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Students in Patarasi leave schools for Yarsagumba harvesting

Jumla, May 11: As the yarsagumba (a valuable medicinal fungus) harvesting season begins in Himalayan region, students from Patarasi Rural Municipality of Jumla have started leaving school to join their families in collecting the highly valuable medicinal fungus. Yarsagumba, considered a major source of income in the mountain region, draws

Yarsagumba collection season begins in Manang

The collection of the lucrative Himalayan herb Yarsagumba, also known as "Yartsa Gunbu" in Tibetan, has officially begun in Manang.

32 kgs of Yarsagumba exported from Manang

The work of Yarsagumba or Cordyceps sinensis collection has been completed in the lower belt of Manang. A total of

Three Yarsha looters nabbed in Mugu

Nepal Police held three persons along with arms for their alleged involvement in the looting of Yarsha from Mugu. 

Four yarsa pickers dead of high altitude sickness in Mugu

As many as four yarsa pickers died of altitude sickness in the past two days in Mugu district. The next

As villagers go for yarsa picking, looters ransack houses in…

A marauding gang of looters plundered Dolphu village of Mugum Karmarong rural municipality-1 in Mugu district, taking advantage of the

Yarshagumba picker dies in Darchula

A person, who was collecting Yarshagumba at Kunti of Byas Rural Municipality-1 in Darchula district, died after being hit with

Starving Saipal residents crying for food in Bajhang district

Food production from their farmland can feed them only for one month. It means they have to purchase food for

Three persons dead in Mugu avalanche

Three persons from Patarasi Rural Municipality in Jumla district died in an avalanche occurred on Saturday at Chyarkhu pass of

Avalanche buries Yarsagumba pickers’ tents in Byas, Darchula

Avalanche occurred at Byas Rural Municipality-1, Boling in Darchula this afternoon buried tents where yarsa pickers were taking shelter.