More than 83,000 residents in Bardiya district could be affected by floods this monsoon if heavy rainfall occurs, according ...

The family of a Nepali man taken captive by the Palestinian militant group Hamas has appealed to his captors for his release, ...

When Ismail Serageldin, then Vice President of the World Bank, warned in 1995 that “the wars of the next century will be fought over water,” few took him seriously. Today, that foresight reverberates ...

Bhoothathankettu Dam is a scenic and lesser-known getaway surrounded by dense forests. Legend has it that demons once tried to build a dam here to flood nearby temples, but were scared away by Lord ...

Photo: PRADEEP RAJ ONTA / RSSseasonmedia2007 I visited the communities ravaged by floods in September and as I wrote in Nepali Times then, top-down responses are always too little, too late and too ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Ms. Sarwat Jahan visited Kathmandu during May 26 to June 10, 2025. After constructive discussions, Ms. Jahan issued the following statement at the end ...

Command centres set up at all tiers of government. But officials say resource crunch may affect disaster risk reduction.

Tourism infrastructure not only plays a large role in defining a tourist’s experience and defining Nepal’s identity to the ...

New Treasury analysis shows the cost of Cyclone Alfred and other floods across New South Wales and Queensland has reached ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed ...

President Ram Chandra Paudel has emphasized implementing the Chure conservation efforts with policy and legal reforms based on empirical evidence and the strengthening of organizational structure of ...

Nepali Congress lawmaker Jitjung Basnet has emphasized the need to motivate civil servants by significantly raising their ...