The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Banke’s Tripur Municipality, Jit Bahadur KC, on charge of taking Rs 100,000 bribe.

Women in remote villages are likely to be deprived of free maternity services as the DPHO is preparing not to renew contract of 35 staff nurses working at various health posts.

The construction of a tunnel under the Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project is likely to be delayed by a year due to the unavailability of the proper equipment.

Ten Nepali migrant workers have been reportedly held hostage by some unknown men at Gonda in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Education Ministry is making plans to hire new teachers after 200 teachers in the mid-western region have resigned since the CIAA started a probe into academic certificates.

The Jamunaha-Kohalpur road expansion drive in the district, which was initiated almost 18 months ago, is still incomplete due to land encroachment.

In two separate horrifying incidents, two women survived after they were burnt alive by their family members here in Banke district on Sunday night.

District Police Banke on Thursday arrested a fugitive accused of raping his three-year-old daughter from Jamunaha.

Local goons have been hindering the bidding process to construct embankments in the Karnali and Babai rivers, authorities of the Water-Induced Disaster Division Office (WIDDO) said.

The ongoing construction of the Jamunaha-Kohalpur road has been delayed due to lack of construction materials, authorities concerned said

At least 355 cases of violence against women were reported in the Mid-Western region in the past one year, according to a report made public by the Informal Sector Service Centre