Bhim Chapagain

Drug use is affecting not only boys and young men in Ilam Bazaar and other market areas, but also girls and young women. Local community leaders say the number of drug users has been rising to a worrying level in most market areas and some villages.

The Mechi Highway remains closed at Rajduwali in Ward No. 9 of Ilam Municipality after an old landslide subsided further, making the road impassable.

The same dispute resurfaced this year. During the first flush, the most valuable harvest of the year, India delayed imports of Nepal's processed tea for nearly two months.

Tea farmers in Suryodaya Municipality of Ilam have been left in panic after tea entrepreneurs announced a shutdown of tea industries from June 15, citing unresolved issues in tea trade and exports during the peak production season. 

The move follows new procedures introduced by India's Tea Board on May 1, requiring mandatory quality testing for every shipment of Nepali tea. Industry representatives say the rules have effectively blocked exports during the peak first flush season, when the highest quality and most valuable tea i...

In the accident, 50-year-old Manoj Chaudhary lost his life. He was riding pillion on the motorcycle driven by 31-year-old Tinku Sahu of Birtamod-5.  

DSP Prakash Koirala of the No. 9 Battalion of the Armed Police Force (APF), Pashupatinagar, Ilam, has died of a heart attack

Doctors decided to surgically remove her hand after the burns threatened further damage to her body, Khanal told Republica.

The joint panel of the All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU) and the Nepal Students' Union (NSU) has won the Free Students' Union election at Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus in Ilam.  

ILAM, Oct 1: The three eastern-most districts including Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung have plunged into darkness for the past three days after a flood induced by persistent rainfall swept away a vital pole of a transmission line in Ilam. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) confirmed that the elect...