The prison CCTV footage showed that the runaway prisoners stacked bamboo stools to scale the prison wall and escape from the facility.

The proposed circuit is named Buddha Himal-Himalchuli Great Lake Circuit Trail and will pass through the highlands and touch the foot of mountains in northeast Lamjung and northwest Gorkha districts.

The Rs900-package offers visitor snacks, dinner, a night’s stay and breakfast.

Guests will be offered a tour of the large cardamom farms and delicacies such as tea, pickles and liquor with flavours of the locally produced large cardamom.

Footfall in the Annapurna Circuit has been on the rise this year, providing relief to businesses hit hard by the pandemic.

The woman had lit a fire to keep herself warm after the temperature dropped due to rainfall.

Local hoteliers in the region say rooms were almost fully sold out in 2022 due to an increased number of trekkers.

Around 80 megawatts of electricity is now flowing through the transmission line to the national grid, officials say.

The District Veterinary Hospital and Livestock Service Expert Centre has launched a vaccination drive against diphtheria in the affected area.

The project deadline has been extended time and again. The latest timeframe ends on April 13 this year.

Overhead cables to evacuate electricity have not been built, and the project developers worry that the power will go to waste once production starts.

While the fire in the Tatopani and Mauwaghari forests is out, Chisapani Community Forest is still burning, say locals.

Authorities in Besisahar underscore the importance of sterilisation and vaccination to control stray dog population and protect people from rabies.

For scenery and cultural diversity, this has long been considered the best trek in Nepal, and one of the world’s classic walks.

Landslides triggered by heavy rains swept away 21 houses in Marsyangdi Rural Municipality on July 20 and 22 last year.