This July, the U.S. Embassy will support the NepalUS Alumni Network’s (NUSAN) symposium examining innovative strategies and actionable concepts that will strengthen regional integration between Nepal and its partners. We want to hear from dynamic innov…
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Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia Background Paper 2, Review of Water and Climate Change Policies in South Asia
This report assesses the suitability of the water and climaterelated policy environment (existing policy, legislation, strategy and planning instruments) for adapting to the impacts of climate change in the water sector in South Asia. South Asia will b...
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Healthcare in the highlands
Gorkha, Nepal In 2015, Anarda Gurung was an Assistant Health Worker at the health post in Laprak village in Gorkha District in northcentral Nepal. When a massive earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, Laprak owing to its proximity to the epicenter in Bar...
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UMN board of trustees meet in Dhading
The UMN board of trustees met over the weekend in Dhading District. It's the first time we've had a board meeting outside of Kathmandu. This was a special meeting as we said goodbye to board members who have served UMN for many years and extended a war...
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Continuing Resumed Session, NonGovernmental Organizations Committee Approves 27 Groups for Consultative Status, Defers Action on 61 Others
Continuing its resumed session today, the Committee on NonGovernmental Organizations recommended 27 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on 61 applications, while also approving one requ...
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Healthcare in the highlands
Gorkha, Nepal In 2015, Anarda Gurung was an Assistant Health Worker at the health post in Laprak village in Gorkha District in northcentral Nepal. When a massive earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, Laprak owing to its proximity to the epicenter in Bar...
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The potential of Nepal’s social security allowance schemes to support emergency flood response
Nepal is highly vulnerable to climaterelated hazards. While every year Nepal faces predictable seasonal weather patterns which often result in floods, droughts or fires, the country also experiences more severe natural hazards which are likely to incre...
Who Is Hoping to Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister?
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LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will step down before the next phase of Brexit negotiations and, although she has not put a date on her departure, senior members of her Conservative Party are jostling to replace her.Below are Conservati…
Press Release on Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister returns home after completion of official visits to Viet Nam and Cambodia
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The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Mr. KP Sharma Oli left Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, for Nepal via Bangkok this afternoon.At the Phnom Penh airport, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister was seen off by H. E. Mr. Say Sam Al, Minister of Environment of Ca…
UN: Houthi Withdrawal From Key Yemen Ports on Track
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The U.N. said Sunday that the redeployment of Houthi forces from key ports in Yemen “went in accordance with established plans:.”All three ports were monitored simultaneously by United Nations teams as the military forces left the ports and the Coast G…
Security Council Issues Presidential Statement Underscoring Key Role of Peacekeeping in Promoting, Maintaining International Peace
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Personnel Safety, Recruitment of Women Top Debate, Russian Federation Queries Link between Human Rights, Civilian Protection IssuesThe Security Council underscored the importance of peacekeeping as one of the most effective tools available to the Unite…
The United States Hands Over New Primary Schools in Kavrepalanchowk District
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Today, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W. Berry handed over three new primary schools to the people of Kavrepalanchowk District. These schools were constructed thanks to the support of the American people through the United States Agency for Internatio…
80 percent of private houses in construction process: CEO Gyewali
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Four years after the devastating earthquake in April 2015, the government’s National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) has managed to ensure the reconstruction of 80 percent of the private houses destroyed in the earthquake.”In the reconstruction of priva…
Kathmandu “not mostatrisk” for earthquakes
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KATHMANDU, Despite the three tremors felt across the Kathmandu Valley midweek as Nepal prepared to mark the 4th anniversary yesterday of the deadly Gorkha earthquake, scientists say that Kathmandu is not the country’s mostatrisk location for earthquake…
Three Climbers Presumed Dead in Banff Avalanche
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BANFF, ALBERTA Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday.Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama an…
Private Sector Placing Profit ahead of People, Undermining Sustainable Development, Speaker Warns, as Forum on Financing for Development Continues
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Describing a race to the bottom in which multinational corporations enjoy lower and lower tax rates around the globe, delegates at the Economic and Social Council’s forum on financing for development followup today stressed that such practices are slic…
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Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia Background Paper 2, Review of Water and Climate Change Policies in South Asia
This report assesses the suitability of the water and climaterelated policy environment (existing policy, legislation, strategy and planning instruments) for adapting to the impacts of climate change in the water sector in South Asia. South Asia will b...
General News
Healthcare in the highlands
Gorkha, Nepal In 2015, Anarda Gurung was an Assistant Health Worker at the health post in Laprak village in Gorkha District in northcentral Nepal. When a massive earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, Laprak owing to its proximity to the epicenter in Bar...
Business News
UMN board of trustees meet in Dhading
The UMN board of trustees met over the weekend in Dhading District. It's the first time we've had a board meeting outside of Kathmandu. This was a special meeting as we said goodbye to board members who have served UMN for many years and extended a war...
Education News
Continuing Resumed Session, NonGovernmental Organizations Committee Approves 27 Groups for Consultative Status, Defers Action on 61 Others
Continuing its resumed session today, the Committee on NonGovernmental Organizations recommended 27 organizations for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred action on 61 applications, while also approving one requ...
Entertainment News
Healthcare in the highlands
Gorkha, Nepal In 2015, Anarda Gurung was an Assistant Health Worker at the health post in Laprak village in Gorkha District in northcentral Nepal. When a massive earthquake struck Nepal on 25 April, Laprak owing to its proximity to the epicenter in Bar...
Medical News
The potential of Nepal’s social security allowance schemes to support emergency flood response
Nepal is highly vulnerable to climaterelated hazards. While every year Nepal faces predictable seasonal weather patterns which often result in floods, droughts or fires, the country also experiences more severe natural hazards which are likely to incre...