JHAPA, Jan 7: A 14-km blacktopped road will be constructed at Shahidmarga and Suryodayamarga in Mechinagar under the World Bank-supported 'Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project'.

JHAPA, Nov 30: Sanjita Rajbanshi, 28, from Mechinagar Municipality-15 in Jhapa, was recently rescued from Oman.

Jhapa, August 24: The family of Gopal Ghimire from Mechinagar Municipality has issued a plea for assistance in locating him, as his whereabouts remain unknown even after 18 years.

JHAPA, July 12: A Montessori School based in Mechinagar Municipality-10 in Jhapa has been closed and three people including the school principal have been apprehended following the death of a nursery student on Monday.

JHAPA, Feb 7: The tax overdue of Sanghai Group to Mechinagar Municipality has exceeded Rs 250 million. The group, like many others, has refrained from paying taxes for the past many years.

JHAPA, July 8: Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Bimal Acharya has been elected to Mechinagar Municipality. Acharya defeated his closest rival CPN-UML mayoral candidate  Bishnu Prasai with 20, 776 votes. His closest rival Prasai garnered 19422 votes.