A person spreading rumours in social media that coronavirus infection has been found in Jhapa district has been arrested from Damak on Friday evening. Deputy Superintendent Bijaya Pandit at the Area Police Office Damak said 35-year-old Kumar Rai of Damak-1 has been taken under control on the charge of spreading
The people coming to Nepal via the same flight in which the a teenager girl tested positive to coronavirus has been kept in quarantine. Five people including a youth from Bahradashi rural municipality-2 in Jhapa district had come together with the girl on March 17. They had come to Kathmandu
Sahara Nepal, a local non-governmental organisation, has constructed houses for 40 people from the disadvantaged Santhal community at Jhapa rural municipality in Jhapa district. Sahara Nepal built these shelters with the financial assistance of Habitat for Humanity. Rural municipality chairman Jaya Narayan Saha said the houses were built in partnership
The ‘Gaurishanker Khadka memorial award’ has been presented to various individuals here on Friday. The prize carrying a purse of Rs 50,000 is presented by the Gaurishanker Memorial Academy. Those honored with the prize include founding general secretary of Federation of Nepali Journalists Chandra Bhandari, senior singer Ram Chandra Duwal,
With the Birtamod municipality’s announcement to make the town free from the use of pesticides, farmers here have been attracted towards organic farming. Under the ‘one group, one production’ programme implemented by the municipality under the organic production promotion campaign, a collective farming of several crops like mustard, buckwheat, beans
: A man has been arrested on the charge of raping his seven-year-old daughter. The 30-year-old father, a resident of Kankai municipality-1, was arrested by police on Tuesday. According to the District Police Office, Jhapa, the man committed the heinous act under the influence of alcohol. The minor had been
Gaurigunj rural municipality has distributed bicycles to girl students of Korobari secondary school. The rural municipality handed over bicycles to 28 girl students of grade 11 and 12. Ward-2 secretary Govinda Rajbamshi informed that the bicycles were distributed to girl students from the annual budget so as to support their
The construction of road connecting Chaarali and Kechana along the Mechi highway is gaining momentum, The Division Road Office Damak had signed a contract with Lamar Mabtir World JV for the construction of ring road almost three years ago. However, the road construction did not take any stride. Locals have
A 37-kilometer long Solar-induced electric fencing has been completed to stop wild elephants from entering human settlements from the nearby Charkose jungle in south Jhapa. This is expected to benefit the locals in Kachankewal, Haldibari, Bahradashi and Bhadrapur. A group of 11 elephants in the jungle had been creating havoc
Jhapa-based cooperatives have assisted Rs 15 million to provide relief materials to the poor and indigent families when the country has been observing a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus for two weeks. According to District Cooperatives’ Association, Jhapa, the Sahara Nepal Cooperatives Ltd Birtamod only contributed Rs
