Around 250 hectares of forest area has been destroyed due to fires in six community forests in five VDCs—Chade, Sarpani, Garpa, Hiwalcha and Sejawaltakura—in the district for the past three days.

The government’s attempt to resume air quality monitoring stations has suffered a setback as four of the total seven existing stations broke down barely two months after being repaired.

Accham became the first district in the Far-Western Region to provide toilet access to all by declaring itself Open Defecation Free (ODF) on Wednesday.

Wildlife experts have started combing forests to count the number of tigers roaming in the Banke National Park (BNP) for the first time after it was declared a national park three years ago.

The High Powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilisation, a government body formed to implement the Bagmati Action Plan (BAP), has formulated a new programme targeted at preser

The number of swamp deer has increased in the Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve (SWR) this year, officials said.

A six-member joint team of Indian and Nepali officials was on Saturday constituted to look into encroachment of land to be used for construction of a new road on Indo-Nepal border.

At least 420 people were killed by natural disasters in the country within the last one year period, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA).

The third ministerial-level meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries on poverty alleviation is scheduled to be held in the capital on April 5, Friday

The government has started mapping the entire network of motorable roads in the country as part of its plan to implement scientific transport management.