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Balendra Shah's thumping win caps another big day for RSP

Jhapa/kathmandu, March 8 -- 5 was the most keenly-watched constituency in Nepal's March 5 elections. In this race, the widely popular Balendra Shah, the former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wa... Read More


As Jhapa-5 race tightens, Oli, Balen step up campaigning

Jhapa, Feb. 26 -- UML chair KP Sharma Oli, who has been elected for the federal parliament from Jhapa six times, used to treat his constituency as secure political turf. The former prime minister rare... Read More


Life remains a daily struggle in Musahar settlements of Budhiganga

Biratnagar, Feb. 20 -- In Karaiya, ward 6 of Budhiganga Rural Municipality, Dilcharan Rishidev breaks green bamboo with a spade. Life here is a daily struggle for the 60 Musahar families living withou... Read More


Elections come and go but elephants keep coming

Jhapa, Feb. 18 -- As dusk falls in Bahundangi, the locals brace themselves for a familiar routine. Herds of wild elephants cross the Mechi river from India and enter settlements, trampling crops, dama... Read More


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