As many as 42,000 people were killed in various disasters in the last 45 years in Nepal.

Leonardo DiCaprio has unveiled his climate change documentary “Before the Flood” at the Toronto International Film Festival, saying the film is intended to “give the scientific community a voice.”

The locals at Tikha of Silgadi Municipality have been compelled to borrow drinking water for survival in Doti.

KATHMANDU: A light earthquake of local magnitude 4.0 occurred in far-western Nepal with its epicentre in Bajura district on Saturday late afternoon.

MORANG: Residents of Jante VDC in Morang district have been deprived of drinking water for the past few days after drinking water pipes were swept away by the flooded Teli Rivulet.

Negligence on the part of District Forest Office to take action against the tree fellers has resulted in rampant deforestation in Rautahat forest areas of late.

KATHMANDU: The Legislature-Parliament has ratified the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN).

If everything goes fine, Nepal is poised to double its tiger population by 2018, four years earlier than the targeted year 2022.

KATHMANDU: At least 12 aftershocks, minor to light, were recorded in three hours after the local magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Bajhang district of far-western Nepal on Wednesday afternoon.

GULARIYA, BARDIYA: The number of royal Bengal tigers has increased in Nepal in recent years.