Shishir Khanal

More than 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,000 remain missing

In predominantly Hindu Nepal, mourning periods last 13 days, during which close family members stay home and relatives visit to pay their respects

More than 1,250 people have been confirmed dead and almost 4,000 are still missing

Foreign minister demands world’s top three polluting nations compensate Nepal for recent disaster

UAE thanked for support as country steps up relief with $10m and relief flights

With the death toll over 1,000 and thousands missing, Nepal has now sought climate compensation for the deadly floods which struck the Himalayan nation last week

The Nepalese government has appealed for rescue aid from other countries just two days after it reportedly refused help, as several hundred people are still believed to be trapped in hydropower tunnels and thousands remain missing following the catastrophic flash flooding at the border with China last week

Teacher saved 1,643 children from Nepal flash floods

Five-year-old found alive under rubble offers rare hope as thousands remain missing

Among the missing foreign nationals are 104 Nepalese and 49 Indians

Abu Dhabi: The UAE, through the UAE Aid Agency, has sent an aircraft carrying urgent relief aid, consisting of 83 tonnes of food supplies and various shelter and humanitarian essentials, to the friendly Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

But each passing day increases the likelihood that the over 900 workers who remain trapped will not make it out alive

Chinese tunnel rescue experts have been divided into two teams and dispatched respectively to the disaster-hit area and Kathmandu to assist with rescue operations

It has been the most serious cross-border disaster between the two countries in recent years, and the relief efforts are unprecedentedly complex and arduous

Disaster-hit Nepal has reportedly turned down offers from several countries to send search and rescue teams after devastating flash floods swept through towns and villages near the China border

President Lee Jae Myung called for using all available means in response to deadly flooding in Nepal that left nine Koreans missing, leading a government-wide effort during an emergency meeting, Thursday

Britons among hundreds feared dead in Nepal flood

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when holding talks with Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal in Beijing

The clarification was issued to address the political firestorm sparked by Prime Minister Balendra Shah's remarks on May 31, which had drawn sharp criticism from the opposition and led to calls for his resignation

The exchange of the MoU took place in the presence of S Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India, and Shishir Khanal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, during bilateral engagements held in New Delhi

UAE, Nepal foreign ministers vow closer cooperation across key sectors

Nepal has once again displayed democratic vibrancy with a generational change sweeping its politics in the recently concluded polls