Kathmandu, Sep 18 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah is set to travel to New York in the United States to attend the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), marking his first foreign trip since assuming office in March.
Kathmandu, Sep 16 (IANS) Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle is set to visit India from Thursday to Saturday for high-level talks as Kathmandu seeks substantial Indian support for post-disaster reconstruction following the devastating floods of August 26.
Kathmandu, Sep 15 (IANS) Passenger movement between Nepal and China has shifted to alternative border points after severe flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district on August 26 damaged infrastructure at the Rasuwagadhi crossing.
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) China’s mega hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet has brought renewed scrutiny to the sustainability of large-scale infrastructure in the ecologically fragile and seismically active Himalayan region, a report has stated.
Kathmandu, Sep 14 (IANS) Nepal lost or disabled several critical hydrological monitoring stations during the devastating August 26 Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, undermining the availability of real-time river data as the extreme flood wave moved rapidly downstream, according to a government assessment.
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) The United States has approved an additional $1 million to help Nepal identify flood victims, taking its State Department assistance for the disaster response to more than $5 million as American forensic specialists work alongside Nepali police.
Kathmandu, Sep 10 (IANS) As Nepal continues to grapple with the devastation caused by the massive Bhotekoshi River floods in Rasuwa district, a new threat has emerged, with a series of landslides blocking rivers and streams across the country over the past two weeks.
Kathmandu, Sep 10 (IANS) An estimated NPR 723.315 billion ($4.74 billion) will be required for reconstruction and recovery following the deadly floods in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa district on August 26, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Following the tragic building collapse in south Delhi's Satya Niketan in which seven people lost their lives, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has formally initiated the process of setting up a dedicated State Disaster Emergency Relief Force (SDERF) for the national Capital to strengthen the city's preparedness and response during major emergencies.
Kathmandu, Sep 9 (IANS) On August 26, a glacier tore loose above the Nepal-Tibet border and sent a wall of ice, rock and water crashing down the Bhote Koshi valley. Within days, Nepal had counted over 1300 people dead and thousands still missing. China, governing the villages on the other side of the same disaster, had counted only a handful.
