Earthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15 January 1934. It was 11:56AM on 25…
The clock is ticking on the next Big One, but most schools are not prepared for disasters
Earthquake Safety Day 2004 coverage. Photo: NEPALI TIMES #178 Nepal’s National Earthquake Safety Day commemorates 15 January 1934, the day when…
What makes Nepal scenic is also what makes it seismic. The country is located in one of the most vulnerable regions of the world for…
One-and-a-half years after being fired for failing to speed up post-earthquake recovery, Sushil Gyewali is back as the CEO of National…
OLD TO NEW: Barpak before the earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and today with its haphazard modern concrete structures. Barpak was at…
Preparing western Nepal for a future megaquake is now even more urgent than reconstruction in areas hit by the 2015 disasterNepalis live in one…
Seismologists say that the 2015 disaster in Nepal was the most data-rich Himalayan earthquake ever studied. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake moved…
