo have been tried in a cooperative fraud case and have been handed a non-bailable sentence.

When a woman died last month, the community had to charter a vehicle to take the body to the neighbouring Gulmi district for burial.

Stating that smoking of tobacco hookah harms public health, the municipality decided to ban hookah smoking from February 28.

The Kawasoti region is home to eight of the nine species of vulture found in Nepal.

The accident occurred after a jeep, carrying wedding guests, fell some 500 metres from the road.

The body of the male feline was recovered from the Arunkhola forest premises.

Assault marks have been found on the 65-year-old’s neck while the child was attacked on his neck and stomach.

The onslaughts of monkeys in villages have terrorised the locals and affected agriculture of farming communities.

The body of the 24-year-old was recovered from a drainage ditch in Badgaun section of the Mid-Hill Highway.

The victim, who sustained injuries in the back and legs, is receiving treatment in Devchuli Hospital.

Kaski police says an investigation against those named is already underway.

Detailed investigation is going on after the district court remanded him into custody on Monday, said police.

Many students of Ramrekha Basic School in Baglung may have to discontinue education after passing grade 8 because there are no other disabled-friendly schools nearby.

The 33-year-old policeman succumbs to injuries while undergoing treatment in Chitwan.

The on-duty male engineer died after falling from an elevator of the under-construction building of a private house.

Two contractor companies failed to complete the work despite multiple term extensions. Officials say they are working to hire new contractors.