Thick smoke and extreme heat had earlier prevented rescuers from entering the ferry, which was carrying more than 130 people when it was engulfed in flames.

Following devastating Bhotekoshi floods, Shah will press for financial support to help Nepal recover and build climate resilience.

The 56-year-old was trapped inside the vehicle after it veered off the East-West Highway and caught fire early Friday.

After 13 years working in India and Malaysia, Khem Pandey returned home and has invested more than Rs100 million in a farm producing milk, vegetables and staple crops.

Two consignments of DAP and one of urea have arrived through Birgunj under a government-to-government deal for 60,000 tonnes of chemical fertiliser.

Modi and Putin are expected to discuss cooperation between the two countries in civil nuclear energy, fertilisers, ​defence, critical minerals, manufacturing, railways, and steel, an Indian source said.

Authorities had warned of possible flooding downstream after a landslide blocked the river in Solukhumbu and formed a roughly 100-metre-long dam on Friday morning.

Eighteen schools were affected in Rasuwa, disrupting classes for more than 9,000 students after the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods.

Built to improve road access to remote Dolpa district, the bridges were contracted for completion within three years but remain stalled at foundations and half-built pillars.

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict effectively closed Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil used to flow.

Officials are upgrading a 12-km road along the opposite bank of the Trishuli river as the landslide-prone Krishnabhir section of the Prithvi Highway remains closed.

A country once defined by deprivation is now enjoying personal pampering and luxury malls. The government’s drive to encourage consumer spending funnels wealth through state-controlled channels, squeezing informal markets while placating a restless middle class.

Devotees across Nepal marked the Hindu festival with offerings to their fathers and rituals to remember departed ancestors.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah thanked New Zealand for NZ$2 million in humanitarian assistance and sought its support for climate-related loss and damage financing.