Electric bus resumes service in Lumbini

Lumbini, April 1 -- One of five electric buses procured for tourists visiting Lumbini that had remained unused for a long time has resumed operations from Wednesday, following a direction from the Off... Read More

Northern wheatear reappears in Nawalparasi after 43 years

Lumbini, March 30 -- three years after its first recorded appearance in Nepal, northern wheatear, a rare migratory bird species, has been sighted again. The discovery comes exactly 24 days after the d... Read More

Kapilvastu remains under prohibitory order as calm returns slowly

Kapilvastu, March 22 -- The situation along the Taulihawa-Bahadurganj road section of the Hulaki Highway in Kapilvastu has begun returning to normal after tensions escalated following a dispute betwee... Read More

Police firing leaves seven injured amid prohibitory order in Kapilvastu

Kapilvastu, March 21 -- Police opened fire in Maharajgunj Municipality in Kapilvastu amid a prohibitory order, leaving five protesters and two police personnel injured. Police said they opened fire a... Read More

Ancient Kapilvastu was a planned fortified city, but tourism neglect keeps it in the shadows

Kapilvastu, March 5 -- The ancient Shakya capital of Kapilvastu was, until around 2,500 years ago, one of South Asia's most systematically planned and well-organised cities. Excavations, studies and r... Read More

Juwabairath residents complain they are remembered only during elections

Kapilvastu, Feb. 28 -- Mahadev Tharu, 86, has voted in every national election since the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat (national parliament) elections. As the country prepares to vote in the House of Repres... Read More

We are remembered only during elections, complain Juwabairath residents

Kapilvastu, Feb. 27 -- Mahadev Tharu, 86, has voted in every national election since the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat (national parliament) elections. As the country prepares to vote in the House of Repres... Read More

Issues of nature and conservation take a back seat in election campaigns

Lumbini, Feb. 24 -- As political parties intensify their campaigns ahead of the March 5 elections, infrastructure development dominates speeches and poll manifestos while issues of nature conservation... Read More

From battlefield to ballot: Former Maoist fighter vies for Kapilvastu-1 seat as independent

Kapilvastu, Feb. 22 -- A black bag of pamphlets and a hand-held microphone in hand, 33-year-old Ravina Khan, a resident of a squatter settlement, goes door-to-door campaigning in villages and markets.... Read More

Nine vultures die after feeding on poisoned dog carcass

Lumbini, Feb. 20 -- As many as nine vultures have died after feeding on a poisoned dog carcass in Motinagar, ward 10 of Buddhabhumi Municipality, Kapilvastu. Among the dead were four critically endang... Read More

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