Nepal, July 14 -- Nepal is increasingly being used as a transit route for smuggling watermelon kernels into India, with traders exploiting low customs tariffs on agricultural imports to bring in large... Read More
Biratnagar, July 12 -- Controversial Biratnagar figure Abhishek Giri was arrested on June 27 from his residence in Madhumara, ward 8 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City. During a search of his house, poli... Read More
Biratnagar, June 26 -- Nepal's tea industry reopened after a government promise to seek a diplomatic solution to India's tightening import controls. Still, producers warned that New Delhi's latest tes... Read More
Belbari, June 26 -- Farmers in Morang are receiving more than the government-set minimum support price for this season's spring paddy after a private rice mill offered a higher procurement rate, givin... Read More
Biratnagar, June 17 -- After spending more than 18 years in a Bhutanese prison, Chatur Man Tamang and Hasta Bahadur Rai thought they were finally heading home. For the two former political prisoners, ... Read More
Biratnagar, June 15 -- Nepal's tea industry has plunged into a severe crisis following the introduction of new quality-testing requirements by the Tea Board of India, bringing exports to a standstill ... Read More
Biratnagar, June 14 -- Tea factories in Ilam's Suryodaya Municipality have announced a shutdown from June 15 following restrictions imposed by the Tea Board of India on Nepali tea exports. The Suryod... Read More
Jhapa, June 14 -- Farmers in Jhapa are gradually turning to rubber cultivation as repeated crop losses caused by wild animals, particularly elephants and monkeys, make traditional farming less viable.... Read More
Jhapa, June 11 -- Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately initiate high-level diplomatic engagement with the Government of India to remove ongoing barri... Read More
Siliguri, June 7 -- An old question is once again echoing across the hills of Darjeeling: "Will the road to Gorkhaland finally open now?" For more than four decades, that question has surfaced repeat... Read More