Category: General
Death toll reaches 148; 55 go missing in disasters
Kathmandu: The death toll in the recent disasters has reached 148 while number of people gone missing stands at 55. As the rains lashed out various districts including the Kathmandu Valley itself, incidents of landslide, flood and inundation took such…
More than 500 families affected by floods in Sunsari
More than 500 families have been affected by rain-induced floods in Sunsari.
Local Wajuddin Mansuri said that more than 40 houses have been inundated in Koshi rural municipality-4.
Likewise, Ward member of Inruwa municipality-1 Pradeep Dhakal shared…
161 rescued by helicopters, monsoon disasters result in 107 deaths
Kathmandu: A total of 161 people affected by landslides, floods, and inundations have been safely rescued by helicopters as of Sunday morning.
Home Ministry Spokesperson and Joint Secretary Rhishi Ram Tiwari reported that 83 individuals have been res…
France expresses sadness over disaster-induced loss in Nepal
Kathmandu: French Ambassador to Nepal, Virginie Corteval, has expressed grief over the loss of life and property due to floods and landslides, while expressing her empathy to the government and the people of Nepal.
Speaking at a reception held to mar…
Minister Sudi requests INGOs for assistance to disaster victims
Kathmandu: Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Nawalkishor Sah Sudi, has said the people who survived the landslides and floods wreaked by the rains in different districts including Kathmandu were waiting for assistance.
Minister Sudi re…
Maoist Chair Prachanda summons all-party meeting
Kathmandu: Former Prime Minister and Chair of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the latest situation brought about the late monsoon-induced disaster in the country.
According to his …
Whereabouts of four missing in Dolakha landslide unknown
The whereabouts of four people who went missing in a landslide at Bigu rural municipality-1 in Dolakha district on Saturday remain unknown.
Narendra Bahadur Pal and Shankar Chand of the Nepali Army, Garundal Battalion, and Krishna Prasad Chaudhary fr…
All-party meeting decides to work in collaboration to ensure services to disaster-hit people
Kathmandu: In its bid to frame a prompt response and rescue operation in the wake of the ongoing incidents of flooding and inundation caused due to the downpour, the government summoned an all-party meeting on Sunday.
The meeting attended by leaders …