Rescuers pulled Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel after more than 72 hours of painstaking search, but dozens of people remain unaccounted for.

The time has come for the ‘Global North’ to pay its historical ecological debts to Nepal with the reparations it is rightfully owed.

Climate change is not a future risk to our hydropower sector; it is a present and recurring one. The August disaster proved it at a scale no prior monsoon had.

Officials mull cholera vaccination for around 100,000 vulnerable people and measles vaccine for over 75,000 children.

The contribution, deposited into the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, was driven by more than 50 Nepali employees of the US technology giant.

A resilient mountain monitoring system must combine satellite observations, remote sensing, field investigation, weather information, river monitoring and local knowledge.

Authorities are widening a 50-metre temporary route around the Krishnabhir landslide on the highway.

Iranian state television ​on Thursday said that a 22-year-old woman had died in hospital following the strike that hit a home during a wedding, taking the total reported death toll ​to five.

After rescuing two survivors and finding a dead body, rescuers say they could not locate any more survivors or bodies.

Sudan Gurung defends coordinating the flood response online after social media criticism of his role in Friday’s tunnel rescue.

Bodies have been recovered across eight districts, with Chitwan reporting the highest number of bodies at 359, followed by Nawalparasi East and Nawalparasi West.

Shah thanked Australia for its support in rescue and relief efforts and said Nepal was stepping up the search for Australians reported missing after the disaster.

One stayed behind to help colleagues escape the flood; the other had travelled to the project for routine maintenance.

Sanjay Sah told rescuers he delayed his escape to help others flee after the flood struck the Trishuli 3A tunnel, leaving him trapped inside for nine days.

Hira Shobha said her family spent nine agonising days believing Kabir Maharjan was still alive inside the Trishuli 3A tunnel before rescuers pulled him out on Friday.

The rescue of two men came after rescuers heard voices from inside the Trishuli 3A tunnel, raising hopes that others trapped since the August 26 disaster may still be alive.

Customs and tax breaks, loan restructuring and cheaper credit offered to businesses affected by Bhotekoshi floods.

As rescue teams search buried hydropower tunnels for survivors, a WhatsApp group of more than 500 engineers is providing vital drawings, technical advice and information on missing workers.

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

Films rooted in family, migration, sacrifice, and social change are dominating the box office. Is this merely a winning formula—or are audiences looking for something deeper?

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.