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 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…
Photo: Nature CommunicationsWhat makes Nepal scenic is also what makes it seismic. The country is located in one of the most vulnerable regions…
Om Astha RaiOne-and-a-half years after being fired for failing to speed up post-earthquake recovery, Sushil Gyewali is back as the CEO of…
OLD TO NEW: Barpak before the earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and today with its haphazard modern concrete structures. Barpak was at…
Preparing western Nepal for a future megaquake is now even more urgent than reconstruction in areas hit by the 2015 disasterYubaraj…
Seismologists say that the 2015 disaster in Nepal was the most data-rich Himalayan earthquake ever studied. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake moved…
