Officials say vaccination drive underway as infections rise across the district.

Vehicles stranded after landslide near Fakre Bridge in Sankhuwasabha.

Immigration office says 80 percent of visitors entering Nepal through the eastern point are Bhutanese nationals.

What were once rare visits by one or two elephants have turned into regular invasions by huge herds of 50 to 60, complain residents.

Bridge collapses days before completion.

The government has protected the contractor by extending deadlines three times despite poor work performance, official says.

Last year, around 4,000 people in the district were infected with the mosquito-bite infectious disease and two deaths were reported.

Necessary legal action is underway, police said.

Police say the contraband was buried in sand along the border of wards 5 and 6 of Harinagar Rural Municipality.

An impoverished settlement in Jhapa on the bank of Kankai river is looking at another monsoon without long-promised flood defences.

Locals of wards 2 and 4 of the municipality worry about children’s safety leopard kills over two dozen goats and pigs.

Six-year-old died after alleged assault during family dispute; police arrest aunt and father for investigation.

Repair works underway after floodwater damages hume pipes at Hewakhola, affecting movement of heavy vehicles.

To stop construction at the holy site, agitating groups threaten to internationalise the issue.

Locals complain of discomfort from the stench of rotting garbage and rising disease risks, but remain unconvinced by municipalities’ promises to find solutions.

The structures, built on public land by the Triyuga River, obstructed the ongoing expansion of the bus park.

Bamboo pole holding speaker hits high-voltage line during storm, causing casualties, police say.

Heavy rain triggers floods and landslides, disrupting transport.

The injured receiving treatment in Dharan.

Entrepreneur Basnet was actively engaged in social sector as well.