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Government pushes for release of farmer brothers held in India

Rautahat, July 21 -- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the government was making diplomatic efforts to secure the release of two brothers from Sarlahi who have been in an Indian jail for the past 20... Read More


Diplomatic push to release farmer brothers from Indian prison

Rautahat, July 21 -- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the government was making diplomatic efforts to secure the release of two brothers from Sarlahi who have been in an Indian jail for the past 20... Read More


Paddy season is slipping away, but two Nepali farmer brothers are stuck in India jail

Kathmandu, July 20 -- Two farmers from Sarlahi district have spent nearly three weeks in an Indian prison after being arrested while returning home with chemical fertiliser bought from a border market... Read More


Loan-sharking victims call off protest after nine-point deal with government

Rautahat, July 17 -- Victims of predatory lending suspended their nine-day protest on Friday after signing a nine-point agreement with the government that commits to criminalising loan sharking, draft... Read More


Government, victims of predatory lending close to agreement

Kathmandu, July 17 -- Talks between the government and victims of predatory lending have moved in a positive direction, although the two sides failed to reach a formal agreement on Thursday. A meetin... Read More


Talks with predatory lending victims end without agreement

Rautahat, July 16 -- Talks between victims of predatory lending practices and a government negotiation team ended without an agreement on Wednesday night, after both sides refused to back down from th... Read More


East-West Highway sections still run on private land due to ownership issues

Rautahat, July 5 -- Decades after the construction of the East-West Highway, widely seen as the country's main economic and transport corridor, large stretches of the road remain legally registered in... Read More


Traditional marketplaces in Nepal's Tarai are shifting. So are crop yields

Nepal, June 13 -- For generations, grain markets known locally as galla mandis formed the economic heart of Nepal's farming communities. These bustling trading centres connected farmers with traders, ... Read More


Madhesh government halts grants to 25 local units over revenue dues

Rautahat, June 12 -- The Madhesh provincial government has suspended conditional, special and complementary grants to 25 local units that have failed to transfer the province's share of revenue collec... Read More


Bridge project in Rautahat becomes symbol of delay and neglect

Rautahat, May 29 -- A bridge under construction over the Chandi river in ward 3 of Chandrapur Municipality in southern Nepal's Rautahat district has become a stark example of contractor negligence and... Read More