As preparations gather pace across the Tarai, the festival is bringing families together and boosting seasonal trade.

After refusing an arranged marriage at 17 and leaving home, the Birgunj woman has spent over a decade raising awareness about child marriage, dowry, and women’s rights across Madhesh villages.

The 28-year-old was hit by six bullets in an attack in Gaur Municipality on Tuesday night. Police have yet to identify the assailants or establish a motive.

Industries along the Parsa-Bara industrial corridor will be barred from discharging untreated wastewater into the river and required to operate treatment plants around the clock.

Bharat Mahato’s earnings had sustained his household and financed a new home. Now his wife is left to raise four children and repay Rs1.1 million loan.

Police say the arrests will help enforce court rulings against people who had evaded prison terms and fines.

The party withdrew its support, accusing the Nepali Congress-led coalition of failing to implement a 15-point agreement, leaving the government in a minority.

Cash, food stocks, clothes and household essentials were reduced to ashes in a fire in Badgama, leaving families struggling to find shelter and meet their daily needs.

Recent cases in Dhanusha, Saptari and Bara have raised fresh concerns about gaps in child protection. Police and rights advocates call for stronger safeguards at home and in communities.

Police say Muskan Khatun allegedly killed the child amid a dispute with Rubina Khatun, the girl’s biological mother.

Rape and murder victim cremated following government-family agreement

A government investigation into the July 30 violence recommends disciplinary action against officers carrying handguns and calls for major changes to crowd-control procedures across Madhesh.

Curfews in 4 districts. Ganesh Yadav killed in Golbazar.

A confrontation triggered by a dispute linked to Sunsari turns violent in Siraha, leaving two young men with gunshot injuries amid heightened tensions.

Unidentified assailants attack Ganesh Paudel from behind after a public meeting in Rautahat and flee, as police say the suspects have been identified.

An elderly couple say they repaid nearly Rs1.6 million on loans worth Rs480,000, but their mortgaged land remains out of reach.

Negotiations in Bara ended in a deadlock after both sides remained firm on their positions over a proposed written agreement.

Protesters demand cancellation of fraudulent loan documents, return of seized property, tougher laws and a special tribunal, and say they will march to Kathmandu unless demands are heeded.

Hundreds begin a 15-day walk from Janakpur, saying authorities have failed to curb predatory lending, leaving borrowers trapped in court battles and at risk of losing their property.

Bureaucratic delays leave parts of Nepal’s East-West lifeline still registered in private names, complicating plans for a four-lane upgrade.