Most of them have no knowledge of legal proceedings while factors like lengthy legal process and financial burden drive them to seek justice from within the community, lawyers say.

The teenager took her own life on Monday after being allegedly forced into out-of-court settlement by village elders.

The village elders had tried to hush up the matter and threatened the victim and her mother of consequences if they reported the incident with the police.

Authorities suspect the virus has spread in communities.

The Saptakoshi is gaining strength as it gushes through provinces 1 and 2, eroding embankments, flooding settlements and displacing people.

Preparations are underway to evacuate around 200 villagers to safer locations.

The water pressure in the Western dam on the Nepali side of the river, some 19km south of the barrage, has been steadily increasing for the past few days given the incessant rainfall the area is experiencing.

Five others sustained serious injuries in the incidents.

Despite being beaten bloody with a metal plate, Manjudevi Sada has been ordered by the village panchayat to settle with the perpetrators and not file a case.

The individuals managed to leave the Koshi Basic School quarantine despite round the clock security provided by Nepal Police and Armed Police Force personnel.

Hospitals in the district say they don’t have enough money to buy protective gear for staffers.

Since the town area does not have a bus park, public vehicles stay put on the road to pick up passengers, causing a long traffic snarl

The school has a total of 13 students from grade one to five and all of them are given lessons together.

The staff were asked to sit outside the office and work for the day.

Six inmates have died in the Rajbiraj-based prison in the last one and a half years, prison officials say.