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Five bodies found at Yalung Ri base camp months after avalanche

Dolakha, Aug. 7 -- The bodies of five people have been found at the base camp of Mt Yalung Ri in Nepal's Rolwaling range, nearly nine months after an avalanche swept away a climbing team during an asc... Read More


Broad Peak avalanche wipes out a generation of Nepali climbing greats

Nepal, Aug. 2 -- When a massive avalanche swept down Pakistan's 8,051-metre Broad Peak on Thursday morning, it did more than claim six Nepali lives. It wiped out one of the most accomplished generatio... Read More


Floods put Dolakha settlements at risk, wash away Pushpalal Highway section

Dolakha, July 23 -- Flash floods in the Khare river in northern Dolakha have eroded riverbanks, placing the Langota and Kharekhola settlements in Ward 8 of Gaurishankar Rural Municipality at immediate... Read More


Two Nepali youths detained by Chinese security after alleged border crossing in Lapchi

Dolakha, June 30 -- Two Nepali youths who travelled to Lapchi, a remote settlement bordering China, have been taken into custody by Chinese security forces after they allegedly crossed the border and ... Read More


Yak cheese in crisis as Himalayan herding declines

Dolakha, May 19 -- A photograph posted by Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Saturday, showing him tasting yak cheese produced by the state-owned Dairy Development Corporation (DDC), set social media abu... Read More


Bhimeshwor Municipality offers cash for mothers delivering a third child

Dolakha, May 14 -- Bhimeshwor Municipality in Dolakha has announced cash incentives for women who give birth to a third child, in an unusual local initiative aimed at reversing a steady decline in pop... Read More


Lapchi herders cling to traditional grazing route in Tibet, but returns are shrinking

Dolakha, May 12 -- With the start of spring and snowmelt along the Nepal-China border, herders from Lapchi in Dolakha set off on their seasonal journey that has continued for generations. Driving long... Read More


A single coffee sapling transforms farming prospects in Dolakha village

Dolakha, May 9 -- five years ago, Kirantichhap, then under Mati Village Development Committee and now part of Bhimeshwar Municipality, was known as one of the district's major commercial centres. Ram ... Read More