4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (182+ words) Claim: Social media posts circulating on Sunday claim that a major avalanche recently struck Mustang district, causing panic among local residents and visitors. Rating: FALSE / MISLEADING JOMSOM: A fact-check reveals that no fresh avalanche has occurred in Mustang district. The…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (159+ words) CHITWAN: Graveling work has begun today on the newly constructed track at Krishnabhir along the Prithvi Highway. The graveling commenced alongside efforts to widen the road and level the surface. The new track is being carved into the adjacent hillside…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (260+ words) Nepalnews.com Boy swept away by flood found dead in India KATHMANDU: The body of a 10-year-old boy who went missing after being swept away by the Banganga River has been recovered across the border in India. The victim, Buddha…...

10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (472+ words) NEW DELHI: The Himalayas ignore borders. A river does not stop at a customs post. Neither does a landslide or a sudden wall of water coming down from high up. Most of our disaster planning still treats the map as…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (196+ words) HETAUDA: The Indian government has provided three bailey bridges to Nepal to facilitate transportation in flood-affected regions. Narayan Singh, a secretary at the Indian Embassy, handed over the construction materials to the Road Division Office in Makwanpur on Saturday. The…...

16+ hour, 40+ min ago   (189+ words) KATHMANDU: The Nepal Police has issued a comprehensive travel update as severe monsoon rainfall, river erosion, landslides, and road cave-ins cause major disruptions across the country’s main highway network. Critical national arteries, including the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir in Dhading,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) Nepalnews.com Over Rs 12.6 billion collected in PM Relief Fund KATHMANDU: A total balance of Rs 12.63 billion has accumulated in the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund following the devastating flood in Bhote Koshi River on August 26. Out of the total…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (198+ words) Nepalnews.com EU and member states hand over 67 tonnes of relief supplies to Nepal KATHMANDU: EU Ambassador-Designate Charles Whiteley and Benjamin Seidel, Chargé d’Affaires of the German Embassy in Nepal, handed over 67 tonnes of disaster relief materials to Minister Mahabir…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (676+ words) Severe decomposition and mismatched official numbers leave missing persons in legal and emotional uncertainty. According to Nepal Police statistics updated as of Thursday morning at 8:00 AM, search efforts are actively underway for 4,077 missing individuals. Conversely, the details released by the…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (354+ words) KATHMANDU: The Bhote Koshi flood disaster has killed 1,377 people and left 5,130 missing, according to the latest government update issued at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 10. The Ministry of Home Affairs and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the…...