Kathmandu is one of the world’s wettest capitals. During the annual monsoon, rivulets of water run down the streets and into the swollen Bagmati River. In the rainy season, residents still use a ...

Hindus flock to the riverbanks in Kathmandu to worship at shrines and celebrate festivals. Women dip in the river to wash away sins during Rishipanchami, a day for worship of the seven sages ...

A proposed dam on Kathmandu’s Bagmati River aims to collect rainwater during the wet season and release it in the dry season to rejuvenate the river, but skeptics question its viability and safety.

Metres away from his home in the Thapathali squatter settlement in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu, the Bagmati river reeked. “When I first came to live here, the water was black and the ...

In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen flooded due to heavy rains on Sept. 28 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The flooding has left more than 190 people dead so far, while ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — There were 65 people on board the two buses that were pushed into a swollen river in Nepal, of which rescuers have been able to recover 14 bodies, authorities said Tuesday.

KATHMANDU: Half of the passengers in a bus carrying 43 Indians died on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a rain-swollen river in neighbouring Nepal, a spokesperson for the Himalayan nation's ...

A landslide on the Madan-Ashrit Highway in Nepal early this morning swept two buses carrying 63 people into the Trishuli River. The incident, involving the Kathmandu-bound Angel bus and Ganpati ...