Five-day fire ritual next week for Bhotekoshi flood dead and missing

Kathmandu, Oct. 31 -- day 'Pitri Moksha Yagya', a fire ritual performed for the peace and salvation of the departed, will be performed in Betrawati, at the confluence of Trishuli and Phalanku rivers i... Read More

Cyclone Arnab brings cold weather, rain and snow forecast through Saturday

Kathmandu, Oct. 29 -- Nepal began experiencing the effects of cyclone 'Arnab' on Thursday, with cloudy skies throughout the country and light rain or snowfall in parts of the Himalayan region on Thurs... Read More

Dashain exodus deepens blood shortage in Valley

Kathmandu, Oct. 28 -- Parek BK waited all day on Wednesday at the Central Blood Transfusion Service, popularly known as the blood bank, hoping someone would donate blood for his ailing one-year-old da... Read More

Nuwakot flood victims form struggle committee to pressure federal government for help

Kathmandu, Oct. 27 -- Ramchandra Thapa Magar, displaced by the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood, sent his wife and three-year-old daughter to Kathmandu on Sunday, fearing that they could not endure winter a... Read More

Devoid of options, flood survivors return to damaged homes

Kathmandu, Oct. 27 -- Ram Kumar Bhandari and his seven-member family have returned, after two months, to the same house that was buried by mud and debris in the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood. Their safet... Read More

Nepal's Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal elected fellow of the International Science Council

Kathmandu, Oct. 18 -- Nepali social scientist Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal has been elected a fellow of the International Science Council (ISC), one of the highest global distinctions in science. She is ... Read More

Over 1,500 flood-hit children suffer acute malnutrition

Kathmandu, Oct. 17 -- More than 1,500 children in the flood-hit districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading have been found suffering from moderate acute malnutrition following the August 26 Bhotekoshi c... Read More

Contractor builds 268-metre suspension bridge in a month after floods cut off communities

Kathmandu, Oct. 15 -- When the Bhotekoshi flood tore through Nuwakot on August 26, construction contractor Shailendra Raj Pyakurel was at the district office of the Federation of Contractors' Associat... Read More

Nepal bans 47 immunosuppressant brands, doctors question move

Kathmandu, Oct. 15 -- In a sweeping decision, the Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has revoked the manufacturing licenses and registration certificates of 47 immunosuppressants brands at once. ... Read More

Nepal begins CAR T-cell therapy for cancer patients

Kathmandu, Oct. 12 -- Nepal has started treating cancer patients with locally manufactured genetically engineered cells for the first time. This marks a breakthrough in the country's cancer treatment ... Read More

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