Forty-three traders have made a gruelling six-day journey across the 5,200-metre Urai Pass to sell traditional baskets, handicrafts, spices and other local products, reviving a centuries-old trade between Nepal and Tibet.

The daily search for grass and firewood has become a deadly gamble across Nepal’s hill districts, where women risk their lives to keep livestock that sustain rural livelihoods.

Fifty-seven Bajhang residents have secured border passes for trade in Tibet, but strict travel rules continue to keep pilgrims away from the sacred lake.

Eight-day patrol to the Nepal-China border found growing dissatisfaction among border residents over Chinese restrictions on grazing, cross-border trade and pilgrimages to Lake Mansarovar.

Decades of erosion, unplanned road construction and delayed mitigation measures have destabilised fragile slopes.

Once sustained by abundant yarsagumba and other medicinal herbs, people in high altitude settlements are now on the brink as indiscriminate harvesting practices have rapidly depleted alpine stocks.

Most families have moved to India cities for work, and the villages have mostly elderly residents and children.

Nepali herders are facing harassment in Tibet despite a 2012 deal to allow grazing within 30 km on both sides.

Visitors to scenic highlands, often dubbed ‘heaven on earth,’ struggle with poor lodging options.

Saipal Rural Municipality has been facing severe shortages of rice, oil and essentials for over a month. Rains have hampered repair work.

Ramaroshan, Badimalika, Budhinanda and Ranisain linked in an 18-day journey to promote trekking potential.

Locals tried to rescue the farmer, but he died on the way to the hospital.

Many have migrated to India after being excluded from reconstruction aid lists.

Rukum East-Baglung section of Mid-Hill Highway and Tamail-Jalebagar section of Jayaprithvi Highway blocked.

Patients dying after failing to reach health institutions on time is a near-daily occurrence in Sudurpaschim district.