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Five eastern roads remain blocked

Panchthar, Nov. 2 -- Five major roads in eastern Nepal remain blocked due to incessant rainfall. The Tamor Corridor has been closed since Friday morning after floods in the Nawa river damaged sections... Read More


Floods and landslides cut off major roads linking Panchthar

Panchthar, Oct. 31 -- Four major roads linking Panchthar to neighbouring districts and the Tarai region have been blocked after floods and landslides triggered by continuous rainfall since Thursday. ... Read More


Mechi Highway section in Panchthar reopens after 14 days

Panchthar, Oct. 19 -- The Rajduwali section of the Mechi Highway, which had been blocked for two weeks due to landslides, reopened on Saturday evening. A team of technicians, along with geologist Mad... Read More


Death toll rises to 39 in Ilam floods and landslides

Panchthar, Oct. 7 -- The death toll from the floods and landslides that struck Ilam on Saturday has risen to 39, after the body of 24-year-old Prabesh Gurung of Sandakpur Rural Municipality-5 was reco... Read More


East Nepal settlements cut off as landslides bury key roads

Panchthar, Oct. 6 -- The Mechi Highway-the lifeline connecting the eastern districts of Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar, and Taplejung-has been brought to a standstill after massive landslides and floods trigg... Read More


Scores dead as rains batter Nepal's east and south

Panchthar/jhapa, Oct. 6 -- Late monsoon rains have wreaked havoc across the country, mainly in Bagmati, Madhesh and Koshi provinces. The nationwide death toll caused by water-induced disasters on Satu... Read More


Eight killed, over a dozen missing in Ilam landslides

Panchthar, Oct. 5 -- Eight people were killed and more than a dozen went missing in Ilam after continuous rainfall triggered landslides in different parts of the district, according to the District Ad... Read More


Six dead, six injured in Panchthar jeep accident

Panchthar, Oct. 4 -- Six people were killed and six others injured when a jeep plunged about 300 metres off the road in ward 3 of Kummayak Rural Municipality in Panchthar on Saturday morning. Accordi... Read More


Rare Himalayan wood owls sighted in Ilam

Paanchthar, Aug. 24 -- A pair of Himalayan wood owls, a rare bird species, has been sighted at Thumkerani in ward 6 of Maijogmai Rural Municipality in Ilam district. Wildlife photographer Deven Khare... Read More