Grain markets across the Tarai are disappearing as direct farm buying and declining production weaken farmers' bargaining power.

Deaths from leopard, tiger and elephant attacks have nearly doubled from last year, with officials linking the rise in leopard encounters to growing tiger populations in protected forests.

Rising cases of diarrhoea, fever and dehydration strain emergency services as patients return disappointed after finding OPD services closed during public holidays.

Bardiya District Hospital is out of stock of more than half of the 98 free medicines provided by the government, forcing patients to pay for medicines themselves.

From highway towns to market centres, settlements built on public and forest land across Nepal face growing uncertainty as authorities intensify anti-encroachment campaigns.

They say the involvement of the national defence force in the process raises questions over whether the country is being run by the civilian government or the military.

Blaze, now in its second week, intensifies in northern and eastern sections, choking nearby settlements with smoke.

Experts say even trained elephants retain unpredictable wild instincts. Seven handlers killed in 25 years in Nepal.

Tension erupts in Gulariya as protest against drug trade leads to road blockade; police fire in air and use tear gas.

Collective anxiety shapes daily life across eight local units in Bardiya as eight people have been killed in less than a year.

But the electorate appears united in the demand—tangible delivery.

Incident occurred while victim was cutting grass in community forest.

First phase of tiger count completed in eight blocks; second phase to begin in Banke and Dang.

Victim had gone to graze buffaloes in a forest along the Nepal–India border; body found a day later.

From mid-July to December last year, 3,031 foreign and 7,096 domestic tourists visited the national Park.