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They escaped the Bhotekoshi flood. They can't escape what they saw

Nepal, Aug. 29 -- When the Bhotekoshi river surged on Wednesday morning, some people had time to run. Others did not. Some fled along roads or up hillsides. Some raced ahead of the flood in their veh... Read More


Moments from death: How survivors escaped the Bhotekoshi flood

Nepal, Aug. 29 -- When the Bhotekoshi river surged on Wednesday morning, some people had time to run. Others did not. Some fled along roads or up hillsides. Some raced ahead of the flood in their veh... Read More


Rautahat police inflates arrest tallies by counting fine payments as captures

Rautahat, Aug. 23 -- When a team from the Gaur district police office called Om Giri of Chandrapur-5 in connection with a dishonoured-cheque case, he expected to be summoned to court. Instead, officer... Read More


Rautahat police inflate arrest tallies by counting fine payments as captures

Rautahat, Aug. 22 -- When a team from the Gaur district police office called Om Giri of Chandrapur-5 in connection with a dishonoured-cheque case, he expected to be summoned to court. Instead, officer... Read More


Man-made water hazards are becoming a deadly monsoon trap for children

Rautahat/butwal/dang, Aug. 14 -- The monsoon brings the familiar threat of floods and inundation to Nepal's southern plains. But for children, another danger is often closer to home: water collecting ... Read More


Three Nepali pilgrims killed in bus crash in India

Rautahat, Aug. 14 -- Three Nepali pilgrims, including a child, were killed and more than 45 others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Rautahat collided with a truck in India's Jharkhand state o... Read More


Nepal is growing more rice but losing indigenous varieties

Nepal, Aug. 11 -- Until a decade ago, the paddies of Nepal's Tarai were dominated by rice varieties whose names were deeply woven into the region's farming culture: Sona Mansuli, Soni, Katarni, Savitr... Read More


Sarlahi farmers finally home, but the fertiliser crisis remains

India, Aug. 7 -- Two Nepali brothers who spent 38 days in an Indian jail after being arrested while carrying fertiliser home for their farm have been released on bail, bringing an end to a weeks-long ... Read More


Two Sarlahi farmers jailed in Bihar over fertiliser transport granted bail

Sitamarhi, India, Aug. 5 -- Two brothers from Sarlahi who spent more than a month in an Indian prison on charges of fertiliser smuggling have been granted bail by a district court in Sitamarhi, Bihar.... Read More


Viral misinformation triggers fear after Dewanganj unrest

Rautahat, July 30 -- Late into Wednesday night, friends, well-wishers and relatives kept calling Deputy Superintendent of Police Satya Thapa of the Area Police Office in Chandranigahapur in Rautahat d... Read More