MUGLING (CHITWAN), Sept 9: One person has died in a road accident that took place in Chitwan this morning. The accident took place when a container truck (Na 8 Kha 2818) coming from Birgunj with chicken feed to Bharatpur hit a motorcycle (Ba Pra 06-003 Pa 4851) coming from the opposite direction.

CHITWAN, Sep 4: The dengue infection claimed one more life in Chitwan on Tuesday.

CHITWAN, Sept 2: A person died due to dengue infection in Chitwan.

BHARATPUR (CHITWAN), Sept 1: The Madi-Thori road in Chitwan has been obstructed due to the flooding caused by the swollen Ghangharkhola rivulet following incessant rain since last night.

CHITWAN, Aug 24: The post-mortem of bodies recovered from the fatal bus accident that took place on Friday in Tanahu is being held in Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Following heavy rainfall in Chitwan, Nawalpur, and Palpa over the last six hours, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued an alert for riverbank areas, citing a risk of flash floods in small and large rivers flowing through these districts.

CHITWAN, July 20: A 12-member team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from India has arrived in Chitwan to assist in the search for passengers who were swept away by a landslide into the Trishuli River at Simaltal on the Narayanghat-Mugling road section.

KATHMANDU: In Chitwan, a staggering toll of 115 lives lost to road accidents has been recorded over the fiscal year spanning mid-July 2023 to mid-July 2024.

CHITWAN, July 2: Five schools in Chitwan district have reported zero pass rates in the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) 2080.

CHITWAN, June 30: Seven people, including five from the same family, were injured in a microbus accident in Chitwan.

CHITWAN, May 27: Ratnanagar Municipality in Chitwan has declared a summer vacation for schools due to extreme heat.

CHITWAN, May 27: Police have arrested a suspect on charges of setting fire to a bus belonging to Small Heaven School in Kalyanpur, Bharatpur, Chitwan.

KATHMANDU, May 13: A three-year-old boy, enrolled in the playgroup at Bhrikuti Boarding School in Kamalnagar, Bharatpur Metropolitan City-3 of Chitwan, has passed away.

CHITWAN, May 9: Two agrovets at the district headquarters of Chitwan have been sealed.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Former division commander of the then Maoist People's Army, 3rd Division in Shaktikhor, Kali Bahadur Kham Magar, who was arrested in Kathmandu yesterday, has been taken to Chitwan.

CHITWAN, March 10: A man died while standing in line to buy a ticket for OPD services at Bakulahar Ratnanagar Hospital in Ratnanagar, Chitwan district, this morning.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The District Police Office, Chitwan, has said that the investigation over the death of 14-year-old student of Ekata Shishu Niketan Boarding School in Ratnanagar Municipality is underway.

KATHMANDU, March 1: The post-mortem report of the girl who died in a hostel in Chitwan is expected to be available by Monday.

CHITWAN, Feb 17: The survey work for the expansion of Bharatpur Airport in Chitwan is set to begin on Monday. The Bharatpur Metropolis announced that the survey is expected to be completed within a week. A meeting chaired by Renu Dahal, the Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolis, on Friday, decided to immediately proceed with the airport expansion process.

CHITWAN, Feb 10: A three-kilometer-long fence is set to be constructed in four wards of Bharatpur Metropolitan City in the district to alleviate potential human-wildlife conflicts.

BHARATPUR (CHITWAN), Feb 10: At least 20 people have been injured in a bus accident in Chitwan.

CHITWAN, Jan 16: Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in Chitwan after a hiatus of 10 months. The virus was confirmed in a 29-year-old youth and a 66-year-old man in the lab tests conducted on Sunday and Tuesday, according to Information Officer at Bharatpur Hospital, Gopal Paudel.

In a concerning development, Chitwan district has reported four deaths from scrub typhus in the first six months of the current fiscal year. Among those dying of the typhus, one was from within the district and the remaining three from outside the district. Officials at the District Health Office, Chitwan said that there are 163 confirmed cases of scrub typhus out of 3,254 tests.

BHARATPUR, Jan 8: Service-seekers are deprived of service as the electric vehicle (EV) charging station at Mugling Bazaar, Ichhakamana Rural Municipality-5, Chitwan, remains dysfunctional nearly for two months.

CHITWAN, Jan 7: Bird census has started in Chitwan today.

MUGLIN (Chitwan), Jan 1: An ‘orange festival’ is being organized at Ichchha Kamana Rural Municipality of Chitwan from today. The three-day festival is being organized with an objective of ensuring a market for oranges incorporating Tokdand, Dhap, Majhgaun, Sirangaun and Dode villages of the rural municipality. A large quantity of orange is produced in these villages.

CHITWAN, Dec 24: Farmers in Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality are poised to make bountiful earnings from orange farming alone. More than 450 farmers in the rural municipality are set to earn Rs 100 million this year alone from the sale of oranges, according to the Agriculture Development Section of the rural municipality. The oranges produced by farmers have fetched a good price this year, thus resulting in a huge income.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Two people have been arrested in Chitwan with 380 kg of marijuana. The police reported the arrest of the suspects from Bharatpur Metropolitan City-1, Aanptari, on Tuesday morning.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC) Dr Shekhar Koirala has accused banks of being the biggest loan sharks.

CHITWAN, Nov 27: A joint meeting of five national parks convened in Chitwan regarding the effective security management of national parks in the Terai region.

CHITWAN, Nov 24: One person has died in a tiger attack in the central area of Chitwan National Park (CNP).

CHITWAN, Nov 12: Locals are panicked after ‘Dhrube’ a wild elephant, which has killed many people, started moving towards human settlements from Chitwan National Park (CNP). For the past 15 days, Dhrube has started appearing in Madi area and Ward No. 23 and 24 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

BHARATPUR, Oct 27: A person died and three others were critically injured in separate road accidents in Chitwan district.

CHITWAN, Oct 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has arrived in Chitwan today.

CHITWAN, Oct 12: A lifeless rhinoceros was discovered within the borders of the Chitwan National Park (CNP), marking the fifth such occurrence this fiscal year.

CHITWAN, Oct 10: The poultry farmers in Chitwan are facing severe hardships while most of the small business holders in this field have quit this business. The investors are having difficulties repaying their loans to the banks and financial institutions due to the current economic crisis.

BHARATPUR, Oct 8: Recent rainfall, attributed to a delayed monsoon, has inflicted damage on rice crops in Chitwan. According to Umaraj Aryal, an officer at the Agriculture Knowledge Centre in Chitwan, the rains during the harvest period have resulted in damage to approximately two percent of the rice crops in the district.

CHITWAN, Sept 16: A total 414 people donated blood at a blood donation programme organised at eastern Chitwan by Rotary Club of Ratnagar on Friday.

CHITWAN, Sept 12: A 48-year-old woman died of scrub typhus in Chitwan. She hailed from Kawasoti Municipality-17 in Nawalpur.

BHARATPUR, Sept 3: A person died due to electrocution after he was caught up in an electric fence at Dhobaha, Madi Municipality-3 in Chitwan district.

CHITWAN, Aug 19: Chitwan district has recorded increasing cases of dengue infection. According to the District Health Office, 108 people were infected with dengue disease from July 17 to August 18.

CHITWAN, Aug 16: At least 18 people were injured in a terrible road accident in Tikauli forest located in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-9 of Chitwan on Wednesday.

CHITWAN, Aug 11: A 41-year-old man from Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-12 died of dengue fever while receiving treatment at Chitwan Medical College.

CHITWAN, Aug 7: Bharatpur metropolis has decided to close the schools for five days after an outbreak of conjunctivitis (eye infection).

CHITWAN, July 25: At least 11 persons were injured when a bus collided head on in Chitwan on Tuesday morning.

CHITWAN, July 19: The District Administration Office (DAO), Chitwan, granted naturalized citizenship certificates to a total of 39 people in the last fiscal year. As many as 35 people took citizenship certificates through marriage and four on the basis of naturalization.

CHITWAN, July 13: Local farmers in Chitwan are facing a significant setback as they were unable to transplant paddy on time due to an extended period of drought this year. The situation worsened when the Narayani Irrigation Project failed to release water on time for paddy plantation, leaving farmers disappointed.

CHITWAN, June 17: Police have busted a group known as 'Black Soot Nepal' that had been causing disturbances in Chitwan. This group has allegedly engaged in smearing soot on public officials and engaging in various other indecent activities, clearly violating the principles of the rule of law.

CHITWAN, June 10: The prisoners of district jail are suffering from skin ailments which are caused by the increased summer temperatures.

CHITWAN, June 5: One person died in a motorcycle accident in Chitwan.