Illegal trade of the flower, lack of awareness among consumers, deforestation and haphazard construction of roads through forest areas are the major threats for orchid conservation.

The district hosts some of the most beautiful locations in the country—Charikot, Kalinchok and Jiri.

The department was informed of the findings a year ago but it has yet to respond to the local unit, say locals.

Belief in superstition and the abuse of human rights that comes with it is widespread in this mountainous district of about 200,000 people.

People’s representatives had been disputing over the administrative centre for the past eight months.

Thousands of passengers travelling home for Dashain celebrations are hit hardest by the dilapidated road.

Authorities concerned have failed to take any strong measures to control deforestation in various community forests, locals say.

A team of geologists has advised the federal and provincial governments to evacuate the landslide-prone settlement.

The tillers have been deprived of the government’s housing grant and loans to rebuild their homes.

Nepal will have surplus electricity after the 456 MW plant comes into operation in February

The stills were captured on a camera trap installed at Lapchi Valley in Bigu Rural Municipality-1, which is inside the Gaurishankar Conservation Area

The reconstruction of the heritage settlement in Dolakha Bazaar is being carried out haphazardly in the absence of guidelines.

Three hundred displaced survivors of the 2015 earthquake are still living under huts at Bosimpa in Bhimsehwor Municipality-1, Dolakha.

A leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party has been charged with murder that was committed nearly two decades ago. The District Attorney’s Office registered a case against Shankar Lama in the Dolakha District Court on January 13 over the murder of Chakra Bahadur Budhathoki of Fasku on January 15, 1999.

Ski festival has kicked off in Kalinchok of Dolakha by installing a ski lift for the first time in Nepal.