BALEWA, May 7: Two dead bodies were found, one in Badigad rural municipality and another in Jaimini municipality in Baglung district, police confirmed. The dead body of Bam Bahadur Gharti of Tamankhola rural municipality-2, Baglung was found decomposed in the forest of Badigad rural municipality-8.

GALKOT, May 5: Narayansthan Management Committee of Baglung municipality-14 has introduced software to garner health-related information of the people.

PARBAT, May 2: Kamalebazar of Falebas, Baglung, would ‘remain awake’ the whole night until before two decades. It would offer lodge, hotels to travellers. People from Baglung and Surkhet would touch down here en route to different destinations.

The week in pictures for the week March 31-April 6.

BAGLUNG, Feb 21: A day after four people were killed and 10 injured in a jeep accident at Chhisti of Jaimini Municipality in Baglung, it has been learnt that a 15-year-old schoolboy was behind the wheel.

BAGLUNG, Feb 19: Four people died in a jeep accident that took place at a remote village Chhisti of Jaimini Rural Municipality-8 on Tuesday evening.

BAGLUNG, Feb 7: The local Muslim community is facing problem due to lack of space for cemetery. The burial of the dead has become costly and problematic affair for the 25 Muslim families in Galkot municipality here for lack of burial ground nearby.

GASLKOT, Feb 2: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Gyawali, has said the Kaligandaki corridor would brighten Nepalis' fortune. The corridors linking two major economies of the world bears significance, he underscored.

BAGLUNG, Jan 10: After giving birth to six daughters, Dil Bahadur Gharti and Jasmati Gharti of Tarakhola-4 finally welcomed a son to their family.

BAGLUNG, Jan 8: Three children were killed in a fire at Tara Village of Tarakhola Rural Municipality in the district Tuesday afternoon.

BAGLUNG, Jan 8: Sharmila Regmi of Sirsire village, Bhimapokhara does not have to struggle with thick smoke these days while cooking meals. Nor do her eyes burn. “I have been relieved. This is a modern stove, which does not release smoke inside the house,” she smiled.

BAGLUNG, Dec 24: Aiming to promote different breeds of local oranges and other home-grown agricultural commodities, Shree Ganesh Agricultue Cooperative organized the Third Orange Festival, 2075. The festival was organized in cooperation with Ward number 8, Baglung Municipality. It was organized in the village of Sigana, Baglung.

GALKOT, Dec 19:  The World Bank is to invest tens of millions of rupees for the infrastructure development of Baglung municipality.

BAGLUNG, Nov 26: More than four dozen houses and sheds were reduced to ashes following a massive fire in Dhropatan Municipality-9 in Baglung district on Sunday morning.

BAGLUNG, Oct 29: The Kadoorie Foundation has installed water taps at 130 houses at a remote settlement in Tamankhola rural municipality of Baglung district.

BAGLUNG, Oct 8: Preparations for the 22nd National Women's Volleyball Tournament slated tomorrow (October 9) in the district are all over, said the organiser, the Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA).

BAGLUNG, Sept 17:Thirty five year Babiran Khatun was killed after a falling boulder crushed her while she was crossing the landslide at Turture of Bhimgithe of Badigad rural municipality-7, according to Inspector Bhupindra Khadka, District Police Office, Baglung.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The 22nd National Women’s Volleyball Tournament is set to start from October 9 to 13 in Galkot, Baglung.

Tourism in Nepal is synonymous with Pokhara. However, this time it is not Pokhara, but Baglung that we are talking about. We had our eyes on Balewa, where the local airport had just come into operation after 28 years. We wanted to see for ourselves the untouched natural beauty and explore the hidden tourism treasure in Baglung and here’s what Baglung offered on a recent trip.

BAGLUNG, July 18: Flash flood triggered by incessant rains here last night inflicted damage on the Burtibang Bazaar, the center of Dhorpatan Municipality in Balgung. The flood from the local Thado River entered the settlement, causing physical losses.

BAGLUNG, June 27: A landslide triggered by incessant rainfall since Monday evening has claimed three lives in Bareng Rural Municipality-1, Dhullubaskot of Baglung.

BAGLUNG, June 6: Long time ago, popular singer Janakavi Keshari Dharma Raj Thapa sang a song titled ‘Baglung ko bazaar, pandhernilai dukha hajar’ which  means Baglung bazar, where women faces hardships fetching water.

KATHMANDU, Jun 1: Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Rajendra Chhetri has inaugurated a bailey bridge constructed over the Lauwa river in Kushmisera municipality on Friday.

BAGLUNG, March 28: Resham Baglung Kalika temple and the grand celebration of the Chaite Dashain festival are two things that give a unique identity to Baglung district. The temple does not only have cultural and historical importance but it has also become a factor for socio-economic development of Baglung district.

BAGLUNG, March 20: More than dozen people have been injured in a bus accident in Gargare, Dhorpatan municipality-1, Baglung on early Tuesday.

BAGLUNG, March 20: The Balewa Airport that remained closed for nearly three decades has come into operation. The dream of Baglung dwellers for airplanes to take off from their own backyard has finally been fulfilled as Tara Air's 19-seater 9N-AKL airplane was successfully tested, the first flight at the airport in 26 years.

BAGLUNG, Feb 20: A bomb disposal team of the Nepal Army has defused a bomb planted at Purano Bus Park of Baglung Municipality-2 on Monday night.

BAGLUNG, Feb 19: Government officials and businesspeople of Baglung have stressed the need to make Baglung an economic hub.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The rise in number of invalid votes has piled up pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to overhaul its ineffective voter education program, for which the election body spends billions of rupees.

BAGLUNG, Dec 12: Nepali Congress that lost all seats towards first-past-the-post elections in Baglung has become the first party in the proportional representations (PR) elections in the district.

Baglung, Dec 1: The Nepali Congress Baglung has filed a complaint at the District Election Office demanding re-election in three polling centres in the district, alleging rigging.

BAGLUNG, Nov 28: Hospitality industry of Baglung is attracting new investments buoyed by the increment in number of visitors. The district has around 200 hotels where more than Rs 1 billion has been invested.

BAGLUNG, Nov 19: An unidentified group seized and tore sample ballot papers in Baglung on Saturday, while they were being taken to Nishikhola Rural Municipality-3 for educating the voters.

BAGLUNG, Nov 16: A bomb went off near a mass gathering organized by left alliance - CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Rastriya Janamorcha - at Hatiya in  Galkot Municipality in the district.

BAGLUNG, Oct 31: The political equation of Nepal took a different course when CPN-UML joined hands with CPN (Maoist Center) to form the leftist alliance and agreed to party unification in the near future. The communist forces in the country grew in strength with that decision, and probably for the first time wielded enough power to challenge democratic forces in areas dominated by Nepali Congress (NC), which has historically remained the largest party of Nepal so far.

BAGLUNG, Oct 4: Baglung district received remittance worth Rs 400 million for Dashain celebration this year.

BAGLUNG, Sept 25: Local trade has not flourished in the district this year even in the Dashain festival. Although trade usually flourishes during the festival season, as had been the case in the previous years, the market in Baglung district headquarters has seen a decrease in trade, according to local entrepreneurs.

BAGLUNG, August 30: The hasty and poor quality of work done in the name of development has given more troubles than benefits to the locals of Baglung district. A good example of this is the sorry state of many of the roads in Baglung Municipality.

BAGLUNG, August 29: The Brown Eyes Restro on Friday organized 'Elegance Fashion Run-way Show’ in Baglung. The locals enjoyed the show to the fullest as it was the first of its kind in Baglung.

BAGLUNG, Aug 21:  Laxmi Gautam of Bhimapokhari-7 is a regular user of herbal medicines since the last two years. Herbal medicines have been helping her cure problems related to digestion and sleep. According to her, such medicines have solved her health problems which were not cured through allopathic treatment.

BAGLUNG, August 20: Cases of couples seeking divorce have increased in Baglung district in the last four years. In the fiscal year 2016-17, 138 cases among the total 489 cases filed at the District Court, Baglung were related to divorce cases.

Baglung is all set to witness the first ever Mister and Miss Baglung 2017 contest. The pageant will be jointly organized by Manjari Group, Nawa Jiwan Re-establishment Center and Kalika Bhagwati Club.

BAGLUNG, August  4: Altogether six people, with four from the same family, were buried to death in a landslide occurred at Bahun village of Nishikhola rular municipality-2 in Baglung district Thursday night.

BAGLUNG, August 4: Two persons were killed in a landslide at Bahungaun of Nisikhola Rural Municipality-2 early this morning. The deceased are 63-year-old Nandakali Chhantyal and 22-year old Bindu Chhantyal, police said.

BAGLUNG, July 28:  Unlike a majority of community schools, Shree Janata Higher Secondary School (SJHSS), a community school of Jaimini Municipality-10, Rangkhani, Pahi, has become an exemplary school in the municipality. The school provides quality education and has started technical education which makes it a model school.

BAGLUNG, July 24: Four people died and seven others sustained injuries in a jeep mishap in Gwalichaur of Baglung district.

BAGLUNG, July 19: A family here has been earning more than Rs 500,000 every year from nursery business.

BAGLUNG, July 18: 200 -year old Tuni tree claimed to be the largest tree in Asia has collapsed on Tuesday morning after its base failed to support its heavy weight.

BAGLUNG, July 13: Locals of Baglung bazaar at the district headquarters are facing severe drinking water shortage for the past few days as monsoon-induced landslides destroyed water supply lines, depriving access to water to as many as 60,000 locals.

BAGLUNG, July 12: After becoming self-reliant in milk, Baglung has started supplying milk to other neighboring districts.