BALEWA (BAGLUNG), Aug 6: The death toll in separate landslides today in Baglung has reached seven while four people have been rescued alive.

BAGLUNG, Aug 6: A landslide has buried four houses and claimed one life in Badigad Rural Municipality-9 in Baglung district.

DHORPATAN, July 11: A woman died after her house was buried in a landslide occurred in Baglung district last night.

BAGLUNG, July 3: The Kaligandaki corridor has been obstructed due to incessant rains causing flooding in Theulekhola of Baglung.

BAGLUNG, May 24: Wildfires have destroyed a total of 2,174 hectares of forest in Baglung over the past two months. The Division Forest Office, Baglung, reported that the fire, which started in the Salleri Community Forest on February 23, spread to 68 forests by May 1.

BAGLUNG, March 19: One more person who was injured in the Baglung bus accident has been confirmed dead. With this, the death toll in the Baglung bus accident has reached nine.

DHORPATAN, Feb 22: President Ram Chandra Poudel has arrived at Panchakot of Baglung today.

GALKOT (Baglung), Jan 26: A cooperative here has initiated multi-dimensional productions amidst widespread criticism that the cooperatives are not performing as per their objectives.

DHORPATAN (BAGLUNG), Jan 11: Only 15.15 per cent of the arable land in the district has irrigation facilities.

BAGLUNG, Dec 27: President Ram Chandra Paudel today visited the Shaligram Museum at Kundule of Baglung Municipality-4. The President who arrived here this morning to attend the Seventh Baglung Festival took the opportunity to observe the museum.

GALKOT (BAGLUNG), Nov 6: Ten local levels in Baglung have decided to make a collective financial contribution of Rs three million to the support for the earthquake survivors in Jajarkot and Rukum West.

GALKOT, Oct 6: The dengue infection has shot up in Baglung district lately. According to the latest data, dengue has been confirmed in 130 people in the district. More than 90 people have been confirmed dengue-infected in the last one month alone.

GALKOT (BAGLUNG), Sept 24: Jumbahadur Budhathoki Magar, 73, from Nisikhola Rural Municipality-5 of Baglung district has an apple orchard with 200 trees of both local and Italian species. He had sold 15 quintals of apples last year, but the production slumped this time.

GALKOT (Baglung), Sept 19: Three roads in Baglung Municipality are to be asphalted with the grant assistance of the World Bank. The World Bank and the Municipality had signed a MoU for this project in 2020.

BAGLUNG, Sept 18: Three roads in Baglung Municipality are to be asphalted with grant assistance from the World Bank. The World Bank and the municipality had signed a MoU for this project in 2020.

DHORPATAN, August 29: The homestays nestled in the rural expanse of Baglung district are experiencing a lull in tourist activity, with no visitors gracing the area since the onset of the monsoon season.

DHORPATAN, Aug 10: Police recovered six home-made guns in Baglung. A squad from the Hatiya Police Post seized five home-made guns while another team from the Narethanti Police Post recovered one on Wednesday.

GALKOT, Aug 7: A couple has been arrested in Baglung on the charge of killing their two-month-old baby.

BAGLUNG, August 4: The Saljhandi-Dhorpatan road section in Baglung district has been disrupted due to a landslide triggered by torrential rain in the area since Thursday afternoon. A heavy landslide that occurred in the Dogadi area of Dhorpatan Municipality-5 in the district disrupted the vehicular movement there, deputy mayor of Dhorpatan Municipality, Dhan Bahadur Kayat, said.

BAGLUNG, July 15: A dead body of a man has been found in Baglung. The body of Jhaliram Pun Magar, 40 of Tarakhola Rural Municipality-5 Sano Hille was found at Kharbari in Bhainse, Galkot Municipality-5, according to the area police office Galkot.

DORPATAN, June 21: Two persons died in a jeep accident in Baglung. The jeep (Ga 1 Cha 9485) en route to Baglung Bazar from Galkot met with the accident in Kathekhola Rural Municipality-5, Thuldhunga.

GANDAKI, May 16: The construction of high altitude sports training centers in Mustang and Baglung districts remains stalled for years since the decision was made. The two big sports infrastructure projects were put forward by the federal and provincial governments.

BALEWA, April 22: With the onset of dry season, wildfires have been rampant in Baglung district. Bushfires have engulfed five national and 17 community forests destroying around 450 hectares of forest area and they continue, according to the division forest office, Baglung.

KATHMANDU, FEB 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari today reached Baglung district to worship at the Baglung Kalika Bhagawati temple located in Baglung bazar.

BAGLUNG, Dec 20: Surya Bahadur Gharti, chairman of Nisikhola Rural Municipality of Baglung, has been found guilty in a drug-related case. Gharti, who was  arrested with 80 kilos of cannabis-like powder on April 24, 2020, when he was the ward chairman of Nisikhola-6, has been found guilty.

BAGLUNG, Dec 16: Baglung district has witnessed a growth of 20 percent in orange production compared to last year.

DHORPATAN, Dec 13: The Kheu Baraha Lake at Tarakhola Rural Municipality-3 in Baglung district has been overshadowed in lack of publicity.

BALEWA, Dec 11: A Cooperatives at Kushmishera of Jaimini Municipality-1 in Baglung district has spearheaded a campaign to protect the seedlings of quinoa and promote its commercial farming in the district.

GALKOT, August 4: Tarakhola Rural Municipality in Baglung is providing monthly allowance to the families of martyrs, disappeared persons and injured.

KATHMANDU, August 3: After the onset of the rainy season, the homestays of Baglung have not been witnessing any guests. In the months of June and July, the arrival of tourists in Baglung decreased sharply, while the owners and the staff of the homestays, too, are also busy with farming.

GALKOT, July 12: With the rising temperature, Baglung district has recorded dengue of late. The disease transmitted by the mosquito bite was found among two persons.

BALEWA, July 6: Coliform bacteria has been found at most drinking water sources in the district. In the course of conducting tests on samples taken from 84 drinking water sources by the Health Office, Baglung, in the current fiscal year, coliform was found in most of the sources.

GALKOT, June 23: As the rainy season arrives, locals from Huldi start getting worried. Huldi village is located in a landslide-prone area. Huldi village in Nisikhola Rural Municipality -1 of Baglung district has been facing landslides for years. In Huldi village, where small landslides have been occurring for many years, the landslide in 2016 cracked houses in many places.

GALKOT, June 21: The Baglung section of the Kaligandaki Corridor Road, which is regarded as a project of national pride, has been blocked.

BAGLUNG, June 15: A man has died in Baglung after being electrocuted while fishing.

PARBAT, Feb 12: Raju Pariyar, 43, of Baglung Municipality-6, who is currently residing at Damdarekhola in Kushma Bazar has killed his wife Sita Pariyar, 41 on Friday morning.

GALESHWOR, Feb 7: Electricity and communication services that were disrupted in Gurja village of Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality in Myagdi  district due to snowfall on Thursday and Friday have resumed.

BALEWA, Dec 30: The border dispute between Baglung and East Rukum has not been resolved till date and help from the provincial governments has been sought to deal with the issue.

BALEWA, Nov 30: Two people died in a tractor accident at Balewa in Baglung district. The tractor (Dha 1 Cha 360) heading for Kushmishera from Kaiya of Narayansthan in Baglung Municipality-14 met with the accident at the Balewa-Kushmishera section of the Kaligandaki Corridor. The identity of the deceased has not been disclosed.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: A minor was killed and five others were seriously injured when a pickup van (Ga 2 Cha 5980) crashed at Burtibang in Baglung district on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 17: The Kayat community of Baglung, which has no identity, has announced that it will not participate in the census. The Kayat community has decided not to be included in the census 2021 saying that the state has ignored them without giving them their identity. They have complained that the community has been deprived of all services due to lack of identity.

BAGLUNG, Oct 29: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is visiting Dhorpatan of Baglung district on Saturday.

BALEWA, Oct 24: A child has gone missing when he accidentally fell into the swollen Bhujikhola in Bobang of Dhorpatan Municipality-7 in Baglung district.

BAGLUNG, August 26: COVID-19 tests are being carried out using Antigen Kits on random people walking in the streets of Baglung as prohibitory orders continue to be in place in the district. The tests are being carried out in every main street of Baglung starting Monday. All 93 people tested at the Loktantrik Chowk on Wednesday tested negative for COVID-19, according to Ram Prasad Khanal, Public Health Officer at Baglung Municipality.

BAGLUNG, August 2:The night bus (Ba 5 Kha 1553) was travelling from Kathmandu to Burtibang before the accident that was caused due to brake failure.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The local governments of Baglung Municipality-10 and Jaimini Municipality have started to enforce strict rules in the region following an alarming rise in the number of COVID-19 infections after the prohibitory orders in the area were eased to some extent.

ROLPA, July 20: Four people from the same village died after consuming hooch, according to the police. They had gone to Baglung to work from Rolpa.

BAGLUNG, July 4: Just two months have passed since the blacktopping of a road at Painyupata of Baglung Municipality-13, but it has already begun wearing off. Landslides and incessant rains have further contributed to the degradation of the road.

BAGLUNG, June 19: The water supply system in Baglung bazaar remains disrupted for the past five days, leading to an acute shortage of water there.

GALKOT, May 27: Five local levels in Baglung district have started operating dedicated coronavirus treatment hospitals, equipped with doctors and oxygen facilities. All local levels have set up isolation centres equipped with oxygen to check the spread of coronavirus infection.