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Balendra Shah's hint at candidacy heats up Jhapa-5 politics

Biratnagar, Jan. 13 -- The political climate in Jhapa-5 has heated up after Balendra Shah, a senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, signalled his inten... Read More


Balendra Shah's hint at candidacy heats Jhapa-5 politics

Biratnagar, Jan. 13 -- The political climate in Jhapa-5 has heated up after Balendra Shah, a senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, signalled his inten... Read More


Prashant Tamang's body taken to Darjeeling from Bagdogra

Biratnagar, Jan. 12 -- The body of renowned singer and Indian Idol Season 3 winner Prashant Tamang is being taken to Darjeeling from Bagdogra airport on Monday, a day after his death in New Delhi. Ta... Read More


Indian donor's heart gives new life to 21-year-old Nepali woman

Biratnagar, Dec. 24 -- Sometimes a single human heart binds two nations together-without maps or diplomacy, only through humanity. Such is the story of Durga Kami, a 21-year-old orphan from Surkhet, w... Read More


Mediation centres in districts are largely ineffective in settling disputes

Nepal, Dec. 23 -- When Nepal adopted a federal system of governance, policymakers hoped that minor disputes would be resolved close to home. The Local Government Operation Act 2017 empowered the munic... Read More


Ilam flood victims still await promised relief, struggle in temporary shelters

Ilam, Dec. 16 -- The nights of October 4 and 5 brought disaster to Rajduwali, Ilam-10, when a sudden flash flood in Maikhola (stream) swept through the settlement in minutes. Homes, fields, and crops ... Read More


East-West rail-affected receive neither compensation nor release of land

Biratnagar, Dec. 3 -- The government's announcement to release land frozen under the East-West Railway-specifically along the Kakadbhitta-Inaruwa section-has yet to translate into concrete action. Si... Read More


Morang youths cheated by traffickers in Cambodia, lose millions

Biratnagar, Nov. 26 -- Ganesh Khawas (Tharu) of ward 7 in Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality travelled to Cambodia last year on a visit visa after paying traffickers Rs450,000, who promised easy work in a... Read More


Body of missing Morang teenager unclaimed as family demands justice

Biratnagar, Nov. 18 -- year-old Anshu Gautam of Letang Municipality-2, Morang, have been refusing to receive her body for the last four weeks, demanding that the authorities first identify those invol... Read More


Two men held with 54 bullets looted during Gen Z protests

Biratnagar, Nov. 12 -- Police arrested two men in possession of 54 rounds of bullets looted from the Area Police Office in Birtamod during the Gen Z protest on September 9. A joint team from the Narc... Read More