In the remote regions of Nepal, Far and Mid-Western areas, the centuries-old tradition of Chhaupadi continues to impose ...

All three are suspected to have died in their sleep due to smoke inhalation, officials told BBC Nepali. The traditional practice of exiling menstruating women from the family home is banned in ...

Nepal banned the traditional practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their family homes in 2005 and criminalised it in 2017. But it remains widespread in some rural areas ...