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Inmate dies in prison, family alleges custodial torture

Kailali, June 18 -- year-old inmate died in custody at Kailali District Prison on Monday, prompting allegations of custodial torture by his kin, who have refused to accept the body. Harish Singh Pali... Read More


Covid cases rise in Sudurpaschim, but test kits running out

Dhangadhi, June 7 -- Sudurpaschim Province has seen a steady rise in Covid-19 cases over the past four days, with 13 returnees from India testing positive. Health officials warn that the actual numbe... Read More


Fire guts over 40 shops in Bajura's Bamka market

Dhangadhi, June 6 -- At least 40 shops were destroyed in a fire that broke out at Bamka market in Bajura on Friday afternoon. According to Ram Bahadur Baniya, mayor of Budhiganga Municipality, the fi... Read More


Dhangadhi is turning trash into cash through innovative waste handling

Dhangadhi, May 27 -- Garbage is a growing problem for most Nepali cities, but in the Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City in Kailali district, it is a growing source of income. Through systematic waste co... Read More


Three dead in Bajura jeep crash

Dhangadhi, May 27 -- Three people, including the head of Nepal Telecom's Bajura office, were killed in a jeep accident at Kandakot in ward 2 of Jagannath Rural Municipality, Bajura, on Tuesday. Accor... Read More


Four municipal police personnel held for assaulting customs chief in Kailali

Dhangadhi, May 26 -- Police in Kailali have arrested four municipal police personnel of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City for allegedly assaulting the chief of the Kailali Customs Office Ananta Prasad T... Read More


After six years and four governments, Sudurpaschim's plan for capital still in limbo

Dhangadhi, May 16 -- It has been six years since the Sudurpaschim provincial assembly voted with a two-thirds majority to designate Godawari in Kailali district as the permanent capital. Yet, the prov... Read More


Road and bridge projects drag on for years in Sudurpaschim

Dhangadhi/achham, April 28 -- Several infrastructure development projects under the Sudurpaschim provincial government have been left in limbo for years as authorities fail to take legal action agains... Read More


Woman who fled with handcuffs from Kailali arrested from India

Dhangadhi, April 28 -- A woman who had fled in handcuffs from the Government Attorney's Office Kailali while in police custody on Sunday has been arrested in India and brought back to Nepal on Monday.... Read More


Sudurpaschim assembly session prorogued amid ruling-opposition deadlock

Dhangadhi, April 8 -- Sudurpaschim Provincial Head Najir Miya prorogued the fifth session of the provincial assembly effective from midnight on Monday, acting on the recommendation of the provincial c... Read More