- Friday, 8 August 2025
Three including founding chair of Karnali bank in judicial custody
The Tulsipur Nepalgunj bench of the High Court has remanded three people including the founding chairman Karnali Bikas Bank scam case into judicial custody.
Daunne road re-blocked
Police Inspector Rajan Timilsina of the Area Police Office, Dumkibas, said that the problem arose as vehicles were unable to move up the Daunne slope due to the slippery road.
Temporary bridge built over Bardhare River
After the water flow increased in the Bardhare River along the Ridi-Harmichaur section of the Kaligandaki Corridor, locals have constructed a makeshift bridge to cross the river. According to local Birendra Aryal, the makeshift bridge was constructed by the locals at the border of Satyawati Rural Municipality and Kaligandaki Rural Municipality over the Bardhare River, as rising water levels disrupted movement.
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Nepalgunj sub-metropolis sending stray cattle in holding centre
The increase in the number of stray cattle in the market area of Nepalgunj has led to traffic obstructions on major roads. Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has initiated measures to gather and transport these animals to the animal holding centre.
Siddhartha Cable Car resumes operation
The Siddhartha Cable Car, which was kept out of service for the past one month, has resumed operation following a system upgrade and infrastructure expansion. The cable car connects Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City–1 in Rupandehi district with the historic Nuwakot Fort located in Tinau Rural Municipality–1, Palpa.
One-way traffic resumes in Daunne
According to the District Police Office, Nawalpur, one-way traffic has resumed somewhat smoothly since Wednesday morning, as the rainfall has stopped.
Water level in the Rapti River decreases
The threat of major flooding and inundation has been averted as the water level has gradually receded by Wednesday morning, even though the water level in the Rapti River crossed the warning level on Tuesday morning due to incessant rains for three days.
Emergency embankment saves several villages from Rapti floods
A recently constructed emergency embankment has successfully held back the floodwaters of the Rapti River in Khalla Jhagadiya-7 of Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality, Banke, preventing significant damage to more than a dozen villages.
Babai river crosses danger-level
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the river's water-level has now reached 7.1 meters.
Dang-Salyan road section obstructed
The Dang-Salyan road section of the Rapti Highway was obstructed after a heavy rain caused a landslide at Kapurkot, the border point of Dang and Salyan districts.
Hymn groups in Gulmi revive devotional songs
Yub Raj Acharya, 59, from Resunga Municipality–14, Paralmi, Gulmi, began singing Lok Bhajan (devotional hymns) with his seniors when he was just 14. He is now the leader of a hymn group. He has been spending the whole night by singing hymns throughout the night until dawn.
15,000 families in Banke at risk of floods and erosion
Approximately 15,000 families in Banke district are at risk of floods and riverbank erosion this year.
Lumbini govt blacktops 165 kilometres of roads in a year
Lumbini provincial government has blacktopped 165 kilometres of roads in one year. In the last fiscal year 2024/25, the provincial government constructed 34 kilometres of concrete roads, 167 kilometres of g
