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Gaurav Pokharel

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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Gaurav Pokharel, Deepak Pariyar and Ramesh Kumar Paudel

    Nepal floods: Two weeks on, families wait for DNA answers (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU – Since the Bhotekoshi floods two weeks ago, Purna Prasad Adhikari of Bharatpur has been searching for his missing son, holding on to the hope that he will at least find his remains. He travelled from Chitwan to Dhading, Tanahun and Pokhara, moving between police stations, hospitals and government offices, looking for any news of 40-year-old Bikash Babu. On Tuesday, after finding nothing, he went to the Chitwan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and gave a blood sample for DNA testing. B

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Gaurav Pokharel

    Late rescues renew hope for survivors in deadly Nepal floods (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU – For 10 days since the floods, her whereabouts remained a complete mystery. Her relatives had all but abandoned hope of her return. On the eighth day, they started performing her death rituals. The family fashioned an effigy out of kush grass to represent her body and began the solemn rituals. But on Saturday, the 11th day after the deadly disaster, footage began circulating online showing a frail woman being carried alive, out of the sludge from a flood-ravaged house in Betrawati, th

  3. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Gaurav Pokharel, Krishna Bahab, and Upendra Pandey

    Nepal flash flood kills at least 157, leaves nearly 400 missing — including foreign tourists (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU – A mid-morning flash flood on the Bhotekoshi river wreaked havoc across three districts on Wednesday, killing at least 157 people, leaving scores, including security personnel and foreign tourists, missing, and sweeping away private and public property in one of the country’s worst disasters in recent years. The flood was caused after an avalanche blocked the flow of the Lhende tributary of the Bhotekoshi and first hit Timure, near Nepal’s border with China at Rasuwagadhi. Much of the

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Gaurav Pokharel

    After Gen Z crackdown failure, Nepal police to get new riot control gear (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU – The government has prioritised the procurement of non-lethal crowd control equipment following widespread criticism over the deaths of four people in recent security firings during communal tensions in the Tarai-Madhesh region. Alongside equipment purchase, the Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated preparations to amend relevant security legislation and introduce advanced technologies, including drones capable of firing tear gas and broadcasting public announcements. Speaking to Kan

  5. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Gaurav Pokharel

    Communal unrest exposes failures in Nepal’s intelligence system (opens the original)

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    KATHMANDU – When communal tensions flared up in Dewanganj of Sunsari and swiftly spread across neighbouring districts in Madhesh province, Prime Minister Balendra Shah summoned Inspector General of Nepal Police Dan Bahadur Karki and Armed Police Force chief Narayan Datta Paudel to his office for an emergency briefing. During the separate high-level consultations held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on July 29, Shah notably excluded Tekendra Karki, head of the Nationa

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