Rain-related disasters have killed more than 200 in a deadly week across Asia In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in the past week. Three others died in Pakistan. Widespread flooding has been reported in North Korea near the border with China with no word on whether anyone died. World 02 Aug, 2024
Hopes of finding more survivors in the mud and debris wane after landslides in India kill 194 Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day Thursday after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India. World 01 Aug, 2024
Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. World 31 Jul, 2024
SC annuls Oli Cabinet's decision to allow swapping of Giri Bandhu Tea Estate land The Supreme Court annulled then-KP Sharma-led government's decision to allow Giri Bandhu Tea Estate to relocate its 343-19-12 bigha land to a different location. Nepal 08 Feb, 2024
Agri bootcamp The first three-day bootcamp of the Aadhyanta Accelerator Programme, aimed at supporting and nurturing agri-entrepreneurs in Koshi Province, Nepal, concluded on Wednesday. Business 20 Apr, 2023
Historic tea estate of Nepal shrinking Ilam, January 2 ‘Ilame Sahar, Chiyabari Ramro, Tyahi Paryo Ghar Hamro’. It is a line of a song which popularised the relation between Ilam and tea garden. The song not only celebrates tea estates but also love. Ilam is known for its swathes of... Travel 03 Jan, 2021
EDITORIAL: Prevent child abuse It’s hard to gauge the magnitude of the paedophilia problem but is said to have increased after the 2015 earthquake In the last few years, more than a dozen foreigners have been arrested for paedophilia in the country, the latest being a 60-year-old... 03 Dec, 2020
Stakeholders oppose land bill Land bill slammed for giving too little to landless, encouraging deforestation and allowing industries to sell land Kathmandu, September 14 Stakeholders have opposed the new Land Management (Eighth Amendment) Bill saying its provisions will... Travel 15 Sep, 2019
Tea entrepreneurs, workers reach 3-point agreement; protest called off BHADRAPUR: Tea workers have called off their protest after Nepal Tea Producers Association made an agreement in writing to provide remuneration to workers in line with the Labour Act and Regulations. Tea workers had started the protest since April 1... Travel 14 May, 2019
Bootleg liquor kills at least 84 in northeast India, 200 hospitalised GUWAHATI - At least 84 people have died from drinking toxic bootleg liquor in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, and around 200 others have been hospitalised, a state government minister said on Saturday. The deaths come less than two... Women 23 Feb, 2019
Muslim survivors of�Indian massacre shaken by citizenship test NELLIE: Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India's worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban says he is still trying to prove he's a citizen of the Hindu-majority nation. Suban is one of... Women 29 Jul, 2018
Tea tourism: Promoting Nepali product Some of the features that can be introduced to attract tourists can be visits to the homes of workers to learn about their lives; treks through tea estates; tours to tea processing factories and first-hand experience of how tea leaves are... 21 Feb, 2018
