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The gap nobody is talking about: Why Nepal's stagnant child mortality rate is a warning sign

Every year in Nepal, a family celebrates a pregnancy with hope, follows the antenatal visits they are told to attend, and delivers their baby in a health facility — doing everything right, by the book.

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File - Prime Minister Balen Shah gestures during a swearing-in ceremony at the President’s residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday, March 27, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Balen at six months: The test of institutional power

Balendra “Balen” Shah’s first six months in office have been marked by a steady consolidation of authority, contraction of cabinet space, and a governing style that increasingly sidelines institutional norms. His rise was unconventional and his mandate emphatic, but his methods now raise structural concerns that extend beyond personality and touch the core of Nepal’s parliamentary functioning.

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Nowhere safe, nowhere to go: Water-induced migration after Bhotekoshi

On the morning of August 26, an ice-rock avalanche in the upper Lhende Khola sent a surge of water and debris into the Bhotekoshi.

01 Oct, 2026

Aditya Gyawali

When there is no body: Rethinking death registration after Nepal's disasters

For some families affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the waiting has already changed into mourning.

30 Sep, 2026

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Light before liberty

On a clear winter night in 2014, astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed the Korean peninsula from above.

30 Sep, 2026

Growing with nature

30 Sep, 2026

Early warning to early action: Nepal's next step in disaster preparedness

27 Sep, 2026

Bhotekoshi: From warning to accountability

27 Sep, 2026

Pooled benefit: The importance of meta-analysis

24 Sep, 2026

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File - Members of the Nepali Army conduct a search-and-rescue operation outside the Upper Trishuli 3B Hydropower Station, 16 days after a deadly flash flood and mudslide in Nuwakot, Nepal, on September 10, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

EDITORIAL: Now time to focus on climate diplomacy

Devastating flash floods along the Bhotekoshi River has emerged as a wake-up call for the Himalayan nations, exposing the vulnerabilities of mountain ecosystems to compounding climate risks.

File - A woman waits for transport with her belongings from her home in a flood-affected area as rescue and relief efforts continue following devastating flash floods and mudslides at Devighat in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

The women who make a home out of nothing

Whenever a disaster happens, the first thing we do is count the damage.

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Herculean task for the country: Transforming from fragility to disaster resilience

Premier Balen Shah will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to attract the attention of the world community about the astronomical loss that Nepal has incurred due to the recent Himalayan tsunami of August 26.

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The mandate and the bench: A respectful appeal to Nepal's institutions

Every generation is given a few moments when history pauses and waits to see what a nation will do. Nepal is living through one of those moments now.

Heavy clouds hover over Beirut as waves crash on the seawall of the corniche, in Dbayeh, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Photo: AP

Lebanon's confessional system has held the country together. Now it's holding it back

Lebanon’s political order was built on a simple promise: that a country of many sects could survive only if every community saw itself in the state.

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Building from the ground up: Why Nepal needs indigenous bridge engineering literature

Nepal's development story is inseparable from its transport infrastructure. Roads and bridges connect communities, open access to markets and public services, support tourism and trade, and increasingly link the country with regional economic corridors. Yet, while the visual appearance and architectural form of a bridge naturally attract public attention, its safety and longevity depend fundamentally on what lies beneath it. A bridge is only as reliable as its foundation.

File - The Shiva temple at Pumdikot, a popular tourist site in Pokhara Metropolitan City-22, saw a large turnout of domestic and international visitors on Sunday, who came to see the 52-foot tall Shiva statue. Photo: Ratna Shrestha/RSS

Telling Nepal's stories through digital tourism

A traveler arrives in Nepal. At the airport, before seeing Mount Everest or starting a Himalayan trek, someone places a tika on the traveler’s forehead and welcomes them with a smile.

File - Bulldozers try to rebuild the roads after buildings and roads are buried in mud and debris following flash floods at Devighat in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

What the Rasuwa glacial flood reveals about Himalayan climate risks

The mountains of northern Nepal have long held secrets within their frozen peaks, but on August 26, 2026, those secrets revealed themselves in a terrifying display of nature's power.

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Kathmandu had India's ear: What did Nepal tell it?

When NDTV World, an Indian television news platforms, brought its Anviksha: Ideas Across Borders dialogue to Kathmandu on August 27, Nepal gained rare access not only to Indian political and diplomatic figures, but also to parliamentarians, journalists, opinion-makers, and a large Indian audience.

FILE - Thick blanket of smog covers Kathmandu valley due to air pollution and the recent forest fires in many parts of the country, on Friday, March 26, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Climate finance: It alone not enough for Nepal's clean air vision

Clean air will not be delivered by climate finance alone in Nepal.

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After Rasuwa: An argument for an International Centre for Glaciers

The flood in Rasuwa was first and foremost a human tragedy. Lives were lost, people remain unaccounted for, and homes, roads, bridges, and hydropower infrastructure were destroyed in some of Nepal’s most difficult terrain.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah answers questions from parliamentarians during a House of Representatives session at the Federal Parliament in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, on Sunday. Photo: Pradeep Raj Onta/RSS

PM Shah's visit to the UN: Its prospect in retrospect

The visit of Premier Balen Shah to the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week has raised eyebrows among climate-change enthusiasts around the globe.

Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods. Photo: Nepal Photo Library

Between the warning and the flood

As the flood tore down the Bhotekoshi into the Trishuli, people ran with water at their heels while others scrambled onto rooftops.

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Building a coordinated border management system for Nepal: A private-sector perspective on trade with China and India

Nepal's location between China and India creates significant opportunities for trade, transport, tourism, and investment. From a private-sector perspective, the priority is not to favour one neighbour over the other, but to ensure that Nepal's border systems work efficiently, predictably, and fairly for traders, farmers, transporters, and manufacturers.

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Japanese Encephalitis. Photo: WHO

Japanese encephalitis cases reach 131 in Nepal, 28 deaths reported

Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been confirmed in 131 people in Nepal so far this year, with 28 deaths reported, according to the Family Welfare Division under the Ministry of Health and Population.

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PSDN provides emergency health services in flood-hit Nuwakot, Rasuwa

Partnership for Sustainable Development Nepal (PSDN), with financial and technical support from Project HOPE, conducted 26 emergency medical and public health service deployments in flood-affected areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa between September 6 and 30.

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Monsoon withdraws from western Nepal as rain continues in east

Nepal's monsoon withdrawal has advanced across much of the western part of the country, while moderate rainfall remains likely in several Himalayan and hilly areas, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

File - A dozer clears a dry landslide on the Karnali Highway section at Ranka, Tatopani Rural Municipality-1, Jumla, on Sunday. Photo: Bijay Rawat/RSS

Six firms blacklisted over road contract breaches in Jumla

Six construction companies contracted for road construction and upgrading along the Karnali Highway have been blacklisted for failing to comply with contractual obligations, according to the Road Division Office, Jumla.

An FlyDubai plane carrying Israeli passengers who had earlier been aboard another FlyDubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia approaches Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Photo: AP

Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing?

Who are the mystery pilots who stepped in to stabilize the FlyDubai flight as it hurtled toward disaster?

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Narayanghat-Butwal highway to get two more monkey canopy bridges

Two more overhead canopy bridges are being prepared along forest sections of the Narayanghat-Butwal road to allow monkeys to cross the expanded highway safely and help reduce wildlife-vehicle accidents.

Daunne road accident. Photo: RSS

Six killed, 12 injured in Daunne bus accident

Six people were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus en route to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj overturned at Daunne along the East-West Highway on Saturday morning.

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Excise stickers worth Rs 10.5m seized in Rautahat

Excise stickers worth more than Rs 10.5 million that were allegedly being smuggled into Nepal from India have been seized from a border area in Rautahat, the Armed Police Force said.

Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

Riders deliver relief supplies to flood-affected school in Rasuwa

A group of motorcycle riders has delivered educational and other relief supplies to students of Shree Neelakantha Higher Secondary School in Uttargaya Rural Municipality of Rasuwa, which was affected by the recent Bhotekoshi floods.

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Madhes records 459 disasters in two months, 92 deaths

Madhes Province recorded 459 disaster incidents in the first two months of the current fiscal year, claiming 92 lives and affecting 510 families, according to the Madhes Province Police Office.

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Tenzing Norgay and Um Hong Gil foundations support Bhotekoshi flood victims

The Tenzing Norgay Foundation and the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation (UHGHF) have provided more than 85 lakh rupees to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund (PMDRF) to support the victims of the devastating Bhotekoshi flood.

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal. Photo: Nepal Photo Library

Climate justice must be put into practice, says Foreign Minister Khanal

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has called on the international community to provide Nepal with accessible, grant-based climate finance, saying climate justice must be translated into concrete action rather than remaining a slogan.

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