The national park now faces challenges in managing habitat and prey along with the rise of tiger population in the park area.

The accident occurred after a jeep, travelling to Tanakpur from Betalghat, carrying Nepali labourers, fell off a cliff on Monday evening.

Since March 14, as many as 58 people entering Nepal on foot through the Gauriphanta and Gaddachauki checkpoints in Kanchanpur district have tested positive. However, those entering by vehicle are not tested.

Last year’s survey in the national park found five of these critically endangered ground-nesting birds, which are now confined to Nepal, India and Cambodia.

1,887 gharials that grew up in the centre have been released in various rivers so far. But their survival rate is very low.

The body of the 37-year-old was recovered from a canal on Tuesday.

As per the latest count, the national park spread over 305 square kilometres is home to more than 2,300 swamp deer.

Most workers returning from India have found decently-paying jobs as gabion net weavers, in a community forest.

The corridor road aims to connect settlements along the Mahakali river from Kanchanpur to Darchula districts

Amidst the increased workload and health risk following a resurgence of coronavirus cases, the health workers feel cheated.

Nine persons test positive but it’s not yet ascertained whether they carried JN.1 variant.

If completed the motorable bridge can transform Dodhara Chandani, which is linked to an Indian border town by a suspension bridge, into a major border hub.

Like-minded people stage street dramas to raise awareness among the locals about the importance of wildlife conservation and ways to minimise human-animal conflicts.

Kanchanpur District Administration Office imposes a weeklong prohibitory order.

A national census of tigers is conducted in Nepal every four years, but the Shukhlaphanta National Park counts its tigers annually.