Kathmandu Climate Week to begin Friday with focus on climate justice
Organisers say the programme will address climate-finance bottlenecks, data gaps and structural barriers that keep support from reaching the most exposed communities.
Organisers say the programme will address climate-finance bottlenecks, data gaps and structural barriers that keep support from reaching the most exposed communities.
Juthe Tamang is living under a tarp in Nuwakot after losing his shelter and work, but the image on his citizenship certificate has been an issue for opening a bank account, a must for receiving relief money.
Traffic has been disrupted after temporary crossings at Chaukidanda and Ghumaune were swept away.
Chitwan authorities will halt all traffic from 8pm Thursday to 5am Friday as forecasters warn of heavy rain, floods and landslides across Nepal.
In Nuwakot, locals walk for five to six hours to reach the tuin, an improvised cable crossing, then wait for another four to five hours to cross.
Pratima Tamang Lama was a nurse, community worker, and ambitious local leader who dreamed of becoming Nepal’s health minister. The Bhotekoshi flood cut those dreams short.
Helicopters and temporary crossings are helping deliver food and other essentials to cut-off communities in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, but officials say restoring roads and bridges must be an immediate priority.
The microbus was heading towards Hetauda when it met with an accident.
With all roads and bridges washed away by the catastrophic August 26 floods, the village has been effectively cut off from the outside world.
Residents of Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality who have lost family members look up for help when they hear a helicopter fly. Their prayers mostly go unanswered.
The returnees were among 147 Nepali citizens stranded in China after devastating flood in the Bhotekoshi river on August 26, with more expected to cross the border in the coming days.
Raj Kumar Shrestha’s relatives say a body resembling him was photographed after the August 26 disaster but they were unable to locate it after they were told it had been transferred to TU Teaching Hospital from Nuwakot.
In the devastating floods that severed an entire district from the rest of Nepal, one The Kathmandu Post journalist witnessed his childhood village disappear — through fragments of video, and phone calls that stopped connecting.
The chief minister secured 57 votes in a provincial assembly session attended by 58 lawmakers, with opposition parties staying away from the vote.
Thapa Magar takes charge after a prolonged political tussle.
High court judge among six travelling in jeep that plunged 50 metres after hitting a road divider.
Nine families have moved into a school building for safety as cracks spread across the land, while residents in other parts of the district face similar landslide threats and demand urgent relocation.
Local entrepreneurs call for phased transition after Supreme Court’s order to shift to ethical tourism.
Remains of two Nepali guides and three foreign climbers were recovered from the mountain’s base camp after melting snow exposed the bodies.
The remains surfaced after melting snow exposed them at the 5,630-metre peak, where five foreign climbers disappeared in an avalanche during an ascent last November.