Three decades after fleeing Bhutan, refugees languishing in Jhapa and Morang remain unable to access jobs, banking, and professional opportunities, while repatriation and family reunification remain unresolved.

Thomas Holz built more than a business relationship with Nepal’s tea growers. After years of helping introduce their produce to European markets, he has retired from his job but says his bond with the farmers will endure.

For years, his voice rose above the traffic on the East-West Highway. The visually impaired Santhal singer, honoured but never lifted out of poverty, died Friday in Itahari.

Three decades after fleeing Bhutan, refugees languishing in Jhapa and Morang remain unable to access jobs, banking, and professional opportunities, while repatriation and family reunification remain unresolved.

A 73-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were attacked while out on a morning walk in Barhadashi Rural Municipality.

Relatives have filed a police complaint against the operator of a rehabilitation centre in Jhapa, alleging CCTV footage shows the 33-year-old man restrained and beaten. Police are investigating the circumstances of his death.

Their two-day meeting ended Wednesday with an agreement to form a joint forum to push for greater provincial powers, fiscal autonomy, and a clearer division of responsibilities with the centre.

Police integration, civil service management and fiscal powers remain unresolved, prompting chief ministers to seek stronger cooperation among provinces at Biratnagar meet.

Police will step up patrols, traffic checks and surveillance across all 14 districts.

The two-day meeting will explore inter-provincial trade and investment, legal hurdles and coordination with local and federal governments.

Once home to more than 600 factories and 100,000 direct jobs, Biratnagar’s industrial sector is struggling with weak demand, rising costs, cross-border competition and a lack of new investment. Regular cargo rail offers a glimmer of hope.

Dahal was taken to Kathmandu on a warrant issued in the Capital, police say.

Raj Kumar Diyali went missing with his wife and four-year-old son in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi flood. His family is now waiting for DNA confirmation.

They ran for higher ground, fled through forests and raced ahead of the torrent as homes and communities vanished.

Nepal has no death penalty. Instead, it has life imprisonment until death — a sentence with no release date.An investigation by Kantipur shows who receives this sentence, how it is applied, and what justice means for victims, prisoners, and the state.