NSET's 10-year strategic plan made public The National Society for Earthquake Technology, Nepal, has unveiled its 10-year strategic action plan for disaster risk reduction. Nepal 02 Oct, 2021
CLPIU drafts housing work procedure Draft work procedure has been prepared to allow beneficiaries of the post-earthquake reconstruction work to add rooms or floors to their load-bearing houses. Kathmandu 25 Mar, 2021
EDITORIAL: Save public spaces Saving public spaces will mean providing fresh air to the public every day and saving lives in time of emergency Thousands of people took refuge in Tundikhel, or Khula Manch, in Kathmandu when the devastating earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude, in... 12 Nov, 2019
42,000 people killed in natural disasters in last 45 years Damauli, January 12 As many as 42,000 people were killed in various disasters in the last 45 years in Nepal. The data was made public at a function organised by Byash Municipality, National Society for Earthquake Technology Nepal and Tanahun... Travel 13 Jan, 2019
Govt responsible for human loss in disasters: Thapa Kathmandu, June 18 Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa today said the government would have to take responsibility for around 900 lives lost annually in the country due to natural disasters. Natural disasters are natural events, but losses are... Travel 19 Jun, 2018
Earthquake Safety Day to focus on raising awareness Kathmandu, January 6 The government is all set to observe the 20th Earthquake Safety Day on January 16 to call to mind the mega-earthquake of January 16, 1934 by linking it to the loss of lives and property that resulted from the April 25, 2015... Horoscopes 07 Jan, 2018
Govt yet to form landslide management centre Kathmandu, June 22 The government is unlikely to meet its target to set up National Landslide Management Centre within this fiscal. In October last year, the Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management had begun the process of... Horoscopes 23 Jun, 2017
Pilot project on Landslide hazard mapping begins Kathmandu, November 14 The Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management has begun a pilot project of landslide hazard mapping from Dolakha district, one of the most badly affected districts by last year’s earthquakes. The process... Travel 15 Nov, 2016
Govt to set up landslide management centre Kathmandu, October 18 Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Department is planning to develop a systematic National Landslide Management Centre within the next few months to maintain information on landslides in the country. Currently, the... Horoscopes 19 Oct, 2016
Reconstruction of schools yet to begin in Kathmandu KATHMANDU: Established in 1892, Durbar High School — the first school in Nepal — lies damaged and badly affected by the massive earthquake that hit Nepal last year. Students are forced to study in the Temporary Learning Centre (TLC) which is... Horoscopes 21 Aug, 2016
Destruction from previous temblors remembered Kathmandu, January 16 The 18th National Earthquake Safety Day was marked today by organising various programmes to commemorate the devastating earthquake that had caused huge loss of lives and properties on January 16, 1934. This year, the... Horoscopes 17 Jan, 2016
Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue Training ends Kathmandu, January 15 The eight-day Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue Training organised by Nepal Police and National Society for Earthquake Technology Nepal concluded at the Nepal Police Disaster Management Division, Samakhushi... Horoscopes 16 Jan, 2016