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Nepal emerges as a transit route for smuggling watermelon kernels into India

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


Abhishek Giri's alleged empire of influence, extortion and financial control under police scanner

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


Nepal's tea industry reopens after government assurance despite India's stricter import testing

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


Morang farmers get above-government support price for spring paddy

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


Banished after release, jailed Bhutanese can't return even to their former refugee camp

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


Indian restrictions halt Nepali tea exports, forcing factory closures

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


Nepal tea factories to shut as India tightens export rules, shipments stuck

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


Farmers turn to rubber cultivation to keep elephants and monkeys at bay

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


Suryodaya Municipality urges government to ease tea export hurdles to India

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


After BJP's historic win in West Bengal, what lies ahead for the Gorkhaland dream

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