Nepal government has devised a winning business model which disaster-prone nations around the world may well give it a go. The ingenuous model works something likes this. Disaster hits your country affecting millions…
A Kathmandu-based vernacular media has exposed the blatant misuse of earthquake funds by humanitarian organisations working in the hardest-hit Gorkha district. The report claims helicopter services costing up to Rs 150,000 per shuttle are…
Residents close to the epicentre of the catastrophic Nepal earthquake are paying as high A$ 65 (US$ 46, Rs 5,000) for a sack of 25 kg rice as opposed to their…
The Government of Nepal today made a direct reference to the ongoing blockade by India and has urged the latter to ease the disrupted transit of Nepalese imports so that its citizens could peacefully celebrate the…
India’s ongoing blockade of its border points with Nepal is not only producing snaking queues of empty-tanked motor vehicles but is about to put the lives of many critical patients at…
By Bharat Raj Poudel They say misfortune never comes alone. No one knows this more than Nepal as it lives the unfortunate proverb right this moment. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the…
1 June 2015 1:28 PM AEST: The fear of corruption sabotaging the earthquake rehabilitation process in Nepal has been realised with the revelation of a scandal involving a government ministry trusted…
By Ram Khatry 29 May 2015 11:35 PM AEST: Dr Kellie Leitch is not just another Western doctor answering the humanitarian calls of a disaster-torn nation. She is a VIP doctor…
27 May 2015 4:05 PM AEST: As of Monday, the UN had collected only 22 percent of the total fund required to take care of the quarter of Nepal’s population affected…
