Kathmandu, Nepal has unveiled a special security plan for the upcoming Vijaya Dashami, Deepawali and Chhath festivals, with around 3,500 police personnel to be deployed across the Kathmandu Valley. Nepal to deploy 3,500 personnel for festival security across Kathmandu Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Chief of the Kathmandu District Police Range Dilip Ghimire … Read more
Kathmandu, At least 27 people have been killed in incidents triggered by heavy rainfall across Nepal over the past few days, officials said on Monday. 27 killed across Nepal due to incessant rainfall since Sep 24: Authorities Four people remain missing, while eight people were injured in the monsoon-induced incidents from September 24 to 28, … Read more
According to an update from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), landslides accounted for 14 of the deaths. Five people remain missing in landslide-related incidents. Floods have killed four people, while three others died following continuous heavy rainfall. At least 21 people have died, five are missing and five others have been … Read more
Nepal farmers are reporting substantial crop losses from wildlife, with rhesus macaques, wild boars and porcupines among the animals frequently entering agricultural fields. A 2026 study by the National Trust for Nature Conservation found that households surveyed across 44 local government areas lost an average of 50.3% of their maize production to wildlife, while maize … Read more
Singapore, Singapore police have questioned five people over the alleged racist comments online related to the Nepal floods and Singapore Airlines’ investment in Air India. Singapore police investigate five people over ‘racist’ online comments on Nepal floods, Air India This follows Senior Minister K Shanmugam’s announcement on Saturday that the police were looking into “shameful” … Read more
Kathmandu, Nepal’s Cyber Bureau has formed a 10-member team to investigate social media users accused of posting abusive and hateful comments targeting people affected by last month’s devastating flash floods, according to a media report. Nepal probes abusive social media comments targeting flood survivors The move came after Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Saturday warned … Read more
The rescue of two workers have revived hope for hundreds of others still said to be trapped Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project on Friday, nine days after devastating floods and landslides trapped hundreds of workers inside tunnels across several hydropower sites.The rescue brought a … Read more
Kathmandu, The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 on Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas, while risks of fresh floods loomed due to incessant rainfall in the upstream areas of the Bhotekoshi River. Death toll rises to 1,252 in Nepal; risks of fresh floods … Read more
Kathmandu, In the flood-ravaged hills of Nepal, drones are doing something far beyond their traditional role of taking aerial photographs or mapping carrying the dead home. When roads end, drones carry dead home in flood-hit Nepal Seven bodies were airlifted by drones this week from Devighat-3 in Nuwakot to Devighat-5, from an area so difficult … Read more
A school bag is full of mud brought in by the recent flash floods, at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Nepal. (Photo: AP) Morning assembly was about to begin at Bageshwori Higher Secondary School on August 26 when teachers learned that floodwaters were heading towards Baireni.Principal Prakash Malla told students to move to higher … Read more