Seven divers and teams from Nepal’s Armed Police Force and Nepal Police have resumed the search for three people, including a seven-year-old boy, after a passenger boat suffered mechanical failure on Sunday.

The boat was carrying 15 passengers and its operator from Bhojpur to Chatara when it crashed in Dhankuta district on Sunday afternoon, reportedly after its brakes failed.

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.

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

Floodwaters entered homes in Tilathi Koiladi and Hanumannagar Kankalini, damaging food stocks and forcing residents to seek shelter on higher ground.

Amid repeated floods and landslides, residents of the far-eastern district are rediscovering the strength of ‘harguhar’ to keep their district connected.

Four ministers and a state minister from the Nepali Congress resign from Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki’s cabinet after the party’s decision to leave the government in line with the new federal power-sharing arrangement.

Rising substance abuse, cross-border smuggling and cybercrime are reshaping the security challenge, as police confront the growing use of social media to inflame tensions and mobilise crowds.

Negotiations stalled after the government said decisions on compensation and martyr status would depend on an inquiry report, while the family demanded the same commitments made to other victims of the Kaptanganj violence.

A month-old incident that engulfed a village that had never seen Hindu-Muslim conflict before shows what happens when religious tensions in plain sight and official warnings go unheeded.

Acting on intelligence that a large cache of illegal cash was hidden at the property, police searched the home and office of Prakash Mundara but recovered no cash or incriminating material.

Five days after the deadly Dewanganj incident, the government agrees to declare the victims martyrs, provide Rs1 million compensation to each family, ensure jobs for one family member each, and pursue an impartial investigation.

Five-member government panel is probing Sunday violence that left one dead and 22 injured.

Dispute over loud music during a procession escalates into violence, injuring 22 people, including 13 security personnel.

Floods also damage two micro-hydropower plants, leaving more than 600 households without electricity.

Continuous rainfall has triggered landslides in Silichong Rural Municipality, blocking roads, destroying micro-hydro projects and forcing residents from several settlements into temporary shelters amid growing risk of further damage.

Hundreds of Indian tourists are travelling to the hill station as soaring temperatures grip Bihar.

The 53-year-old climber was caught in an avalanche between Camp II and Camp III at an altitude of around 7,200 metres, police said.

Fed up with decades of inaction by authorities, villagers in Dhankuta have built a culvert over a stream through voluntary labour and their own funds.

Residents say they fear a similar crackdown, as authorities step up identification of ‘genuine and fake’ squatters across Morang.