A district disaster assessment identifies most of the district as highly vulnerable, with authorities blaming fragile terrain and poorly built rural roads for worsening the threat.

The government’s new taxpayer incentive programme is designed to encourage consumers to demand bills, promote digital payments and make businesses more transparent in reporting sales and taxes.

Large boulders struck warehouses, offices, staff quarters and parked vehicles at Nepal’s key trade gateway with China, while continuing rockfalls left the area unsafe.

Police say the 14-year-old first killed his grandparents before opening fire at his school, leaving at least eight dead in Thailand’s worst mass killing since 2022.

The remains surfaced after melting snow exposed them at the 5,630-metre peak, where five foreign climbers disappeared in an avalanche during an ascent last November.

With the monsoon rice transplanting season over, farmers spend long days hand-weeding paddies to protect the crop.

Luxury hotels are rising across border towns as Indian casino-goers, wedding parties and pilgrims drive demand. Investors now hope better international air links will sustain the boom.

Nepal’s new tax incentive scheme rewards consumers for demanding receipts, with 16 people winning cash prizes in the first draw.

Negotiations stalled after the government said decisions on compensation and martyr status would depend on an inquiry report, while the family demanded the same commitments made to other victims of the Kaptanganj violence.

The legislation opens the door to medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation under a rigorous licensing regime while keeping recreational use and unauthorised cultivation illegal.

With diplomacy faltering and military escalation carrying steep political risks, Trump faces increasingly difficult choices as the conflict drags into its sixth month with no clear path to end the war.

From questioning whether she belonged in pageantry to winning the crown, Subba says growth came from confronting her fears.

White House says the orders target birth tourism and other limited categories after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's broader attempt to restrict automatic citizenship.

Home ministry-formed committee, led by Joint Secretary Pushparaj Shahi, has yet to determine who fired the fatal shot.