23 killed in Nepal church collapseSeptember 29th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Twenty-three people attending a prayer service were killed and 65 injured when a church building collapsed in eastern Nepal, a media report said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday night in Dharan area of Sunsari district, some 220 km east of Kathmandu, state-run Nepal Television reported.
Nepal Prime Minister voices at New York on negative impact of climate changeSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said climate change had hindered the progress on programmes focused at achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Nepal. Madhav Kumar, who is in New York, to attend the 64th United Nations General Assembly took part on the Opening Session of the High-Level event and Interactive Round table on Climate Change convened by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday.
11 killed, 20 missing and feared dead after a bus in Nepal plummets into rain-swollen riverSeptember 10th, 2009 11 killed, 20 missing in Nepal bus accidentKATMANDU, Nepal — A bus veered off a highway and plunged into a river in northeast Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and leaving about 20 missing and feared dead. Premed Kharel, the police chief for the area about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Katmandu, said rescuers pulled 11 bodies from the river, four women and seven men.
14 missing in Nepal landslideSeptember 1st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least 14 people were missing and presumed dead after a landslide hit a remote village in western Nepal, police said Tuesday. The landslide hit the village of Jaleswor in Khotang district, about 120 km east of Kathmandu, early Tuesday.
Landslides kill nine in NepalJuly 31st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said Friday. The landslides followed heavy monsoonal rains since Thursday night.
2 days of heavy monsoon rains leave at least 22 dead in NepalJuly 28th, 2009 Heavy monsoon rains leave 22 dead in NepalKATMANDU, Nepal — Flooding and landslides brought on by two days of heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have left 22 people dead and several more missing, officials said Tuesday. Home Ministry official Iswor Regmi said the death toll from the rains that began over the weekend could rise as reports pour in from remote villages, some of them several days' walk from the nearest town or telephone.
India gives Nepal $1.6m to fight floodsJuly 14th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Within 48 hours of Indian Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal visiting Nepal to inspect the repaired embankment of the Kosi river that had created havoc in both countries last year, India gave Nepal NRs.131.6 million (about $1.6 million) to fight floods. Alok K. Sinha, deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, Tuesday handed over a cheque of NRs.131.6 million to Umakant Jha, secretary at Nepal's irrigation ministry, as India's contribution for the construction of embankments along the Lalbakeya and Bagmati rivers.
Tuskers create bad blood between India, NepalJuly 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - A part of eastern Nepal is simmering with anger against the Indian authorities and its own officials with wild elephants playing havoc and no compensation or permanent solution in sight. It is also a matter of growing concern for wildlife organisations with two tuskers having died within one week and over 200 local houses having been destroyed.
Indian minister to visit NepalJuly 10th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Less than a month after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Nepal, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is arriving in Kathmandu on a two-day visit Saturday. Bansal is the first Indian minister to visit Nepal since the fall of the Maoist government in August and the formation of a new coalition led by communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Landslide hits villages in Nepal's mountains, buries homes, killing 9 peopleJuly 2nd, 2009 Nepal landslide buries homes, villages killing 9KATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal's mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said. The government was preparing to send rescue teams to the three affected areas, but could not say how long it would take for them to reach their destinations in the remote mountains north and west of the capital Katmandu, said home ministry spokesman Thir Bahadur Chetri.
Bihar minister inspects Kosi embankment repair in NepalJune 11th, 2009 KATHMANDU - The Bihar government Thursday sent its Minister of Water Resources Bijendra Prasad Yadav to southern Nepal to inspect the repair of the breached embankment of Himalayan river Kosi known as the "sorrow of Bihar". A joint inspection of the repair of the breached embankment of the river in Sunsari district was carried out by the Indian minister, who was accompanied by the principal secretary in Bihar's department of water resources, Ajay Nayak, and the Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood.
One killed, dozen hurt in Nepal church blastMay 23rd, 2009 KATHMANDU - As Nepal Saturday looked forward to an end to a political crisis that has gripped the nation for three weeks with the fall of the Maoist government, fresh violence erupted in Kathmandu Valley with an explosion in a church killing at least one person and injuring nearly a dozen. The blast occurred at the Assumption Church in Dhobighat in Lalipur district, run by the Nepal Catholic Society.
Nepal telecom to provide cellular service on Mount EverestApril 24th, 2009 LONDON - A Nepali telecom firm is set to be the first to offer mobile coverage at the top of Mount Everest. Nepal Telecom said that it would set up mobile towers in Thakdin, Manjo, Pheriche and Gorak Shep, to bring the summit within the network coverage.
Nepal to debut at Cannes film fest with 'Chaukath'April 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Almost a decade after Nepal made a mark in the international film arena, a debutant Nepali director hopes to create a stir at the Cannes Film Festival starting May 13. Journalist-turned-filmmaker Dipak Rauniyar made a splash in December when his debut film 'Chaukath' (Threshold) received rave reviews at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival.
Bihar asks Nepal for security over Kosi repairFebruary 24th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Bihar's Central Water Commission (CWC) authorities have asked Nepal's government to provide security after protesters forced work on repairing the flood-damaged Kosi embankment to stop. The CWC Monday sent a letter to the district authorities of Sunsari, the southern area along the India-Nepal border where floods created havoc last monsoon, asking for security after the people displaced by the Kosi river stepped up protests.
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