Many have purchased plots and constructed houses with the money they earned from making stools.

Indian tea estates are going through a lean period as the tea bushes there have reached the end of their life cycles, traders say.

Although Nepali-speakers are not targets of the fighting tribes, Romani Kumar Paudel was killed in crossfire this week.

Refugees living in Jhapa and Morang districts of eastern Nepal lament those in power are trying to profit from their miseries.

On Wednesday night, a herd of elephants entered Bahundangi in Jhapa from Kerabari in Naxalbari, India. The locals rescued the calf and handed it over to the Kolabari forest office of India.

Use of electricity and explosives to catch fish in Sankhuwasabha has led to a decline of fish stocks.

The ethnic Nepalis in Sikkim raised strong objections after the Supreme Court of India termed them “people of foreign origin” during a hearing on January 13 this year.

They had made a bid to enter Nepal by presenting fake identity cards.

The deceased, a man and a woman, who had eloped and married some three months ago, were found hanging in a tree inside a tea garden in Kanchankawal-4.

The six-lane highway and a ‘friendship bridge’ built over Mechi River are expected to start operation from New Year.

The early warning system sets off a siren after detecting the movement of elephants and also notifies locals through the ‘Hatti Ayo’ mobile application.

The number of elephants in the wild has increased over two-fold since 2008, according to the study carried out by conservationist Dr Ashok Ram.

The trio had left their home on Saturday afternoon together to go for a walk, according to family sources.

Experts say human-wildlife conflict has risen because of encroachment of the bio-corridor by humans over the years.

Squatter settlements along the river banks have been most affected by the floods, police said.