Nepal

Floods kill at least 189 people, displace 4 million in India, Nepal

Jul 19, 2020 10:54

Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday.
Floods, landslides kill 40 in Nepal, many missing

Jul 12, 2020 04:43

Heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides that killed at least 40 people and displaced thousands in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday.
Coronavirus cases surge in South Asia as countries try to stem epidemic

Mar 18, 2020 17:05

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Indian subcontinent has topped 500 amid fears that inadequate health facilities could be overwhelmed in a region home to nearly 1.9 billion people.
Eight Indian tourists die in Nepal resort

Jan 21, 2020 13:39

Eight Indian tourists, including four children, have died after they were found unconscious in their room at a hill resort in Nepal, officials say.
AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers: Iran 4-0 Nepal

Nov 09, 2019 06:10

In the AFC under-19 Championship qualifiers, Iran's National Team have dominantly topped group D, after shipping 4 late, unanswered goals to Nepal.
What is keeping Nepal poor?

Jun 21, 2019 23:29

Having spent the past 70 years following the Soviet system of centralized planning, diligently adopting dominant development discourses, concepts, and jargon as the development mantra, and producing uncountable pages of diagnostics on the problems and challenges faced by every sector of society, Nepal still ranks as one of the poorest nation-states.
Thunderstorm kills 27, injures 600 in Nepal

Apr 01, 2019 11:42

At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a freak storm hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said.
Nepal tourism minister among 7 killed in helicopter crash

Feb 27, 2019 12:48

A helicopter crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including the tourism minister, a home ministry official said.
One dead, 2 injured in Nepal bomb blast

Feb 23, 2019 13:40

A man has been killed and two injured in a bomb attack outside a telecom company office in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepali police say.
About 23 dead in Nepal student bus crash

Dec 22, 2018 20:33

Twenty-three people have been killed in western Nepal when a bus carrying school students and teachers back from a botanical field trip plunged into a gorge, police say.