GODAVARI (Kailali), March 17: The budget allocated for running the 'One District, One Industry' program in Sudur Paschim Province is found to be insufficient.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: The National Assembly meeting on Monday endorsed the 'Martyr Dashrath Chand Health Science University Bill, 2080 BS'.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: The newly- appointed governor of Sudur Paschim Province, Dev Raj Joshi, assumed the office of the province chief in Dhangadhi on Friday.

BAITADI, Oct 24: The death toll due to floods and natural disasters in the Sudur Paschim province, including Baitadi, has risen to 35. Thirty-five people have so far died in the province due to the disasters caused by incessant rains since October 17.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Sudur Paschim Province is to receive 16,000 doses of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines dispatched by the central government for use against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in all its nine districts.

DHANGADHI, April 17: Tests for coronavirus have slowed in Sudur Paschim Province due to the lack of test kits.

KATHMANDU, April 9: Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) questioning the Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits as unreliable for detecting COVID-19, the government has started their trial use in two districts of Sudur Paschim Province.

DHANGADHI, March 28: Sudur Paschim Province is at a very high risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak since thousands of people who came back home from different parts of India in the last few weeks have largely defied the government order to stay at home quarantine. Due to the lack of proper monitoring, they are seen 'passing time' making groups, roaming around on streets and markets in a casual manner.

KATHMANDU, March 23: Nepali district authorities have closed border points with India after coronavirus cases and deaths rise in India. The administrations of the districts bordering India temporarily sealed the border points from Sunday morning after thousands of people entered Nepal from coronavirus-affected Indian cities on Saturday. They were alarmed after cases of the deadly virus have been rising in India in recent days.

KAILALI, March 5: Akkal Bahadur Rawal, Provincial Assembly member of Sudur Paschim Province representing the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has been arrested by police in an attempt to rape case on Wednesday.

KAILALI, Feb 21: Following the provincial assembly’s decision to fix Godawari Municipality as the capital of Sudur Paschim Province, the community forest around the area faces the risk of being encroached upon.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Spin-twin Sher Malla and Binod Lama shared nine wickets between them as Sudur Paschim Province raced to a dominating eight-wicket win against Malaysia Selection XI during the Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cricket Tournament being played at Sunsari on Saturday.

DHANGADHI, Jan 10: The hill districts of Sudur Paschim Province witnessed snowfall for the third time in this season. The snowfall has disrupted internet services in some parts of the region since last Thursday.

DADELDHURA, Dec 18: Snowfall in Sudur Paschim Province has affected normal life in the region. The snowfall, which started from Friday, has disrupted electricity supply and internet connectivity, and blocked highways in the region. As there is no internet connectivity, banks and financial institutions (BFIs) have failed to provide banking services to their customers.

DOTI, Dec 2: A woman died in course of observing the Chhaupadi (a cultural practice which banishes menstruating and new mothers from home) in Achham, the district in Sudur Paschim Province last night.

KAILALI, Sept 30: The process of infrastructural development in Sudur Paschim province has been hit hard as the Ministry of Infrastructure Development does not have even half the number of employees allocated for it. While the total quota for employees at the ministry is 55, it has just 22 employees.

TEGHARI (Kailali), Sept 29: It has been exactly one year since the Provincial Assembly here announced the province’s name as Sudur Paschim Province and also decided the capital.

DHANGADHI, Sept 21: Dhaniram Sadgawa Chaudhary, 39, of Sadhepani in Ghodaghodi Municipality-2 is receiving treatment for dengue at Nisarga Hospital in Dhangadhi.

Dhangadhi, June 7: Dhangadhi Airport, the only regularly functioning airport of Sudur Paschim Province, has remained shut for over a month.

KAILALI, April 21: Amid rising import of fine scented rice from India, Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture, and Cooperative of Sudur Paschim Province has endeavored to promote rice farming in the region by providing farmers with subsidy on seed and fertilizer, and improving irrigation facilities.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Badi movement leader and Provincial Assembly Member of Sudur Paschim Province Uma Devi Badi has made it to the list of BBC 100 Women 2018.