NEPALGUNJ, April 28: A young man sustained injuries in Banke when his self-made pistol was accidentally fired.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: A young man has drowned in the Rapti River in Badreni, Ratnanagar Municipality of East Chitwan. According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, 31-year-old Prasanna Neupane of Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11, drowned in the river.

KATHMANDU, Jan 5: Durga Tharu, 30, a resident of Sonari Rural Municipality-4 of Rapti district has managed to save herself from a tiger attack on Wednesday morning. Although Tharu was able to save her life, she did not escape unscathed.

NEPALGUNJ, Oct 19: Four people trapped in the swollen Rapti River have been rescued safely. The locals of Duduwa Rural Municipality Ward 4 of Banke were trapped in the middle of the Rapti River on Monday evening.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 9: Tens of thousands of households in several parts of Nepalgunj have been deprived of power supply as the ongoing electrification projects have not yet been completed.

NEPALGUNJ, Aug 8: With every drop of rainfall, Tara Devi Nepali of Fattepur, Dhallaiya holds her breath as if any disaster might occur in the area anytime.

BANKE, July 14: Mobility for residents of Bhamka and Amuwagaon has come to a halt for the past two days due to the rising water level in the Rapti river.

RANJHA, March 3: A safe community shelter has been constructed in Baijapur of Raptisonari rural municipality-3 in order to minimize damage caused by monsoon floods in the Rapti river.

NEPALGUNJ, May 2: It has been eight months since the Rapti floods wreaked havoc in the western plains of the country. However, the plights of the victims displaced by the floods have still not been addressed.

NEPALGUNJ, May 1: It has been eight months since the Rapti floods wreaked havoc in the western plains of the country. However, the plights of the victims displaced by the floods have still not been addressed.

NEPALGUNJ, April 30 : Excavators are seen extracting sands and gravel from Samshergunj area of Rapti river round the clock. Mini and heavy trucks transport them to the crusher machines lined up on riverbanks and from there to their final destinations.

DANG, Feb 5: “The floods eroded all our land. My house still stands, but for how long?” asked Rajbaji Chaudhary of Kanchi village, Gadawa Rural Municipality of Dang district.

DANG, Feb 3: “The floods eroded all our land. My house still stands, but for how long?” asked Rajbaji Chaudhary of Kanchi village, Gadawa Rural Municipality of Dang district.

CHITWAN, Jan14: During winter, different species of birds migrate to Nepal. Among them most of the species are winter water birds visiting streams, rivers, lakes and wetland of different places of the country.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The meeting today of the Legislature-Parliament unanimously endorsed the 'Rapti Health Science Academy Bill, 2074'.

CHITWAN, June 15: Chitwan National Park (CNP) has collected eggs of the Gharial crocodiles from Narayani and Rapti river banks in a bid to protect them from being damaged.

RATNAGAR (Chitwan), May 20: CPN-UML candidates have won a majority of positions including the post of Mayor and deputy Mayor of Rapti municipality.

HETAUDA, April 23: Two youths drowned while fishing in the Rapti river at the Manhari Village Council – 8 of Makawanpur on Saturday.

KOHOLPUR, Aug 11: The Rapti river has continued eroding roads in Phattepur Village Development Committee (VDC) of Banke district forcing six villages to remain out of transportation service.

DANG, July 27: Bodies of four people were recovered from Satabariya VDC-5 in Dang on the banks of the Rapti River on Wednesday morning.

NEPALGUNJ, July 26: Some six VDCs of Banke district are at a high risk of flood due to swollen Rapti River following incessant rainfall since Monday night.

NEPALGUNJ, July 5: The water-level in the Rapti River has gone up due to the incessant monsoon. The local administration has asked the villagers residing near the banks of the   river to take caution to prevent themselves from the possible loss of lives and properties.