Nepali workers returning from India face overcharging at the border
Workers returning home for Dashain say inflated fares and repeated checks persist, but few complain about the extra costs.
Workers returning home for Dashain say inflated fares and repeated checks persist, but few complain about the extra costs.
Thousands of Nepali migrant workers are returning from India for the festival, but exorbitant transport fares and harassment at border crossings are making the final leg of their journey difficult.
In Kanchanpur, wives, children and elderly parents are still waiting for relatives swept away or out of contact after the Bhotekoshi floods.
Residents of Khalla Musetti face recurring road closures every monsoon as floodwaters threaten electricity poles and disrupt access to markets and hospitals.
Despite multiple inquiries, over 1,000 interviews and extensive DNA testing, investigators have yet to identify the killer, leaving the victim’s family still waiting for justice.
Hundreds of families uprooted by park’s expansion decades ago remain in limbo, living under plastic shelters as another monsoon arrives.
The women entered the protected area on Sunday to collect wild mushrooms but had not returned by Monday morning.
Farmers are searching across borders and cooperative depots for scarce chemical fertiliser, with some forced to transplant without it and others facing difficulties bringing supplies from India.
Police arrested Bhandari following court orders after he was found guilty in a case linked to his reporting on the Nirmala Panta rape and murder case.
The tagged white-rumped vulture travelled from far-western Nepal to Pong Dam, offering rare insight into long-distance scavenger routes across the Himalayas.
An unprecedented influx of Indian holidaymakers and pilgrims, even during the traditional off-season, is boosting business for hotels, restaurants and tourism operators across Nepal.
Officials say the Kanchanpur project is expected to be completed within two years if work continues without disruption. Experts stress the need for stronger export-oriented industrial planning.
Rowdy behaviour, cross-border crime and weak monitoring along the open border are posing growing challenges for local authorities in border districts.
Conservation study finds big cats increasingly roaming near settlements in Sudurpaschim as shrinking prey and habitat push wildlife closer to people.
Groundwater that once lay at 20 to 25 feet is now sinking beyond 110 feet in several parts of the Tarai.