The Terai plains in Nepal face a severe drought, with rainfall significantly below average. This has led to a decline in ...

The Terai plains in southern Nepal are witnessing drought with rains much below the long period average resulting in barely ...

Nepal's Madhesh province faces an acute water shortage due to insufficient monsoon rains. In response, officials have ...

Hand pumps, fields, and other sources of water have gone dry in the Madhesh province of Nepal, prompting the provincial ...

Southern Nepal's Terai plains are experiencing a severe drought, threatening paddy plantation and potentially leading to devastating agricultural impacts.

Violent protests by ethnic Madhesi people in Nepal's southern plains that left five dead in recent days could set the stage for wider communal conflict if grievances are not dealt with quickly.

Nepal; Terai ethnic strike ends with concessions Tharu women of the Terai. The general strike called by Madhesi ethnic groups of the southern Terai plains region has ended with most of their demands ...

Kathmandu, Jan 20: Shaken by the nearly five months long agitation of Madhesis in the Terai region, the Nepal government has prepared an NRS.5 billion development plan for the southern plains of ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRDA) are extremely concerned over the Government of Nepal's slow response to the flood affected Terai region.

Authorities in Nepal should immediately make public the December 14, 2017 report of a special commission on the Terai violence in 2015.

(The strip of Nepal bordering India is known as Madhes or Terai. Nepal’s Madhesi maintain close economic and cultural ties to its southern neighbor and there had been fears that, if not ...

The 44-page report, “‘Like We Are Not Nepali’: Protest and Police Crackdown in the Terai Region of Nepal,” documents Human Rights Watch investigations into the killings of 25 people ...