No hope of survivors in Nepal bus accident, 55 still missing
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Rescuers in Nepal ruled out chances of finding survivors in last week’s landslide that swept two passenger buses carrying 65 people into a river swollen by heavy rain, authorities said on Monday. Hundreds of security personnel resumed search operations early on Monday to locate the buses and 55 passengers who remained missing, […]
Nepal poised for new government after Prime Minister loses confidence vote
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Nepal is set for a new coalition government led by politician KP Sharma Oli after the more radical Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence on Friday, ending a tumultuous 20-month tenure. Nepal has been politically unstable since it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy in 2008. Oli’s new government […]
Search for dozens missing after landslide sweeps buses into Nepal river is suspended
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Rescuers in Nepal have suspended their search for 51 passengers who are missing after a landslide swept the buses in which they were travelling into a swollen river, authorities said. Officials initially said 62 people were missing after the incident in Chitwan district, about 86 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, but […]
Nepal searches for 62 missing after landslides sweep two buses into river
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters At least 62 passengers were missing after landslides swept two buses into a swollen and murky river in Nepal on Friday, authorities said. Authorities mobilised scores of military and police personnel to search for the missing persons in the Trishuli River in Chitwan district, about 86 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu. […]
Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, eight missing
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing, either washed away by floods or buried in landslides, while 12 others were injured and being treated in hospitals, […]
Heavy rains in Nepal kill 20 in two days amid landslides, lightning strikes
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 11 people, with another nine killed by lightning strikes over the past two days, officials said on Wednesday. Landslides swept away three houses overnight in Lamjung district, about 125 kilometres west of Kathmandu, killing four people including two children, district […]
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Children traumatised by Nepal quake need aid to rebuild lives – UNICEF
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters About 68,000 children and their families who survived Nepal’s deadliest quake in eight years need further humanitarian aid to rebuild their lives, UNICEF said on Sunday, 100 days after the tremors that devastated parts of west Nepal. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck two districts of Jajarkot and Rukum West in the remote […]