Published On: May 25, 2020 09:44 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, May 25: Four new people in Banke have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The swab samples of two males each from Rapti Sonari and Duduwa rural municipalities in the district tested positive for this virus at lab tests conducted at Rapti Academy of Health Sciences.
Published On: May 22, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
KATHMANDU, May 22: As many as 21 COVID-19 patients including the first case reported in Nepalgunj, Banke, have been discharged from hospital after recovery on Friday.
Published On: May 5, 2020 01:52 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, May 5: A clash between the local people and police has erupted at Tribeni Mode of Nepalgunj on Tuesday. When the police tried to disperse the crowd defying the lockdown order in the city, the clash broke out, according to eyewitnesses.
Published On: May 1, 2020 10:15 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, May 1: Of the two COVID-19 cases reported in Province 5 on Friday, one is from Nepalgunj of Banke.
Published On: April 24, 2020 08:20 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, April 24: 181 Nepalis who were kept in a temporary quarantine set up near Nepal-India border have been sent home on Friday.
Published On: April 24, 2020 06:45 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
KOHALPUR, April 24: Janakala Malla of Gamgadhi-1, Mugu had come to Nepalgunj for treatment a month ago. Before she was treated, the government announced nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of novel coronavirus disease in the country. Consequently, she was forced to spend a month without treatment.
Published On: April 3, 2020 11:35 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, April 3: 181 Nepali nationals who were left stranded at no man’s land along Nepal-India border have been kept in a temporary quarantine set up nearby the borderline.
Published On: April 2, 2020 03:56 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUJ, April 1: Several attempts made by the local administration to restrict the entry of Nepali nations to their homeland from India have gone in vain as hundreds of Nepalis have made it to Nepali side.
Published On: March 25, 2020 09:08 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, March 25: As the government has locked down the country amid threat of a possible COVID-19 outbreak, Nepali nationals returning from India are stranded in Rupaidiha – a border region between Nepal and India.
Published On: March 22, 2020 07:10 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, March 22: In an attempt to prevent the outbreak of novel coronavirus, Nepalgunj-Rupaidiha border point between Nepal and India has been sealed for one week.
Published On: March 1, 2020 08:48 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Mar 1: Though a printing press of Janak Education Material Center (JEMC) was established at Khajura of Nepalgunj some 15 years ago, the government-owned publication house has failed to supply text books to several districts of Province 5, Karnali and Sudur Paschim.
Published On: February 22, 2020 03:50 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Feb 22: Leader of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) Dr Shekhar Koirala has said that the present government doesn’t have moral grounds to stay in power.
Published On: January 30, 2020 10:00 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 30: Rajesh Jain established Bahubali Herbal Essence & Extract Pvt Ltd at Parbatpur of Nepalgunj some 22 years ago. While opening his firm, Jain had plans to collect and process medicinal herbs, and export them to foreign countries. But Jain's business venture has not been able to work as expected due to frequent changes in government rules and regulations which have impacted his export-based industry.
Published On: January 23, 2020 10:03 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPAGUNJ, Jan 23: According to the Department of Customs, the illegal import of goods is affecting revenue collection at the Nepalgunj Customs Office. But nevertheless, the office is increasing its target of revenue collection this year. According to the officials, the target for revenue collection for Fiscal Year 2019/20 is Rs 15 billion.
Published On: January 19, 2020 09:46 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 19: According to the Nepalgunj Customs Office, the export of goods and products from Nepal to India has declined by 62% as of mid-January of the current fiscal year 2019/20.
Published On: January 15, 2020 04:46 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 15: The ward chairperson of Kohalpur municipality-12 Krishna Bahadur Khadka has been found dead in Bahraich, India.
Published On: January 15, 2020 10:07 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 15: Only 45% of work on eastern canal of Sikta Irrigation Project has been completed even though the construction deadline expired two months ago.
Published On: January 5, 2020 12:17 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Jan 5: With delays in construction of the Integrated Check Post (ICP), the customs checkpoint has become chaotic in Nepalgunj, the main border point of western tarai.
Published On: December 31, 2019 08:30 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Dec 31: The Bheri zonal office of Food Management and Trading Company Ltd (FMTC) has said that it would increase paddy procurement quota by 5,000 quintals this season.
Published On: December 29, 2019 09:23 AM NPT By: Arjun Oli
NEPALGUNJ, Dec 29: Local politicians and civil society leaders have formed a committee with a demand to integrate Banke and Bardiya districts in Karnali Province.