Overexploited for years, the Chure hills are weakening, and water stress is rising across the Tarai

Nepal, May 4 -- The fragile Chure range, long recognised as the principal recharge zone for groundwater in the Tarai, is steadily losing its ecological function, pushing vast stretches of fertile plai... Read More

Riverbeds turn lifeline for freed Kamaiyas in Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur, April 21 -- Once fertile farmland along the Banhara river has turned into sandy riverbeds after years of erosion and flooding. These barren stretches have now found new life as farmers gro... Read More

'We spent more time searching for gas than working', says Nepali arriving from India

Kanchanpur, April 16 -- A growing fuel shortage in India, coupled with rising prices, is forcing Nepali migrant workers to return home. Chandra Bahadur Budha from ward 5 of Tajakot Rural Municipality... Read More

Blackbucks in Shuklaphanta and Bardiya to be relocated

Kanchanpur, April 11 -- Preparations are underway to relocate blackbucks from the Hirapur grassland of Shuklaphanta National Park, and Khairapur in Bardiya, authorities said. The relocation plan foll... Read More

Family of Kanchanpur youth killed in Ukraine war seeks repatriation of remains

Kanchanpur, March 24 -- The family of Dinesh Nayak, a 23-year-old resident of Brahmadev in Bhimdatta Municipality-9, Kanchanpur, has appealed to the government to facilitate the repatriation of his mo... Read More

After voting, Nepali migrant workers head back to India, urge leaders to deliver on pledges

Kathmadnu, March 16 -- As the dust of the House of Representatives elections begins to settle, the Gaddachauki border point in Kanchanpur district is once again witnessing a familiar and sombre exodus... Read More

Tiger count in Shuklaphanta to begin after polls

Kanchanpur, Feb. 18 -- Tiger census in the Shuklaphanta-Laljhadi-Jogbuda area will begin after the House of Representatives elections slated for March 5. A meeting of the National Tiger Survey field ... Read More

Displaced and on the edge of forests, families face daily threats from wildlife

Kanchanpur, Feb. 11 -- Amar Bahadur Bista stepped out of his house in Dhakka settlement at around midnight on Saturday to check on his wheat field. He saw a wild elephant that had already entered and ... Read More

Displaced and on the edge of forests, displaced families face daily threats from wildlife

Kanchanpur, Feb. 11 -- Amar Bahadur Bista stepped out of his house in Dhakka settlement at around midnight on Saturday to check on his wheat field. He saw a wild elephant that had already entered and ... Read More

Six-year-old girl dies in elephant's attack

Kanchanpur, Feb. 8 -- year-old girl was killed when a wild elephant attacked and dismantled her family home at Dhakka camp of displaced people in ward 6 of Laljhadi Rural Municipality, Kanchanpur, on ... Read More