Nepali Army and Armed Police Force teams have entered the tunnel and intensified rescue efforts after hearing responses from what officials said were more than one person inside.

12 schools—four in Rasuwa and eight in Nuwakot—were completely destroyed in the August 26 mid-morning disaster.

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In a Rasuwa village, grieving families have begun performing Buddhist funeral rites without waiting for bodies, following the lead of chief priest Singi Lama, who lost his son and daughters-in-law in the disaster.

Nepal can encourage innovation by establishing a practical pathway for locally designed and assembled drones.

Authorities are mapping unsafe settlements and considering safer locations, but past disasters show that moving communities away from their land and livelihoods can be unsuitable.

Shah will take a small delegation to New York and make Nepal’s case on the Bhotekoshi disaster.

Some private economists have also questioned whether the deflator — a number calculated to strip out inflation from nominal GDP to show the “real” growth rate — understated inflation compared with other price indicators.

Nepal Oil Corporation says it has prioritised household supply but denies banning sales to hotels and restaurants. Businesses warn they may be forced to shut if shortages persist.

Authorities race to restore Kathmandu’s main supply route as a 70-metre stretch plunged into the Trishuli river on Sunday. Engineers are also exploring long-term alternatives.

Much of the settlement was swept away by the flood, while damaged roads have hampered relief, rescue and the search for people still missing.

Despite losing everything, communities along the Nepal‑Tibet border are helping each other rebuild.

The new funding will support up to 20,000 people in Bagmati Province with shelter, cash assistance, healthcare, water and sanitation services, and other emergency aid.

The peak September-November season accounts for nearly 40 percent of Nepal’s annual tourist arrivals. That makes the coming months crucial for an industry still recovering from successive shocks.

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.

Forensic scientist Lata Gautam on documenting the dead, the limits of DNA, the choices Nepal is making over the hundreds of unidentified flood victims — and the forensic capacity the country still lacks.

The renowned tunnel expert says underground environments can remain survivable for a long time after devastation above ground, citing past rescues in Chile, Thailand and India.

A Chinese Y-20A transport aircraft delivered mortuary freezers, epidemic prevention materials and daily necessities while 10 forensic experts arrived to assist with victim identification.

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal updated diplomats on the devastation across five districts, describing the disaster as a “Himalayan tsunami” and highlighting international support for the response.

The death toll continues to rise as thousands remain unaccounted for, including nearly 900 hydropower workers still missing.

More rain is expected in the upper reaches of the rivers, with water levels likely to rise significantly in Rasuwa and Nuwakot and surrounding areas.

Washed-out roads, altered river courses and unreliable radio links have left helicopter crews navigating narrow valleys with little help from ground-based air traffic control.

Most mobile services have been restored, but damaged towers and fibre have forced operators onto slower backup systems as experts call for the implementation of a disaster communications plan drafted after the 2015 earthquake.

The contributions, meant for flood-affected children, demonstrate that even small gestures can provide meaningful relief in times of disaster, teachers say.

Families perform funeral rites using effigies, mourners struggle to find cooking gas.

After years of unfulfilled government promises to move them to safe ground, dozens of quake-affected families in Rasuwa and Nuwakot have now been swept away by the catastrophic Bhotekoshi flood.

Guna Maya Bohara was rescued from an elderly care home where she had lived for more than a decade. But her survival was only the latest chapter in a life marked by loss, resilience and a family she built around herself.

DNA testing can’t undo the flood. But it can help the affected families bid farewell to those they lost.

Resilience is less about defending against a known threat and more about preparing for the unknown.

As Nepal reels from the August 26 flood, Chinese scientists warn that warming glaciers could trigger more frequent cascading disasters.

Nepal had been exporting an average of about 1,000 MW of electricity during the wet season. That has now fallen to around 650 MW.

As Nepal considers setting up data centres of its own, experts say the country must assess their energy, water and environmental costs before breaking ground.

The Bhotekoshi floods swept away roads and bridges linking Langtang with Dhunche, leaving tourists dependent on helicopters and raising concerns over supplies and the future of the trekking season.

The missing include 83 security personnel and 64 local representatives and government employees, according to government data, as the overall number of people unaccounted for reaches 3,916.

The United States threatened more devastating strikes. Iran accused Washington of hitting a wedding ‌party, killing five people and wounding dozens.

In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, leaders urged a coordinated response to the Bhotekoshi disaster as opposition parties criticised delays in tunnel rescues.

In Parliament, the prime minister defended the government’s response to the August 26 disaster, addressing criticism over warnings, body management, foreign assistance, tunnel rescues and coordination with provincial and local authorities.

His government is seeking to turn the country’s growing exposure to Himalayan disasters into a diplomatic campaign for greater international support and compensation.

Prime minister tells parliament the disaster in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading is a shared national tragedy as the government details its search, rescue and relief efforts.

Search crews are clearing debris, draining flooded tunnels and blasting through rock as operations continue at several projects in flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot.

Preliminary estimate based on satellite imagery, damage assessments and engineering estimates.

The reopening of the G216 highway allows heavy equipment to reach the devastated Gyirong border area as Chinese and Nepali rescuers continue searching for hundreds of people missing after floods and landslides.

Traffic halted after a three-metre-wide section of the highway sank at Pataleban, with small vehicles diverted through the Nagdhunga tunnel.

Some Nepalis survived the Bhotekoshi and Rasuwa flood by luck, not by warning. Their story, and interviews with the officials who built Nepal’s flood alert system, exposes their limits and shows how a knowable risk went unmonitored for years.

Twenty-three workers from Bardiya, who narrowly escaped the flood in Rasuwa, returned home on Sunday after spending days stranded in the disaster zone.

Sood Charity Foundation brings food and blankets to flood-hit areas, with the actor saying assistance will continue in the coming months.

Families are demanding answers as mud and debris block access to hydropower plants where dozens of workers are feared trapped after the Bhotekoshi flood.

US airstrikes on Iranian military targets trigger retaliatory attacks across the Gulf, raising fears of a broader conflict and renewed disruption to global oil supplies.