KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A helicopter crashed in a forest outside Nepal's capital Kathmandu shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all five people on board, an official said, the latest of more than ...

Fires broke out at 44 different sites, endangering biodiversity and local communities. Breeders believe that fires create fresh grassland for cattle, or secretly set fires to prevent elephants and ...

Four people from Arghakhanchi and one from Dailekh died this week from injuries sustained while trying to put out wildfires fanned by high winds near their communities. Ten more people were injured in ...

Over 20 Nepali citizens allegedly set fire three temporary forest outposts at the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary here after their fellow citizen was detained for questioning, officials said on Monday ...

Every once in a while comes an art exhibition that is not just aesthetically pleasing and tasteful, but raises piercing questions about human rights, equity, and justice. And there is one such unique, ...

A Nepalese tribe of forest-dwelling nomads who refuse citizenship and voting rights is facing a crisis, with its young people's thirst for mobile phones and modernization clashing with their elders' ...

Nepali Forest and Environment Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet (2nd R), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong(2nd L) and Mayor of Nepal's Lalitpur Metropolitan City Chiri Babu Maharjan (L) jointly ...