16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1710+ words) We are speaking to you immediately after Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, which focused largely on the Bhotekoshi floods, resettlement and reconstruction. What was discussed at the meeting, and what is the government’s plan? Although the meeting was expected to focus on…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (478+ words) Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane on Wednesday urged the government to take immediate action against people who ridicule or attack victims of the Bhotekoshi floods on social media for expressing anger and frustration towards the state. Addressing the…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1627+ words) Mansing Tamang, ward chairman of Uttargaya-4 in the flood-hit Rasuwa district, has been waiting in Dhunche for three days for a helicopter to take 250 sacks of rice and other relief supplies to Mailung and nearby settlements. The road to his…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (913+ words) On August 29, three days after the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, Milan Raila, an eight-year-old from Rasuwa, woke up suddenly at 4 in the morning and complained of severe abdominal pain. His family had been taking refuge at a relative’s home after their…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (120+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane and expressed condolences over the loss of lives in the Bhotekoshi floods, according to the party. Lamichhane told Rubio that the government was mobilising all available resources…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1005+ words) As Nepal continues to deal with the devastating floods of August 26, many of us feel that we are just watching from a distance. We see destroyed homes, hear about people searching for their loved ones, follow rescue efforts, and encounter…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (868+ words) Pasang Mendo Tamang, a resident of Thulo Haku in Rasuwa, still repeatedly faints. Her 21-year-old eldest son, Binay, went missing in the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood. “She has hardly eaten anything since. She keeps crying, and I fear she could die…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1466+ words) Sixteen-year-old Samiksha Dangol was on her way home from school when she saw her father coming towards her. It was the morning of August 26 at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, a district north-west of Kathmandu. Samikshya, a Grade 11 student,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (529+ words) The restoration of electricity in much of flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot has provided a major boost to search, rescue and relief operations, while remote settlements remain without access to the national grid, officials said. The flash floods along the Bhotekoshi…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1452+ words) For years, Sittu Rana knew what to expect from her husband’s phone. Rikesh Rana would call her about three times a day from the hydropower project where he worked in northern Nepal. The calls were part of the rhythm of…...