DANG, June 12:   Eight people died in a car accident on Monday while returning from Swargadwari temple in Pyuthan district.

PYUTHAN, Nov 24: CPN-UML's Surya Thapa has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives (HoR) from Pyuthan. He defeated his closest contender Durga Poudel of Rastriya Janamorcha Party with a margin of 5,274 votes.

Four of the injured being airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment

PYUTHAN, Feb 28: A new mother in Pyuthan district lost her life in lack of timely medical intervention on Sunday.

Locust invasion in Pyuthan again

July 14, 2020 10:36 am

PYUTHAN, July 14: There has been a locust invasion again in the district of Pyuthan. Swarms of locusts can be seen in almost all parts of the district.

JHIMRUK, March 25: Pyuthan collecting details of foreign returnees. The nine local government units in Pyuthan have begun collecting the details of the people who recently returned home from abroad. Two municipalities and seven rural municipalities have started the work in wake of the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

PYUTHAN, Feb 19: There is a delay in the construction of a substation distribution line at Damti in the district.

Sick hospitals sans doctors

September 7, 2019 08:00 am

BUTWAL, Sept 7: Pyuthan District Hospital received the permission to have 50 beds three years ago. However, the congested and dilapidated building of the hospital does not have more than 25 beds. Though it has a quota for eight doctors, the hospital is dependent on just three doctors for long now. The absence of pediatrician, gynecologist, orthopedic surgeon and general surgeon, among the health experts of the other sectors fall hard on service seekers. The hospital does not have even an accountant which has affected the purchase of drugs and necessary equipment.

PYUTHAN, April 20: The building of Khawang Health Post in Pyuthan district should have been completed by 2014, as per the agreement reached with the contractor. However, the contractor left the project halfway to join politics and has remained contactless since then.

PYUTHAN, April 4: Considering the escalation seen in the drying of water resources, local bodies and the provincial government have increased investments in preserving water sources by building artificial ponds.

PYUTHAN, March 17: Pyuthan is the oldest and one of the most well-facilitated municipalities of the district. However, there are some villages in the municipality, which are yet to be connected to roads.

PYUTHAN, Feb 28: Farmer Duj Bahadur Rawat, 47, used to work very hard even in the past. However, the local of Sarumarani Rural Municipality - 1 would hardly make a decent living.

PYUTHAN, Jan 26: The high regions of Pyuthan experienced heavy snowfall on Friday. The snowfall has brought life to a standstill.

Fire victims demand shelter

January 12, 2019 12:31 pm

PYUTHAN, Jan 12: Fire victims of Bhedabari in Pyuthan municipality-8 have demanded the government manage a shelter for them.

One dead in Pyuthan jeep accident

October 1, 2018 12:16 pm

PYUTHAN, Oct 1: A person was killed in a jeep accident here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Shalik Basnet of Gaumukhi rural municipality-5.

PYUTHAN, Sept 24: A plan with an estimated cost of Rs 770 million was unveiled for the construction of Swargadwari (Chalnetar) Airport in Pyuthan.

PYUTHAN, July 6: Prasana Nepali of Gothiwanga, Airawati Rural Municipality 5, on May 25, died of snake bite because of the absence of anti-snake venom in the district hospital.

PYUTHAN, June 28: Petroleum pump operators in the district have filed a complaint at the police, stating that fuel theft during transport was on the rise. They said that supplies that pumps receive are lower than what the Nepalgunj depot of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) dispatches.

PYUTHAN, May 13: The bus driver, Bir Bahadur Tharu from Kailali, was one of the five killed in a bus accident that injured 25 others. The bus (Na 4 Kha 1876) was en route to Khalanga, Pyuthan from Mahendranagar when it veered 200 meters off the road at Pakuri Khola-4 of Saruma Rani rural municipality.

PYUTHAN, June 30: Rastriya Janamorcha candidate Ammar Dhwoj Rana won the election for chairman in Malla Rani Rural Municipality of Pyuthan.

PYUTHAN, May 8: Inebriated temporary police have beaten villagers black and blue in the district.

PYUTHAN, Jan 27: Three persons were killed on the spot and nine others injured when a JCB dozer used in digging a road stretch at Kolbot of Dangwang – 6 overturned this morning.

ROLPA, Dec 15: The Rolpa-Pyuthan Joint Struggle Committee has announced a four-day general shutdown of Rolpa and Putyhan districts effective from today in protest of registration of constitution amendment bill to split Province No 5.

PYUTHAN, Nov 30: Locals have enforced a shutdown in the district on Wednesday against the constitution amendment bill registered by the government to take all the hill districts out from Province 5.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: A meeting of the Council of Ministers today has appointed former secretaries Madhuraman Acharya and Sureshman Shrestha to the committee to evaluate work performance of Nepal Civil Service secretaries and joint-secretaries.

KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has visited the landslide affected areas at Lung VDC in Pyuthan today morning.

KATHMANDU, Oct 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has visited the landslide affected areas at Lung VDC in Pyuthan today morning.

PYUTHAN, Aug 9: Landslides are quite common in Pyuthan. Over the last two and half decades, they have claimed many human lives along with destroying many settlements.

PYUTHAN, July 28: The flood and landslide victims have not received relief materials in the district over procrastination of the District Disaster Rescue Committee (DDRC).

PYUTHAN, July 27: The death toll from landslides that hit the district has climbed 24 after seven more persons died in a landslide on Wednesday. 17 persons were confirmed dead till yesterday afternoon.

PYUTH AN, July 27: A landslide triggered by continuous rains since Monday buried five houses at Sim of Phopli-6 in Pyuthan, killing three including a couple. Others four have gone missing in the landslide that occurred last night.

PYUTHAN, July 27: A landslide triggered by continuous rains since Monday buried five houses at Sim of Phopli-6 in Pyuthan, killing three including a couple. Others four have gone missing in the landslide that occurred last night.

PYUTHAN, July 26: A woman died when a landslide hit her home at Lung VDC-6 in Pyuthan last night. The deceased has been identified Sobha Rijal.

GORKHA/DANG, July 5: Massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall have killed 11 people -- eight in Pyuthan and three in Gorkha district -- over the past two days. The landslides occurred in Gorkha on Tuesday and in Pyuthan on Monday.

PYUTHAN, July 5: Eight people including five of the same family were killed in separate incidents of landslides in Pyuthan last night.