Tag: Nepal

Kathmandu: A 72-year-old man died yesterday in Nepal’s Lalitpur district while running out of his house after a 4.2 magnitude tremor rocked the area. The tremor, at 3.23 p.m., had its epicentre in Kavre barely 25km from Kathmandu. The deceased was identified as Shankha Bahadur Nagarkoti of Karya Binayak locality of Lalitpur, a police spokesperson […]

Kathmandu: The toll across Nepal from the devastating April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,557, according to the latest update by the country’s home ministry. As many as 10,718 buildings were destroyed in the massive earthquake while 14,741 sustained partial damages, the ministry said today. About 191,058 houses have been flattened and 175,162 were partially […]

Kathmandu: Two leading donors – the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Union (EU) – yesterday pledged an additional $200 million and 16.6 million euro ($18.5 million) respectively to help in rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Nepal. The ADB has pledged $200 million for reconstruction work in […]

Dhaka: Bangladesh will provide at least 100, 000 tons of rice and other relief materials including drinking water to help the earthquake victims in Nepal. “We have decided to send around 50,000 metric tons of rice to Nepal and sufficient amount of water on emergency basis,” Xinhua quoted Bangladeshi Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday. “We […]

Kathmandu: The toll in the massive earthquake that devastated Nepal has risen to 6,166, the Nepalese home ministry said today. According to Nepal Police, the total number of injured is over 10,000, Kantipur News reported. As many as 12,064 houses have been reported destroyed. “This is just the preliminary data. We are still in the […]

Kathmandu: A woman was rescued alive from rubbles of a collapsed building after 128 hours in Nepal, which has been hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, a media report said. Krishna Devi Khadka, 24, was rescued by a joint team of Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Israeli rescue team from Janasewa Guest House […]

A third flight of the Indian Air Force landed here today evening with 266 people onboard from Kathmandu, taking to 1,342 the total number of Indian nationals evacuated from quake-hit Nepal since the first plane landed late on Saturday night

The US today said it is working closely with the government of Nepal to provide assistance and support in the wake of the devastating earthquake. The US envoy in Kathmandu has announced $1 million for emergency assistance

Most earthquakes originate from compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving plates that make up the earth's surface

Indian meteorological officials on Sunday forecast fairly widespread rain and thundershowers over Nepal till Monday

Vodafone India today announced it was cutting down its call rates as part of its efforts to help people reach out to their friends and families in earthquake-hit areas of Nepal

President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the deaths due to the earthquake in India and spoke with the governors of the affected states to inquire about the relief operations being undertaken

Over 700 people were killed and many more injured when a massive earthquake -- lasting about 20 seconds -- and several strong aftershocks caused widespread devastation in Nepal. India too was affected

Aiming to lend a helping hand to the people affected by the massive earthquake that hit Nepal today, telecom service providers in India have slashed their call rates or made it free

Yoga guru Ramdev, who is in Kathmandu for a yoga camp, is safe, his spokesperson said today after a massive earthquake shook Nepal and parts of India on Saturday morning, causing widespread devastation