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Narayanghat-Muglin road reopens one-way after landslide

Chitwan, Sept. 21 -- Muglin road, blocked since Friday evening by a landslide at Tuinkhola near Muglin, partially reopened on Sunday afternoon. Arjun Ghimire, engineer at Bharatpur Division Road Offi... Read More


446 inmates return to Bharatpur prison after mass breakout

Chitwan, Sept. 17 -- A week after 742 inmates walked out of Bharatpur prison in Chitwan, 446 have voluntarily returned following a public notice from the prison administration. The mass exit occurred... Read More


Indigenous women step up as nature guides in Chitwan

Chitwan, Sept. 3 -- When Sudiksha Kumal of Meghauli first thought about becoming a nature guide in Chitwan, her parents were surprised. No one in her farming family had ever worked in tourism. But Sud... Read More


Theft of Namshi Bridge railings raises safety concerns on busy Narayanghat-Muglin road

Chitwan, Sept. 2 -- Commuters on the Narayanghat-Muglin road are facing new safety risks after the railings of Namshi Bridge were stolen, officials said. The Division Road Office in Bharatpur discove... Read More


With elephant safaris declining, Sauraha operators turn to 'bush walks'

Chitwan, Aug. 16 -- For decades, elephant safaris were a signature attraction in Chitwan National Park, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. But today, the appeal of riding elephants is... Read More


High-voltage electric fences turn Chitwan farmlands into death traps

Chitwan, Aug. 8 -- Efforts by farmers to protect their crops from wild animals in the buffer zones of Chitwan National Park have turned deadly. Electric fences-illegally rigged with live current to wa... Read More


Rare butterfly sighted in Sauraha after 51 years

Chitwan, Aug. 7 -- A butterfly species considered extremely rare in Nepal has been sighted in Sauraha, a tourist hub in Chitwan district, for the first time in over five decades. The silver-streaked ... Read More


Once a 'natural prison', Madi village now welcomes thousands of tourists

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- When Jeet Bahadur Chapagain proposed launching a homestay in his remote village of Laxmibash-located about 35 kilometres from Sauraha through the dense forests of Chitwan National P... Read More


Rhino found electrocuted in rice field in Chitwan

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- year-old male rhinoceros was found dead in a rice field in ward 2 of Madi Municipality in southern Chitwan, conservation authorities said on Wednesday. The animal is believed to ha... Read More