Due to poor security and ongoing curfews, illegal logging and firewood collection are going unchecked, district forest officers from Bara, Parsa, Mahottari, Rautahat and Siraha say.

A amendment proposal to the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act allows institutions or agencies to operate zoos

The government has drawn its attention towards the increasing pollution and uncontrolled spread of invasive plant species at Fewa Lake in Kaski district, one of the major tourist destinations.

HETAUDA, AUG 12 - The study of Department of Health Services (DoHS) conducted in 14 districts shows that 1,600 children are mildly malnourished.

The per capita disaster impact of the April 25 earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks was highest in the mountains and lowest in inner Tarai among the 14 most affected districts in the country.

KATHMANDU, AUG 04 - The government has decided to strictly reinforce the ban on polythene bags undertaken about three months ago, less than two weeks before the Great Earthquake struck the nation o

DHADING, JUL 30 - Children belonging to Chepang and Tamang communities in the district are suffering from severe malnutrition after the April 25 earthquake, a government study has shown.

National parks in Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve have witnessed a dramatic surge in Tiger numbers, recent surveys conducted by park officials suggest.

Lack of a coordinated policy towards addressing rapid urbanisation has put the urban environment in peril, according to a government report released last week.

An unidentified disease has claimed the lives of two women at Ramnagar VDC-3 in Saptari district.