14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (394+ words) After nine days trapped in a hydropower tunnel and a week of hospital care following his dramatic rescue, Sanjay Sah, a rare survivor of last month’s devastating glacier collapse in Nepal, finally returned to his village and family on Sunday....

16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1330+ words) Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the road linking Syaphrubesi with the Rasuwagadhi border crossing, the key trade route in the north, which was severely damaged by the August 26 floods. China has responded positively to Nepal’s proposal and indicated…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (556+ words) August is when Nepal’s paddy fields are at their most vibrant. After months of planting, weeding and caring for their crops, this season calls for farmers to grow hopeful of the harvest. Farmers in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading were no…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1458+ words) When Indian television crews arrived in Rasuwa to cover the devastation caused by the Bhotekoshi floods, their presence was initially welcomed as a natural consequence of a disaster that had attracted international attention. But within days, some of the crews…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (342+ words) Eleven days after the devastating Bhotekoshi flood, a 64-year-old woman was rescued from her house that had been pushed entirely off its base and 100 metres up a hillside, nearly entirely buried in mud. Days earlier, her family had already performed…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (970+ words) Nepal government has unveiled plans to establish a central educational fund, called a ‘Scholarship Bank’, to guarantee free education through Grade 12 for children displaced or orphaned by last month’s devastating flash floods. The bank, set up under the education ministry’s…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (478+ words) Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane on Wednesday urged the government to take immediate action against people who ridicule or attack victims of the Bhotekoshi floods on social media for expressing anger and frustration towards the state. Addressing the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (255+ words) The government has waived health insurance co-payments and removed identification requirements for people seeking treatment in three districts devastated by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods. The Health Insurance Board issued the directive on Monday for Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, which the…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (709+ words) The government is weighing whether to seek grants or loans to finance the reconstruction of infrastructure and property destroyed by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods. The work is expected to cost billions of dollars. The National Planning Commission has begun work…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (180+ words) Arsenal has donated to relief efforts in Nepal following devastating floods that have killed and displaced people across the country, the English Premier League club said on Tuesday. The Arsenal Foundation is working with its charity partner, Save the Children,…...