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Prithvi Highway Reopens After 18 Days As New Track Built At Flood Damaged Krishnabhir Section Restores Two Way Traffic And Eases Supply Problems To Kathmandu
The government is preparing to establish a new constituent campus of Tribhuvan University’s Institute of Engineering in Madhesh Province, with plans to begin academic programmes within three years.
Nepal estimates Rs. 7 Kharba 23 Arba 31 Crore 52 Lakh will be needed for recovery and reconstruction after the Bhotekoshi flood. The disaster damaged hydropower and solar projects, roads, bridges, thousands of homes, schools, health institutions, businesses, and farmland across five districts, making long-term rebuilding a major national challenge.
Nepali and foreign victims who cannot be recognized after the Bhote Koshi flood may still be identified through photographs, fingerprints, dental information, personal records and DNA. Even when unidentified remains are temporarily buried, documented reference numbers, forensic evidence and recorded burial locations can allow authorities to identify and return them to families later. For foreign victims, formal identification is followed by ID verification, embassy coordination and repatriation so their remains can be returned home.
Nepal Oil Corporation has temporarily restricted regular LPG sales to hotels, restaurants, canteens and other commercial users in Kathmandu Valley after flood damage at Krishnabhir disrupted the main supply route into the capital. Available supplies will instead be prioritised for households and vulnerable or essential users, while large businesses have been told to arrange refilling from Terai-based LPG plants and transport cylinders through alternative routes.
Unidentified victims recovered after the devastating Bhotekoshi flood are being temporarily buried after forensic evidence is collected because many bodies are rapidly decomposing and available mortuary space cannot accommodate the extraordinary number of remains. Each victim is documented through DNA and other identifying information, assigned a unique number, and placed at a recorded burial location so the remains can later be exhumed and returned to the family if their identity is established.
Students from Doti and Salyan have donated a combined Rs 70,900 to support victims of the Rasuwa Bhotekoshi flood, with some students even contributing money saved from their daily snacks. Their small but meaningful effort highlights how young people across Nepal are joining the wider relief campaign for flood-affected families.
Chitwan authorities have buried 199 unidentified bodies and human remains recovered after the Bhotekoshi flood, while preserving DNA samples and identifying records for future verification. Families still searching for missing relatives may be able to confirm identities through DNA matching and later receive the remains for final rites.
Nepal's official timeline shows that authorities began receiving information about the devastating Rasuwa flood around 9 AM, with mass SMS warnings following shortly afterward. While communities farther downstream potentially had more time to react, those near the Tibet border faced a much shorter warning window. The key unanswered question is whether information from upstream could have reached Nepal earlier and provided more time to save lives.
Nepal's Rasuwa flood disaster has left 165 bodies recovered and 826 people missing as of around 8:15 AM Thursday, including 85 security personnel and 579 tourists, while 104 people have been rescued. Search operations continue across the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli-Narayani corridor as authorities work to locate the missing and scientists investigate a major glacial collapse and debris flow believed to have triggered the disaster.
Lawmakers Warn Against Attempts To Turn CIAA Into Government Branch As They Raise Concerns Over Reports That CIAA Officials Were Kept At The Prime Minister’s Office For Seven Hours Over A Passport Procurement Case
Nepal government confirms the two-day weekly holiday will continue for now, citing work-life balance, cost savings, administrative efficiency and domestic tourism.
Heavy monsoon rain has triggered landslides and flooding across Nepal, blocking more than 15 highway sections, closing key routes to Kathmandu, stranding travellers, and raising the risk of further floods and landslides through Wednesday.
DDC Milk Quality Improves After PMO Action As Substandard Milk Is Destroyed, Staff Face Action, Farmer Payments Speed Up, Sales Grow Strongly, And New Export Plans Move Ahead
A young mother and her four-year-old son lost their lives after the wild elephant Dhruve entered their home in Chitwan on Saturday night. The attack has once again drawn attention to Nepal's growing human-elephant conflict and the challenges of preventing deadly encounters near protected forests.
The Rastriya Swatantra Party has postponed the closed session of its First National Convention in Bharatpur to Asar 9 after delegate verification and card printing took longer than expected.
The ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party has started its first general convention in Bharatpur, Chitwan. Prime Minister Balendra Shah and party chairman Rabi Lamichhane jointly opened the event by ringing the party’s election symbol, the bell.
The Rastriya Swatantra Party has begun its first general convention in Bharatpur, Chitwan, with thousands of delegates attending from Nepal and abroad. The convention will discuss party restructuring, policy direction, statute changes, and will use electronic voting to elect the chairman and central committee members.
