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Madhesh sees surge in revenge killings over family feuds and petty disputes

Rautahat, June 12 -- driven killings are rife in several districts of Madhesh province, leaving many families shattered and communities in fear. Poonam Devi Yadav, aged 41, of ward 7 of Brindaban Mun... Read More


Father of a Rautahat blast victim shocked by Alam's acquittal

Rautahat, May 30 -- Family members and relatives of the victims of the 2008 Rautahat bomb blast feel insecure with the release of Mohammad Aftab Alam, the incident's mastermind, and three others. Sri... Read More


Timber worth millions rotting in Madhesh as red tape stalls auctions

Rautahat, May 20 -- Large quantities of valuable sal (Shorea robusta) timber lie abandoned and overrun by shrubs near the Lamaha bridge on the East-West Highway in Madhesh province. Despite their high... Read More


Two killed in Rautahat as car hits motorcycle

Rautahat, May 4 -- Two people, a father and his daughter, were killed after a car hit their motorcycle near the East-West Highway in ward 4 of Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat, on Sunday. Police hav... Read More


Fire destroys property worth Rs20 million in Rautahat

Rautahat, April 19 -- Property worth around Rs20 million was destroyed in two separate fire incidents in Rautahat on Friday night. At around 9pm, a fire broke out at the bamboo-and-thatch house of Kr... Read More


High costs, falling sales push brick kilns in Madhesh Province to the brink

Rautahat, April 7 -- Until a decade ago, brick chimneys rose above almost every village in the central Tarai, the lowland region in parts of southern Nepal bordering India. The air was thick with smo... Read More