1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (895+ words) The government has stepped up efforts to reopen the Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi road, with the Department of Roads aiming to establish a temporary track to the Chinese border point before Dashain. Floodwaters from the Bhotekoshi have washed away large sections of the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (235+ words) India has provided Nepal with components for three Bailey bridges to help restore road connectivity in areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa where bridges were washed away by the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods. The first consignment of components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (890+ words) Consumers in Kathmandu are again spending hours searching and queuing for liquefied petroleum gas as lower imports, pent-up demand and the closure of the Prithvi Highway combine to strain supplies in the capital city. The disruption follows months of uncertainty....

1+ week, 6+ 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, 22+ hour ago   (799+ words) The cooking gas shortage has deepened in the Kathmandu Valley, with consumers saying they are being forced to return empty-handed despite queuing for hours for a cylinder. The shortage has also pushed restaurants and small eateries to the brink of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (504+ words) The Nepali Congress is set to revise the schedule for its lower-level conventions for a second time, with the party’s internal unity efforts and recent floods disrupting preparations. General secretary Pradeep Paudel said on Sunday that the ward-level conventions, scheduled…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (178+ words) Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese held a telephone conversation on Friday morning, discussing Nepal’s response to a devastating flood and the search for Australians reported missing after the disaster. During the 10am call, Shah said the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (744+ words) Kaman Singh Tamang of Satbise in Uttargaya Rural Municipality, Rasuwa, survived the 2015 earthquake that destroyed his house. After the calamity, he and other residents were moved to Satbise near Betrawati from Tiru. He rebuilt his home there and continued living…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (197+ words) Authorities have formed six-party political coordination committees in the flood-hit districts of Rasuwa and Nuwakot to help organise relief distribution and other emergency response efforts, officials said. Shambhu Prasad Regmi, chief district officer of Nuwakot, said representatives of six nationally…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (643+ words) The government has sent an urgent request to the board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, a global climate finance mechanism, seeking financial assistance for Nepal following the deadly Bhotekoshi flood of August 26. The mechanism was established…...