MORANG, August 2: According to police, Mukhiya had an argument with one of her neighbours regarding a duck which had gone missing a few days earlier. They have taken 36-year-old Anarwati Mukhiya, 55-year-old Bhutai Mukhiya and his wife Sati Mukhiya in custody for investigation.

MORANG, July 25: The dead body of a young man was found in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-16 on Sunday. The body was found on the Nepali side of the Nepal-India border near a sugarcane field.

MORANG, July 10: Police have arrested three people from Belbari of Morang in possession of brown sugar (an adulterated form of heroin). According to the police office of Biratnagar in Province 1, police nabbed two females and one male with the illegal drug on Thursday.

MORANG, Feb 25: Police have filed a murder case against six individuals allegedly linked with the suspicious death of Prabin Bastola, 39, of Urlabari Municipality-5, Morang district.

MORANG, Feb 21: Two youths were killed in a road accident at Urlabari in Morang district on Saturday.

MORANG, Feb 11: A 14-year-old girl of Jahada Rural Municipality-1 was abducted and raped by two youths when she was going to the toilet at night.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: An unidentified group has shot a teacher to death at Miklajung Rural Municipality-1 in Morang on Tuesday morning.

MORANG, Oct 14: Two COVID-19 infected people from Province 1 died in Biratnagar-based hospitals.

MORANG, Oct 10: Police on Friday evening arrested six gamblers from a house at Belabari Municipality-4, Garjuram Tole, in the district

MORANG, Oct 6: Two more COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded in Morang district on Tuesday. Both the patients were undergoing treatment at the Nobel Medical College in Biratnagar.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Morang district has emerged as the second biggest COVID-19 hotspot after Kathmandu in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday.

MORANG, Sept 6: Two women of a family succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Biratnagar in an interval of 10 days.

MORANG, Aug 3: A coronavirus (COVID-19) patient, who was undergoing treatment at the Koshi Hospital COVID-19 Treatment Center in Biratnagar, died on Monday.

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 30:  Depriving students of their right to education, Adarsha Basic School of Hathibanda, Jahada Rural Municipality - 3 of Morang district remains closed for a month now due to disputes over the appointment of principal.

ITAHARI, Jan 26: The government had decided to conduct exploration of petroleum product in Bahuni of Belbari, Morang in 1988. The locals are still waiting for the exploration project to begin since the initial study phase was completed three decades ago.

DAMAK, Nov 9: Police on Tuesday morning impounded four trucks with 50 bulls which were being taken to Jhapa from Morang. A joint team of Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force had arrested the drivers and taken the trucks under control at 4 am. According to the security forces, the bulls were being taken to India.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: An agreement to complete the construction of Duhabi-Katari 33 KV transmission line within 45 days has been signed.

BIRATNAGAR, Sept 15: The Postal Highway which runs from Jhapa in the east to Kanchanpur in the west touching over 50 rural villages alongside the Indian border is a common dream of the people in the Tarai belt. The project, which is almost a century old, is still not near completion. While its status is ‘under construction’ since the time of Juddha Shamsher, a Rana Prime Minister, the 1792.4 kilometers long road has now been facing compensation-related issues in some parts.

BIRATNAGAR, July 28: Preparations are on to operate the vegetable market situated at Katahari of Morang district, which is said to be equipped with modern facilities, long after its inauguration.

BIRATNAGAR, July 27: Police arrested two people with a home-made loaded gun from a community forest area at Kanepokhari rural municipality-3 in Morang.

BIRATNAGAR, July 14: Two persons went missing and more than 1,000 houses were inundated in Morang district due to flooding from the Lohandra River on Saturday.

BIRATNAGAR, May 25: A groom who walked out of his wedding after the bride's family could not meet his dowry demands was arrested by police on Thursday.

BIRATNAGAR, April 26: An elderly couple in Sundarharaicha Municipality-11 of Morang was beaten up mercilessly by a group of people on the charge of practicing witchcraft recently.

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leading for Jhapa and Morang today, to attend various programs to be held in the two districts.

URLABARI, March 23: Two people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident occurred this morning at Kanepokhari rural municipality-7 in Morang along the East-West Highway.

URLABARI Jan 22 : A worker died when a drum filled with gas exploded at Belbari Municipality-11 in Morang district on Tuesday morning.

DAMAK, Nov 29: On Sunday, a fire in Shivasatakshi Municipality of Jhapa killed four members of the same family. The municipality did not have its own fire engine and the locals had to wait for two hours for a fire engine from another local unit to arrive at the scene. Locals are wondering if the family could have been saved if their municipality had its own fire engine.

Born in Khotang and raised in Morang, Sameer Rai is the owner of two Kathmandu eateries. He was passionate about restaurants since his childhood. So right after completing his secondary level education he moved to the capital in 2003 to follow his passion.

URLABARI, Oct 21: Holiday makers have started visiting the tourist spots in Morang district after receiving tika, jamara and blessings of the Bijaya Dashami festival.

URLABARI, Oct 20: A youth was murdered at Shukrabare of Pathari Sanishchare-8 in Morang district last night.

MORANG, Oct 12: Three persons have died in separate road accidents that occurred in Morang district last night.

MORANG, Sept 11: Two people were killed in separate accidents today in Morang. Lalita Agrawal, 55, of Dharan Sub Metropolis-1 died in a car accident occurred at Kanepokhari rural municipality-7 along the east-west highway.

BIRATNAGAR, Aug 15: Altogether 26 students of Shree Secondary School of Letang-6, Morang have fallen ill Tuesday after drinking water from the school’s water tank, which was poisoned with pesticide. District Police Office, Morang has informed that the condition of four students is serious.

MORANG, July 6: A three-year-old child drowned in a canal at Kanepokhari Rural Municipality-3 in Morang on Thursday evening.

MORANG, July 1: Residents of more than a dozen villages have been urged to take safety measures amid risks of flooding, according to Nepal Red Cross Society Morang Chapter.

ITAHARI, April 30: Two persons were killed in a road mishap at Sundarharaicha-7 in Morang district this morning.

MORANG, April 1: Morang XI has advanced into the quarterfinals of the ongoing fifth Birat Gold Cup Football Tournament by beating Bhutan’s Thimpu Football Club 2-0 in the curtain raiser on Saturday.

BIRATNAGAR, March 9:The Nepal-India border check points in Morang and Sunsari districts will be closed for 48 hours beginning at 6 pm today in view of March 11 Lok Sabha by-elections in Atariya of Bihar, India.

DAMAK, March 5: A mentally-ill woman of Morang was killed after rape on Sunday.

BARA, Feb 11: Morang Football Club has reached the semifinals of the ongoing ninth Ruslan Simara Gold Cup football tournament defeating the host Nawa Jan  Jagriti Yuwa Club (NJJYC) 4-1 in the tiebreaker on Saturday.

MORANG, Jan 28: Nepalis living in Hong Kong have lent a monetary support to a public school in Urlabari-9, Morang. They donated Rs 180,000 to Sarbajanik Secondary School.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Shiva Kumar Mandal from Left Alliance has won the Provincial Assembly election from Morang’s constituency 5. Mandal defeated his opponent, Amrit Aryal of Nepali Congress.  Mandal ecieved 22,945 votes while Aryal received 19,953.

BIRATNAGAR, Dec 9: CPN-MC's Aman Lal Modi, representing the left alliance, has been elected to the House of Representatives from constituency no. 4 of Morang.

MORANG, Dec 9: CPN-UML candidate, Lalbabu Pandit has won the election of House of Representatives from Morang-6. He has made a victory upon Congress general secretary Dr. shekhar Koirala with 675 votes difference.

BIRATNAGAR, Dec 8: While Morang-6 was considered a strong hold of Nepali Congress, the Left Alliance are leading in all the six constituencies, primary vote counting of House of Representatives shows.

BIRATNAGAR, Dec 5: The local administration has further beefed up security in the Morang district in view of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections this Thursday.

BIRATNAGAR, Nov 27 (RSS): A bomb disposal team of Nepal Army this morning has disposed of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted at different places in Morang district.

BIRATNAGAR, Nov 9: Due to its rich industrial legacy, Morang district has always been considered as an important strategic place by political parties. This is why the country's major parties are leaving no stone unturned to grab victories in the district these upcoming elections.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 29: Disgruntlement has surfaced in the CPN (Maoist Center) Morang District Committee, with the recommendation of party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal's son-in-law as a provincial assembly candidate.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 26: Two inmates of Morang jail, who fell ill, died while undergoing treatment at a local hospital on Wednesday.