Nepal begins probe into what triggered Bhotekoshi disaster

Kathmandu, Sept. 19 -- The Nepal government has commissioned a comprehensive scientific investigation into what triggered the devastating August 26 floods in Rasuwa, how the disaster unfolded and whet... Read More

More complaints, fewer wins for CIAA in corruption cases

Kathmandu, Sept. 18 -- The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority received more than 40,500 complaints of irregularities in the last fiscal year, even as fewer of its corruption cases resu... Read More

Federal affairs ministry tops list of ministries with most corruption complaints

Nepal, Sept. 17 -- The Ministry of Land Management, Co-operatives, Federal Affairs and General Administration received the most complaints alleging irregularities among federal ministries last fiscal ... Read More

Supreme Court puts controversial parliamentary rules on hold

Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the implementation of two provisions in the newly adopted rules governing the House of Representatives, saying they appear, prima facie... Read More

Judicial Council starts high court appointments, leaves Supreme Court vacancies unresolved

Kathmandu, Sept. 16 -- The Judicial Council has begun filling judicial vacancies at the high courts while leaving posts vacant at the Supreme Court, despite a mounting case backlog at the top court. ... Read More

Their loved ones are gone. The law says they are still missing

Nepal, Sept. 16 -- Purna Ghale, a resident of Khalte in Rasuwa, survived the August 26 floods but many of his family members remain missing since the disaster-his father, eldest son, daughter-in-law, ... Read More

Rapid assessment puts Bhotekoshi recovery needs at Rs723 billion

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- The government estimates that Nepal will need Rs723.31 billion to rebuild the infrastructure damaged by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods. The estimate comes from a Rapid Damage ... Read More

Two days of Gen Z uprising, two versions of what happened

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- A year after Nepal's Gen Z uprising, its political forces remain divided over how to remember the two days that defined it. In separate video messages on Wednesday, former prim... Read More

Rs723 billion needed to rebuild flood-hit areas, government assessment finds

Kathmandu, Sept. 10 -- The government estimates that Rs723.31 billion will be needed to rebuild areas devastated by the August 26 Bhotekoshi river floods. The figures are based on a Rapid Damage and ... Read More

Nepal restores power, rebuilds links in flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot

Kathmandu, Sept. 9 -- The government has stepped up efforts to restore electricity and transport links in areas devastated by the August 26 floods in the Bhotekoshi river, with power supplies restored... Read More

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