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Tourism surge spills into security concerns along Nepal border towns

Nepal, May 19 -- The growing number of Indian visitors travelling to Nepal's border towns for gambling and alcohol consumption is emerging as a security concern for local authorities. Police say the ... Read More


Climate change poses growing threats to migratory birds in Nepal

Lumbini, May 8 -- Forests across Nepal are now resonating with the melodic calls and constant chatter of summer migratory birds as spring reaches its peak in the country. Their sounds echo through woo... Read More


Lumbini master plan remains unfinished after 48 years

Lumbini, May 2 -- Nearly five decades after it was launched, the Lumbini Master Plan remains incomplete, missing its original timeline to transform the birthplace of the Buddha into a global centre of... Read More


A life of alms, and no exit in sight for Netuwas

Kapilvastu, April 22 -- Shubhawati Netuwa, 50, from Dhupahi in Mayadevi Rural Municipality, spends her days moving from one settlement to another, collecting food to survive. With no land of her own t... Read More


Electric vehicles meant to boost Lumbini tourism lie idle

Lumbini, April 10 -- Five years after they were imported to transform tourism in the Buddhist circuit, the fate of the electric buses gifted to the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) remains in limbo. Fo... Read More


Electric bus resumes service in Lumbini

Lumbini, April 1 -- One of five electric buses procured for tourists visiting Lumbini that had remained unused for a long time has resumed operations from Wednesday, following a direction from the Off... Read More


Northern wheatear reappears in Nawalparasi after 43 years

Lumbini, March 30 -- three years after its first recorded appearance in Nepal, northern wheatear, a rare migratory bird species, has been sighted again. The discovery comes exactly 24 days after the d... Read More


Kapilvastu remains under prohibitory order as calm returns slowly

Kapilvastu, March 22 -- The situation along the Taulihawa-Bahadurganj road section of the Hulaki Highway in Kapilvastu has begun returning to normal after tensions escalated following a dispute betwee... Read More


Police firing leaves seven injured amid prohibitory order in Kapilvastu

Kapilvastu, March 21 -- Police opened fire in Maharajgunj Municipality in Kapilvastu amid a prohibitory order, leaving five protesters and two police personnel injured. Police said they opened fire a... Read More


Ancient Kapilvastu was a planned fortified city, but tourism neglect keeps it in the shadows

Kapilvastu, March 5 -- The ancient Shakya capital of Kapilvastu was, until around 2,500 years ago, one of South Asia's most systematically planned and well-organised cities. Excavations, studies and r... Read More