Still reeling from last year’s flood, Kagbeni braces for another rainy season
Photos: BIKRAM RAI/NEPALI TIMESEarthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15…
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Mahendra Shrestha, 61, of Melamchi Bazar breaks down as he surveys the damage to his house on Wednesday. Photo: AMIT MACHAMASINepal sits upon a…
Photo: MANISH PAUDEL/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEThe 2020 southwest monsoon was forecast to be 'normal' in Nepal, but it turned out to be more intense…
All photos: PRITI THAPAMany Nepalis based in the US and elsewhere closely followed the US election results. It was key concern because of what…
The heavy toll in landslides and floods during this year’s rainy season in Nepal have overshadowed another frequent disaster: lightning.This…
Even in normal years Nepal has one of the highest fatality rates in the world from landslides and flashfloods. But even by that grim standard,…
Aftermath of the landslide that occurred on Friday morning in Lidi of Sindhupalchok district. All photos: RSSThis year’s monsoon season has been…
Nepal Police rescue villagers in Kailali district parts of which were flooded following a heavy rainfall. All photos: RSSThose drawing attention…
Hanging new prayer flags near the old chorten and the newer post-earthquake Memorial Wall in Langtang village on the final day of Losar…
HIGH AND DRY: A village in Mustang is one of the increasing number of settlements that have been abandoned because of water shortage caused by…
SHOULDERING THE BURDEN: The workload for women like Nanimaya Dhungana in Kavre (Above) may have increased because of the climate crisis. Photo:…
Photo: GOPEN RAIIn the strict legalese that the United Nations is accustomed to, the Madrid Climate Summit is called the 25th Conference of the…
Pic: ANEK PANDEYWhen Nepal signed the Sugauli Treaty with British India in 1816, parts of the demarcated border followed the courses of rivers.…
Birganj on Saturday, when the Sirsiya River flowed through the main street of the border city. Photo: Manish PoudelThe monsoon arrived late, but…
PHOTO: KIRAN NEPALThe devastating storm that ravaged Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday night leaving at least 30 people dead and hundreds…
Photo: Nature CommunicationsWhat makes Nepal scenic is also what makes it seismic. The country is located in one of the most vulnerable regions…
Hope that newly-elected local governments would speed up delayed post-quake reconstruction is fadingPeople displaced by the April 2015…
Preparing western Nepal for a future megaquake is now even more urgent than reconstruction in areas hit by the 2015 disasterYubaraj…
The conflict and earthquake added to Nepal’s hidden epidemic of mental disorderMEMORIES: Nani Maiya Prajapati was serving lunch to her husband,…
Pic: Gopen RaiImmediately after the earthquake, there was a sudden surge of patients with mental disorders in Kathmandu’s psychiatric…
