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Highway trees turning into deadly traps for travellers

Rautahat, Aug. 2 -- As even moderately strong winds sweep across the Tarai, hundreds of trees along the East-West Highway have become looming threats. Bent and weakened by years of exposure and recent... Read More


East-West Highway trees turning into deadly traps for motorists

Rautahat, Aug. 1 -- As even moderately strong winds sweep across the Tarai, hundreds of trees along the East-West Highway have become looming threats. Bent and weakened by years of exposure and recent... Read More


Chandrapur's new bus terminal built to ease traffic congestion remains unused

Rautahat, July 19 -- More than a decade ago, Chandrapur's modern bus park in Tekan Tol was inaugurated amid much fanfuare to end chaotic roadside parking along the busy East-West Highway and Gaur road... Read More


Unfinished bridges force villagers to risk lives between home and fields

Rautahat, July 16 -- Saroj Das, aged 57, of Badaharwa in ward 5 of Durga Bhagawati Rural Municipality boards a shaky old wooden boat to cross the swollen Bagmati river and reach his farmland on the op... Read More


Madhesh sees surge in revenge killings over family feuds and petty disputes

Rautahat, June 12 -- driven killings are rife in several districts of Madhesh province, leaving many families shattered and communities in fear. Poonam Devi Yadav, aged 41, of ward 7 of Brindaban Mun... Read More


Father of a Rautahat blast victim shocked by Alam's acquittal

Rautahat, May 30 -- Family members and relatives of the victims of the 2008 Rautahat bomb blast feel insecure with the release of Mohammad Aftab Alam, the incident's mastermind, and three others. Sri... Read More


Timber worth millions rotting in Madhesh as red tape stalls auctions

Rautahat, May 20 -- Large quantities of valuable sal (Shorea robusta) timber lie abandoned and overrun by shrubs near the Lamaha bridge on the East-West Highway in Madhesh province. Despite their high... Read More


Two killed in Rautahat as car hits motorcycle

Rautahat, May 4 -- Two people, a father and his daughter, were killed after a car hit their motorcycle near the East-West Highway in ward 4 of Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat, on Sunday. Police hav... Read More