The body of the woman, who had been missing along with her 25-day-old baby since Sunday, was recovered from the banks of the Tamor river on Monday.

Baniya, who is also personal secretary to UML’s Koshi provincial assembly member Til Kumar Menyangbo, is receiving treatment at the district hospital.

The 33-year-old attacked his mother with an axe on Monday morning, police said.

Angbo, the former provincial finance minister, was travelling from Phidim to Phungling in Taplejung when an unidentified group pelted stones at the vehicle.

For the track to reach the Nepal-China border point, the construction company still needs to cut a passage through a nearly one-kilometre rocky cliff face.

Church Boys Club of Kathmandu won the Pathivara Gold Cup football tournament with a 3-0 drubbing of Sagarmatha Youth Club of Biratnagar in the final on Monday.

Three Nepali women who are preparing to summit Kanchanjunga, the third highest mountain peak of the world have reached the base camp.

The price of large cardamom has plunged three-fold due to drop in overseas demand coinciding with a rise in output this year. It has left a large number of farmers worried.

Taplejung, which produces potato worth Rs2 billion annually, is making efforts to become self-reliant in the vegetable.

Kanchanjunga, the third highest mountain peak of the world, is witnessing an expedition after a gap of three years.

China has extended its road connectivity up to the Nepal-China border point at Tiptala Bhanjyang in Olangchungola, Taplejung.

With the onset of tourist season, many children in the district have left their homes to work as porters for tourists coming to trek in the Kanchenjunga Circuit