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Fatalities and illnesses plague yarsagumba gold rush

Surkhet, June 7 -- Jamuna Bista, a 22-year-old woman from Bistagaun in ward 4 of Athbiskot Municipality in Rukum West, set out for Dolpa to collect yarsagumba (cordyceps) in the second week of May. Bu... Read More


Quake-hit Jajarkot villages reel under water shortage after sources dry up

Jajarkot, May 18 -- The source of the Kapke Drinking Water Project in ward 9 of Barekot Rural Municipality dried up after the magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the area on November 3 last year. The wate... Read More


Unified academic calendar enhances coordination among schools in Karnali province

Nepal, April 16 -- Until four years ago, the Shivalaya Secondary School, located at Chilkhaya in ward 9 of Tilaghupha Municipality in Kalikot district, would wrap up the annual examination by mid-Nove... Read More


Karnali villages are emptying as water sources dry up

Surkhet, March 30 -- Nanda Jaisi, an 80-year-old woman from Rekcha in ward 5 of Chaukune Rural Municipality in Surkhet, has a family of ten. But despite the big family size, the Jaisis get only two bu... Read More


'Organic' province Karnali imports pesticide-laced vegetables

Nepal, March 26 -- Kamala Nepali of Barahatal rural municipality of Surkhet in western Nepal produces green leafy vegetables, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato and other organic vegetables. Nepali, who ow... Read More


Karnali folk return to oil lamps as electricity supply proves unreliable

Surkhet, March 17 -- When Pahal Bahadur KC of Birendranagar municipality ward 6 in Surkhet saw a transmission line being built in his hometown a year and a half ago, his happiness knew no bounds. Peo... Read More