DAMAULI, March 6: The rural electrification campaign is taking place in different areas of Tanahun district where substations for power supply are being constructed. The substations are being built with support from the Tanahun hydropower project for the electrification drive.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Easy availability of animal carcasses has helped conserve endangered vultures in Tanahun district. Availability of carcasses of cow and ox at Shishuwa Bhateri in Byas Municipality-10 has contributed to the conservation of the scavengers, also known as nature's cleanup crew. As a result, many vultures, which are at the risk of disappearing due to rampant urbanization, and lack of prey, have started making their presence in the area.

Two people died in Tanahun

January 22, 2023 12:23 pm

DAMAULI,  Jan 22: Forty-five years old Madhav Bahadur Arjeel of Bandipur Rural Municipality-3 died after falling off a cliff in Tanahun on Saturday.

TANAHUN, Oct 21: A girl child lost her life to a leopard attack at Sisneghari village of Bandipur Rural Municipality-3 in Tanahun this morning.

DAMAULI, June 26: The local level governments in Tanahun district have presented a budget estimate of around Rs 8 billion for the coming fiscal year 2022/23.

TANAHUN, June 19: The Dumre-Besisahar road section has been blocked after a hume pipe culvert placed near Kudulephant in Bhanu Municipality-8 was washed away.

TANAHUN, June 14: The construction of a suspension bridge over the Sanghe Stream in Tanahun has neared completion. The bridge that connects Byas Municipality-7 and Myagde Rural Municipality-6 in the district is likely to be readied by the end of June. The cost of the project is Rs 4.3 million.

DAMAULI, June 13: Vehicular movement has been permitted on the Aanbukhaireni- Mugling road section along the Prithvi Highway in Tanahun at night as well.

DAMAULI, June 12: A girl was injured in a leopard attack at Bandipur Rural municipality-4 in Tanahun district on Saturday evening. The injured has been identified as eight-year-old Riyana Thapa, according to the District Police Office, Tanahun.

TANAHUN, June 10: The identity of one of the two bodies found on the bank of the Marsyangdi River has been revealed.

DAMAULI, June 10: A car and a motorcycle have fallen from the landslide hit road at Aanbukhaireni Rural Municipality-4 of Tanahun along the Prithvi Highway. A car and a motorcycle fell off the sunken road this morning due to incessant rainfall.

DAMAULI, June 5: The Yamphaphant-Ghansikuwa section in Tanahun district under the Prithivi Highway will be closed for five hours a day from today as part of the road expansion works under the Mugling-Pokhara road, said the project officials.

TANAHUN, June 4: A 12-year-old girl died today after a cooking gas cylinder exploded in Tanahun. The deceased has been identified as Subheksha KC Chhetri, daughter of Shiv Narayan Chhetri of Bhimad Municipality-9, Chandanda.

DAMAULI, May 23: Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Baikuntha Nath Neupane has been elected as the mayor of Byas municipality in Tanahun for a second term. He secured 12,078 votes while his closest contender Deepak Raj Joshi, an independent candidate, obtained 11,826 votes.

TANAHUN, May 7: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that all political parties are committed to making the electoral alliance among the ruling coalition victorious in the upcoming local polls. The PM also said that the nation needs the alliance at the moment.

DAMAULI, April 28: Six women have registered their candidacies for the positions of chief/mayor of rural municipalities and municipalities for the May 13 local level elections in Tanahun.

The minor accused of raping actor Pal Shah has changed her statement, contradicting her own prior testimony. The victim, a minor, who is also an aspiring singer, told the district court in Tanahun on Sunday that she had not been raped.

DAMAULI, April 18: People's representatives of Tanahun district have started returning government vehicles that they are using. They started returning the vehicles in order to contest in the local-level election scheduled for May 13.

DAMAULI, April 11: The ruling coalition partners are set to collect public opinions in all municipalities and rural municipalities of Tanahun to decide whether to forge an electoral alliance in the upcoming local level elections.

DAMAULI, April 9: The District Bird Flu Disease Control Committee, Tanahun, has banned the import of chickens, chicks, and eggs from Chitwan.

DAMAULI, March 28: Agricultural census is taking place in Tanahun from April 19 through May 2, 2022. The agro census is aimed at collecting details on the farmers' land, their crops and livestock as well as environmental impact on agriculture.

PM Deuba to visit Tanahu tomorrow

March 23, 2022 12:11 pm

DAMAULI, March 23: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to visit Tanahun district on Thursday to mark his presence in various events here.

Case registered against Paul Shah

March 23, 2022 09:16 am

TANAHUN, March 23: The Public Prosecutor's Office has registered a case against Actor Paul Shah on the charge of raping a minor.

DAMAULI, March 14: Construction of a Reinforced Concrete Cement (RCC) bridge over the Phedi Khola The bridge linking two municipalities of Tanahun district has been completed.

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: The fire that broke out in Damauli today has been taken under control after almost five hours of continuous efforts. Although the fire is under control, the flame is not completely out.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Efforts to put out the fire that broke out in Damauli earlier today are still underway. Two fire trucks from Pokhara, located 50-km away from Damauli, have reached the site and firefighters are currently making efforts to control the fire.

Fire breaks out in Damauli (Photos)

March 6, 2022 13:10 pm

KATHMANDU, March 6: A huge fire has broken out at Damauli in Tanahun district. A huge number of security personnel have been deployed to control the fire that broke out from a hardware store.

DAMAULI, March 5: Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha has directed completion of development projects within the stipulated time.

DAMAULI, Feb 1: Two persons died on the spot in a motorcycle accident at Deurali of Byas Municipality in Tanahun last night. Those killed in the accident have been identified as Bache Magar and Bikas BK from Byas Municipality-5, according to the District Police Office, Tanahun.

DAMAULI, Jan 31: Children of Tanahun are to be inoculated with the second dose of Moderna vaccine against COVID-19. The second shot is to be administered to the children aged 12-17 who have earlier jabbed with the first dose.

54 health workers infected in Tanahun

January 23, 2022 08:54 am

TANAHUN, Jan 23: Coronavirus infection has been confirmed in 54 health workers and staff working in different offices of the district.

DAMAULI, Jan 15: The entire Bandipur village in Tanahun district has been wallowing in sorrow after losing six people from the same village to a road accident on Friday evening.

DAMAULI, Nov 11: Five local units of Tanahun district have become free of the COVID-19 infection, said the district health office. The virus-free local units are Rishing, Ghiring, Devghat, Bandipur and Aanbukhaireni rural municipalities.

TANAHUN, Oct 21: The construction work of the 140 MW transmission line of Tanahun Hydropower Project under construction in Tanahun has finally gained momentum. So far, seven towers have been completed for the construction of a transmission line under Package-3 of the project.

DAMAULI, Oct 13: The family of a nine-year-old girl who died after being attacked by a cheetah has been provided relief assistance. The Bandipur Rural Municipality and the Division Forest Office have ensured Rs 100 thousand to the bereaved family as the expenses to conduct the mourning rituals.

DAMAULI, Oct 11: The Byas Integrated Madi River Valley Project, an ambitious project of Byas municipality of Tanahun, is gaining momentum.

TANAHUN, August 25: As many as 663 houses at Patan in Byas Municipality-5 in Tanahun district have been exposed to risks of being swept away by the local Madi river.

TANAHUN, August 16: An army man was pronounced dead after he fell off the roof of his house last night in Byas Municipality-3 of Tanahun district. The deceased has been identified as the 36-year-old Laxman Thapa, according to the District Police Office, Tanahu.

DAMAULI, April 6: Police have seized 13 vehicles from different sites in Tanahun district for illegally extracting river products.

TANAHU, Oct 8: A family in Tanahu district has been compelled to live in a cave due to poverty.

TANAHU, Oct 1: All services have been closed at the GP Koirala National Center for Respiratory Diseases located at Shuklagandaki municipality-5 in Tanahu district.

TANAHU, Sept 7: Two people were killed and six others sustained severe injuries as a jeep collapsed into the Deuli River of Rishing Rural Municipality on Monday.

Leopard menace in Tanahu

March 18, 2020 08:43 am

TANAHUN, March 18: In less than three months of a leopard taking the life of a toddler, another child of the same age has been attacked by the wild species. A leopard pounced on Sanskriti Neupane, the 21-month-old daughter of a local of Shuklagandaki Municipality – 3 on Monday evening hurting her on her legs, stomach and other parts.

TANAHUN, Feb 27: Tanahun district has produced oranges worth Rs 290 million this year. According to the Agriculture Knowledge Center, the district had produced oranges worth Rs 270 million last year.

Engineer and ward member held with bribe

February 11, 2020 11:00 am

DAMAULI, Feb 11: Engineer of Bhanu municipality of Tanahun Sukdev Adhikari and member of ward 13 Krishna Bahadur Adhikari were held with bribe on Monday.

TANAHUN, Jan 31: Former President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has stressed the need to keep technical education on priority.

Short of medicine mars service delivery

January 21, 2020 13:10 pm

TANAHUN, Jan 21: Shortage of medicine in the Tanahun district Ayurveda health centre has marred the patients. Patients visiting the health facility are being compelled to return home empty-handed in lack of generic medicines in the centre.

TANAHUN, Jan 13: Local people and families of those killed in a Tanahun bus accident have launched a protest at Ghiring rural municipality in the district demanding compensation. As a result, the road leading to the Bhimad entrance at Bhimad municipality-6 has been obstructed halting the traffic

Two killed in Tanahu bus plunge

January 10, 2020 15:16 pm

DAMAULI, TANAHUN, Jan 10: Two persons were killed and at least 18 others injured when a passenger bus skidded off the road and fell at Thanimai of Ghiring rural municipality-3 in Tanahu district today.

POKHARA/TANAHUN, Jan 7: On Sunday, an eight-year-old boy Pujan Sinjali was attacked by a leopard in Aanbu Khaireni Rural Municipality-8 in Tanahun district. The boy was attacked by the leopard when he was returning home from his maternal uncle's house.