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High-voltage electric fences turn Chitwan farmlands into death traps

Chitwan, Aug. 8 -- Efforts by farmers to protect their crops from wild animals in the buffer zones of Chitwan National Park have turned deadly. Electric fences-illegally rigged with live current to wa... Read More


Rare butterfly sighted in Sauraha after 51 years

Chitwan, Aug. 7 -- A butterfly species considered extremely rare in Nepal has been sighted in Sauraha, a tourist hub in Chitwan district, for the first time in over five decades. The silver-streaked ... Read More


Once a 'natural prison', Madi village now welcomes thousands of tourists

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- When Jeet Bahadur Chapagain proposed launching a homestay in his remote village of Laxmibash-located about 35 kilometres from Sauraha through the dense forests of Chitwan National P... Read More


Rhino found electrocuted in rice field in Chitwan

Chitwan, Aug. 6 -- year-old male rhinoceros was found dead in a rice field in ward 2 of Madi Municipality in southern Chitwan, conservation authorities said on Wednesday. The animal is believed to ha... Read More


Tiger kills man in Chitwan

Chitwan, July 11 -- year-old man was killed in a tiger attack on Friday morning while collecting fodder in a community forest in Chitwan district. Padam Bahadur Rana Magar of Gawai village in ward 13... Read More


19 years since the peace accord, no justice for conflict victims

Chitwan, June 25 -- Lalkumari Silwal was only 25 when her husband, a policeman, was killed during the 1996-2006 Maoist insurgency. Despite being widowed at a young age, she raised her two children wit... Read More


Seven killed, 24 injured in Chitwan road crash

Chitwan, June 22 -- Seven people, including a pregnant woman and two of her family members, were killed in a road crash along the East-West Highway in Chitwan on Saturday morning. According to Deputy... Read More


Seven killed in Chitwan road accident

Chitwan, June 21 -- Seven people, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in a road accident along the East-West (Mahendra) Highway in Chitwan on Saturday morning. According to Chitwan District ... Read More


Dry landslide blocks Narayanghat-Muglin road

Chitwan, June 17 -- A dry landslide has blocked the Narayanghat-Muglin road since Tuesday afternoon, disrupting traffic along one of the country's busiest highways. According to the District Police O... Read More


One killed in Chitwan rhino attack

Chitwan, June 16 -- A man died after being attacked by a rhino in Meghauli, Chitwan, on Sunday evening. According to the District Police Office, Chitwan, the deceased has been identified as 60-year-o... Read More