JUMLA, Jan 31: Herbs are considered to be a strong source of income for the locals in the Himalayan regions of Mugu, Dolpa and Humla along with Jumla in Karnali Province.

Jumla, Jan 27: The police have taken control of unauthorized herbs without a collection permit which were  being  transported  in Jumla.

Herbs & spices that heal

April 19, 2019 08:06 am

Herbs and spices play a significant role in the way we cook and consume food. Both herbs and spices come from plants but herbs are obtained from the leaves whereas spices are obtained from the root, seeds, flower, or bark portion of the plant. However, herbs and spices do more than just enhance food flavor.

Herbs bring prosperity to Jumla

October 6, 2018 08:05 am

JUMLA, Oct 6: Santakali Rokaya knew one thing very well about her birthplace since her childhood – life in Jumla is quite unforgiving. She grew up with the mindset that being born in this remote land means a life-long struggle for survival.

NEPALGUNJ, April 17: A large number of farmers in the villages around Nepalgunj are overjoyed with their new-found love. They have switched to herbs farming. And this has brought significant change in their lives.

JUMLA, Dec 29: Herbs have been recognized as the fundamentals of economic development in Karnali. All five districts of this zone are rich in natural resources and herbs. As collecting and selling of herbs fetch good income, more and more people are attracted toward this occupation in the recent days.

JUMLA, Dec 27: Herbs have been recognized as the fundamentals of economic development in Karnali. All five districts of this zone are rich in natural resources and herbs.

DHANGADI, Dec 25: Considered as the least developed region of the country, the far west registers over 45 percent poverty. With the country implementing federalism that is expected to change the fate of all provinces, Province 7 also looks forward to rapid development.

Nepali herbs traders are facing more difficulties with the imposition of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) by India. Before this, they had been facing various problems with the levying of 'transit permit' on the export of herbs by the Uttar Pradesh government of India.

Nepali herbs and herbal products, especially herbal tea, ayurvedic medicine and aromatic oil, are now exported to foreign countries, with European states being the major importers.

Traders held with illegal medicinal herbs

February 20, 2017 15:20 pm

JAJARKOT, Feb 20: Police here have arrested three traders with more than two thousand kilograms of unauthorized medicinal herbs which they were taking for sale.

JAJARKOT, Jan 21: Precious herbs and wildlife in the jungles of Jajarkot are fast disappearing due to poaching, say the locals of the district. Police and forest officials also admit to the claim.

BAITADI, Nov 24: Baitadi, a district in the far-western, in the fiscal 2072-73 BS, exported herbs weighing 979 quintals.

DOLPA, Aug 2: Preparations are underway to transport yarchagumba (Cordyceps Sinensis) collected by local people to China for sale under tight police security with the harvesting season completed, police said.

The magical herbs

July 26, 2016 00:25 am

I have used Neem to solve the reproductive health problems of women in South Sudan