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Facing New Zealand’s Murdoch in Shanghai, the ‘Tiger of Bajhang’ delivers crucial late strikes to earn a decision win and dedicated solace for back-home tragedy.
Facing New Zealand’s Murdoch in Shanghai, the ‘Tiger of Bajhang’ delivers crucial late strikes to earn a decision win and dedicated solace for back-home tragedy.
Correspondents must submit passports and visas, identity cards issued by their organisation, details of pay and perks, among other things.
Companies, banks, insurers and individual donors have pledged millions of rupees to Nepal’s disaster relief fund as rescue operations continue and affected communities face a long road to recovery.
Damage to key roads and bridges has disrupted relief, healthcare, education and trade across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading.
As the search for bodies drags on, survivors in the river settlements are searching for loved ones trapped beneath collapsed homes, and waiting for the government to arrive.
Amid pressure from countries whose nationals remain missing, officials say they would allow international experts to assist in tunnel rescues and body identification.
Experts explain how the Bhotekoshi river got blocked and a sudden release of water combined to produce the devastating flood — and what they still don’t know.
The key route to the capital remains blocked since Wednesday’s Bhotekoshi floods. Falling vegetable arrivals and damaged roads are raising concerns over food and fuel supplies.
Dhant beats New Zealand’s Kasib Murdoch on points in Shanghai to advance to the ultimate round of the tournament.
Authorities seek faster action on AI-generated videos, scam donation QR codes and distressing images circulating after the Bhotekoshi disaster.
Chinese embassy in Kathmandu says the lake formed after an ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing, with officials on both sides continuing to monitor the risk of a possible breach.
Alongside the lorry drivers, a number of other Nepali nationals—including construction labourers and those engaged in the hospitality and business sectors—remain in Kerung.
Government says 538 lives have been lost, hundreds remain missing, and bodies are being recovered far downstream. Here is what we know about Nepal’s worst flood disaster in years.
The government has immediate access to around Rs20 billion from the current fiscal year’s budget for rescue, relief and other emergency needs. Following the devastating Bhotekoshi flood, donations to government relief funds are also pouring in.
Government orders relief and rehabilitation package for flood-hit districts.
Nepal prepares aerial reconnaissance in Rasuwa after a report that the lake, formed by floodwaters near the Chhochen Khola-Purepu Tsangpo confluence, has breached.
Nepal’s death toll has reached 475, while hundreds remain missing and 90 Americans are still unaccounted for, according to Nepali and US officials.
Hospitals in Chitwan and Pokhara are reaching capacity as bodies recovered far downstream from the Bhotekoshi flood arrive from several districts.
Search and rescue teams are working across northern and central Nepal after Wednesday’s flash flood swept through communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, carrying people and debris far downstream.
A devastating flash flood in Rasuwa has dealt a fresh blow to Nepal’s tourism industry. Experts warn that worsening climate risks in the mountains could make natural disasters an increasingly serious threat to the country’s tourism-dependent economy.
For those who escaped the devastating flood in Rasuwa, survival brought an unexpected second chance at life, but also the trauma of watching their homes, colleagues and loved ones disappear in minutes.
With the disaster still unfolding, the country can recover only if those affected feel supported.
If our politics continues to remain so abysmally unequal, our society will continue to dig itself a deeper hole of patriarchy, and we will continue to police women’s cleavages.
Government asks its diplomatic missions to channel foreign assistance through the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
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With hundreds still unaccounted for after the floods, relatives wait anxiously for news as rescue teams race to reach those stranded and recover the missing.
The construction company’s chair Bikram Pandey expressed condolences to those killed in devastating floods and urged others to support affected communities.
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.
In the high Himalayas, we need multi-hazard detection that starts at the source and crosses borders before the flood does.
At the ‘NDTV Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders’, politicians, diplomats and public figures discuss diplomacy, youth, migration and Nepal’s future.
Several teachers and students missing.
The Bhotekoshi flood invites a turning point for resilient infrastructure and eco-friendly development.
Every ambulance brings a flicker of hope and fresh fear as relatives of those missing after the Bhotekoshi flood move from hospital to hospital, checking names, photographs and the faces of the injured.
Simply rebuilding the same vulnerable systems recreates the same risks. Recovery should therefore combine speed with adaptation.
Explaining the mechanism for donating cash and supplies for the Bhotekoshi disaster relief effort, key contacts, and illegal collection drives.
Police urge the public to verify relief fund details through official government channels and avoid suspicious QR codes, links, social media pages and requests for banking information.
Bibek Kumal was working in a toilet pit when a wall of water, mud and rocks swept through the area, carrying him downstream until he became trapped in a mango tree and was later rescued by police.
Teams assigned to oversee search and rescue, relief, medical response, power restoration, aid coordination and other aspects of the disaster response.
Scientists are still piecing together how an ice-and-rock avalanche may have triggered Wednesday’s devastating flood, while a newly formed barrier lake raises concerns about further flooding along the Bhotekoshi river.
China warns the lake near the Nepal-Tibet border could breach as 3 million cubic metres of water is expected to flow into it over the next three days, adding to risks after Wednesday’s deadly flood.
Rising temperatures, melting glaciers and unstable mountain slopes are increasing the risk of cascading disasters in the Himalayas.
Eight parties also agree at an all-party meeting to form a parliamentary mechanism to oversee flood recovery and push for stronger cross-border early warning systems.
The toll from Wednesday’s devastating floods rose sharply on Thursday, with the highest number of bodies recovered in Chitwan and Nawalparasi East as police and security agencies continued search and rescue operations.
TU Teaching Hospital has set up desks and posted lists of survivors and the dead as the search continues for at least 826 people out of contact.
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal told his Bangladeshi counterpart that Kathmandu would remain in close contact over any support it may need.
The number of people whose whereabouts remain unknown after Wednesday’s disaster has risen sharply, including security personnel, residents and foreign and domestic tourists.
The Flood Forecasting Division’s technical report says authorities received information at 9:05am that a major flood had entered the Bhotekoshi from the Tibetan side.
The UN chief said the United Nations is supporting Nepal’s government-led response and mobilising supplies and personnel for flood-affected communities.
The prime minister will inspect damage in Bidur and meet local officials as rescue, relief and efforts to restore infrastructure continue.
With the scale of destruction still being assessed, aid groups say cash donations, instead of physical goods, are the most effective way for the public to help right now.