10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1330+ words) Nepal has sought Chinese assistance to rebuild the road linking Syaphrubesi with the Rasuwagadhi border crossing, the key trade route in the north, which was severely damaged by the August 26 floods. China has responded positively to Nepal’s proposal and indicated…...

10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (503+ words) That reality goes beyond Bhotekoshi, to the heart of how Nepal should understand climate change and disaster risk. My experience in public health and infectious diseases has taught me an important lesson: many health risks do not appear suddenly. Small…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1458+ words) When Indian television crews arrived in Rasuwa to cover the devastation caused by the Bhotekoshi floods, their presence was initially welcomed as a natural consequence of a disaster that had attracted international attention. But within days, some of the crews…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1477+ words) When the flood hit ward 5 of Bidur Municipality in Nuwakot on August 26, 38-year-old Bharat Prasad Dahal knew something was wrong from the sound of people shouting and running for safety. Blind, Dahal could not flee on his own. Two or…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (342+ words) Eleven days after the devastating Bhotekoshi flood, a 64-year-old woman was rescued from her house that had been pushed entirely off its base and 100 metres up a hillside, nearly entirely buried in mud. Days earlier, her family had already performed…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (650+ words) The Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has expressed readiness to consider Nepal’s request for urgent financial assistance following the devastating Bhotekoshi river floods, which Nepal argues were caused by the adverse effects of climate…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (278+ words) Germany is providing around €8 million in assistance to Nepal following the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, combining emergency relief with humanitarian and longer-term development support for affected communities. More than €500,000 of the package is being provided as emergency assistance through the European…...

5+ day, 6+ min ago   (1027+ words) For a country that contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions, Nepal is paying an increasingly high price for climate change. Floods, landslides, glacial lake outburst floods and other climate-related hazards are destroying homes, roads, farms and other infrastructure with…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (424+ words) Nepal is set to receive US$20 million in climate finance under a mechanism established to support countries vulnerable to climate change. The funding has been approved under the Barbados Implementation Modalities, established under the architecture of the Fund for responding…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago   (705+ words) A digital system using computer vision and deep-learning technology is being deployed to help locate people missing after the devastating Bhotekoshi river floods and identify bodies that have proved difficult to recognise. “This means families no longer have to keep…...