News Nepal: UN climate fund promises $20 million for Nepal flood recovery, far short of billions needed
BENGALURU, India (AP) — A United Nations climate fund has provisionally set aside $20 million to help Nepal recover from catastrophic flooding that killed more than 1,400 people, left thousands missing and caused billions of dollars in damage to homes, schools and hydropower dams in the Himalayan country and in China. Nepalese government officials ...
News Nepal: Transforming Nepal’s education from access to learning
Education is one of the most powerful forces of national development. It shapes human potential, strengthens communities, and lays the foundation for economic and social progress. Over the past seven decades, Nepal has made remarkable gains in expanding access to education. Adult literacy has risen from about 21 percent in 1981 to nearly 69 percent […]
News Nepal: Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims, leaving some families angry and others relieved
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said ...
News Nepal: India and China aren't friends - but Nepal wants to unite them against climate threats
Can Nepal bring the two regional giants together to confront a shared climate threat in the Himalayas?
News Nepal: A Landslide, Not Rain, Triggered Nepal's Latest Himalayan Flood. Five Still Missing
A landslide near Chumchet, Gorkha, blocked and released the Budhi Gandaki River on Oct. 11, leaving 5 missing, homes destroyed, and a hydropower site damaged.
News Nepal: Nepal’s gharial population rises, but threats to the crocs persist
KATHMANDU — The start of 2024 has brought some good news, tempered with warnings, for Nepal’s critically endangered gharials, the fish-eating crocodiles with the comically bulbous snouts. Officials at Chitwan National Park, the country’s prime habitat for gharials (Gavialis gangeticus), one of two crocodile species found in Nepal, say their population increased by around 11% […]
News Nepal: Janakpur Bolts Vs Kathmandu Gorkhas Highlights, Nepal Premier League 2025: KMG Beat JKB By 5 Wickets In Opening Match
Janakpur Bolts Vs Kathmandu Gorkhas Highlights, Nepal Premier League 2025: Follow the highlights of the opening match of Nepal Premier League 2025 between Jankapur Bolts and Kathmandu Gorkhas in Kirtipur happened on Monday, November 17
News Nepal: Nepal's deadly floods show what happens when climate aid programs are slashed
"Supporting vulnerable countries, helping them adapt and become more resilient means they're less likely to suffer the kind of impacts we have right now." ...
News Nepal: For wild rivers like the Karnali, Nepal’s disaster is a warning and an answer (commentary)
By Gary WocknerMegh Ale Recently, a glacial collapse on the Tibetan Plateau sent a wall of water and debris roaring across the Nepal-China border. As of this publication, more than 1,000 people are confirmed dead and over 4,000 remain missing in Nepal and China combined. Rescue crews are still digging through mud to find hundreds of workers believe...
News Nepal: Otters Reveal Hidden River Health Secrets Along Nepal’s Karnali
Along a 39-kilometre stretch of the Karnali River in western Nepal, a team of researchers has been reading the messages that smooth-coated otters leave behind. Not literal messages, but spraints: the faecal deposits that these social, group-living mustelids place at communal latrine sites scattered along the
News Nepal: Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal amid floods
The municipality building in Baglung was left teetering on an unstable ledge due to floods before it fell into a river.
News Nepal: Nepal seeks T20 series with Bangladesh to lift flood-hit people’s spirits
State Minister for Youth and Sports Md Aminul Haque welcomed the offer and asked Nepal to submit a formal proposal.
News Nepal: In the wake of the flood, could Nepal avert the next disaster?
Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.
News Nepal: Economic Digest: A Snapshot of Nepal’s Business News
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest presents a brief yet comprehensive roundup of major business developments in Nepal, delivered in clear and accessible summaries. The latest developments point to a mixed ...
News Nepal: Narayani river crosses danger level in Nepal, posing risk along Gandak
Narayani, known as Gandak in India, rises to around 11 metres at Chitwan’s Devghat station, above the 9-metre danger mark
News Nepal: Israeli embassy seeks contact with tourists as heavy rain disrupts travel in Nepal
The Israeli Embassy in Nepal is working to locate several Israelis who have lost contact amid days of heavy rain that have blocked roads and disrupted travel across the country, the embassy said Sunday.
News Nepal: Nepal’s flooding disaster set to pile billions onto its national debt
IN FOCUS: Exclusive: New analysis shows how climate disasters are sending the national debt of countries soaring, as campaigners warn much more must be done to compensate vulnerable countries that have done little to cause the climate crisis. Nick Ferris reports
News Nepal: At least 33 Britons still missing one month after Nepal flash floods disaster
Those still missing include 33 Britons, 80 Americans, more than 50 Ukrainian nationals, as well as Australians and Indians, with most presumed to have been swept away by the tsunami-like waves that destroyed towns and villages in Rasuwa and Nuwakot.
