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Drones take on a new role in Nepal’s disaster response—from delivering food to carrying bodies

Once deployed mainly by international rescue teams after the 2015 earthquake, Nepal’s drone expertise is now helping deliver supplies, search for survivors and …

1.6 million affected by Bhotekoshi floods, says government report

Government’s first situation report puts the death toll at 1,050, with nearly 4,000 missing and more than 21,000 security personnel involved in a vast rescue op…

UN Women estimates 43,000 women and girls in Nepal need urgent flood assistance

An estimated 157,050 women and girls in Rasuwa and Nuwakot have been directly or indirectly affected, with food, safe water and protection emerging as urgent co…

Nepal steps up diplomatic push for support after floods

Requests climate funds for recovery, along with tunnel rescue teams, forensic expertise and critical equipment.…

After days of managing flood victims, Bharatpur Hospital returns to treating patients

Bharatpur Hospital struggled to manage 321 bodies recovered in Chitwan before 199 were buried over two days, easing pressure on its morgue and allowing regular …

Local governments take charge of flood relief after criticism of centralised response

Six-party committees have been formed in Rasuwa and Nuwakot to coordinate relief distribution as the government faces criticism over its initial reliance on sec…

Iran’s president says Tehran will reciprocate if US honours interim deal commitments

Tehran has repeatedly said it will allow free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital ​waterway for global ​oil supplies, only if Washington implements…

Nepal Prime Minister: Bhotekoshi flood was one of region’s largest disasters

The incident indicates that the risks Nepal face in the Himalayan region are increasing alongside climate change.…

What is the progress in the search for workers trapped in Nepal’s flooded hydropowers?

Rescue teams have located tunnel entrances and advanced hundreds of metres into several hydropower projects along the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor as the search…

They survived the flood. Their families did not.

From a Rasuwa holding centre, survivors recount desperate escapes, relatives swept away and the loss of homes, villages and entire families in the Bhotekoshi di…

Nepal flood death toll rises to 987, nearly 4,000 still missing

The latest toll comes as search teams recover bodies from Rasuwa and downstream districts, while hundreds of workers at hydropower projects remain unaccounted f…

Nepal seeks urgent climate finance after Bhotekoshi flood

Government asks global loss-and-damage fund for immediate support, saying the scale of destruction exceeds the country’s capacity to respond.…

Hundreds missing, billions in goods feared lost in Bhotekoshi flood

Traders, drivers and customs workers remain unaccounted for six days after the flood swept through the Rasuwa border area, while officials struggle to determine…

This is not standard flooding; it is a Himalayan Tsunami: Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal

As specialised multi-national rescue teams battle shifting topographies to reach buried hydropower tunnels, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal explains why Nepal is…

Fourteen minutes before the flood hit, a warning sent 900 students running for safety

A frantic warning from a school accountant, relayed by relatives in flood-hit Rasuwa, gave teachers just minutes to evacuate Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School…

Flood rescue enters critical days, anxious families hope missing loved ones are alive

Hundreds of hydropower workers and staff remain missing across projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood.…

Messi calls time on Argentina career after World Cup heartbreak

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner leaves as Argentina’s most-capped player and leading scorer after winning the 2022 World Cup and two Copa América titles.…

Flood-hit Prithvi Highway pushes traffic onto Hetauda-Kathmandu routes

Blocked roads and rising traffic force authorities to split routes for vehicles travelling between Hetauda and Kathmandu, with journey times on the shorter alte…

Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month

Renewed missile strikes between the US and Iran threaten to unravel a month-long shift towards economic pressure, though both sides say they do not seek a retur…

Onion prices jump 140 percent in a year as India supply tightens

Retail prices have climbed to Rs110-140 per kilo. Nepal gets almost all its onions from India.…

In Nepal’s flood zone, the second disaster is psychological

A week into the country’s deadliest disaster in a decade, mental health teams are only beginning to reach survivors and the deeper trauma may still be ahead.…

‘I managed to survive, but my brother and sister couldn’t’

14-year-old Akash Tamang says he survived the floods, but his younger brother and sister are missing. 17,000 children have been directly affected by floods in B…

Fix Nepal’s blocked roads to keep rescue and relief moving

Until road connectivity is restored, the state cannot effectively reach the people it is striving to save.…