Entry through the Indo-Nepal border is to be prohibited on both sides without a medical examination. Nepali and Indian authorities have agreed to stop entry without medical verification in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. The decision was taken following a discussion between a team led by Chief

(Krishna Adhikari) At a time when the government has been marking the Visit Nepal Year 2020, the youngest national park, Banke National Park (BNP), is yet to see the number of tourists as expected earlier. The park was established a decade back in view of tigers’ habitat and biological route.

A modern well-equipped sickle-cell lab is to be set up at Kohalpur in Banke district in a bid to eliminate sickle-cell anemia that is rife among the Tharus. The Kohalpur municipality is going to set up the lab in subsidy from the Ministry of Health. The Ministry has released Rs

A ‘health desk’ has been brought into operation at Jamunaha, the transit point at the Nepal-India border in Banke district, to prevent the entry of corona virus infection. People entering Nepal through this transit point would be tested to check for corona virus infection, Dilli Raj Pokharel, chief of the

Banke, the district in State 5, had 125 leprosy patients till last fiscal year and till the mid-December of the current fiscal year 114 patients were under medical treatment at several hospitals here. Growing movement of people in the district from outside, the trend of not seeking a regular medical

The Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City has become neat and clean these days with the coming into operation of a landfill site. The main city of the mid-western region has now changed its face. The landfill site has been constructed with the assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at a cost

Banke district is seeing the sprouting of commercial farming of medicinal herbs with the government proposing the district for commercial farming of medicinal herbs. Of 30 types of medicinal herb species prioritised by the government, 12 types are recommended for commercial farming in Banke. The medicinal herbs grown by the

Disputes between contractors have led to a delay in the construction of regional level prison buildings. Only 18 percent of the construction works has been completed so far despite project deadline expired two months ago. Initially, the project contract was awarded to Pappu-Rasuwa joint venture at the cost of Rs

The rate of drugs abuse and smuggling dropped by 13 percent this year compared to the previous year. According to Narcotics Control Bureau, branch office Nepalgunj chief, police inspector Bir Bahadur Thapa, effective information mechanism, strict security check, police activeness and the establishment of Bureau branch office are among the

Number of sickle cell anemia patients is on the rise at Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital. The disease has become a major public health issue to the Tharu community. The Ministry of Health and Population provides medicines and medical test services equivalent to Rs 100,000 if it is proved that a person