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.

Over 200,000 children under five years of age suffer from acute malnutrition, a nationwide survey conducted last month shows.

From Tehrathum to Salyan, farmers say relentless crop destruction by monkeys and other wild animals is forcing families to abandon farming, guard fields day and night, and leave villages in search of safer livelihoods.

Officials say incentives and a well-organised safe motherhood and newborn programme have led to the improvements.

Farmers in Palpa say worm-based manure has improved crop yields and reduced plant diseases, while local producers are expanding output to meet rising demand.

From highway towns to market centres, settlements built on public and forest land across Nepal face growing uncertainty as authorities intensify anti-encroachment campaigns.

Absence of scientists and technicians cripples research, weakens services and deepens the crisis for farmers across Nepal.