Ministry of Forests and Environment launches five-year action plan to conserve rhododendron species.

The programme has not only helped retain students in community schools but has also managed to attract more students, say school authorities.

Teenjure, Milke and Jaljale, spread over three districts, Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung, is one of the designated areas for Visit Nepal Year 2020.

According to FECOFUN, authorities cannot construct infrastructure in forestlands owned by communities.

The government had a design to build such towns in 10 places nine years ago. Till date, it has little to show for work.

Every year, the District Coordination Committee receives around 10 to 12 demands for suspension bridges.

People are leaving their villages due to drinking water shortages, wild animals menace, food scarcity, and lack of education and health facilities 

Swachhanda Construction Services, the contractor building a bridge over the Tamor river at Lumbughat in Tehrathum district, has been accused of failing to deliver the project in time and of using substandard construction materials.

Beekeeping or apiculture has always been an important income generating activity in many places, particularly in the rural hill and mountain regions. And this activity could be transformed into bee tourism or ‘apitourism’, a move that could have a large impact at the village levels, bee farmers and concerned stakeholders said.

A 22-year-old bride sustained critical injuries when a group of local youths attacked her at her wedding venue in Phedap Rural Municipality-3, Tehrathum, on Monday night. Three others were also injured in the incident.

A 22-year-old bride was seriously injured when a gang of her “former boyfriend” launched an attack at wedding mandap at Jaljale of Phedap Rural Municipality-3 on Monday night.

With the construction of the Mid-Hill Highway in full swing, Tehrathum locals residing at the periphery of the under-construction road are building hotels and lodges around it. According to locals, they are expecting an influx of customers in the long run as the highway is a national pride project.

Red pandas, the shy and charismatic endangered mammal species, have been found in Tinjure-Milke-Jaljala forest area in Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung districts.

Nepal’s hills and mountains region has been receiving seasonal Indian workers in droves as demand for labour continues to grow due to increasing number of construction projects.

Large cardamom farmers have demanded that the government set up an independent large cardamom development board for addressing problems of the farmers and capitalising on the untapped business potential.