Ten people died and two others were critically injured when a car swereved off the road and plunged nearly 40 metres down in the Bheri River at Thulibheri Municipality in Dolpa on Monday.

Chinese traders have set up annual haat bazaars on the Tibetan side of Hyajimar-Mugu and Kyatochhongra-Dolpa border points.

With the official date for entry into the highlands for the collection of Yarshagumba approaching fast, villages located in the lower region have gone empty