Growing demand for Dhaka products as gifts for brothers and relatives during Tihar is helping sustain a traditional craft that embodies Nepal’s cultural identity, even as local production and employment decline.

Farmers report yield losses of 15 to 20 percent as the disease spreads through paddy fields, with symptoms appearing after the plants develop panicles.

Landslides and road subsidence have disrupted traffic, while building nine unfinished bridges along the corridor is estimated to cost Rs720 million.

At least 1,500 people have been displaced. Floods and landslides have completely damaged 179 houses.

The bridge over the Kaligandaki river was washed away after four days of continuous rain caused the river to swell.

Replacement electromechanical equipment must be brought through the Korala border, delaying the planned start of traffic by at least a month.

For 18 years, the 31-year-old self-taught expert from Palpa has rescued over 10,000 snakes—including a record 107 king cobras—across western Nepal, turning childhood fascination into a lifelong mission to protect wildlife.

Investment in agriculture, livestock, market access and production-based subsidies is helping farmers, including returnee migrants and women, expand commercial farming in the Palpa local unit.

Farmers are abandoning indigenous rice for higher-yielding hybrids, putting at risk varieties that carry distinctive genetic traits, cultural traditions and centuries of agricultural history.

Emergency pest control measures launched in Purbakhola after the fast-spreading infestation damages newly transplanted rice crops in multiple wards.

The daily search for grass and firewood has become a deadly gamble across Nepal’s hill districts, where women risk their lives to keep livestock that sustain rural livelihoods.

LKG student suffers 45 percent burns after LPG pipe comes loose and triggers flash fire at a school canteen in Tansen.

Improved driver awareness, stricter traffic enforcement and rainfall-related travel restrictions have reduced crashes along the notorious highway stretch, but falling rocks and landslides continue to pose a serious threat.

As farmers struggle with shortages of chemical fertilisers during the paddy season, growers in Chitwan and Palpa are turning to green manure, compost and locally produced organic inputs to maintain yields and restore soil health.

Joint monitoring team fines and shuts down four units for operating without legal approval and violating industrial standards.