Eastern Sugar Mill of Biratnagar has agreed to pay 25 percent of the total money owed to sugarcane farmers of Sunsari and Morang immediately and the rest later after they launched a strong protest.

When India imposed a trade embargo on Nepal in 2015, virtually halting gasoline supplies, traffic came to a grinding halt in all major cities across the country. Motor vehicles went off the streets, and people had to travel on foot.

Farmers have adopted a mechanized sowing technique—a parachute rice transplanting technique that involves sowing paddy seedlings in a nursery under flexible plastic trays.

Nepal’s jute industry which is concentrated in the Eastern Region is fighting for survival due to the government’s indifference to promote it.