They warn of stern protest if government fails to address their demands of either providing due compensation or lifting provision halting their land registration process.

Fertiliser shortage is major problem repeating every crop season in the past several years.

The 26-year-old police constable was killed in a violent mob attack in Letang, Morang, on March 20.

Seventy-nine rape cases reported in Morang this fiscal year; nearly two-thirds of the victims are children.

The constable was stabbed in the neck as a mob of locals, gathered at a school in Morang where a girl student had accused a teacher of sexual harassment, clashed with police.

The police personnel was stabbed in the neck as a mob of locals, gathered at a school in Morang where a girl student had accused a teacher of sexual harassment, clashed with police.

A global shortage of nitrogen fertiliser is driving up prices to record levels, prompting countries like Nepal to delay imports.

The six were accused of smuggling of 33kg gold and murdering an alleged carrier in 2018. The Morang District Court acquitted all police personnel implicated in the crime.

Work on the 18.1 km broad gauge cross-border railroad track had stalled over a land compensation dispute.

Tamang was declared dead in 2015 in Saudi Arabia.

Subhash Tamang has been running around from one government office to another to reclaim his citizenship and his identity after he was pronounced dead in Saudi Arabia.

Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts have the highest caseloads, according to the records of the provincial government.

Average productivity soared to 7 tonnes per hectare in Morang, compared to the national average of less than 4 tonnes, officials say.

The industrial heartland in the eastern region is home to 500 factories which employ around 50,000 persons.

Two weeks on, police have yet to arrest the members of Communist Party of Nepal who abducted and murdered Rajendra Kumar Shrestha.