UDAYAPUR, May 24: A girl from Katari was killed due to a lightning strike that accompanied the rain.

UDAYAPUR, August 16: Two passengers died on the spot while another was injured in a tipper accident on the Siddhicharan Highway Tuesday morning.

GAIGHAT, July 18: The Siddhicharan highway linking Katari of Udayapur to Okhaldhunga remains obstructed due to a landslide at Tanthi in ward no. 8 of Katari municipality. As a result, travelers have been affected since the past one week.

UDAYPUR, March 9: Blacktopping work at the The Madan Bhandari Highway, which connects Dharan, Chatara, Gaighat, Katari, Sindhuli and Hetauda, and touches all eight local units of Udaypur district, is seeing rapid progress of late.

UDAYAPUR, June 4: With the arrival of summer, water crisis in Katari of Udayapur has deepened. Though water was always scarce in Katari market and nearby areas, even drinking water has become a challenge now.

UDAYAPUR, March 25: Human settlements around Katari are at high risk from forest fires that have occurred at Belsrot, Khasibas and Risku of Churiya area in Udayapur district. These areas lie in Katari Municipality.

UDAYAPUR, Jan 11: A massive fire in Katari Municipality-8, Udayapur on Tuesday afternoon gutted two houses and displaced four families. The fire which broke out in late afternoon gutted the houses of Dilmaya Rana Magar and her son Purna Bahadur Rana Magar. Dilmaya and her other two sons Buddhibal and Udip were living in the same house by parting ways.