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Kantipur has deep seated belief in democracy and freedom of press for the positive change in society. It is committed to provide true picture of news and analytical reviews to the Nepalese society. Being the market leader the organization has the added responsibility to affirm professionalism in disseminating true information.

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19 October 2016

Understanding resilience in Nepal

Over a year after the 2015 Nepal Earthquake, the process of recovery is slow moving. The ongoing public discourse on how to recover from the earthquake has emphasised the need to ‘build back better’ and to build ‘resilience’ - but it is important to understand what resilience actually means and how both concepts are different but complementary to each other.

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5 September 2016

Nepal: Building strong

Last year's earthquake in Nepal left more than three million people homeless. It was a reminder of how the quality of construction is what counts during natural calamities; century-old buildings in the heart of Kathmandu withstood the earthquake, while newly constructed buildings in periphery areas were devastated, highlighting the need for resilient buildings.

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5 February 2016

Nepal: At your own risk - Opinion

In an opinion piece in the Kathmandu Post, Navin Singh Khadka, a BBC journalist based in London laments that 'there is no one this write-up could hold accountable or could seek responsible answers from. Such is the political vacuum in Nepal. Otherwise, for instance, the 'build back better' slogan would not have remained empty words for the earthquake survivors even after 10 months of the disaster'... http://bit.ly/23MuExM

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13 January 2015

Nepal: Kathmandu under-prepared for earthquake

'We failed to learn from the 1934 disaster. There hasn’t been much progress to protect people and the existing infrastructure from earthquake,' said Amod Mani Dixit, executive director at the National Society for Earthquake Technology, the major partner of the government working in earthquake preparedness...

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26 November 2014

Nepal: Preparing farmers for climate change

Nepal's Ministry of Agricultural Development Spokesperson Uday Chandra Thakur said that the ministry has implemented early warning system since last year to reduce vulnerability of drought and other agriculture-climate events. “The project’s task is to update on agriculture-climate risk ...

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17 October 2014

Nepal: Preventing hazards - Opinion

The high vulnerability of Nepal to natural disasters, such as floods and landslides, requires urgent action from the government to prevent disasters and reduce its impacts that every year cause great human and economic loses. The Kailali experience should be taken as an example by the whole country...

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12 August 2014

Nepal: Thinking ahead of disaster

'It is impossible to prevent landslides from occurring, given Nepal’s weak geophysical and climatic conditions; however, we can minimise the risks of lives and property loss with proper preparedness and sharing right information to the vulnerable communities,' said Bishal Nath Uprety, a geologist and professor at Tribhuvan University...

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12 August 2013

Nepal: Kathmandu unveils a plan to ward off natural disasters

The Nepalese government authority, the District Disaster Management Committee has drawn up a disaster management plan to prepare the city to future earthquakes, floods and landslides. In addition, the Ministry of Ģ��ý Affiars has planned 1000 disaster risk reduction projects for the next five years...