Locals forced to buy expensive rice amid empty depots.

Around 76,000 homes were damaged by the quake across Jajarkot and Rukum West on November 3, 2023. Most victims have yet to receive reconstruction aid.

Since July 6, when the Humla headquarters was connected to the national road network, apples from Humla have begun reaching major cities by truck.

Twenty-two months since the disaster, thousands of survivors have yet to receive reconstruction aid as damage assessment drags on.

Tibetan town becomes main job destination for families in Nepal’s remotest district.

Dozens die each year. 21 remain missing after the August 5 flooding in Uttarakhand state. Families get little or no compensation as most migrants work informally without contracts.

Visitor numbers are rising, but lack of basic infrastructure and project delays have held back the area’s development.

A decade ago, government pledged to replace dangerous rope crossings with footbridges. Many old links remain.

Climate change, falling prices, and treacherous terrain threaten the future of caterpillar fungus harvesting in Karnali.

Transit hubs abuzz in Karnali, with packed hotels and non-stop flights to the Tibet border.

Generations of Badi people have lived off the river, but electrical fishing, commercial sand mining, and construction are putting their survival at risk.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated a Bailey bridge over the Chuwakhola river, completing the long-delayed link along the Karnali corridor.

Vehicles can now travel from the Indian border town of Rupaidiha to Tibetan town Hilsa non-stop.

A study by Nepali and Chinese teams shows over 1.12 billion cubic metres of the gas in Bhairavi Rural Municipality. Commercial viability report due in December.

The Chinese survey suggests enough methane to meet Nepal’s demand for 50 years; the final report is expected by December.