Strict building codes, emergency preparedness and proper land use to make public buildings safer
The ancient town rebuilt its own monuments while much of Kathmandu Valley relied on outside help
Lessons for Jajarkot from the swift reconstruction following the Bara-Parsa tornado disaster in 2019
2015 was just a warning, a mega-quake is overdue in western Nepal, and we better start preparing for it
Nepali Times editorial #740 9-15 January 2015On 25 April 2015 at exactly 11:56, the ground beneath Kathmandu Valley started shaking. Houses…
Now that we are wrapping up reconstruction after 2015, we need to focus on building a disaster resilient Nepal
The 8.3M earthquake that struck at 2:28PM on 15 January 1934 was the last major quake to hit Kathmandu before the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Nearly…
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…
Six years after deadly avalanche, survivors endure the Covid-induced collapse of tourism
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
Earthquake Safety Day 2004 coverage. Photo: NEPALI TIMES #178 Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when…
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…
https://youtu.be/27DSJhsNLYgFive years after the earthquake destroyed its central temple, the 350-year-old Rani Pokhari royal pond at the centre…
Kavre school is rebuilt using rammed earth walls to make classrooms stronger and more climate-friendly
Tripurasundari Temple in Kathmandu undergoing restoration. Photo: LOCHAN RIJALOn 25 April 2015, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, aside…
Hanging new prayer flags near the old chorten and the newer post-earthquake Memorial Wall in Langtang village on the final day of Losar…
Sodasha Higher Secondary School in western Nepal is undergoing retrofitting as an earthquake preparedness model for future quakes in the region.…
In this impressively detailed and visually arresting study, Mohan Pant makes a convincing scholarly case for why social and cultural traditions…
Photo : MONIKA DEUPALAMani Lama, 73, never intended to become a photographer. As a young man he studied agriculture in America, but destiny had…
Patan’s historic temple is not just being rebuilt, but restored to its pre-1934 look
Pic: BIKRAM RAISuresh Shakya (pictured above) was sitting down for lunch with his family in his house in Itum Bahal four years ago when there…
Nepal’s hospitals have not even recovered from the 2015 earthquake, and now need to be ready for the Next Big One
