Baglung emerges as key stop on Muktinath pilgrimage route

Baglung, June 17 -- Baglung is emerging as a popular stop for Indian pilgrims travelling to Muktinath, with visitors increasingly exploring the district's temples, museums and cultural attractions. V... Read More

Students in remote Baglung walk up to four hours daily for school

Baglung, June 12 -- Children in remote settlements of Tamankhola Rural Municipality-6 in Baglung are forced to undertake a gruelling daily journey of up to four hours each way to attend secondary scho... Read More

In Baglung village, Mukhiya endures as keeper of customs and harmony

Baglung, June 1 -- In most parts of Nepal, the Mukhiya system faded with the end of the Rana regime about 75 years ago and the rise of modern local governance. But in Taman village in ward 3 of Tamank... Read More

Farmers can't beat monkeys. They change crops instead

Baglung, June 1 -- A persistent monkey menace has forced many local farmers to abandon crop cultivation altogether. Even those who continued farming were often unable to harvest what they planted. Fr... Read More

Can a 'dog hostel' solve Nepal's stray dog problem? Baglung is trying

Baglung, May 28 -- Stray dogs are a common sight across Nepal. They sleep outside shops, follow pedestrians through crowded streets and gather in market squares from Kathmandu to remote hill towns. Fo... Read More

Baglung's proposed industrial village remains stalled seven years on

Baglung, May 21 -- Seven years after Baglung Municipality announced plans to establish an industrial village in Kalakhola area of ward 13, the project remains stalled due to a lack of road access, ele... Read More

First-ever snow leopard census begins in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

Baglung, May 8 -- The Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve has launched its first-ever census of snow leopards, marking the first formal effort to estimate the population of the species in the high-altitude regi... Read More

Harichaur transformed as locals drive clean-up and road works

Baglung, April 24 -- Active support from local people in cleaning and road building has begun to ease long-standing problems in Harichaur, Galkot Municipality-5, Baglung. In the past, footpaths were ... Read More

Shyam Kumar missing for 19 years in Bahrain returns home disabled

Baglung, April 8 -- Shyam Kumar Gharti of Bhayarbonga in Tamankhola Rural Municipality-2 in Baglung, went to Bahrain illegally in 2007 in search of a job through an agent. He lacked necessary document... Read More