KATHMANDU, May 17: A new species of bird has been discovered in the Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal. The Nepalese Ornithological Union n has registered this new species under the name 'White-cheeked Starling'.
KATHMANDU Nepal’s government has bypassed the country’s parliament to issue a controversial ordinance facilitating foreign investment in different sectors of the country, including protected areas, in a move that could have long-term consequences for the country’s hard-won conservation gains, experts say. Although the details of the ordinance, signed into law by President Ram Chandra […]
KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Three companies have been selected on the basis of provisional proposals for the construction of the 42 MW Upper Modi 'A' Hydropower Project.
KATHMANDU On Nov. 1 last year, a leopard dragged off an 8-year-old boy as he was playing just steps away from the cowshed where his grandmother was milking the family’s cow. The boy was later discovered dead. Following the incident in Tanahun district, in central Nepal, the local administration authorized security forces to shoot […]