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The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides in Nepal and Tibet has risen to 750. Of them, 734 people have died in Nepal. Another 16 people were killed in Tibet’s Gyirong County. Thousands of people remain missing in the disaster affected areas along the border between the two countries. Officials in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region provided the information at a news conference held Sunday. At the news conference, officials said the missing foreign nationals include 49 citi...

For the people of Rasuwa in Nepal, the disaster has only just begun. Those who lost their lives are gone. Those who survived are fighting every moment to stay alive. There is no food, no water and no roof over their heads. There is no medicine or medical treatment. There is only the hope that perhaps a loved one is still alive somewhere and a beating heart holding on to life. The same scene can be seen not only in Rasuwa but also in Nuwakot, Tanahun, Chitwan, Dhading, Gorkha and Nawalparasi East...

No one died of dengue in the country in the past 24 hours. However, 868 people were admitted to different hospitals with dengue during this period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the information in its dengue situation report issued up to 8 am Thursday. According to the directorate, 88 people have died from the Aedes mosquito borne disease so far this year. The number of hospitalized patients has risen to 32,248. Currently, 2,083 dengue patients are receiving t...

Five more children died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, from 8 pm Wednesday to 8 am Thursday. With this, the total number of deaths from measles and measles symptoms nationwide has reached 955. The Directorate General of Health Services released the information in its regular report on the measles situation on Thursday. According to the report, three people died with measles symptoms in Dhaka Division over the past day. During the same period, two more chil...

The death toll from Wednesday’s devastating floods in Nepal has risen to 289. The country’s police department reported the figure in its latest social media update. The police department said in a statement Thursday afternoon that 289 bodies had so far been recovered from various affected areas. Meanwhile, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said another 826 people remain missing in the country. China’s state broadcaster CCTV also reported that the number of...

Three more people have died with measles symptoms across the country in the past 24 hours, from 8 pm Thursday to 8 am Wednesday. With the latest fatalities, the total number of deaths from measles and its symptoms has risen to 831. During the same period, another 1,075 people developed measles and its symptoms. The information was released in the Directorate General of Health Services’ regular measles report on Wednesday.