DANG, Jan 22: Two people have lost their lives in a bus accident in Dang while two other passengers have been injured.

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: At least five people were killed and several others injured after a passenger bus skidded off the bridge and plunged into Rapti River in Bhaluwang, Dang on Friday night.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The people's representatives of Dang district met with Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, and discussed different agendas, including expansion of the Tarigaun Airport in the district.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: A bus carrying passengers who came from Bardia to Dang for a picnic met with an accident.

DANG, Dec 17: The relatives of two teenagers who died in a tipper-hit have staged a demonstration by obstructing the road in Dang.

DEUKHURI (DANG), Dec 16: Two people were killed in an accident on Friday night at Jharbaira Chowk in Narayanpur along the Ghorahi-Tulsipur road section.

DANG, Nov 21: Two brothers have been found dead in Dang. Police reported that the siblings were found lifeless inside a room in Tulsipur-6, Gaider.

One killed in road accident in Dang

October 20, 2023 14:12 pm

GHORAHI, Oct 20:  An accident in Deukhuri, Dang, resulted in the death of one person on Thursday night.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: A bus accident in Dang has resulted in injuries to 17 individuals, with one of them in critical condition. The accident occurred at approximately 6:30 this morning along the East-West Highway in Amilia.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: A woman was killed while two others were injured when a person claiming to have divine possession indiscriminately attacked them with Khukuri in Dang.

Son kills father on Father’s Day!

September 15, 2023 12:26 pm

DANG, Sept 15: A drunk local killed his father on Thursday when the entire nation was observing Father’s Day.

KATHMANDU, July 21: A 73-year-old woman was gang-raped inside the bus at the new bus park on Thursday night in Tulsipur, Dang.

DANG, June 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Dang today to take part in the Nepal Sanskrit University’s fifth convocation ceremony at Beljhundi. The PM reached Dang this morning on a helicopter of the Nepali Army.

DANG, May 18: A child drowned in a stream while taking a bath in Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City-17, Dang on Wednesday.

DANG, May 8: Sabina Pandit (name changed) from Ghorahi, after finding out that her sister was preparing to go to America as a Bhutanese refugee, asked her to arrange a meeting with the people as she also wanted to go to America as a refugee. Her request was passed. The two sisters decided to go to America together.

DANG, April 20: The body of a woman was found buried in Dang.

DANG, April 17: Two  people have died in Dang district in a truck collision.

DANG, April 6: More than 200 industrial units and firms have closed down in Dang in the last eight months of the current fiscal year 2022/23. The industrial units were registered with the Cottage and Small Industries Office and the business firms with the District Commerce Office.

DANG, April 5: The police have arrested three people, including teenagers, on the charge of child marriage in Dang.

DANG, April 5: A teacher has been accused of molesting a 16-year-old girl who was staying in a hostel in Dang.

Man dies of electrocution in Dang

March 27, 2023 13:07 pm

DANG, March 27: One person died of electrocution in Dang.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Sita Airlines has started commercial flights from Tarigaon Airport in Dang from today.

Three arrested for honey trapping

December 11, 2022 14:30 pm

DANG, Dec 11: Three people have been arrested for honey-trapping a person in Dang. Krishna Gahatraj alias Anushka Singh of Gadawa Rural Municipality, currently residing in Tulsipur, Krishna Kumari Basnet of Tulsipur Gwar Khola and Rudra Bahadur KC of Narayanpur have been arrested by the police. The mastermind is Krishna Gahatraj.

DANG, Nov 25: CPN (Unified Socialist) candidate and Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary has been elected from Dang-1.

Maoist Center wins PA seat from Dang 3 B

November 24, 2022 08:01 am

DANG, Nov 24: CPN (Maoist Center)'s Dhan Bahadur Maski secured a Province Assembly (B) seat from Dang constituency 3.

DANG, Nov 23: CPN-UML candidate Shankar Pokharel from Dang-2 has narrowed the early voting gap with Rekha Sharma of CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Deepak Giri of the Nepali Congress has maintained his lead in Dang-3.

DANG, Nov 22: In Dang 2, Rekha Sharma of the Maoist Center is increasing the vote margin. With 16,029 votes counted, Sharma is ahead of UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel by 1,352 votes.

DANG, NoV 6. Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary, the candidate of CPN (United Socialist Party) in Dang-1, has been increasing the margin of votes.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Counting of votes for Dang constituency number 3 has started. The counting of votes started a while ago.

60 percent of votes cast in Dang

November 20, 2022 17:47 pm

DANG, Nov 20: Only about 60 percent of the total votes have been cast in Dang. According to the information provided by the election office, 60 percent of the votes were cast in the district.

Two policemen killed in road accident

October 8, 2022 09:50 am

DEUKHURI, Oct 8: Two policemen died in a road accident involving a motorcycle in Deukhuri of Dang. Two policemen working for the Armed Police Force battalion in Bhaluwang died in the accident which took place on the East-West Highway in Musaria of Rapti Rural Municipality-3 on Friday night.

DANG, August 23: The driver and co-driver themselves set fire to a tipper truck in Dang, taking advantage of the strike by the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.

DANG, July 31: Residents of Tulsipur have padlocked the Tulsipur Tarigaon Airport in Dang because the browser machine at the airport has been diverted.

ROLPA,July 16: Ever since the onset of monsoon, farmers in the district are worried due to the lack of chemical fertilizers. At a time when shortage of fertilizers has become a daily dose of news, it’s reported that a consignment of chemical fertilizers which was meant for Rolpa and was on the way to the district was vanished mid-way by the middlemen. As many as 100 sacs of fertilizers that were supposed to arrive in the district have gone ‘missing’. Similarly, there are no records as to how and where 150 bags of fertilizers brought in the district earlier were sold.

DANG, June 18: A girl with a mental illness has been raped by four youths in Dang district. According to the Area Police Office, Tulsipur, a 25-year-old mentally ill girl of Tulsipur-5 was gang-raped by four youths on Thursday night.

DEUKHURI, June 17: A person died of electrocution in Dang district Friday morning.

DANG, May 15: The counting of votes in 13 wards of Dang has been completed. While the CPN (Maoist Center) has won in five wards, the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have won in four wards each. So far, Maoist Center candidates have been elected in Rapti Municipality-9, Shantinagar Municipality-1, Rajpur Municipality-6 and 7 and Bangalachuli-8.

Maoist's victorious start in Dang

May 14, 2022 11:18 am

DANG, May 14: The Maoists have begun a victorious start in Dang. CPN (Maoist Center)’s Rim Bahadur Sunari Magar was elected as Ward Chairperson in Rapti Village Municipality-9 by securing 358 votes.

TULSIPUR, May 8: The names of the deceased voters in Dang district have not been removed from the list of voters so far. Such names have not been removed as the local levels have not sent the list of the deceased voters since 2017.

DANG, Feb 3: Three people have been arrested on the charge of being involved in an illegal online networking business in Dang. According to the District Police Office, the trio have been duping gullible people in Dang, stating that their money would double through online networking.

Infant dies in bus accident

January 10, 2022 14:20 pm

TULSIPUR, Jan 10: A nine-month-old baby died in a bus accident in Dang district. The minor named Nanu, the child of Asir Alam, a resident of Motihari, India, died in the bus accident near Dalai Khola of Sisahaniya in Rapti Rural Municipality-5 of the Lamahi-Bhaluwang road section at around 3:30 this morning.

DANG, Jan 7: A total budget of Rs 10 million has been allocated as ‘travel expenses for the current fiscal year by the Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City office. Despite the allocation of the budget for ‘travel’, the sub-metropolis has not introduced any plans or any reason for the need for such a huge sum.

DANG, Dec 24: The escape of two prisoners, including an alleged brother of the jailor, from Ghorahi Prison has become even more mysterious. Preliminary police investigation has shown that the incident may have happened due to the weakness of the prison administration.

Three killed in Dang jeep accident

December 13, 2021 09:30 am

DANG, Dec 13: Three people have died in a jeep accident in Dang on Sunday. At least 16 people have been injured when a jeep (Ra 1 Ja 438) heading to Salyan Kapurkot from Tulsipur met with an accident.

DANG, Dec 5: A COVID-19 Vaccination Program was launched at six local units in Dang district on Sunday. According to the district health office, Verocell vaccines will be administered to people above 18 years of age under the drive.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: Province Minister for Urban Development, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, and State Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Arjun Shrestha have been elected as representatives for the general convention.

29 injured in Dang bus accident

November 21, 2021 11:54 am

DANG, Nov 21: At least 29 people have been injured in a bus accident in Dang district. A total of 29 passengers were injured when a bus heading to Kathmandu from Surkhet met with the accident at Lamahi Municipality-3, Narayanpur, according to the Ward Police Office, Lamahi.

One arrested for murder

November 9, 2021 16:20 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Police have arrested Resham Thapa on the charge of killing Top Bahadur Pun, 20, a resident of Naya Basti in Tulsipur Sub-metropolis-4 of Dang district on Monday.

Flood sweeps away a vehicle in Dang

October 20, 2021 09:44 am

DANG, Oct 20: A swollen rivulet in Dang has swept away a vehicle in Dang on Tuesday.