EDITORIAL - Students' exodus In the last one decade, there has been an exodus of Nepali students to universities abroad year after year to pursue their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Since 2011, there has been a seven-fold increase in the number of students travelling abroad for higher education, reaching more than 63,000 in 2018-19. Opinion 03 Nov, 2021
Yarsagumba harvest rush deserts Bajhang schools BAJURA: With villagers including children streaming into high meadows of the region in pursuit of a rare aphrodisiac fungus, tagged ‘Himalayan Viagra’, more than fifty schools in Bajhang district have shut down operations for upcoming three... Travel 25 May, 2018
Two Indian national held with Yarsagumba in Darchula DHANGADHI: Two Indian National were held in possession of Yasragumba in Khalanga, district headquarters of Darchula, on Monday. District Police Chief, DSP Janak Bahadur Shahi said 19-year-old Amit Nagyal and 17-year-old Mannu Rathore were... Travel 11 Sep, 2017
Yarsagumba collector killed, another injured in Darchula avalanche BHIMDATTANAGAR: A person died and another sustained critical injuries after they were buried in avalanche while collecting medicinal fungus Yarsagumba in Apihimal Rural Municipality-1 of Dharchula district on Thursday. The deceased has been... Travel 03 Jun, 2017
Yarsagumba trader found 'murdered' in Darchula BAITADI: A yarsagumba trader was found dead in Darchula district on Wednesday. Police have suspected that it was a murder case. DSP Sushil Singh Rathaur of the Darchula District Police Office said Jaman Singh Mahata, a permanent resident of... Travel 27 Jul, 2016
Yarsa pickers return empty-handed from Manang MANANG: Most of the yarsagumba pickers in the district have returned home empty-handed this season, thanks to the scarcity of precious larva-fungus combination in the Himalayan meadows. Yarsagumba, the caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis),... Travel 03 Jul, 2016
Yarsha picker found dead in Jumla JUMLA: A Yarshagumba picker, who was returning home after collecting the prized fungi, was found dead here in the district on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Mun Bahadur Rawal (39) of Gajyangkot-2, Jumla. According to police, Rawal had... Travel 01 Jul, 2016
Villager killed in fight over yarshagumba Kathmandu, June 17 A villager was shot dead in a remote mountainous area of Nepal and three others were injured in clashes over a rare and valuable fungus known as the “Himalayan Viagra” for its reputed aphrodisiac qualities, an official... Travel 18 Jun, 2016
Yarsa picker shot dead in Mugu MUGU: A Yarsa picker was killed in an indiscriminate shooting by an unidentified armed group in course of collecting the prized herb, also called Himalayan viagra, in the alpine meadow last night. The deceased is identified as Karma Nakhyal,... Travel 15 Jun, 2016
Manang locals set out for yarsa collection Lamjung, May 3 With the onset of Yarsagumba collecting season, human settlements of Manang have assumed a deserted look with most of the villagers taking to the highlands to collect the prized herb. Besides the residents of Manang, thousands of... Travel 04 May, 2016
LETTERS: Remittance and Yarsa Apropos of the news story “Yarsagumba lifts living standard of rural Nepalis” (THT, Jan. 8, Page 10), despite the successive governments’ claims of hydro-electricity, agriculture and tourism as the country’s economic saviors, migrant jobs... 19 Jan, 2016
Yarsagumba lifts living standard of rural Nepalis Kathmandu, January 7 A family can easily earn as much as Rs 600,000 during yarsagumba harvesting season from mid-May to mid-July, making the unique Himalayan fungus a major agent of change in living standard of the country’s rural people, a report... 08 Jan, 2016
