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Farwest's Tharu youths buck migration trend, earn locally through construction

Kanchanpur, Dec. 9 -- After major festivals end and farming work is completed, most Tharu youths from Kanchanpur traditionally travel to India for work. Many go as far as Uttarakhand and Himachal Prad... Read More


Drone helps farmers tackle old challenges

Kanchanpur, Dec. 8 -- For decades, sugarcane farmers like Ashraya Badayak of Hattibhoja in ward 6 of Belauri Municipality in Kanchanpur, struggled to control pests-the cane grows tall, making it diffi... Read More


Drone helps sugarcane farmer tackle traditional challenges

Kanchanpur, Dec. 7 -- For decades, sugarcane farmers like Ashraya Badayak of Hattibhoja in ward 6 of Belauri Municipality in Kanchanpur, struggled to control pests-the cane grows tall, making it diffi... Read More


Two rogue male elephants fuel rising conflict in Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur, Nov. 27 -- Wildlife officials in far-western Nepal are intensifying surveillance of two solitary male elephants that have been moving repeatedly between forest edges and settlements near S... Read More


Woman killed in elephant attack in Kanchanpur

Kanchanpur, Nov. 25 -- year-old woman was killed when an elephant attacked her home in ward 14 of Bhimdatta Municipality, Kanchanpur, police said. According to authorities, Dhana Bista died on Monday... Read More


Mahakali Corridor crawls ahead amid budget crunch, resource shortages

Kanchanpur, Nov. 13 -- Seventeen years after construction began, the much-hyped Mahakali Corridor-envisioned to link Brahmadev in Kanchanpur district with Tinkar on the Nepal-China border in Darchula ... Read More


Families displaced by Shuklaphanta park decades ago resume protest

Kanchanpur, Nov. 5 -- Dozens of families displaced by the expansion of the Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve-now a national park-have once again launched a protest in Kanchanpur, setting up makeshift huts... Read More


Bipin Joshi cremated with state honours

Kanchanpur, Oct. 21 -- Bipin Joshi, 24, who lost his life while held captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was cremated with state honours at the Mahakali riverbanks in ward 3 of Bhimdatta ... Read More


Bipin's body reaches home on the day of Laxmipuja

Kanchanpur, Oct. 20 -- The body of Bipin Joshi, a 24-year-old from Kanchanpur who lost his life while held captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, was brought to his home on Monday night-coin... Read More


Conservationists track vultures with GPS device

Kanchanpur, Oct. 7 -- How far can a vulture soar in its relentless quest for food? What secrets does its habitat hold? These important questions are being explored in Shuklaphanta National Park, locat... Read More