Nepal PM Balendra Shah to address UN General Assembly on September 24
By Anil Giri His first foreign trip since taking office comes as Nepal seeks international support after devastating floods.
27 US lawmakers urge Rubio to expand rescue, aid efforts in Nepal
By Post Report Lawmakers call for US disaster response team, high-altitude search assets and faster assistance as thousands remain missing.
‘Tiniharu’ lifts the fog around those at margins
By Bibidh Chalise Abinash Bikram Shah’s Cannes-winning debut puts a Kinnar family at the centre of a story about belonging, othering and the fragile boundaries of acceptance.
Where to support flood relief in Kathmandu this week and beyond
By Post Report From charity runs to creative workshops, these events offer ways to support flood-affected communities.
They stopped hoping to find him alive. Then they found a hand
By Parbat Portel Raj Kumar Diyali went missing with his wife and four-year-old son in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi flood. His family is now waiting for DNA confirmation.
Barely saved, he cuts mourning short to help flood survivors
By Daya Dudraj & Nayak Paudel Sudip Kumar Neupane watched a raging Trishuli swallow his younger brother and a close colleague, then came out of grief after two days.
Can Nepal turn Himalayan vulnerability into a case for compensation?
By Anil Giri The Bhotekoshi disaster highlights rising climate risks in the Himalayas, but experts say Nepal needs stronger evidence, sharper diplomacy and a clear strategy to secure international grants.
After nine days in darkness, two men walked back into the light
By Rupesh Shrestha & Samarpan Shree 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.
Five of 15 drinking water sources in flood-hit Bidur contaminated with E. coli
By Arjun Poudel Officials mull cholera vaccination for around 100,000 vulnerable people and measles vaccine for over 75,000 children.
Nvidia donates $10 million to flood recovery, one of Nepal’s biggest corporate donations
By Sajana Baral The contribution, deposited into the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund, was driven by more than 50 Nepali employees of the US technology giant.
Road department begins cutting new track to reopen flood-hit Prithvi Highway
By Post Report Authorities are widening a 50-metre temporary route around the Krishnabhir landslide on the highway.
US probes Iran wedding strike that analysis shows was likely direct hit by US munition
By Reuters 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.
Search and rescue team says ‘no more survivors in Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel’
By Gaurav Pokharel & Seema Tamang After rescuing two survivors and finding a dead body, rescuers say they could not locate any more survivors or bodies.
Nepal home minister tells critics to focus on results, not where he works
By Post Report Sudan Gurung defends coordinating the flood response online after social media criticism of his role in Friday’s tunnel rescue.