Nepal News reports: “18 injured in bolero jeep accident in Chitwan”.

The third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) continues with two scheduled matches for Tuesday. Biratnagar Kings will compete against Chitwan Rhinos, a rematch where Chitwan had previously secured a 48-run victory. In the other fixture, Karnali Yaks will face Janakpur Bolts, with Karnali having won their prior encounter by a narrow three-run margin. Both teams will aim to improve upon their previous season's performances.

Andre Russell smashed four sixes in a quickfire 33 off 17 balls for Biratnagar Kings against Chitwan Rhinos in the Nepal Premier League. Biratnagar Kings fell eight runs short of their 158-run target despite Russell's late fireworks.

Known as the “sport of kings", polo also becomes the sport of giants during the World Elephant Polo Tournament, held every November in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park.

Prime Minister Balen Shah inaugurated the third edition of the Nepal Premier League (NPL) at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. The opening match saw the Lumbini Lions compete against the Sudurpaschim Royals, while the Prime Minister extended his best wishes to all participants and organizers. Separately, the Chitwan Rhinos club committed to donating 5 percent of merchandise sales to rhinoceros conservation.

Nepal's Election Commission has updated the national voter roll, resulting in a net increase of 187,886 voters after adding new registrations and removing 158,264 names. Separately, the Chitwan district election office removed 3,362 names from its local register due to duplicate entries, deceased individuals, and citizenship renunciations.

The territory of the three-year-old tigress, known as T138, spreads across the grasslands east of the Pandai river in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR). The area lies along the India-Nepal border and is part of the Chitwan-Parsa-Valmiki transboundary tiger landscape. The tigress stalked spotted deer and wild pigs yet rarely encountered people. Two decades ago, however, the landscape was far from ideal tiger habitat. The road from Manguraha, headquarters of the reserve’s easternmost range, to Gaunaha block headquarters passed through a three-kilometre stretch lined with stone crushers. Tractors carrying boulders extracted from the Pandai riverbed through legal and illegal mining operations filled the air with thick dust and the deafening noise of machinery. Tigers largely remained west of the river. Efforts to curb mining in the landscape formed part of a wider legal battle over forest conservation. A key intervention came through the Supreme Court’s proceedings in T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India of 1995, a landmark case on forest conservation. In December 2002, the Court stayed a Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) order restoring two mining leases within Valmiki Wildlife Sanctuary. In February 2005, it accepted recommendations by the Central Empowered Committee to stop mining inside national...

National disaster authorities alerted people living along the river in the Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi and West Nawalparasi districts about the flood.

A landslide in Chumchet may have blocked a tributary before water surged downstream. Authorities warn of high flood risks along the Trishuli river as far as Chitwan and Nawalparasi.

The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) is partnering with The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS) to construct a 50-hectare tiger sanctuary in Chitwan, Nepal. This initiative aims to manage tigers that pose a risk to humans and cannot be released back into the wild, addressing the rising human-tiger conflict due to an increasing tiger population. TWAS will provide financial and technical support for the sanctuary, which will not be used for commercial purposes.

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Floodwaters sweep away six houses in Butwal, major rivers cross danger marks in Chitwan and landslides disrupt highways and roads in several districts.

The Narayani River's water level surged to approximately 11.0 meters, surpassing the danger mark and creating a high risk of flooding in coastal areas of Chitwan and Nawalparasi. In Devghat, Chitwan, the river reached 10.11 meters, causing erosion and inundation in Bharatpur Metropolitan City, where floodwaters entered homes and submerged schools. Authorities have issued warnings and urged residents to relocate to safer ground.

The Narayani River in Nawalparasi is nearing its danger level, leading to the opening of all gates of the Gandak Barrage, while Chitwan National Park has also warned of heightened flood and inundation risks due to continuous rainfall. Meanwhile, the APF in Jhapa is using drones for flood monitoring, and a flash flood warning has been issued for small rivers across numerous districts, urging residents in vulnerable areas to remain vigilant.

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Chitwan. It has been 1,042 days since rhinos were saved from poaching in Chitwan National Park. Earlier, on November 16, 2023, two rhinos were killed by smugglers by trapping them in pits in the easte...