KAPILBASTU, April 29: Seven complaints of rape have been reported in Kapilbastu district in one month's period, the Kapilbastu Police stated. The incidents reported have taken place during the lockdown period.

KAPILBASTU, August 1: An unidentified gang has opened fire on a local leader of Samajbadi Party Nepal in the district on Thursday.

KAPILBASTU, July 2: One person was killed and as many as 14 persons on board sustained injuries when a bus collided with a truck along East-West Highway at Budhabhumi Municipality of Rupandehi district.

KAPILVASTU, Oct 22: The district administration in Kapilbastu has imposed a curfew since Sunday in Krishnanagar following a dispute and clash between two sides over the issue of the route for carrying the statue of the goddess Durga Bhawani for immersing it in the river.

KAPILBASTU, July 4: Large tract of agricultural land has been inundated at Mayadevi Rural Municipality-8 in Kapilbastu district following incessant rain.

CHANDRAUTA, June 25: A bomb disposal team of the Nepal Army (NA) defused a bomb planted in front of the residence of Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate Mangal Prasad Tharu at Banganga Municipality of Kapilbastu district.