Division Forest Office says it has not been informed about the construction while local unit and community forest officials say all required processes for the park’s construction have been fulfilled.

The national park, with support of other organisations working in the conservation sector, is set to start the deer count from Sunday to mark the start of the national wildlife week.

With rise in human-animal conflict, villagers are setting traps to catch wild animals.

Say earning livelihoods and feeding their families are more important to them.

Land mafia and timber smugglers claiming stakes on forest resources has led to the loss of forest area in Kanchanpur and Kailali districts.

Greater scaup, a rare bird found in Nepal, has joined the latest list of rare aquatic birds in the park. Indian spot-billed duck, locally called Nadon Hansa, has also been spotted.

As many as eight people have been killed by wild elephants in Shuklaphanta and its surrounding areas since 2016.

60 new Covid-19 patients have been admitted to Mahakali Provincial Hospital in the last three days.

As farmers rush to plant their winter crops, several districts are reporting they are short of plant nutrients, particularly urea.

Far from getting high prices for their paddy as had been forecast, Kanchanpur farmers are having a hard time even finding buyers.

Due to escalating global prices, the government company responsible for supplying imported fertilisers is having a hard time finding sources.

Around 40 children suffering from high fever, common cold, cough and pneumonia are visiting the emergency unit of Mahakali Provincial Hospital on a daily basis, health workers say.

The national census of tigers conducted in 2018 had put the number of adult big cats in Shuklaphanta at 16.

Around 375 people have received AstraZeneca vaccine at the border point as of Tuesday, health officials say.

More than a thousand people have been displaced and several have gone missing with a few reported deaths.