Sapana Tamang, serving a 25-year sentence for abducting and killing a six-year-old girl, escaped Sundhara Central Jail before being rearrested in Kathmandu. Police say she planned to build a life outside prison with a man she met through jail visits.
Foreign visitors and filmmakers are increasingly travelling to rural Lamjung villages to watch the centuries-old practice of honey hunting, boosting local tourism and preserving a cultural ritual rooted in Gurung heritage.