{"id":39474,"date":"2026-01-07T14:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=39474"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:40:38","slug":"birgunj-regaining-normalcy-after-lifting-of-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/birgunj-regaining-normalcy-after-lifting-of-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"Birgunj regaining normalcy after lifting of curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Birgunj (Parsa), Jan 7: The normal life in Birgunj, Parsa district is gradually regaining normalcy from today after an all-party and all-sides meeting settled the dispute erupted involving two communities of differing social and religious faith.<\/p>\n<p>The District Administration Office (DAO), Parsa had imposed a curfew in Birgunj Metropolitan City for the last two consecutive days after the tensions had flared up following a protest demonstration in Birgunj on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The curfew was lifted on Tuesday at 3:00 pm onwards after which shops were gradually reopened while schools, markets and factories are in full operation from today.<br \/>\nAccording to Bhola Dahal, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Parsa, the situation is returning to normal in Birgunj following a consensus reached in an all-party and all-sides meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>CDO Dahal shared that the district administration had imposed a curfew since last Monday amid concerns that communal tension could escalate.<br \/>\nHe said the measure was taken to maintain peace and security in view of the prospects of communal dispute further flaring up.<\/p>\n<p>CDO Dahal further explained that the curfew was ordered to avert untoward incidents and to restore normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>Since the curfew was lifted, local markets have become increasingly bustling yet again while the movement has resumed on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was triggered by a dispute between Hindu and Muslim communities at Ward No 6 of Kamala Municipality in Dhanusha district last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Muslim community protested the same day over alleged mosque vandalism and arson while Hindu groups staged protests on Monday accusing offensive remarks against Hindu temples and deities.<\/p>\n<p>The situation later escalated into clashes between the protestors and police on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgunj (Parsa), Jan 7: The normal life in Birgunj, Parsa district is gradually regaining normalcy from today after an all-party and all-sides meeting settled the dispute erupted involving two communities of differing social and religious faith. The District Administration Office (DAO), Parsa had imposed a curfew in Birgunj Metropolitan City for the last two consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39476,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39474\/revisions\/39476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}