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Rhino population in Nepal reaches 752
April 11, 2021 17:01 pm
KATHMANDU, April 11: The rhino population in Nepal has grown up in the last half decade. The number of the endangered species increased by 107 in the last five years in the country. Unveiling the National Rhino Census of 2021, the secretary for the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Dr Bishwanath Oli announced that the number of rhinos inside the country has reached 752. Earlier, the rhino population in Nepal was 647.
Rhino census begins at Shuklaphanta National Park
April 2, 2021 14:22 pm
KANCHANPUR, April 2: Counting of the one-horned rhino, enlisted in the list of rare wildlife, has begun at Shuklaphanta National Park from Thursday.
Rhino, tiger found dead in Chitwan National Park area
March 9, 2021 22:13 pm
CHITWAN, March 9: An adult male rhino and a tiger have been found dead in the Chitwan National Park area recently.
Rhino horn found inside Chitwan National Park
January 7, 2021 12:16 pm
CHITWAN, Jan 7: A rhino horn was found inside the Chitwan National Park. The horn of an adult rhino was found in Meghauli of the park, according to Chief Protection Office Ananath Baral.
16 rhinos die in CNP this fiscal year
November 28, 2020 15:28 pm
With this, 16 rhinos have died in CNP in the current fiscal year. Of them, four were killed by poachers.
Five rhinos died at CNP in past two months
October 4, 2020 11:59 am
The country currently has 645 rhinos
A Rhino found dead at CNP
October 3, 2020 21:27 pm
CHITWAN, Oct 3: A female rhino which was swept away by the Narayani River has been found dead.
Sept 2: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
September 2, 2019 18:00 pm
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CNP reports death of rhino, probably from ageing
August 30, 2019 14:50 pm
CHITWAN, Aug 30: A male rhino has died in the Chitwan National Park. It was found dead in the Rapti buffer zone community forest in Meghauli area under the park.
April 25: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
April 25, 2019 18:00 pm
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Teenager, guide injured by rhino’s gore at Chitwan National Park
April 11, 2019 12:44 pm
KATHMANDU, April 11: An Australian teenager and his Nepali guide were gored by a rhino at Chitwan National Park.
Rhinos swept away to India yet to return
March 30, 2019 13:00 pm
CHITWAN, March 30: Three Rhinos that reached India from Nepal after being swept by monsoon floods are yet to be returned home. Thirteen Rhinos have swept away from Nepal to India in the incident that took place two years ago.
41 rhinos dead in nine months at Chitwan National Park
March 25, 2019 10:15 am
CHITWAN, March 25: On Sunday a female rhino in Chitwan breathed her last. She was spotted dead near a septic tank of a hotel in Jagatpur, Bharatpur Municipality – 23. With this, the number of rhinos to die in Chitwan in the last nine months has reached 41.
FEB 20: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
February 20, 2019 18:00 pm
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Feb 15: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
February 15, 2019 18:00 pm
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Hong Kong snares record $1.4 million haul of rhino horns from South Africa
February 15, 2019 11:00 am
HONG KONG, Feb 15: Hong Kong customs seized a record 40kg of rhino horns worth around HK$8 million (S$1.4 million) from Johannesburg en route to Vietnam, the latest bust for the authorities trying to tackle the rising volume of endangered species trafficked through the Chinese territory.
Dec 30: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
December 30, 2018 18:00 pm
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Rhino dies after falling into swamp
December 22, 2018 12:25 pm
CHITWAN, Dec 22: A rhino has died after falling into a swamp land. The incident took place in ward no. 24 of Bharatpur metropolis on Friday. The rhino had strayed away from the Chitwan National Park area to enter into human settlement near the community forest.
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December 1, 2018 18:40 pm
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Rhino sightings common around Bharatpur
November 29, 2018 03:30 am
CHITWAN, Nov 29: There are various community forests within Bharatpur Metropolitan City, which is adjoined to the Narayani River.
Rhino found dead
November 1, 2018 15:01 pm
KAWOSOTI, Nov 1: A rhinoceros has been found dead at Sehari, Madhyabindu municipality-2 in Nawalparasi district today.
Oct 30: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
October 30, 2018 18:00 pm
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Slaughtered rhino embodies S.Africa's poaching crisis
September 14, 2018 19:00 pm
SOUTH AFRICA, Sept 14: The mutilated carcass of a female white rhino, who had given birth just months ago, lay rotting on a hill beside a road that meanders through South Africa's Kruger National Park.
Nepal’s ‘Rhino-diplomacy’ (video report)
August 20, 2018 17:10 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Nepal has handed over the second and final pair of the endangered one-horn rhino named Soltini and Mitini to China on August 17 and has been flown to Shanghai on a cargo plane.
Aug 17: 6 things to know by 6 PM today
August 17, 2018 18:00 pm
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Rhino claims one in Chitwan
May 30, 2018 13:41 pm
CHITWAN, May 30: A person died of rhino attack last night in Jagatpur of west Chitwan.
CNP prepares to send Sauraha's rhino calf to China
April 26, 2018 10:40 am
CHITWAN, April 26: Chitwan National Park (CNP) is preparing to send a male rhino calf to China.
Govt working to gift two rhino pairs to China
April 20, 2018 07:13 am
CHITWAN, April 20: Chitwan National Park has begun the process to catch two pairs of rhinos to gift them to the northern neighbor China, informed Information Officer and Assistant Conservation Officer Noorendra Aryal of the park.
World's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies
March 20, 2018 12:50 pm
The world's last male northern white rhino,Sudan, has died after "age-related complications," researchers announced Tuesday, saying he "stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength."
With IVF, the Northern White Rhino May Not Go Extinct
March 12, 2018 10:50 am
KENYA, Mar 12: In Kenya, the world’s last male northern white rhino continues to battle health problems. The fate of the species rests on this rhino, Sudan, and his two surviving family members, daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu. Now, an international collaboration of scientists and conservationists is looking for ways to prevent the extinction of the species using in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Rhino rescued from septic tank
February 10, 2018 15:09 pm
CHITWAN, Feb 10: A Rhino that had been trapped after falling into a septic tank was successfully rescued this morning.
One dies in rhino attack
February 6, 2018 10:28 am
CHITWAN, Feb 6: A person died in rhino attack at Madi of Chitwan. The Chitwan District Police Office confirmed that Prem Raj Dhungel, 27, of Madi municipality-2 died when rhino attacked him while he was grazing cattle.
White Rhino Belgian style
January 20, 2018 10:52 am
KATHMANDU: A true representation of the wonders a few ingredients can do for a beer’s character. And Evolution Beverages Pvt Ltd has introduced White Rhino Wheat Beer to the Nepali Market.
Rescued rhino released into CNP
November 10, 2017 12:03 pm
CHITWAN, Nov 10: A one-horned rhino which was rescued from Balmiki Tiger Reserve in India, and brought to the Chitwan National Park (CNP) on Thursday, has been released into the CNP today. The female rhino of about 15 years of age, which was swept away from the CNP in a flooding four months ago, was spotted at the Reserve, around 20 kilometers east from the Nepal-India border, some days earlier.
Rhino Gold cup: Birgunj defeats Rupandehi
October 31, 2017 19:53 pm
NAWALPARASI, Oct 31: Birgunj youth club defeated Rupandehi-11 by 2-1 in the match held today under the Rhino conservation gold cup football tournament.
Rhino Conservation Gold Cup Football Championship kicks off today
October 30, 2017 09:15 am
NAWALPARASI, Oct 30: The Rhino Conservation Gold Cup Men's Football Championship kicks off at Kolhuwa of Nawalparasi from today. This is the football tournament with the highest prize money outside Kathmandu valley.
Rhino Conservation Gold Cup from October 27
October 8, 2017 13:28 pm
NAWALPARASI Oct 8: The Rhino Conservation Gold Cup Football Tournament will begin from October 27 in the district.
Jagadamba Steels brings Rhino Steel Rebar for Nepali market
September 11, 2017 08:31 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Jagadamba Steels has started manufacturing Rhino Steel Rebars for Nepali market. Issuing a statement on Sunday, the company said that it has initiated Technical Meet at various locations to give technical information about the product.
One-horned rhino and six deer found dead
August 15, 2017 03:45 am
NAWALPARASI, August 14: Floods have killed at least a one-horned rhino and six deer in Nawalparasi district. Police on Sunday evening found the carcasses of one rhino and six deer on the bank of the Narayani River.
Pregnant rhino found dead in Nawalparasi
July 31, 2017 13:06 pm
NAWALPARASI, July 31: A female rhino was found dead at Amaltari of Kawasoti Municipality-17 of Nawalparasi district this morning.
Woman killed, man injured in two separate rhino attacks
April 30, 2017 09:12 am
CHITWAN, April 30: A woman was killed while a man was injured in two separate incidents of rhino attack in Chitwan on Saturday.
World's last male rhino getting help from Tinder dating app
April 25, 2017 20:22 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 25: There's just one male northern white rhino left in the world, and he's now on the Tinder dating app as wildlife experts try to keep his species alive.
Mourning rally held over poaching of one-horned rhino
April 16, 2017 10:29 am
CHITWAN, April 16: A rally was held at Sauraha of Ratnagar, Chitwan this morning to mourn the poaching of a rare one-horned rhino took place here a week ago. The rally organised by the joint efforts of around 40 organisations based in the district.
Security beefed up in CNP in the wake of rhino killing
April 13, 2017 13:58 pm
CHITWAN, April 13: Security has been tightened in the buffer zone along the Chitwan National Park (CNP) following the killing of a rare one-horned rhino recently.
Rhino killing challenges CNP’s security mechanism
April 10, 2017 01:45 am
CHITWAN, April 9: Even though Nepal has celebrated successful zero poaching years many times in the past, the recent tragic incident of spotting the dead body of a rhino has once again raised questions about the government’s conservation efforts. The rhino’s dead body was found on Saturday morning with its horn missing at a community forest in Kasara area, a part of the buffer zone. And this happened in an area that has been pitted as very secure by the Chitwan National Park (CNP) officials.
Challenging Zero-Poaching campaign poachers kill rhino in CNP
April 8, 2017 13:38 pm
CHITWAN, April 8: Poachers have killed one rhino after a hiatus of long time at Chitwan National Park.
Woman killed in rhino attack
March 24, 2017 08:39 am
NAWALPARASI, March 24: A woman died in a rhino attack in Kawaswoti of Nawalparasi district. Kunta Devi Mahato, 47, a resident of Kawaswoti municipality-7, Ramnagar Tole was found dead in Namuna Madhyabarti Community Forest, two-kilometre away from her house, on Thursday evening, police confirmed.
Three generations into rhino poaching, Prajas dirt poor still
March 20, 2017 00:30 am
KATHMANDU, March 20: When the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) with help of the Interpol arrested Rajkumar Praja from Malaysia in 2015, Nepal Police and wildlife activists hailed it as a watershed moment for the campaign against one-horned rhino poaching in Nepal. They had ample reasons to celebrate Rajkumar's arrest. After all, he was not just another criminal.
Manual worker found dead, middle-aged man injured in rhino attack
February 26, 2017 11:38 am
RATNANAGAR (Chitwan), Feb 26: A manual worker based at the Gadhi Bus Park in Bharatpur has been found dead.
Rhino calf killed by tiger in Bardiya National Park
January 16, 2017 21:10 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 17: An eight-month-old calf of the endangered one-horned rhino has been killed by a tiger in Bardiya National Park (BNP). The tiger attack took place on Sunday night.
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