Cases of the disfiguring disease in Achham are declining, but many may still go unreported out of fear of social exclusion, say officials.

14-year-old Ishara Khadka and 15-year-old Saraswati Khadka were brutally killed after refusing physical relations.

The 58-year-old alleged perpetrator, a distant relative of the victim, is now in police custody.

Legal and medical barriers prevent abortion as the victim, who is still unaware of her pregnancy, has already reached 30 weeks.

Bodies of Ishara Khadka, 14, and Saraswati Khadka, 15, were found in a forest in Dhakari-8 on January 24.

Police say two detainees have confessed to the crime; CIB team to join investigation.

Families suspect foul play. Bodies sent to Nepalgunj for post-mortem examinations.

Families suspect foul play; bodies sent to Nepalgunj for post-mortem.

Fifteen people were injured when panicked passengers jumped off a train and were hit by another, Wednesday.

Bajura’s Tribeni Municipality is cut off for months every year due to lack of a permanent motorable bridge. Pregnant women, elderly, and sick most impacted.

As many as 129 cases of domestic violence were registered at the police over the past 28 months. Many go unreported.

To avoid temple, Dailekh girls either use a broken bridge or miss classes, and the school fines them for absence.

The hospital roof leaks throughout, and the facility is overcrowded, but authorities have ignored the problem citing funds shortage.

Students and women’s rights activists claim schools and officials are unwilling to create a conducive environment for girls in periods to attend classes.

It is not possible to send the landslide displaced people home anytime soon as the risk is still there, chief district officer says.