22+ hour, 23+ min ago   (249+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept. 13: Nepal’s savings and credit cooperatives that suffered damages during the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods in Rasuwa and Nuwakot will be receiving international financial support worth US $57,000 (Rs 900 million) for rehabilitation. Fifteen cooperatives in Betrawati and Trishuli of Nuwakot district were…...

21+ hour, 56+ min ago   (369+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: The devastating Bhotekoshi flood has damaged 7,570 private buildings across five districts and displaced 32,963 people from 8,317 families, according to a joint assessment by the National Planning Commission and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. The severe flood…...

23+ hour, 5+ min ago   (275+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept. 13: The section of the Prithvi Highway at Krishnabhir in Dhading, which was blocked by a landslide, has partially reopened. Partial traffic operations resumed from Sunday afternoon following the completion of work to level the road and prepare a…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (811+ words) THIMPHU, Bhutan, Sept 12, 2026 (AFP) - Farmer Pema Dema had never even heard of hazelnuts when she was first recruited to begin growing them on her land in Bhutan's Thimphu region. "I wondered what sort of a nut it was," the 58-year-old…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (122+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Nepali Congress (NC) is holding its central execution committee meeting today. As per NC acting chief secretary Krishna Prasad Dulal, the meeting is set for 2:00 PM at the party’s central office in Sanepa. All office bearers and members…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (416+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Projects worth nearly Rs 1 billion have been mobilised under government coordination to ensure the safe protection of children affected by the Bhotekoshi flood and step up disaster response efforts. The temporary protection centre for flood-affected children in Thecho,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (206+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 10: The balance in the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund has crossed Rs 12.43 billion, with the fund receiving more than Rs 172.57 million and US$274,062 in the past 24 hours. According to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (394+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 10: A group of human rights activists and civil society figures has urged Home Minister Sudan Gurung to withdraw his recent remarks against journalists and issue a public apology. Issuing a statement, the group said Gurung’s remarks made on…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (403+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Nepali Congress (NC ) President Gagan Kumar Thapa has said anyone involved in criminal activities during the incidents of September 8 and 9 must face legal punishment. In a video message issued on Wednesday on the occasion of BP Koirala’s birth…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (431+ words) KATHMANDU, Sept 9: Former Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has said those responsible for the brutal suppression of the Gen Z movement on September 8 have already been “punished by history,” but called for a serious and comprehensive investigation into the unprecedented…...