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Nepal's jute industry survives on imports

Biratnagar, Aug. 23 -- Jute was once the dominant cash crop of eastern Tarai. Fields of tall, golden stalks once stretched across Morang, Sunsari, and Jhapa, feeding dozens of factories and powering t... Read More


Nepali women being sent to Hong Kong on fake Indian IDs

Biratnagar, Aug. 5 -- Despite the active presence of more than half a dozen non-governmental organisations working against human trafficking and girl trafficking along the eastern border of Nepal, a c... Read More


The singing lawmaker shaking up Koshi politics

Biratnagar, July 30 -- In the Koshi Province Assembly, when Gombu Sherpa rises to speak, lawmakers become more attentive-not for a traditional political speech, but for a song. Known popularly as 'Gi... Read More


Hatiyas keep Biratnagar's farmers and consumers connected

Biratnagar, July 25 -- Every day, the streets, intersections, and open grounds of Biratnagar come alive with hatiyas-traditional weekly markets that remain deeply embedded in the socio-economic and cu... Read More


Brother-in-law allegedly shoots teen girl dead in Sunsari

Sunsari, July 14 -- A teenage girl was shot dead allegedly by her brother-in-law in ward 6 of Harinagar Rural Municipality in Sunsari district in the early hours of Monday, police said. According to ... Read More


Rejected by in-laws, man kills four

Nepal, July 7 -- A quiet village of Dhodlekhani in Bhojpur, a hill district of Koshi province, was shaken to its core on Saturday night by a brutal act of violence that left four members of a family d... Read More