This is not fear-mongering. It is a public service announcement to plan for the next big earthquake.
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Lessons for Jajarkot from the swift reconstruction following the Bara-Parsa tornado disaster in 2019
They are not waiting for delayed government aid, and help each other rebuild homes and schools
Most of the 157 killed in Friday’s midnight earthquake are women and children
Seismologists had predicted that a megaquake was long overdue in western Nepal
Nepal must prepare itself for overdue mega earthquake with retrofitting and better building codes
2015 was just a warning, a mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal, and we better start preparing for it
All Photos: DHANBAHADUR THAPAAlmost every household in western Nepal has a family member working in India, and the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that…
Gabions constructed by local lodge owners near Chukhung village in 2016, following an englacial flood from the Lhotse glacier in 2015. The…
The Taleju Temple of Patan with the Mulchok courtyard in 2019. Photo: NHDP.Seven years ago, on a particularly gloomy Saturday, the ground…
Photo: AMIT MACHAMSIIn late December 2021, social and mainstream media in Nepal was abuzz with news of the discovery of a stone slab in Patan…
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…
The ancient town of Panauti is preparing for its once-in-12-years Makar Mela this month, a festival that dates back 1,000 years. Despite the…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
Tundikhel in 1921. Photo: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya archive.The tragic death tolls from two recent earthquakes in the Greater Himalaya should…
Before 1934, the old quarter of Kathmandu was compact and densely populated. All photos: IMAGES OF THE CENTURYThe way Nepal’s Rana rulers went…
Baby survived being buried under the rubble for 22 hours, but his family still struggles to cope
The clock is ticking on the next Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters
All photos: BIKRAM RAIRani Pokhari’s Bal Gopaleshwor Temple was opened to the public for the first time after the 2015 earthquake on Monday. The…
Photo: BIKRAM RAIThirty-seven people were killed when a landslide on 12 July tore through the settlement of Lidi of Sindhupalchok district. More…
Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after four years as head of the…
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
My name is Gyalbu Tamang, and I was born in Kyangjin Gompa of Langtang Valley. I am now 44. My father Pasang Norbu worked in the cheese factory…
