Four hours under the rubble, 97 years above it
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.
PM warns of growing climate risks as scientists flag more glacial disasters
As Nepal reels from the August 26 flood, Chinese scientists warn that warming glaciers could trigger more frequent cascading disasters.
Bhotekoshi floods halt Nepal’s electricity exports to Bangladesh
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.
In Bhotekoshi’s wake, experts and activists question environmental cost of AI
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.
Oft-battered Langtang Valley cut off after Rasuwa floods
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.
147 local representatives, government staff, teachers and security personnel missing after Bhotekoshi floods
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.
US pounds Iran, Tehran strikes back at bases in biggest exchange since July
The United States threatened more devastating strikes. Iran accused Washington of hitting a wedding party, killing five people and wounding dozens.
Nepal’s political parties call for unity as criticism grows over flood rescue
In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, leaders urged a coordinated response to the Bhotekoshi disaster as opposition parties criticised delays in tunnel rescues.
PM Shah addresses five queries over government’s handling of Bhotekoshi floods
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.
PM Balendra Shah says Nepal must press world on climate-driven disasters
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 Balendra Shah vows ‘courage and resolve’ as government faces mounting pressure over Bhotekoshi flood
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.
Nepal rescue teams race to reach workers feared trapped in hydropower tunnels
Search crews are clearing debris, draining flooded tunnels and blasting through rock as operations continue at several projects in flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot.
Bhotekoshi floods left 2.2 million tonnes of debris, UNDP estimates
Preliminary estimate based on satellite imagery, damage assessments and engineering estimates.
China restores road access to Tibet disaster zone as search intensifies
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.
Prithvi Highway blocked after road collapses near Nagdhunga
Traffic halted after a three-metre-wide section of the highway sank at Pataleban, with small vehicles diverted through the Nagdhunga tunnel.
Nepal sent its disaster alert 38 minutes after the glacier collapse. It wasn’t enough
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.
Bhotekoshi survivors reunited with families after five days
Twenty-three workers from Bardiya, who narrowly escaped the flood in Rasuwa, returned home on Sunday after spending days stranded in the disaster zone.
Sonu Sood arrives in Nepal with relief supplies for flood victims
Sood Charity Foundation brings food and blankets to flood-hit areas, with the actor saying assistance will continue in the coming months.
Rescue teams struggle to reach workers trapped in underground powerhouses
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 launches new strikes on Iran and Tehran hits back in widening conflict
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.
Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,127 as 4,858 remain missing
Death toll from the August 26 flash flood continues to climb as search teams recover bodies downstream.
In Thecho, Matayaa becomes a festival of remembrance and satire
This year’s procession honoured victims of the Bhotekoshi floods while continuing a tradition of using music, performance and satire to reflect on society.
Trade shifts to under-resourced Korala point after Rasuwa and Tatopani closures
Customs officials seek additional manpower and equipment as traders divert stranded containers to the border point in upper Mustang.
Family performs funeral rites after Bhotekoshi flood victim’s body goes missing
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.
Authorities scramble for alternatives after Krishnabhir road cave-in
A 70-metre section has fallen into the Trishuli river, and another 120 metres is severely cracked.
Drones take on a new role in Nepal’s disaster response—from delivering food to carrying bodies
Once deployed mainly by international rescue teams after the 2015 earthquake, Nepal’s drone expertise is now helping deliver supplies, search for survivors and even airlift bodies from areas rescuers cannot safely reach.
1.6 million affected by Bhotekoshi floods, says government report
Government’s first situation report puts the death toll at 1,050, with nearly 4,000 missing and more than 21,000 security personnel involved in a vast rescue operation alongside international teams.
UN Women estimates 43,000 women and girls in Nepal need urgent flood assistance
An estimated 157,050 women and girls in Rasuwa and Nuwakot have been directly or indirectly affected, with food, safe water and protection emerging as urgent concerns.
Nepal steps up diplomatic push for support after floods
Requests climate funds for recovery, along with tunnel rescue teams, forensic expertise and critical equipment.
EditorialPrioritise psychological support for those affected by the Bhotekoshi flood
Counselling should extend beyond the worst-affected districts to places where affected people have relocated or come from.
The case for transparency in Nepal flood rescue flights
When the flood washed away the roads, helicopters were the only way out. So why were politicians and camera crews hogging them?
China and India should do more to save the Himalaya system
Is it unreasonable to ask our neighbours to engage in meaningful climate action through a regional legal arrangement?
After days of managing flood victims, Bharatpur Hospital returns to treating patients
Bharatpur Hospital struggled to manage 321 bodies recovered in Chitwan before 199 were buried over two days, easing pressure on its morgue and allowing regular services to resume.
Local governments take charge of flood relief after criticism of centralised response
Six-party committees have been formed in Rasuwa and Nuwakot to coordinate relief distribution as the government faces criticism over its initial reliance on security agencies.
Iran’s president says Tehran will reciprocate if US honours interim deal commitments
Tehran has repeatedly said it will allow free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for global oil supplies, only if Washington implements the terms of the agreement.
Nepal Prime Minister: Bhotekoshi flood was one of region’s largest disasters
The incident indicates that the risks Nepal face in the Himalayan region are increasing alongside climate change.
What is the progress in the search for workers trapped in Nepal’s flooded hydropowers?
Rescue teams have located tunnel entrances and advanced hundreds of metres into several hydropower projects along the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor as the search for missing workers continues.
They survived the flood. Their families did not.
From a Rasuwa holding centre, survivors recount desperate escapes, relatives swept away and the loss of homes, villages and entire families in the Bhotekoshi disaster.
Nepal flood death toll rises to 987, nearly 4,000 still missing
The latest toll comes as search teams recover bodies from Rasuwa and downstream districts, while hundreds of workers at hydropower projects remain unaccounted for.
Nepal seeks urgent climate finance after Bhotekoshi flood
Government asks global loss-and-damage fund for immediate support, saying the scale of destruction exceeds the country’s capacity to respond.
Hundreds missing, billions in goods feared lost in Bhotekoshi flood
Traders, drivers and customs workers remain unaccounted for six days after the flood swept through the Rasuwa border area, while officials struggle to determine how many cargo containers and how much merchandise were lost.
This is not standard flooding; it is a Himalayan Tsunami: Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal
As specialised multi-national rescue teams battle shifting topographies to reach buried hydropower tunnels, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal explains why Nepal is demanding legal climate compensation for a catastrophic “Himalayan Tsunami” it did not create.
Fourteen minutes before the flood hit, a warning sent 900 students running for safety
A frantic warning from a school accountant, relayed by relatives in flood-hit Rasuwa, gave teachers just minutes to evacuate Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School before a wall of mud and water tore through Bidur, destroying the school and sweeping away homes and bridges.
Flood rescue enters critical days, anxious families hope missing loved ones are alive
Hundreds of hydropower workers and staff remain missing across projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood.
Messi calls time on Argentina career after World Cup heartbreak
The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner leaves as Argentina’s most-capped player and leading scorer after winning the 2022 World Cup and two Copa América titles.
Flood-hit Prithvi Highway pushes traffic onto Hetauda-Kathmandu routes
Blocked roads and rising traffic force authorities to split routes for vehicles travelling between Hetauda and Kathmandu, with journey times on the shorter alternative route increasing to nearly five hours.
Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month
Renewed missile strikes between the US and Iran threaten to unravel a month-long shift towards economic pressure, though both sides say they do not seek a return to full-scale war.
Onion prices jump 140 percent in a year as India supply tightens
Retail prices have climbed to Rs110-140 per kilo. Nepal gets almost all its onions from India.
In Nepal’s flood zone, the second disaster is psychological
A week into the country’s deadliest disaster in a decade, mental health teams are only beginning to reach survivors and the deeper trauma may still be ahead.
‘I managed to survive, but my brother and sister couldn’t’
14-year-old Akash Tamang says he survived the floods, but his younger brother and sister are missing. 17,000 children have been directly affected by floods in Bhotekoshi and Trishuli corridors, says UNICEF.