BARA, Sept 16: A tragic bus accident on Sunday night has claimed the life of one person  and left 42 others injured.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: At least 43 people were injured in a bus accident at the Unasi Bridge on the East-West Highway in Bara. Eight of the injured are in serious condition, according to Shashidhar Ghimire, Chief District Officer of Bara.

KATHMANDU, July 18: In Bara, there has been a sharp increase in the quantity of goods being brought in by evading revenue.

KATHMANDU, July 11: At least 14 people were injured in a bus accident in Bara district.

BARA, June 14: Hari Bhushan Kushwaha, chief of Ramraja Multiple Campus in Kalaiya, Bara, who was injured in a shooting, has died. Police reported that he passed away while undergoing treatment at Vayodha Hospital in Birgunj.

KATHMANDU, April 17: In a period of about one year, as many as 981 complaints related to loan-sharking in Bara district have been resolved through mutual agreements.

RAUTAHAT, Feb 19: While the nation observed Democracy Day on Monday, curfew remained in effect for the third day in a row in various areas of a municipality in Rautahat while the District Administration Office, Parsa also imposed indefinite curfew in Birgunj until further notice to curb possible flare up of communal violence.

BARA, Dec 23: A motorcycle accident in Bara has resulted in the loss of two lives. The incident took place on the Dudhaura River bridge under the Kalaiya-Birgunj postal highway on Saturday.

BARA, Dec 20: Three people died and 27 others sustained injuries in a truck-bus collision in Bara.

BARA, Aug 6: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply, Ramesh Rijal, has urged the local levels of Bara and Parsa districts to scrap tax imposed on raw materials in the name of scrap goods tax.

The recent by-elections have sent a clear message to established political forces: citizens are seeking results from politics and are fed up with traditional parties that only enjoy the 'musical chair' of power. The emergence of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) as the fourth largest party in the general elections held last November, within a few months of its establishment, and its resounding victories in two of the three constituencies in the by-elections held on Sunday, have reaffirmed the need for traditional parties to reform themselves or risk further erosion.

CHITWAN, April 24: The counting of the votes under the by-elections held yesterday in Chitwan Constituency number 2 will begin from 1PM today. Assistant Electoral Officer Ishwar Acharya said that an all-party meeting which started earlier today has agreed to begin the counting of votes from 1PM.

Kathmandu, April 24: The by-election for the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) in three constituencies concluded successfully on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 23: By-elections in three vacant constituencies of the House of Representatives are being held today.

Today, as voters in Tanahun, Bara, and Chitwan head to the polls for the by-elections, concerns have arisen about the integrity of the electoral process. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidates have accused the ruling parties of using money, muscle, and power to sway the voters on the eve of the election, an allegation that cannot be taken lightly.

BARA, April 21: The Nepal-India border points in Bara district have been sealed for 72 hours from today in view of the by-election taking place in Bara constituency-2 on April 2

BARA, March 26: The newly-elected Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad yadav has said that it is necessary to develop the education sector.

AMLEKHGUNJ, Jan 27: The second phase works under the Nepal-India Cross-Border Petroleum Pipeline Project have been accelerated.

BARA, Jan 7: The authorities in Bara district have started the process of shutting down the power lines of crushers and sand processing centers that have been operating illegally for years without registration and renewal.

BARA, Nov 26: The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Nepal has emerged victorious in the election to the member of the House of Representatives ( HoR) from the Bara electoral constituency-2.

BARA, Nov 25: CPN-UML candidate Jwala Kumari Shah has been elected to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the federal parliament, from Bara electoral constituency no 3.

BARA, Sept 26: A racket involved in dealing with fake Nepali rupees was made public by the District Police Office, Bara in a press conference on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Tangiyabasti located in Jitpursimara Sub-metropolitan City-16 of Bara has been electrified. The area had not been electrified for years because of the construction of the proposed Nijgadh International Airport. Because of this, the residents of Tangiya were forced to live in the dark.

KALAIYA, Sept 22: Dengue cases are alarmingly increasing in Bara district. With the rise in cases, fear is looming large among local people.

Bara, Sept 16: A person has been absconding after killing his mother with a sharp object. According to Hobindra Bogati, Superintendent of Police (SP), the victim was identified as Dhanvandhi Devi from Kalaiya  Sub- metropolis-7, Rangpur. She was killed by her son Jay Kishore yadav.

JANAKPURDHAM, Sept 4: A gunfight broke out between police and a group of bandits who came to rob a factory in Bara. In the middle of the night, the police clashed with a group of robbers who had come to loot Aerotech Pvt Ltd, a gas cylinder manufacturing company located at Bhaluhi, Jeetpursimara Sub-metropolitan City-23.

BARA, March 26: Bara police arrested a ward chairman of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan on Friday. Ward Chairman of Kalaiya Sub-Metropolis Ward 14 Surendra Jaiswal has been arrested in a banking offense case, according to Bara Police.

BIRGUNJ, March 26: Bara police have arrested two persons in connection with an incident of acid attack on a woman.

KALAIYA, March 14: Rajesh Ray Yadav has been elected as President of Nepali Congress, Bara district chapter. He got elected to the post with 1,206 votes.

BARA, Feb 24: A shootout took place between marijuana smugglers and police at Simraungadh Municipality-2 on Wednesday night. A marijuana smuggler was shot dead by the police while an Indian national was arrested, according to Bara police.

BARA, Jan 25: Two people were killed and 14 others were injured when a chariot carrying a bridegroom overturned at Adarsh Kotwal-3 Batara Tol on Monday night. According to Bara Police, the incident took place when the chariot used by Shri Ram Mahara, son of Laxman Mahara Chamar of Batra, overturned.

BARA, July 2: Four women were killed after lightning struck them at Kalaiya Sub-Metropolitan City-12 and Feta Rural Municipality-1 in Bara district on Thursday morning.

KATHMANDU, May 18: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed nine more cases of COVID-19 disease on Monday morning.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Four people were killed in separate road accidents took place in Bara and Saptari districts.

BARA, Dec 21: Amid growing cold in the district, several local units in Bara district have closed the community schools from this week.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the authorities concerned including the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation to stay  construction work on the proposed Nijgadh airport in Bara district.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: On the eve of the butchering of hundreds of thousands of animals in Gadhimai Temple of Bara district beginning from Tuesday, a contempt of court case was filed against the government and the Gadhimai Temple Trust for failing to implement the apex court's order against sacrifice of animals.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Minister for culture, tourism and civil aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai has said that the government will demarcate boundaries for the construction of Nijgadh International  Airport that is proposed to be built in Bara.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: Film actor Najir Hussian, to go by his surname, obviously belongs to a Muslim family. But every year during the Tihar festival, Najir receives tika from Saru Rai, whom he considers his non-biological sister. The two remember celebrating Tihar together since their earliest days, or since the last 27 years to be more precise.

BARA, Sept 26: Dozens of crusher plants in the district are still in operation even after their licenses were scrapped for flouting regulations. The plants which, by rule, cannot operate near human settlements, temple, wildlife reserves, health post and schools, among other sensitive zones, have been running in the vicinity of such landmarks.

BARA, Sept 5: Second International Airport (SIA) Project Office has said that the process of distributing compensation for land and houses to be acquired for the project is at its last leg. Similarly, perimeter fencing and river training works are also nearing completion, according to the project office.

RAUTAHAT, Aug 16: The Regional Office of Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) at Rautahat has taken action against 19 petrol pumps in Bara, Parsa and Rauthat for cheating customers.

KATHMANDU, July 11: Civil Bank has opened its new branch in Ganjabhawanipur of Mahagadhimai Municipality in Bara district. The branch was inaugurated by Upendra Prasad Yadav, mayor of the municipality.

BARA, June 5: Altogether 541 tornado victims in Bara are in trouble ahead of the monsoon after the government halted construction of their houses as promised earlier saying their houses were partially damaged.

BARA, June 5: Students of Nepal Rastriya Prathamik Vidyalaya of Pheta Rural Municipality have been forced to study under the open sky after their school building collapsed due to a tornado which struck the area two months ago.

Almost two months after the windstorm of March 31st that hit Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal, leaving many dead, injured, displaced and homeless.

KATHMANDU, June 1: Almost two months after a tornado struck the heart of the central Tarai in Bara and Parsa districts of Nepal on March 31, leaving many dead, injured, displaced and homeless, reconstruction is picking up pace.

BARA, May 28: Three model houses have been built by the Nepal Army at different locations in Bara to guide the army's construction team for the rehabilitation of hundreds of the recent tornado victims.

BARA, May 12: After laying the foundation stone on May 4, the Nepal Army has started demarcating the land holdings for building the houses of the tornado victims in Bara and Parsa districts.

BARA, May 4: There were 13 ministers to lay “foundation stones” to rebuild houses of the families that were affected by Nepal’s first tornado last month.