"It is too late for Transitional Justice" "It is too late for transitional justice to be delivered to conflict victims," said Nirajan Thapaliya, Amnesty International's Nepal Director, to The Himalayan Times after releasing the Amnesty International’s Report in Nepal on Wednesday in Kathmandu. Nepal 25 Apr, 2024
EDITORIAL: Good start The country’s tattered tourism industry will not return even to breakeven point unless foreigners start coming here in large numbers Opinion 05 Feb, 2021
Timber smugglers attack forest guards Four forest guards were injured when a band of timber smugglers attacked them while they were patrolling at Karaiyamai Rural Municipality, Bara, Tuesday night. Nepal 04 Feb, 2021
Forest patrol team exchanges gunfire with smugglers in Bara; one nabbed with logs BARA: Forest patrol team exchanged gunfire with wood smugglers in Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City-22 of Bara district past the midnight of Wednesday. The smugglers allegedly transporting logs of sal (Shorea robusta) from the National Forest area... Travel 18 Sep, 2020
New bill calls for armed forest guards Kathmandu, May 10 The Forest Bill registered at the Parliament Secretariat has made a provision for armed forest guards to prevent wildlife poaching, smuggling of forest products and to safeguard forest resources. Section 46 of the bill states... Travel 11 May, 2019
Timber smuggling rampant Rautahat, January 21 Timber smuggling has increased after armed forest guards could not perform their duty due to thick fog in national forest areas of Rautahat district of late. Wood smugglers have become more active in the district as the... Travel 22 Jan, 2019
Search for man-eating leopard on Damauli, December 7 A team of security personnel has been searching for the man-eating leopard for the last five days, but they have not been to make any headway so far. The leopard had killed two people in Bhanu Municipality in the last few... Travel 08 Dec, 2018
Nepal moves to ensure 'untouchables' among those to get forest protection cash GORKHA: When Krishna Maya Sunar received 10,000 rupees ($91) from a forest protection project in Gorkha in Nepal, it changed her life. That was seven years ago. Until then, she got by selling home-brewed liquor. It did not earn much - about... Travel 06 Aug, 2018
Mobile app being used for red panda conservation in eastern hills Phidim, July 27 A mobile application is being used to keep a tab on the movement of red panda in the eastern hills. Panchthar, Illam and Taplejung are home to the red panda, where Red Panda Network is closely working with forest guards to monitor... Travel 28 Jul, 2018
Women reluctant to work in forestry sector Kathmandu, January 27 Female candidates have shown least interest in applying for the posts under Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation. Public Service Commission recently announced vacancy for two posts at Ministry of Forests and Soil... Horoscopes 28 Jan, 2018
Temporary cop vacancies announced Kathmandu, October 10 Nepal Police Headquarters has called for applications for 98,268 temporary police personnel, who will be deployed for security during the provincial and parliamentary elections scheduled for November 26 and December... Horoscopes 11 Oct, 2017
Chitwan National Park patrol Forest guards patrol the Chitwan National Park on elephantback, on Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Photo: RSS
