The punishing custom of banishing menstruating women to isolation sheds continues due to superstition, fear and social pressure.

Families in Pulbazar area are hit hard by repeated flooding and displacement. Calls for lasting solutions go unheard.

At a recent health camp, two women in their 80s revealed years of silent suffering from uterine prolapse, worsened by poverty and family neglect.

Families in Pulbazar area are hit hard by repeated flooding and displacement. Calls for lasting solutions go unheard.

Officials have engaged shamans to help end Chhaupadi tradition and related gender-based superstitions.

Authorities fail to take action against contractors responsible for delays. Despite repeated warnings, contractors have failed to improve performance.

Dozens left homeless; local officials say Rs80 million in properties destroyed in April 8 inferno.

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.