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29/06/2015: Gorkha quake loss estimated at Rs37b (kp)
5.7 billion rupees collected for relief: PM Koirala warns against misuse of support for quake victims (ht)
Rs 10.3b from PM’s Relief Fund spent for disaster victims: However 16 districts have not received any fund from the prime minister's fund, by Kamal Pariyar (rep)

28/06/2015: Debris to be used in reconstruction (kp)
Tremor-hit Nepal faces scrutiny in distributing aid (ht)

27/06/2015: Earthquake survivors still await cash to build shelter (kp)
Bent, not broken: The people are poor; The government is corrupt; The roads are narrow; Disasters keep coming; The economy is weak; But then, if you look at the core of our being there are so many lessons we can learn from it, by Chana Sigdel (kp)
Red Cross providing relief to tremor survivors of Kavre VDCs (ht)
Landslides question Tatopani's fate, by Dhruva Dangal (rep)

26/06/2015: Mission far from accomplished: The first emergency may be over, but the work of rehabilitating lives is only beginning, by Richard Ragan (nt)
The disaster is not over: Assessing the National Planning Commission’s Post-disaster Needs Assessment report, by David Seddon (nt)
Two months old: Babies born during the quake remind parents of the dreadful day, but also give them strength to face the future, by Om Astha Rai (nt)
Landless before, landless after: Much of the assistance is going to earthquake survivors in the mountains, and Kathmandu’s already-poor urban homeless have fallen between the cracks, by Karma Gurung (nt)

25/06/2015: Three die as quake-hit buildings collapse (kp)
Post disaster needs assessment: Households facing income, consumption shocks (ht)
Valley lawmakers submit memo to PM (ht)

24/06/2015: Picking up the pieces after quake (kp 24/06/2015)
No double relief for victims of earthquakes (ht)
Jiri limping back to normal (ht)

23/06/2015: NEA to carry out detailed assessment of damaged houses (ht)
CG starts work on temporary homes for quake victims: Locals sharing 50 percent of costs (rep)

22/06/2015: Belgians help quake survivors, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
NC builds 3,150 temporary houses in quake-hit areas (kp)
Only 3 percent of quake-damaged structures insured, by Rudra Pangeni (rep)
Equipment shortage slowing demolition of risky buildings, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep)

21/06/2015: Great Quake leaves remote villages cut off as rains begin (kp)
Foodstuffs for quake-hit tart ‘rotting’ in Gorkha, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Quake-hit get 106 temp houses (kp)

20/06/2015: Poorest, most vulnerable bore maximum brunt of tremors, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Building equipment distributed in quake-hit conservation areas (kp)
Narrow road to the north: Along the way, at Betrawati, we caught sight of a melange of colours filtering from behind a clump of foliage near the highway; When I looked closer, I realised that I was looking at hundreds of tents in a clearing a little distance away, by Kiran Panday (kp)
Writing about the earthquake, by Dipti Sherchan (kp)
Back on the streets of Kathmandu: A Nepali based in the US returns home to help out fellow Nepalis who have lost so much to the quake, by Prakash Timalsena (kp)

19/06/2015: WFP rice for Gorkha rotten, by Dewan Rai and Sudip Kaini (kp)
Victims in Gorkha get mouldy rice (ht)
Two more bodies retrieved from Taplejung landslide (kp)
Quake cuts off remote villages as rains begin (ht)
Looking for alternatives, by Sachi Mulmi (rep)
Trouble in the rubble: Like Krishna Mandir, Nepal is standing but needs more support (nt)
Operation Mountain Express: It is a race against the rains to get relief to remote villages, by Kunda Dixit (nt)

18/06/2015: Govt teams to identify houses to be demolished (kp)
Owners of damaged houses facing tough time, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
Child-focused organisations to deliver urgent shelter, relief (ht)
Relief operations almost over: Govt, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Quake hit Kalinchowk locals happy with govt support, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep)
Quake worsens life’s raw deal for disable girl, by Rohit Rai (rep)
Govt’s debt relief plan hits a major glitch (ht)

17/06/2015: Relief for quake survivors: Discrepancies rampant in ID card distribution, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp)
Short-supply of relief a bane for victims, by Aash Gurung (kp)
Quake victims yet to get money to build temporary shelters (ht)
Corrugated zinc sheets "too little, too late" for quake victims (rep)
Locals dread cave-ins (ht)
Displaced demand resettlement, by Ananda Gautam (kp)
Monument proposed to commemorate victims (kp)
Parties wrapping up volunteer work (kp)

16/06/2015: Locals more bent towards social work after quake, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp)
NA to mobilize China-gifted field hospitals soon (rep)
Kantipur raises Rs 44.3 million (kp)
Free education: Government seeks details of quake orphans (kp)

15/06/2015: Guidelines to ramp up demolition: Three districts in Kathmandu Valley declared crisis zone for a year (kp)
Valley districts crisis-hit zones for year: Certain civil rights might be curtailed during the period, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Quake-hit people await cash relief for temp shelter, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Print Money For Quake Victims, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
Relief materials: Health Ministry flooded with tax exemption requests (kp)
Finding a room in Bhojpur a tough nut post quake, by Sahiman Rai (kp)
Lamjung folk happy after UML volunteers help rebuild their homes, by Aash Gurung (kp)
Insurers settle 11.1pc of claims (ht)

14/06/2015: ‘700,000 pushed to poverty’ (kp)
Quake likely to push 982,000 people back into poverty, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Post disaster needs assessment: With Rs112.5b losses, services sector worst-hit, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 14/06/2015)
Worries, trauma hit mental health (kp)
Migrant workers in Britain help quake survivors (kp)
Rs 5.07b deposited in PM Disaster Relief Fund (kp
Hospital provides relief worth Rs 10m, by Rabindra Uprety (kp)
Illegally built boundary walls to be removed (ht)
Govt may have to buy or hire demolition machines: No concrete response from countries which were requested for help (ht)
UNICEF says sanitation major challenge in quake aftermath (ht)
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13/06/2015: Post disaster needs assessment: Rs 666.3b needed for post-quake rebuilding, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Quake damage billed at Rs 513 bn, income loss Rs 187 billion, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp)
Quake damage put at Rs 701b: Damage to housing, human settlements totalled Rs 303 billion, by Rudra Pangeni (rep)
HAMI: Relief distribution by I/NGOs publicity-oriented (kp)
Free land rumour drives quake victims to Chitwan (kp)
Refugees to the rescue: Bhutanese refugees from their camps in Beldgangi, Jhapa, are building bamboo shelters in Ramechaap and also teaching the locals the basics of their craft, by Deepesh Das Shrestha (kp)
Security forces working to restore normalcy after quake: On high elert to avert possible outbreak of dicease, by Arjun Poudel (rep)
Government to conduct recount: The government plans to conduct a recount of poor households in Gorkha, Tanahu, Sindhuli and Ramechhap citing a possible increase in the figure after the quake, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
Rs 1,000 each for quake-hit students, by Kokila KC (ht) [??]

12/06/2015: ‘100,000 fake relief claims’: CDOs expect further rise in the numbers once data is compiled from all 14 worst-hit districts, by Bhadra Sharma (kp) [Failure in census data or wrong claims now? Probably a mixture of both!]
PAC to summon ministers over ‘relief misuse’ (ht)
175 Nepalis, 56 foreigners still unaccounted for: Have been missing since April 25 earthquake; IGP Aryal tells House panel search for them on (ht)
Dispute over site delays relocation of quake-victims, by Chandani Hamal (rep)
One crisis at a time: Dhading survivors brace themselves for the rains, but have more immediate worries, by Mallika Aryal (nt)
Sheltering women: Most survivors in temporary shelters are women, and they are worried about privacy and security, by Sahina Shrestha (nt)
Rebuilding Hotel Paradise: 25 April was a foreshock for the 12 May earthquake that destroyed Charikot, by Kunda Dixit (nt)
A long wait: Survivors of Langtang want to go home, but when?, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt)
Bureaucracy as usual: Confusion and obstruction delay delivery of urgent relief supplies to quake-hit areas, by Stéphane Huët (nt)
Water for the displaced, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp)
Changing dynamics, by Sachi Mulmi (rep)
Seeing through the darkness: Earthquake experience of the visually impaired, by Anjali Subedi (rep)
She still recalls last meal with husband, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht)
Nepal Army provides zinc sheets in Dolakha (kp)
NRN help for building temporary shacks, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Youth club builds school shelter, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
CA member helps build temporary classrooms (kp)

11/06/2015: Quake-hit locals start to pick ‘Himalayan Viagra’, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Paradise lost: Resettling people in the districts most severely affected requires more work (kp)
Genuine quake victims deprived of relief: NHRC (ht)
3 more bodies recovered from Langtang area (kp)
Concrete housing project in Arwabijaya: The project is currently working on building—threeroomed—concrete houses for 10 underprivileged Dalit families (kp)
Life in post-quake situation after a brush with death (ht)
NFPPD,UNFPA helping pregnant,lactating women victims (ht)
Relief amount distribution for construction begins in Tanahun (ht)
Baisebichawa residents raise funds (kp)
Taruka VDC residents to rebuild school together (kp)
Five arrested for misappropriation (kp)
Many relief trucks still coming through Parsa, by Shankar Acharya (kp)
Hami distributes relief in Gorkha and Rasuwa (kp)
Manang residents help quake victims in Pokhara (kp)
Dhanyantari Futsal provides shelter to quake victims (kp)

10/06/2015: Growing Scepticism, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn)
Quake-hit houses still not categorised: Shops and businesses are being run inside buildings that have developed cracks, but have not been categorised yet, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
dZi Foundation helps out in Solu, Khotang (kp)
Fund arrives from HK (kp)
CWIN working for children post quake (kp)
Workers in Saudi Arabia donate rs 2.4m (kp)
Helping to heal with music, interview with Lochan Rijal (kp)
Chan distributes relief in Lalitpur (kp)
Nach dem Erdbeben in Nepal: Shangri-La in Trümmern, von Karsten Holm (Spiegel)

09/06/2015: 8,774 dead, 22,303 injured in temblors (ht)
Resettled Bhutanese in US donate Rs 1.9m (kp)
Cracked houses strike terror in hearts of Bhojpur locals (ht)
Nidhi tells DDRC to distribute relief money (ht)
Heart Beat extends support (kp)
Trekking company helps Rasuwa (kp)
Monastery provides Chinese medicine therapy (kp)
Karishma works in the affected districts (kp) [interview with Karishma Manandhar]
Painting to cope with the disaster (kp)

08/06/2015: Aid irregularities leave victims high and dry: Panel, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
Secretaries flee VDCs fearing for life, by Rishiram Poudyal (kp)
Foreign firms seek ways to help quake-hit workers, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
23 bodies of quake victims still unidentified (kp)
Armyworms trouble life under tarpaulin (kp)
Locals deny government-built temporary shelters in Manthali, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp)
Tilganga builds tunnel homes (kp)

07/06/2015: 53 bodies pulled out in Langtang (kp)
53 more bodies recovered in Langtang (ht)
Govt to deploy fresh docs to 14 quake-hit districts, by Manish Gautam (kp)
A month on, life in Chautara still far from normal, by Rishiram Paudel (kp)
14 bodies unidentified, DNA samples collected for identification in future (ht)
Concerning children: Govt proposes alternative care (kp)
Victims report ‘irregularities’ in relief, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Building shelters in Bandipur, by Purna BK (kp)
Chandi Dal Battalion erects shacks in Sindhuli, by Rajkumar Karki (kp)
Nepali Army constructing temporary shelters (ht)
Rebuilding on their own, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
Model shelters in Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Dispelling quake terror in affected areas, by Raj Kumar Parajuli and Rup Narayan Dhakal (kp)
Actor turns relief worker after being rescued, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp)
Artistes defeat politicos 3-0 in friendly fund-raiser soccer match (ht)

06/06/2015: Global Team of Engineers: Some Buildings are ‘Time Bombs’, by Sally Acharya (kp)
Rebuilding Sustainably, by Sophia Pande (kp)
Unsung heroes: Besides limelight-hogging celebrities, there are millions of unreported volunteers who helped earthquake victims, by Birat Anupam (rep)
Hacking the quake The founders of the HackTheQuake competition are seeking innovative, out-of-the-box thinkers who can come up with solutions for rebuilding the nation, by Dipti Sherchan (kp)
Despair and hope: A relief worker talks about his frustration with the government’s response and the problems, along with the stories of hope, he witnessed during relief missions to Sindupalchok, by Yumaashis Setling (kp)
Rehabilitation of Dhading quake victims before monsoon rains a daunting task (ht)
After disaster, authorities now face debris dilemma (kp)
Govt waives land tax for quake-hit (kp)
Build houses or wait for tech teams to arrive, ask victims, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Renting room a ‘big challenge’ in post-quake Capital (kp)
Relief still eludes worst quake-hit Ree VDC, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp)
It's time to become agents of vhange: 'Reconstruction plan will be based on quake effect' (ht)
Tourists turn into aid workers (ht)
DoR to procure demolition machines (ht)

05/06/2015: Earthquake death toll climbs to 8,709 (ht)
Female casualties 55 per cent (ht)
Post-mortem of a disaster: The earthquake was not unexpected, but it could have been far worse. It was a rehearsal for the really big ones to come (nt)
All foreign army personnel back after quake response (kp)
Police personnel undergo psychological counselling (kp)
Quake-hit get relief amount via mobile sets, by Sudip Kaini
Health sector suffers loss of Rs 3b: Report, by Manish Gautam (kp)
ID cards delay affects cash relief distribution (kp)
Shikshya thinks long-term: In Dolakha’s Barbari Village, they are funding the construction of 1,086 temporary houses with zinc sheet roofs (kp)
Youth volunteers help build shelters around Nepal (kp)
Retired teacher supports school in Baglung (kp)
Kavre receives building material (kp)
Gandaki School alumni start rehabilitation project (kp)
Survivors, not victims: The use of certain terms in the post-disaster discourse seems to be disempowering earthquake survivors, by Prem Phyak (kp)
‘Get appts assessed by third-party’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Two of 40 inhabited high-rises unsafe (kp)
Scared and anxious: Plight of high-rise residents, by Sewa Bhattarai (rep)
Debris to be dumped in Chobhar, near Bagmati (ht)
Youths construct 74 relief classrooms in 26 schools (ht)
Nepal 425: Three trekkers decided not to go home and stay on to help with earthquake relief, by Kunda Dixit (nt)
Ramechhap villages at risk (ht)
Insurers have settled only 3.6pc of claims (ht)
Houses down, rents up: The housing crisis in Kathmandu has become much more acute after the earthquake, by Sahina Shrestha (nt)
Sorting it out: In some places, people have taken it upon themselves to take care of the debris, by Sachi Mulmi (rep)

04/06/2015: Govt mulls relocating 1,000 settlements, by Anil Giri (kp)
Relocate villages facing landslide risk: Taskforce (kp)
Majority of foreign military personnel have flown out: NA (kp)
Will use relief cash for creative purposes, say victims, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Quake-hit to get ‘model houses’, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Earthquake spares relatively less in western hill districts: Expert says seismic waves weakened due to rocky geological structure, by Ishwori Neupane (kp)
Dolakha residents till await relief: Due to lack of food, the villagers have been consuming the wheat stock they recovered from the rubble of their homes (kp)
260 quintals of foodstuff collected through mutthidan in Banke (kp)
Political party Bibeksheel Nepali reach more than 6,000 households (kp)
Tunnel shelters in Dukuchhap, by Jessica Tradati (kp)
Bhutanese refugees build bamboo huts, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp)
Relief food found to be of poor quality (kp)
Kids, women hit by quake: MoWCS says it is still collecting details (ht)
Quake damage assessed in Bharatpur (ht)

03/06/2015: NGO registered to help quake survivors (kp)
NAMD helps cope with trauma (kp)
Quake victims scramble for scarce zinc sheets, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
‘Quake survivors in urgent need of humanitarian aid’ (ht)
Eight houses at risk of landslide (ht)
Quake destroys houses worth $3.8 billion (ht)

02/06/2015: Nepali worker in M’sia returns home a month after quake kills wife, son, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp)
Over 4,000 unsafe buildings demolished (kp)
Mechi Youth support Kavre (kp)
E-learning under the tents in Tundikhel, by Dewan Rai (kp)
Canadian minister treats the injured in Rasuwa, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Pokhara sends relief to 14 districts (kp)
Impact Nepal builds shelters (kp)
MaHa Jodi helps out in Kavre, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
ID cards for tremor-hit families on the cards (ht)
Hundreds of houses at risk in Kavre (ht)
With rented houses destroyed, finding accomodation difficult for Gorkha students, by Santosh Pokharel (rep)
Another chapter after the quake, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 02/06/2015)

01/06/2015: Women living in tents learn to fend off sexual harassment (kp)
Quake-hit in remote areas left in lurch, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Govt distributes Rs 8 billion (kp)
Only 1.5 pc of quake related insurance claims settled so far, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Geologists to report after studying six districts: They intend to recommend relocation of some settlements to the government, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Okhaldhunga children rescued (kp)
Tremor takes heavy toll on poultry, by Tilakram Rimal (ht)
Karthali locals see a ray of hope: A Hong Kong-based organisation has come to the rescue of the Dalit community living in Karthale, by Anup Ojha  (kp)
Help comes to Ichok (kp)
NYF continues its large-scale relief, rehabilitation programme (kp)
Youth foundation giving succour to quake victims (ht)
Nepalis in Israel donate zinc sheets (kp)
Fundraiser concert for security personnel (kp)
Five more missions raise funds for relief (kp)
Political leaders and cadres help rebuild schools in Ramechhap, by Tika Prasad Bhatta (kp)
Quacks and quakes: The Great Earthquake has resulted in a number of curious explanations, behaviours and suggestions, by Narayan Manandhar (kp)
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31/05/2015: Displaced swarm into Valley: Nearly 16,000 people have left Sindhupalchok since the quake, by Roshan Sedhai and Rishi Ram Poudel (kp)
ID card, cash distribution starts in dists, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
End to relief distribution being mulled (ht)
Locals seize zinc sheets over discrepancy doubt, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Neighbours of high-rise apartments up in arms (ht)
Trungram Foundation actively involved in Barpak (kp)
NRNs in South Korea help quake-hit schools (kp)
Differently abled individuals get temporary shelters in Rasuwa, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Virtual reality film about Nepal quake aims to raise funds (kp)
A thousand words: Pictures show disasters, the plight of victims, and the nature and semiotics of humans reaching out to affected areas, by Abhi Subedi (kp)
Over 95 per cent foreign troops have returned: 175 members from India, US, Canada still operating, soon to head home (ht)
Good Samaritans reach out to needy: Californian team distributes relief,treats injured in Sindhupalchowk villages (ht)
Normalcy returning to Sindhupalchowk: Villagers say after the devastating tremor, it is time to rise from rubble (ht)
NRNA provides relief to over 15,000 families (ht)
Healing Haku: A group of individuals band together to rebuild a village that was totally destroyed in the quake while at the same time restoring the surviving self-reliability, by Editya Stepczak (ht)

30/05/2015: 50,000 more houses may be affected: KMC, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
2,000 Rasuwa households need relocation, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Helambu folk gear up to build ‘model houses’, by Rishi Ram Paudel (kp)
At the epicentre: Barkpak lies in ruins but volunteers and locals have done a remarkable job of nudging it on the road to recovery. Now the surrounding areas need help to get going too, by Dewan Rai (kp)
Govt demolishes 720 houses (kp)
‘Funds will meet 50pc demand’ (kp)
Hardware stores found overcharging customers (kp)
PM joins hands in debris management to mark R-Day (ht)
Far-west govt officials providing services amid constant fear, by Tekendra Deuba (ht)
Ramechhap quake victims building huts on their own (ht)
Bhojpur offices look for safer structures (ht)
Canines to the Rescue, by Jessica Rai (ht)
Broken but not down and out, by Sharada Adhikari (ht)
Hollow promises annoy Quake-hit Dolakha, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep)
Just one toilet for over 200 quake displaced, by Riwaj Rai (rep)
Bhojpur locals pulling together life torn apart by quake, by Dhurba Subedi (rep)
For Raute, quake ignorance was bliss for a week, by Govinda KC (rep)
People seeking refuge from quakes in Chitwan hotels, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep)
Quake-affected locals for early relocation to safer areas (rep)

29/05/2015: Nuwakot villagers lead by example: Up to 80 percent households have replaced their tarpaulin tents with zinc sheet-roofed shelters, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
People in quake-hit Singati area limp back to normalcy, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Damaged high-rise buildings: Affected neighbours to hold protest meeting (kp)
Shortage of workers slows down rebuilding, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp)
Uncleared debris hampering mobility of people, vehicles, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
MoYS set to mobilise volunteers: Will work in tremor-hit areas to help in relief distribution, reconstruction (ht)
Step-down centres for those injured in earthquake (ht)
Teams in Gorkha villages start submitting reports, by Bharat Koirala (ht)
Lack of experts hits data collection (ht)
Fingerprints become key to identifying bodies, by Kamal Pariyar (rep)
Epicentre of reconstruction: Barpak is rising from the rubble and is committed to building an even better town, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt)
Building blocks of reconstruction: Replacing bricks with alternatives that are safer, cheaper, cleaner and faster to build, by Shreesha Nankhwa (nt)
The Uprooted: An increasing number of people from earthquake affected districts are seeking shelter on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, by Om Astha Rai (nt)
Where are we? Ncell partners with Flowminder to track movement of Nepalis post-earthquake, by Ayesha Shakya (nt)
Soon, the monsoon: Nepal’s disaster isn’t over yet: it is just moving into the next phase (nt)
Bringing back smiles: ‘Gangnam Style’ Nepal Police now on mission to ease people’s pain through music (ht)
Japan-based Nepalis engage in relief works in quake-hit areas (kp)
Tokyo Mission raises Rs 24m for PM fund (kp)
Refugees support Sindhuli (kp)
Stars help relief efforts (kp)
NCM provides relief to Kavre, Gorkha, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
CNI, Habitat for Humanity in ‘Rebuild Nepal’ tie-up (kp)
Golchha to construct 1,000 houses (kp)
Theft cases on rise in post-quake situation: Police say they have cautioned general public to remain alert (ht)
A steep road to recovery: May 31, the date is set; Principles and teachers in Kathmandu are scrambling about to resume classes, by Priyanka Gurung (rep)

28/05/2015: Discrepancies in no. of quake-hit families: Officials suspect wrongdoing by some victims to line their pockets, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
Rape, abuse reported in encampments, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
Shelter built for impoverished Bote families (kp)
Change Fusion Nepal builds houses (kp)
Radio Kantipur music show cheers Nepalis (kp)
Gulmelis help Chitwan residents (kp)
Tremor victims rebuilding on their own (ht)
Army helps build schools in Parbat, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp)
Data of houses destroyed: Confusing questionnaire hinders collection (kp)
Food, livestock damaged (ht)
Illegal huts crop up on riverbanks, HPCIDBC concerned (ht)
Porters say survival at stake in expensive city after quake (ht)
1,000 Myagdi households at landslip risk (ht)
Kaski jail inmates spending sleepless nights after quake (ht)
WFP joins hands with TAAN,NMA for assistance (ht)

27/05/2015: Aftershocks, rain raise landslip fears, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp)
Gorkha villagers join hands to build shelters, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Barrachaur residents get aid, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp)
Dolakha locals help their district, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Officials declare Everest Hotel, some heritage properties ‘unsafe’; HAN: 90 percent of hotels still safe; damaged properties could be renovated (kp)
Kids do their bit: A group of school children get together to raise money for earthquake victims and desposit the amount in the PM’s relief fund (kp)
Move afoot to protect children from traffickers (ht)
Kirtipur locals say won’t demolish their shaky houses: Not willing to let municipality do the job, saying they want proper compensation and guarantee of resettlement, by Som Nath Ghimire (ht)
Govt focusing on permanent settlement: Mahat (ht)
Singati locals struggle to come to terms (ht)
The Everest Hotel marked ‘unsafe’, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht)
Nyano Sansar reaches hardest-hit areas, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
Former combatants help build shelters, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
YAN helps quake victims (kp)
Congress builds houses in Palpa (kp)

26/05/2015: Govt warns outbreak of water-borne diseases: Water samples from Kathmandu Valley, Sindhupalchok, Dolakha, Dhading and Gorkha test positive for coliform bacteria, including E coli; Experts say KUKL drinking water has high chlorine content to the point of being toxic, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Post-disaster rebuilding: Policymakers, int’l agencies stress systematic approach (kp)
KMC chief Tandukar removed from duty (kp)
Won’t tolerate relief misuse, says PM (kp)
Red Cross helps people in distress (kp)
Oxfam to help remote areas (kp)
Save the Children to build temporary learning centres (kp)
ANN donates to PM’s fund (kp)
Art workshops for children (kp)
Time and trauma: Earthquake survivors who maintain and strengthen social bonds are less likely to develop PTSD, by Brandon Kohrt (kp)

25/05/2015: PMO, Ministry in row over relief from foreign units, by Anil Giri (kp)
Army donates Rs244m to PM Relief Fund (kp)
Provide relief within five days: Panel tells govt (ht)
Locals of Dhiyal VDC denied relief, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Relief too little,too late for Ghorthali people (ht)
Victims yet to get money to build shelters before rains (kp)
Braving disaster to reach Barpak, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
Children most vulnerable group among quake-hit communities (ht)
No need to worry much about landslides: Geologists, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Private hospitals fleecing earthquake victims, by Arjun Poudel (rep)
Greed, duplicity and hoarding disgrace relief operation, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep)
Tattered clothes as relief irk Ramechhap locals, by Kamal Pariyar (rep)
Medical colleges urged to mobilize healthworkers (rep)
Prefabs could solve many problems during reconstruction phase (ht)
New culture minister at damaged heritage site (ht)
Gurung Society in NY contributes to quake relief (kp)
Australian woman aids in relief (kp)
The voice that soothed many, interview with Komal Oli (kp)

24/05/2015: Storm compounds lives under tent (kp)
Dust storm wreaks havoc: One killed, quake survivors living in tents affected (ht)
Ministry bars cash dole sans ID distribution: Ministry spokesman says the move to ensure that cash reaches real victims and for the sake of transparency (kp)
Chinese rescuers return from Rasuwa as deadline expires, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Technology, experts in need to demolish, trim shaky buildings (kp)
TU relies on its own resources, well-wishers to rebuild from rubble, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
Threat of disaster far from over: WHO (ht)
No amnesty plan for inmates: Govt; Forty prisons across the country were destroyed in the earthquakes, forcing hundreds of inmates out in the open (kp)
Quake damage ‘three-fold’ more than estimated: An expert team finds 959 houses to be uninhabitable in Dhankuta, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
‘Classify houses on habitability basis’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Over 1,700 unsafe houses pulled down: Nepal Army (kp)
Security agencies demolish in 344 damaged houses in Valley (ht)
Dhading quake victims building shelters (ht)
Two more bodies pulled from debris in Singati, by Himal Dhungel (ht)
Farmers left poorer as cattle perish in disaster, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
Japanese team to assess Kulekhani, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Out in the open: Denizens who’ve taken shelter in the City’s parks say such spaces have been a boon for them (ht)
Nearly 400,000 people left the Valley in six days after quake: Study (ht 24/05/2015)
Government organisations and locals in Far West collect relief, by Mohan Budhair (kp)
Ecan provides support (kp)
Maiti Nepal provides relief (kp)
Doctors help quake victims build temporary shelters (ht)
MaHa steps up, interview with Hari Bansha Acharya (kp)
UNFPA, govt launch ‘Dignity First’ campaign: Aim to support pregnant women, new mothers, infants and girls affected by earthquake (ht)
Manisha to help quake-affected women and girls (kp)
Spreading support of love that’s so needed now: A doctor abandoned surgery on her knee in the US and flew back to Nepal to help other women in need, by Jessica Rai (ht)
Building back, inside out: The tremors will eventually stop, but their emotional and mental impacts are likely to linger, by Jagannath Lamichhane (kp)
Nature and us: Post-quake development must include a Nepali understanding of our place in nature, by Binayak Basnyat (kp)
A letter to Joanna Lumley: How to protect the funds raised in the UK from leakages on the way to victims of the earthquake, by Durga Prasad Paudyal (kp)
Remarkable resilience: Meeting the challenges of reconstruction and rehabilitation will require a leadership that is young and dynamic, by Gopal Thapa (kp)
Remembering the children: In the post-earthquake response, children simply must not be forgotten, by Mattias Bryneson, Delailah Borja and Liz Satow (kp)
Free and open: The importance of open spaces in the Valley was aptly demonstrated in the aftermath of the Great Quake, by Shreemanjari Tamrakar (kp)

23/05/2015: Worker crunch looms with new departures, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Lawmakers assessment: ‘Security problems could arise if relief delayed’ (kp)
Lawmakers: Relief yet to reach quake-affected villages (rep)
Parliamentary panels for relocating over 100 villages, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
Relief cash released; ID process to delay dole, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
Ministry to allot 45pc budget for rehab (kp)
Districts told to prepare exit strategy; Views: Too much aid makes people dependant; many areas need continued support, by Anil Giri (kp)
Safe shelters to be built across country: Govt plans to build community shelters to accomodate upto 150 people in all constituencies across the country (kp)
29 pc of inspected houses in need of repair: NEA chief Urges owners not to lose hope,as detailed analysis of damage is yet to be done (ht)
Humanitarian aid worth Rs 26.69b received so far, by Rudra Pangeni (rep)
Walking through some parts of capital city now a risky affair: Tilted houses supported by wooden beams pose threat to pedestrians, house owners, by Som Nath Ghimire (ht)
WFP barred from distributing rice in quake-hit areas Quantity of broken rice was more than set standard (ht)
Gorkha quake victims urged to return home, start rebuilding (ht)
Migrants return to quake epicentre to rebuild the village stone by stone; Number of countrymen leaving Nepal daily falls by a third (ht)
Rescue work begins in Singati, one body pulled out (ht)
Quake victims help one another in rescue, rehab, reconstruction, by Daman Rai (rep)
Locals forced to relocate fearing landslides, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep)
Dolakha diary: I will work through the aftermath of this disaster and do what I can for the people whose lives have been destroyed, by Makar Shrestha (kp)
Displaced of Sindhupalchowk worry about future, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep)
TU loss estimated to be over Rs 2 billion: Several structures in Kirtipur, constituent campuses damaged (ht)
Fear of leopards, snakes in tents (ht)
Precarious buildings make jailbirds jittery: Inmates say old structures on the verge of collapse (ht)
Life on the line, by Suman Malla (kp)
Learning from the Great Quake, by Pragati Shahi (kp)
Semblance of a home: Those who have been displaced by the earthquake into camps are doing everything they
can to create a semblance of home living in these unfamiliar environments, by Sewa Bhattarai (kp)
Living with fear and uncertainty, by Nitya Pandey (kp)
Airman returns home to help quake-hit Nepalis, by Sharada Adhikari (ht)
Manisha to help ensure dignity of women: Says she is proud of resilient Nepali women,also proud to be their voice (ht)
Insurance claim settlements taking too long, says IB, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
More than half of foreign troops have returned: NA (ht)

22/05/2015: At least 200 deaths in 1,000 quake-flattened monasteries, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Lawmakers find lack of coordination in aid effort, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Parties seek cash for volunteers, by Lilaballav Ghimire (kp)
Post-quake Tundikhel a favourite haunt for kids (kp)
Eight reported missing in Singati (kp)
Singati road finally cleared after 10 days (ht)
GFI estimates 40pc houses in Valley are safe (kp)
Mountains to move: No government agency is monitoring or mapping the landslides triggered by the earthquake and its aftershocks, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp)
United they stand, by Vinni Thapa (kp)
Settlements’relocation mooted: Twenty Sindhupalchowk villages have become uninhabitable (ht)
Bhojpur victims building temporary shelters (ht)
Dhading villagers wonder about reconstruction, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
‘Restoring female dignity core aspect of every humanitarian response’ (ht)
Art auction for quake victims (kp)
NTB provides Rs 50m for PM’s relief fund (kp)
Residents up in arms against PVH developer, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Draft guideline introduced: Subsidised loans only for quake-resistant buildings, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Govt won’t just let anyone build anything anywhere (ht)
Overhead danger (ht)
Earthquake makes living costlier in Arughat (rep)
Houses on highways more at risk from quakes, by Daman Rai (rep)
Locals’ plea to test soil in vulnerable areas of the capital: ‘Public should be told how safe a place is to build houses’ (ht)
Zinc sheet crunch in Ramechhap (ht)
Wrongdoers in market face govt action (kp)
India, China for trilateral co-op with Nepal: Officials in Nepal welcome ‘respect for sovereignty, independence’, by Anil Giri (kp)
China, India to join hands in Nepal’s post-quake recovery, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Mauritius fundraiser for victims in Nepal (kp)
Lawmakers contribute Rs 25.78 m to PMDRF (ht)
Before & after 2072: If earthquake volunteers become ‘political’, the country may go somewhere, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp
Independent and capable: Nepal must learn from Kashmir’s experience and institute an independent body to deal with earthquake response, by Rajeev Thapa (kp)
Into the open, by Sachi Mulmi (rep)
The local battle: The full impact of the aftermath can be felt at the ward offices, by Priyanka Gurung (rep)

21/05/2015: Ministry seeks Rs 5 billion for rebuilding, rehab, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
MoHP to present rehabilitation plan (kp)
Lack of legal clarity may hit controlled demolition, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht)
Centuries-old homes face grave risk: Post-earthquake demolition has begun in Bhaktapur (ht)
Easy loans ‘only for uninhabitable houses’, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Expo on safe, affordable housing (kp)
Building laws need to be enforced: UN (ht)
Helping whom exactly? t is a hard sell for the government to claim that it will not misuse relief aid when corruption is endemic, by Deepak Thapa (kp)
International community responds with more support packages (kp)
US military rescuers wind up relief ops, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
British official pushes for allowing Chinooks in Nepal (ht)
Narrow streets slow drive to demolish risky buildings, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep)
In the name of relief: Lack of proper quality checks resulting in substandard food items being sent for earthquake victims, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Two Manang VDCs remain cut off from rest of the country, by Aash Gurung (kp)
13 settlements in Dhading to be shifted elsewhere (ht)
Rasuwagadhi in tatters, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Equipment crunch delays rescue in Singati (ht)
Hilly areas’ vulnerability to devastating landslides up, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
4,108 metric tonnes of foodstuff destroyed (ht)
Gorkha victims claim ‘massive irregularities’ in relief distribution, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Early warning system installed in Tsho-Rolpa, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Schools can decide date on their own to reopen: DoE Those safe to resume classes should do so from May 31 (ht)
Tatopani Customs to work out of TIA, by Rishi Ram Paudyal (kp)
Give them shelter: This is no time to make victims fulfill stringent criteria in order to receive relief (kp)
India to provide zinc sheets (kp)
Relief teams provide roofing, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
Psychological counselling for quake victims, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
Geophysicists, geologists studying soil fissures (ht)
Kung fu nuns put in their skills to help rebuild Nepal (ht)
Govt offices in Dolakha resume services (kp)
A family from Ramechhap helps fellow villagers, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
Admire Nepal to help earthquake victims (kp)
NSU members contribute to reconstruct schools (kp)
NC, UML volunteers to help quake-hit families (kp)
Desperate times: This is no time for government and foreign agencies to indulge in blame game: It is their collective duty to help earthquake victims, by Hari Bansh Jha (rep)

20/05/2015: Agriculture ministry projection: Nepal needs 215,400 tonnes of food for next 3 months (kp)
Red tape may delay plan to build shelters: Works stuck with monsoon only three weeks away, by Bhadra Sharma and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Plans afoot to enforce new building code, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Demolition mooted for buildings flouting norms, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Built to last: Building code should integrate earthquake resistant technologies in construction (kp)
High-level commission advises reconstruction tax, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Govt to assess geo status of quake-hit districts (kp)
Geologists to carry out landslide risk assessment (ht)
Risking own lives to save others’: A group of engineers busy assessing damaged buildings, by Thomas Bogati (ht)
22 Gorkha settlements need relocation: DDRC, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
9-member team to study quake situation (kp)
Quake havoc in Dolakha: Ancient temples in ruins, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
11 Dolakha VDCs go out of contact after landslides (ht)
Landslip threatens to wipe out village (kp)
46 schools destroyed (ht) [related to Sankhuwasabha]
Food stock in short supply, meds stuck in centre (kp)
Relief items rotting in Kakadbhitta (ht)
Adulterated cooking oil among relief items (ht)
Tremor traumatises children, students (ht)
Traders accused of selling tarpaulins at inflated prices, by Aman Koirala, Binod Bhandari and Thakur Singh Tharu (kp)
‘Need smooth power supply to meet demand’: Corrugated sheet manufacturers report operating at 70pc of capacity due to load shedding, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht)
Insurers introduce new ‘non-payment’ clause, by Rupak D. Sharma (kp)
Busking for quake victims, by Nhooja Tuladhar (kp)
Slipping and sliding: The earthquakes will leave a lasting impact on the Nepali landscape, especially its slopes and watersheds, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp)
Beyond the Valley: In the aftermath of the quake, there is a need to follow the people, not just the flattened buildings, by John Bevan (kp)

19/05/2015: 2-month moratorium on building design nod, land plotting, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Construction of houses above two storeys banned: Blueprint approval mandatory in VDCs from next fiscal year; Errant builders to face action, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Engineers in short supply as home owners want safety assurance (kp)
House panel seeks status of relief distribution (ht)
Lawmakers say relief distribution inadequate, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Female casualties outnumber male: Quake highlights cruel demography; Deaths of women account for over 56 per cent: Police (ht)
Worst quake hit Sindhu in shambles: 3,423 people have lost their lives in the district while an estimated 63,000 out of 68,000 houses have been destroyed, by Rishiram Paudel (kp)
Taking aid to Phulping, by Phurwa Dhondup (kp)
Govt to deploy Nepal Army for disaster mgmt (kp)
Rescue works halted in Singati, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp) [The army wanted foreign serach and rescue teams to leave the country already four das after the first quake; now they claim to be unable to do the work themselves!!]
Landslips sweep 71 houses in Okhaldhunga village, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp)
Life gradually returns to normal in Lamjung, by Aash Gurung (kp)
Landlords hiking rent, asking tenants to vacate, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
NRNA distributes relief in Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Individual groups contribute to quake relief (kp)
Succour for Solukhumbu locals (ht)
Congress workers to make seven-day labour contribution (ht)
Maoist parties to jointly construct shelters for victims (ht)
Animals face disastrous situation post-quake, by Jessica Rai
Govt to inspect zinc sheet factories, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
Demolition of unsafe buildings gets underway (kp)
Houses with minor cracks safe: Experts (ht)
All falls down: Demolition of unsafe houses, despite the hesitancy of owners, must proceed (kp)
Follow govt designs while rebuilding houses: FinMin (ht)
Safety concerns for people living close to high-rises, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Government lacks equipment to demolish multi-storey structures, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Building back better: Nepal will be, in many ways, the first Member State where the Sendai framework and its commitments can come true, by Magdy Martínez-Solimán (kp)
Humanity Above All, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
Adverse Impact of Earthquakes On Economics, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)

18/05/2015: Thumbs down: Govt response at emergency since the first major quake has been disastrous (kp)
Demolition dilemma (ht)
Disastrous Delay in Delivery of Relief Materials, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
PM seeks int’l help for reconstruction (kp)
Donors, Nepali officials divided over who leads rebuilding works, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Partners ‘interested’ to co-chair donor meeting: The govt will provide Post Disaster Needs Assessment to Nepal’s dev partners ahead of the conference by June 10 (kp)
Duplication of effort among House panels; Charges: Bodies repeating orders, wasting officials’ time; MPs creating financial burden, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Chinese team set to reopen KTM-Kerung road today (kp)
Victims want to be relocated in safer places, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp)
Families living in old city quarters face fresh challenges, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
Food crisis looms large (ht)
Tents, tarps still in short supply three weeks on, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Earthquake victims busy making temporary shelters, by Rishiram Paudel (kp)
Education, shelter for 200 orphaned kids (ht)
Quake affects 97 Nawalparasi schools (ht)
Landslides terrify locals of Manang (ht)
7,399 families displaced in Palpa (ht)
Under the tents of Capital: Villagers rescued from Tatopani look forward to their life, by by Sharada Adhikari (ht)
SAARC centres ‘no help’ in time, by Anil Giri (kp)
Rice in relief ‘inedible’, say Nuwakot victims, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Second major earthquake keeps medical staff, patients outdoors (kp)
Despite duty waiver, tarpaulin price up, by Bhusan Yadav (kp)
Insurers get 12,000 claims since quake, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
160-year-old house still standing tall in Bhaktapur (ht)
Individual foreigners aiding quake victims generously (ht)
Michelle Yeoh helps quake victims: Yeoh has already donated €100,000 for the relief and rehabilitation of the earthquake victims (kp)
Road to reconstruction: Reconstruction processes must include a strong sense of community ownership to be successful, by Shankar Sharma (kp)
Aftershocks And Afterthoughts, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
Post-quake reconstruction: Three necessary things, by Mani Dixit (ht)

17/05/2015: 8 tremors above M4 logged on Saturday (kp)
Chaos as tremors continue to shake Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Cabinet endorses short-term relief for quake victims, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Tonnes of relief materials ‘rot’ in Mechi warehouses, by Parbat Portel (kp)
Rain, hailstones leave Dhading victims in lurch, by Hariharsingh Rathaur (kp)
Land ruptures leave Palpa folks at risk, by Madhav Aryal (kp)
Metal homes in Thuli Gaun, by Jessica Tradati (kp)
Solar-powered solutions for disaster-affected people, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
UML to deploy 10,000 for rebuilding works (kp)
Lawmakers take stock of Gorkha district, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Bodies of US chopper crash victims found (kp)
Retrofitted school buildings withstood jolts, by Pragati Shahi (kp)
Brick business booms as quake-hit country sets for rebuilding (kp) [Brick constructions are not the best way to prevent earthquake disasters!!]
Trust and disaster: Helping people in natural calamities involves two things—the politics of helpers and the politics of receivers, by Abhi Subedi (kp)
Let them eat local: Locally-available food like sesame, flax, and amaranth can help provide adequate nutrition to children in the aftermath of the quake, by Aruna Uprety (kp)
Earthquake: A Metaphysical Pondering, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)

16/05/2015: Damage to local body offices hits aid distribution, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
DoE seeks Rs 4b to run schools (kp)
Koirala turns down British PM’s call to allow in Chinook choppers (kp) [??]
Remote Kavre VDCs sans relief, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
‘Politicians hinder humanitarian support’ (kp)
UN: Aid urged for quake victims largely unmet (kp)
Post Disaster Needs Assessment launched: The government will conclude the assessment by June 10, participate in international donors’ conference by June 22 and introduce the budget by July 8, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
13,500 people rendered homeless in Makwanpur, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Medicine shortage as dealers remain closed, by Suman Bashyal (kp)
Zinc sheets in short supply, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp)
Number of miscarriages, premature births ‘on the rise’, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
Holding up more than half the sky, by Nitya Pandey (kp)
Restoring dignity (kp)
An uncertain future: The many children who have been orphaned or displaced by the recent earthquakes need government intervention to ensure that they do not fall through the cracks, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Wreck of missing US copter found, all 8 aboard dead, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
Relief works start in Dolakha district (kp)
Relating to what we’ve lost: The quake robbed me of the one place I found solace; Whenever I needed space to think, my feet dragged me to Mangal Bazaar, by Rishi Amatya (kp)
Rebuilding our heritage sites: The government is especially needed to undertake the task of rebuilding our heritage
sites. The community groups cannot do this alone, by Sophia Pande (kp)
How to start rebuilding and planning for the future, by Satyendra Patrabansh (kp)
Leading an all-volunteer army: Sudan Gurung’s life changed on the day the quake hit the country; From a dance club owner, he became a tireless volunteer, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Reconstruction: A painstaking task: Ensure transparency and accountability, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)

15/05/2015: Quake terror in dolakha, sindhupalchok: Survivors wrestle with disaster, by Rajendra Manandhar and Rishiram Poudel (kp)
NPC to operate from tents: May 12 aftershock has shaken the confidence of commission staff, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Cabinet takes up NPC’s resettlement proposal (kp)
Parliamentary team to monitor govt relief works (kp)
PM warns of stern action against those misusing relief materials (ht)
For many, pangs of being homeless, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
2nd tremor halts renovation works, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp)
Barpak reconnected with road network (kp)
Gorkha folks piecing together their lives, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp)
Taking relief to remote areas, by Kala Rai (kp)
Farm sector faces ‘over Rs10b’ losses, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
Earthquake adds to travail of expecting and new mothers, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
‘Disease outbreak from corpses a mere myth’, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Matters of the mind: Time, social support and psychological care will help heal mental wounds (kp)
Elderly raising grandchild after quake claims three family members, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp)
All 560 rescued Nepalis return home from Lhasa (kp)
FinMin to hold donors’ meet under open sky, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Nepali missions send aid to PM’s disaster relief fund (ht)
Desperate for helicopters, by Freddie Wilkinsons (kp)
Communication gap delays locating helicopter with USMarines, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Copters, drone hunt for missing chopper (ht)
US to bring in plane to track missing chopper (kp)
‘Ronaldo did not donate £5 million’ (kp)
The Nepali hazardscape: Critical examination of reconstruction in Muzaffarabad can provide valuable lessons for Nepal’s efforts, by Ajaya Dixit, Fawad Khan and Daanish Mustafa (kp)
Preliminary inventory of seriously damaged houses prepared, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
‘Retrofit homes only under experts’ supervision’ (ht)
Planning for the future: This is an opportunity to build clusters of interdependent, energy efficient, sustainable eco-communities in rural Nepal, by Rajju Malla Dhakal (kp)
Looking Ahead To The Future, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn)
Gorkha Earthquake, More Psychological Injury Than Collateral Damage, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn)

14/05/2015: Only 15 per cent of $423 million sought received so far: ‘Donors want their money to go directly to needy people and oppose cumbersome process’ (ht)
Trust deficit, by Sukh Dev Shah (rep)
Who’s afraid of the government? epal government’s efforts will be more cost effective and accountable than the interventions of I/NGOs and the UN, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp) [??]
Fresh jolt cripples life that wasl imping back to normal: Fear-stricken people spendnight out in open after Tuesday’s powerful tremor (ht)
Shaken again: A new quake has struck a country still digging out from a deadly April temblor (kp)
Six aftershocks above 4 in Richter scale felt on Thursday (rep)
Can't predict them, by Raju Nepal (rep)
Dolakha toll hits 61, scores missing: Security personnel say 103 out of the 206 injured in the 7.3 magnitude quake have been airlifted to Capital for further treatment, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp) [including the article "16 dead in Sindhupalchok, many ‘trapped’ in landslides", by Rishiram Poudel)
Landslides displace more than 70 families (ht)
Bhojpur locals in the open (ht)
Alert sounded for people living downstream of Tsho Rolpa Lake (ht)
Two die while fleeing home (ht)
No sign of US chopper yet, says army (kp)
US chopper that went to Dolakha with six marines missing, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Over 13,000 people back to Tundikhel tents: NA says facing hard time managing the temporary camp, by Som Nath Ghimire (ht)
Profound Dismay, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
Image disaster (ht)
Distribution of tents among MPs halted, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
Tarpaulin sheets in short supply, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Victims’ misery in remote areas continues as relief eludes them, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Locals stop relying on govt, build shelters on their own, by Rishiram Paudel (kp)
Were clearing debris on the fifth floor when first floor caved in (ht)
Quake displaces PM’s office, other agencies (kp)
Scores of govt offices under makeshift tents (ht)
Govt teams to demolish damaged buildings, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
To demolish or not to demolish: Dhading’s dilemma (ht)
Two-month ban on house design approval (kp)
Spl panel to speed up rehabilitation process, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
‘NO serious cases in valley hospitals’ (kp)
Nepali embassy in Japan raises Rs 35 million (kp)
Remaking who we are: Under the watchful gaze of an official from the Department of Archaeology, the Patan Museum team is carefully cataloguing everything, by Rishi Amatya (kp)
Volunteer organisations to help Pokhara schools, by Lalprasad Sharma (kp)
Curse of complacency: Do not panic, but remain alert and prepared for continuing aftershocks (kp)
Roads, telecom, airport weather quakes, keep Nepal connected, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
Telcos provide free services worth over Rs 3.17bn (ht)
House endorses stricture unanimously (ht)
Central bank awaits BFIs’suggestions on concessional home loan facility (ht)
Government postpones donor meet: The govt aims to assess he damage with the help of experts from donor agencies in two months (kp)
Valley shops remain closed: According to the Retailers Association of Nepal, 0 percent of the shops in Kathmandu were closed on Tuesday (kp)
Focus on Rehabilitation And Reconstruction, by Uttam Maharjan (rn)
The National Calamity: Reckless Response To Disaster, by Mukti Rijal (rn)

13/05/2015: Fresh quake rattles country: 61 dead, hundreds hurt; Close to epicentre, Dolakha suffers heaviest casualties (kp)
Unique aftershock, say scientists, by Pragati Shahi (kp)
6.8-Richter tremor claims 41 lives (ht) [Unfortunately, Himalayan Times does not apply the more accurate moment magnitude scale (Mw) which is mentioned by international media and research institutes!] The strength of the quake was 7.2 Mw!]
Yet another jolt (ht)
Double Whammy: We have been hit by two major quakes; still, we are better off than we were on April 25 when the first one hit us (kp)
Tuesday tremor an aftershock: NSC, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Latest temblor adds to crisis, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
No need to panic: PM (ht) [??]
A cruel, cruel deja vu: Fragile confidence of Capital’s denizens in tatters; look ahead to spend nights under open skies yet again (ht)
Patan turns into a tent tole in no time, by Jessica Rai (ht)
People rush to open spaces (ht)
‘Don’t live in houses deemed uninhabitable’ (ht)
US chopper missing, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
CA building rattled, lawmakers run helter-skelter, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
After fresh massive jolt, people rush to makeshift tents again, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
People leave houses to camp in open fields, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Injured swarm health facilities in Valley, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Government requests foreign medics to stay put (kp)
Fresh jolt reduces eight houses to rubble: Structures in heritage sites suffer damage; Some temples,monuments develop cracks, with roofs destroyed, by Thomas Bogaty and Som Nath Ghimire (kp)
Gongabu area bears the brunt again, a dozen buildings collapse: Buildings, mostly guest houses, weakened by the April 25 quake cave in to fresh quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Damaged houses collapse as tremor hits Bhaktapur, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
New mothers facing tough time in Tundikhel’s makeshift camps, by Som Nath Ghim ire (ht)
Quake victims rebuilding shelters on their own (ht)
Two women killed, dozen injured (ht)
Temblor affects students (ht)
Briddhashram in fragile state (ht)
Assessing the damage: There is a need to investigate why some buildings fell during the earthquake and others stood, by Stephen Mikesell (kp)
Everything gone, but hope still lives: Lal Bahadur Tamang believes it’s best to be independent, by Surya Mani Gautam (ht)
April 25 earthquake: Health consequences, by Yadav Prasad Joshi (ht)
Hard lessons, by Neelam Adhikari (rep)
Game changer?, by Netra Acharya (rep)
Managing disasters, by Shrijan Bahadur Malla (rep)
New Nepal quake: 7.3 magnitude - dozens dead (New Zealand Herald)
Public calls for better data and traceability in response to Nepal earthquake (relief Web)

12/05/2015: Second Round Of Quake, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
In Nepal, after new earthquake, people seek open spaces to avoid falling debris, by Moni Basu (CNN)
Katastrophe in Nepal: Furcht vor dem Erdbebensturm, von Axel Bojanowski (Spiegel)
Erneutes Beben in Nepal: "Wir haben jedes Vertrauen verloren", von Stefanie Glianski (Spiegel)
Zahl der Toten bei Nachbeben steigt auf 58 (Zeit)
40 Sekunden Zittern (Zeit)
Dozens killed as devastated Nepal suffers another strong earthquake, by Jason Burke, Ishwar Rauniyar and Damien Gayle (Guardian)
Nepal earthquake: Dozens die in new tremor near Everest (BBC)
Powerful new earthquake hits devastated Nepal: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes two weeks after massive quake killed thousands in Himalayan nation (Aljazeera)
Nepal earthquake, magnitude 7.3, strikes near Everest (BBC)
Massive new earthquake hits devastated Nepal (France24)
Nepal: Heftiges Erdbeben erschüttert Himalaya-Region (Spiegel)
Starkes Erdbeben erschüttert erneut Nepal (Stern)
At least 4 dead after another powerful earthquake hits Nepal, by Jethro Mullen (CNN)
Rehab plan by Friday: NPC; Early estimates show quake destroyed property worth Rs700 billion (kp)
Temporary shelters’ model by Friday (ht)
Rehabilitation and reconstruction: Set aside 20pc of budget: Panel (kp)
Quake relief slow to begin with: Govt, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Assistance finally reaches affected VDCs after 16 days (ht)
Sindhupalchowk victims to receive zinc sheets (ht)
Dhading village reduced to rubble,no succour yet, by Keshav Adhikary (ht)
Govt clueless about people who have gone missing after temblor, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
No more foreign troops, says NA, by Binod Ghimire (kp) [The army statement is contrary to the outcry of many victims in rural areas! The army leadership should calm down, especially after the new quake!]
US lends ‘Sahayogi Haat’: Joint task force ensuring humanitarian assistance (kp)
Stay with us: We ask the international community to stay with us as we change the conversation about what it means to restore a broken country, by Subhash Ghimire (rep)
Nepal doesn’t need you: Sometimes the best way to help is not to intervene, by Alessandra Pigni (rep)
Nepal reconstruction plan: A comprehensive approach, by Anil Shah (ht)
PM’s Disaster Relief Fund has Rs 1.37bn (ht)
Volunteers help residents of Baskharka VDC, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Injured and cured, displaced have nowhere to go, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Damauli youth arrange relief for quake victims in the district (kp)
Braving adverse conditions, govt agencies extend services, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
‘Give cash to quake victims for shelter’ (kp)
‘Provide Rs 500k each to displaced families’: UCPN (M) leader Bhattarai says the government should also give Rs 25,000 to the victims for building temporary shelters (kp)
Pregnant women, babies face risk, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Kantipur Foundation collects Rs 16.7m for quake victims (kp)
NT, Red Cross to send early warning SMS (kp)
Govt ‘not prepared’ to curb landslip risk (kp)
Rising from ashes: The service sector which makes for 50 percent of Nepali economy has been badly hit by recent earthquakes, by Purushottam Ojha (rep)
Restoring an age-old village, by Nhooja Tuladhar (kp)
Earthquake leaves capital’s century-old library in ruins (ht)
Quake-hit villages to get solar lights, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Keep Public Property Intact, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
Return airfare for migrants whose kin died after tremors (ht)
Twitter of immense help in disaster response: Police, by Thomas Bogaty (kp)

11/05/2015: Avalanches hit Langtang; over 200 trapped, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Tremors take toll of 1 lakh livestock, poultry (ht)
Scores yet to be pulled out of Rasuwa landslips, by Krishna Thapa (kp)
Quake-hit susceptible to diseases, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp) [including: Delayed relief riles Nuwakot women, by Prakash Adhikari]
Victims in Kavre ‘thankful’ for tents, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
Volunteers help villagers in Chalise Phant, by Jessica Tradati (kp)
TFN contributes to relief operations, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
MaHa distribute relief in Kavre (kp)
NT to provide Rs 1bn support for reconstruction (ht)
German woman collecting fund for victims in Nepal (ht)
Normalcy returning to Barpak (ht)
MPs ask govt to step up aidL Cross-party lawmakers press for relief distribution before monsoon (kp)
Prepare for monsoon: MPs (kp)
Bad weather plays spoilsport with relief distribution in Sindhuli (ht)
Madhes MPs for efforts to send relief materials from Tarai to hills (ht)
Unused budgets can yield ‘Rs5b’ for relief, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
NC lawmakers hit out at sluggish relief distribution (kp)
Some foreign medics to leave country (kp) [Why can they not stay longer if they want? The government has proved that it cannot provide enough help!]
Israeli Field Hospital in Chhauni completes mission (ht)
Japanese experts in Kathmandu (kp)
Westar towers strike terror (kp)
Two high-rise apartments, 14 govt offices marked unsafe, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Quake hits 456MW Tamakoshi dam: Officials claim damage repairable, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp)
Earthquake hits 23 hydro-electric projects (ht)
Tallest Valley house may be three-storeyed, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
By the book: While building back better, a degree of centralised planning will be necessary (kp)
Logo misuse concerns Red Cross (kp)
An unnatural disaster: Those of us who escaped unscathed are complicit in suffering of others, one way or the other, by Shradha Ghale (kp)
The lesson of Nepal, by Gordon Brown (kp)
Looking ahead: The rebuilding phase will have to prioritise entrepreneurship and the creation of jobs, by Sujeev Shakya (kp)
The hurt of distance: Reconstruction that employs locals and uses local materials will surely provide opportunities for work, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp)

10/05/2015: Victims still spend nights out in open; Missions urged to route foreign aid via PM Fund (kp)
Motion tabled in House for relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction projects (kp)
Earthquake busted buildings where property boom led to construction code violation, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Hundreds join in debris removal (kp)
Over 25,000 volunteers clear debris in Valley (ht)
Non-government actors in Kavre ramp up relief distribution (kp)
99.9 pc chance aftershocks in Nepal won’t exceed main shock: USGS structures that have become vulnerable could be damaged (ht)
Football star Ronaldo ‘donates £5m’ to Nepal (kp)
In the disaster zone, by Umes Shrestha (kp)
Women and children in Nepal at risk of sex trafficking after earthquake, campaigners warn, by Ben Tufft (Independent, UK)
Kirtipur DMCs garner appreciation (kp)
How disaster bonded a community, by Sanjana Shrestha (kp)
Survivors scramble to find safe houses to move in, by Thomas Bogati (kp)
Indian university alumni help out (kp)
Kirtipur Ring: Road blockage affects life, by Som Nath Ghimire (ht)
Treasures in ruins: The destroyed cultural heritages of the Kathmandu Valley were the heart and soul of the country’s identity, by Gérard Toffin (kp)
Artists call for urgent action to restore damaged monuments, by Pragati Shahi (kp)
Nuwakot palace ravaged, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Gorkha Durbar awaits reconstruction, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Landslides cut off 15 Gorkha VDCs, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Elderly man back to cave, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Unbent and unbowed: Relief workers must be mindful of the fact that people have lost homes, not their skills and dignity, by Samrat Katwal (kp)
When it rain, it pours: As monsoon approaches, slope stability after the quake becomes a cause for concern, by Prem Paudel (kp)
Rebuilding trust: Building back better in Nepal after the quake must be first about rebuilding trust and investing in local leadership, by William Sabandar and Lilianne Fan (kp)

09/05/2015: The price of politicking: Earthquake victims demand decency from their leaders. Politicians should rise above local politics and listen to them, by Weena Pun (kp)
‘Strict’ one-window policy will ensure accountability: Govt, by Anil Giri (kp)
Property rebuilding within two years, PM pledges in Parliament (kp)
No quake victim will remain homeless: PM: Identity cards to be issued to families affected by tremor; High-level House committee to monitor relief, rehabilitation (ht)
Government wraps up first phase of relief distribution (ht)
Govt urges all to help clear debris in Kathmandu (kp)
Govt to demolish damaged houses in Valley: Seventy per cent of dwellings,buildings assessed to be safe (ht)
Stern action if house owners hike rent: Govt (kp)
Govt to act tough on landlords if they increase rent (ht)
United Nations fails to raise enough funds for Nepal, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Int’l community urged to ramp up aid (kp)
23 countries provided relief (kp)
Organisations in Tarai help quake affected (kp)
For Barpak victims,relief ‘too little too late’: Say they are not getting any assistance — neither food nor shelter (ht)
Scores died in Capital during Saturday mass, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Red Cross shifts focus to shelter, medical aid to earthquake victims (kp)
Over 150 aftershocks felt since Great Quake (kp)
Quake survivors turn to rebuilding homes and lives (ht)
1m Nepali kids may not return to school: UNICEF (kp)
DoE to assess schools in Valley from tomorrow: Teams comprising engineers to take stock of buildings across country to find whether they are safe to run classes, by Kokila KC (ht)
Country’s schools hit hard, by Sangita Shrestha (ht)
MoE to set up 12,000 Temporary Learning Centres (ht)
Schools reopen after quake in Lamjung, by Aash Gurung (kp)
Two Lalitpur VDCs in need of more relief (ht)
160 office buildings in Okhaldhunga damaged in quake (ht)
Weakened CTC mall posing threat: The building in the heart of the city yet to be assessed (ht)
Insurance claims surge in quake aftermath (kp)
Quake claimed child theatre actor Kareena (ht)
116 heritage monuments damaged in April 25 earthquake in Bhaktapur (ht)
Obituary of Kastamandap: loss and continuity, by Kai Weise (ht)
Rato Machhindranath’s renowned Bhotostill missing (ht)
Around 50 rare instruments damaged at Nepali Folk Music Museum: Founder says it will be difficult to find people skilled enough to repair those, by Jessica Rai (ht)
Insurance companies selling wrong policy? House-owners who were sold fire policy instead of household policy to lose in deductibles, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Keep on marching, by Kamal Ratna Tuladhar (kp)
The quake aftermath: Lessons for all, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn)
So hard to fathom: Twenty-seven years after the 1988 earthquake, I lived through a much more powerful one, by Mohan Guragain (kp)
The road to recovery: The wreckage of Karunamaya, along with the devastated houses and families around it, is a reflection of the loss that everyone in the country has experienced post earthquake, by Sneha Shrestha (kp)
In the aftermath of the disaster, by Anup Ojha (kp)
A logistical nightmare: The government has not been able to manage post-disaster relief efforts well because the supply mechanisms in place are rudimentary, at best. The citizens, though, have been able to pull together against the odds and get relief material to affected areas, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)

08/05/2015: Generation next: Faced with a slow-to-act state, the youth, energetic and idealistic, have taken charge (kp)
Govt plans needs assessment for rebuilding works, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Centralise house reconstruction activities: NRB (ht)
FinMin holds local donors’meet (ht)
Three parties differ on details: Deal on ‘reconstruction resolution’ expected before Parliament meets today, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
Oppn alliance demands all-party mechanism (kp)
Common stricture likely to be finalised today (ht)
A class-conscious earthquake: State and society will come together for national reconstruction, others must support, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp)
Shaken, and stirred: Earthquake-triggered landslides and the upcoming monsoon could bring more misery to hill and mountain communities, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp)
Post-quake reconstruction: Coherent approach needed, by Dilli Raj Khanal (ht)
Aid and interests: Despite much chest-thumping, Indian and Chinese aid efforts have been bumping into each other and neither side has had an easy time helping, by Rohit Karki (kp)
Coping With Rumours During Calamities, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn)
Earthquake, Poverty And Social Protection, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn)
Needed: a Marshall plan; Short-term: emergency food, medicine and shelter; medium-term: Semi-permanent housing, seeds for planting season; longterm: Reconstruction, jobs (nt)
Sindhupalchok’s sorrow: The hard-hit district is losing hope despite being so close to the capital, by Bhrikuti Rai (nt)
Life after deaths: The capital may be getting back to some normalcy, but the death and destruction in Melamchi is just too severe, by Om Astha Rai (nt)
Bright lights on a dark day: From a health post in Melamchi to the Health Ministry in Kathmandu there was compassion, competence and commitment in treating those injured in the quake, by Mark Zimmerman (nt)
Aftershocks in a migrant economy: Villages without men struggle to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake, by Mallika Aryal (nt)
Two earthquakes in one lifetime: “I survived a big earthquake twice, but it was more frightening this time”, by Sonia Awale (nt)
Monitoring the aftershocks: National Seismological Centre has been busy since the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, by Stéphane Huët (nt)
With a little help: International missions support Nepalis in the aftermath of the earthquake, by Stéphane Huët (nt)
But faith is alive: The collapse of Kapan Church exposed the vulnerability of places of worship in Nepal, by Om Astha Rai (nt)
Not a very concrete future: Nepalis may have been lulled into a false sense of security about the strength of cement structures, by Sonia Awale (nt)
A state in aftershock: Now for a common vision to rebuild the country and complete the constitution, by Victor Rana (nt)
A more responsive state: Reconstruction will have to involve not just rebuilding homes but restructuring the state, by David Seddon (nt)
Rising from the rubble: "Come back next year, I promise you we will have rebuilt this place", by Anurag Acharya (nt)
Learning from Disasters: Natural disasters are devastating lives and turning back years of development progress, by Vinod Thomas (nt)
Uneven relief due to lack of coordination: NHRC (kp)
Adopt one-door policy: Panel (kp)
266,818 tents, tarpaulin sheets distributed: Home Ministry (kp)
Ministry objects to ‘mutual diplomatic briefings’ Following briefing by Indian ambassador, US Marine Corps apprise Western diplomats (kp)
British choppers stuck in Delhi (kp)
KUKL fails to deliver water purified by German team Lack of tankers,human resources leaving denizens thirsty, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
‘260 health facilities destroyed’ (kp)
Many schools can’t reopen (kp)
Ill-planned houses threaten neighbours, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Barpak locals want road repaired first (ht)
Newborn brings happiness to quake-hit woman (ht)
Rettung nach Erdbeben in Nepal: Kampf um die Hubschrauber, von Ulrike Putz (Spiegel)
Victims start rebuilding quake-damaged homes, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Bal Mandir provides succour, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Duwachaur VDC waits for aid, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Creating child-friendly spaces, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
Temblor fails to shatter women’s mettle: Determined to help others despite being affected by the 7.6 tremor that rocked Nepal on April 25, by Kokila KC (ht)
Youths make a difference in Sindhupalchok, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
DFTQC ups monitoring of food meant for survivors (ht)
Portuguese travellers turn themselves into aid agency (ht)
Relief collection in far-west disorganised (ht)
Shelter first priority in Nuwakot, by Chudamani Rijal and Yukta Narayan Aryal (ht)
No succour for ravaged Rai settlement (ht)
Govt teams to reach 500 affected VDCs (ht)
Nepalis in the Indian army help in relief, by Devendra Bhattarai (kp)
All roads, bridges except Araniko Highway ‘secure’, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
CoAS Rana inspects quake-affected areas (ht)
Relief food found to be contaminated (kp)
25 religious sites destroyed (ht)
Quake shuts Madan Pustkalaya (kp)
Remittance inflow up post earthquake (kp)

07/05/2015: Tested and failed: Govt ineptitude has been on display, but it is the prime minister who has been found most wanting, by Deepak Thapa (kp)
Who gets saved? Post-disaster aid agency initiatives can further distort power relationships between the state and the people, by Rafia Zakaria (kp)
Caution, containment and continued care: Post-disaster epidemic outbreaks can be contained if we intervene now, by Sameer M. Dixit (kp)
Govt to ask donors for cash aid (kp)
FinMin calls on donors to make more contribution in cash (ht)
Ministry for disaster (ht)
Search for Langtang survivors abandoned: More than 100 foreigners still missing; Death toll reaches 456 in Rasuwa, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Security forces play crucial role in Barpak, by Bharat Koirala (ht)
Govt weighs options to settle homeless (kp)
Counselling service for quake victims (kp)
Governance, service delivery hit overall, by Anil Giri (kp)
Where govt lacks, youths reaching there with help, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Youth-led organisation lends hand, by Gaurav Thapa (kp)
Quake highlights village exodus of the young (ht)
Worst-hit S’palchok Villages still without relief materials, by Rishiram Poudel (kp)
Indian, Chinese, US choppers ferry relief to victims (kp)
USAID top official, British diplomat meet PM Koirala (ht)
A Filipino traveler's tribute to Nepal: Now, my heart and my soul are for Nepal. I wish I could do something other than praying for them, by Jose Luis General (Rappler)
Earthquake victims to get loans at 2pc: NRB planning to introduce subsidised loans for homeowners, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Kirtipur Hospital ailing for want of medical supplies, by Som Nath Ghimire (ht)
Quake-damaged homes inspected in capital (ht)
Woman dies after her cracked house caves in (ht)
39 students, eight teachers lost lives to April 25 earthquake in Nuwakot (ht)
School structures damaged (ht)
80 per cent of schools ravaged in Gorkha, by Surya Mani Gautam (ht)
Classes under makeshift tents (ht)
After tremor, villagers exposed to landslides: Say they may have survived one disaster, but another is looming large in the form of monsoon (ht)
440 in western region lost lives to temblor (ht)
Civil servants’ teams to clean debris (ht)
Children need extra care after disaster: Experts suggest psycho-social councelling if abnormal behaviour continues for a month, by Kokila KC (ht)
Women in makeshift tents suffer menstruation silently, by Shreejana Shrestha (rep)
Govt bans flying of drones amid fear of info leak (kp) [??]
Traffic resumes on damaged highways, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
Main road to Barpak still blocked: DoR (ht)
PM, top leaders visit quake-hit districts (kp)
Victims give false info to ‘hoard’ aid, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Quake victims living in constant fear of landslides, by Pawan Yadav (kp)
Monsoon looms, govt to speed up relief works, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Water shortage worsens in Valley after quake, by Riwaj Rai (rep)
Migrants return for funeral, rebuild life shattered by quake, by Roshan Sedhai and Hom Karki (kp)
UK aid reaches Rs 3.5b making it largest donor (kp)
Germany provides 2.5 million euros (ht)
Damaged houses pose threat, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
15 security personnel killed, 11 missing: Over 1,000 police, army structures collapsed (rep)
Accommodation problem looms large in Valley, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
Overcharging customers: Govt cracks down on drug stores (kp)
Thieves targeting unattended houses (ht)
CG to build 10k temp homes for quake-hit (kp)
Chaudhary Group to help build 10,000 transitional homes (ht)
NRNA to build 1,000 quake-proof homes (kp)
Emergency planning: Reconstruction works must factor in the priorities of minotity groups, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (rep)
Survivors battle for helicopters near Nepal village that vanished, by Andrew MacAskill and Douglas Busvine (Reuters)
Valley height raised by 80cm: Survey Department (kp)
Quake elevated Valley by 80 cm: Survey, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep)
Netizens help Nepal Police in aid, rescue operations, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
Budhanilkantha alumni offer assistance to Sindhupalchok, by Weena Pun (kp)
Disaster relief is not just for experts, by Robin Low (kp)

06/05/2015: 500 foreign rescuers return: A total of 4,050 rescuers rom 34 countries have arrived in the country after the earthquake (kp)
Rescue and relief still a far-cry in northern Dhading, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Police dig bodies from village, trekking route (ht)
International relief continues to pour in: After assisting Nepal in search and rescue, international community sees to humanitarian needs of earthquake victims (kp)
EC approves aid worth 16.6 million euros (ht)
USAID to provide additional $11 million for quake response (ht)
Nepal needs sustained support: Carter (ht)
Assistance continues to pour in (ht)
Aid commitment reaches millions of dollars,but actual flow is too slow, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Govt says it has intensified distribution of relief materials (ht)
Victims complain of inadequate aid: Locals at Rajodhar in Nuwakot say they are deprived of relief as they have no connection to parties and government, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
33 rescued from Lamabagar (kp)
Over 39,000 hurt received treatment: government (kp)
Hospitals running low on medicines, by Rohina Maharjan (kp)
Anti-measles drive ramped up amid fear of outbreak in camps (kp)
Govt, UNICEF in bid to reach over half a million children (ht)
Food inspectors round market to curb sale of unfit food, water (kp)
Victims kick start rebuilding works, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp)
Ban on sale of meat in affected areas riles traders (kp)
Restriction on meat sale eased (ht)
What will we do now? Barpak victims ask, by Bharat Koirala (ht)
Earthquake turns Nuwakot villages into rubble (ht)
Quake aftermath: More needs to be done, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn)
Telcos to support in rehabilitation and reconstruction (ht)
PM in quake’s epicentre Barpak, says ministry of disaster mgmt needed, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Ministries to prioritise rehab, rebuilding, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
NPC beginn s consultations for rebuilding (ko)
11 of Valley’s apartment buildings unsafe: Govt, by Sajeev Giri (kp)
Most offices in Singha Durbar ‘safe’ (kp)
Gorkha Palace, Manakamana Temple ruined (ht)
TIA makes mockery of disaster response plan in time of earthquake (ht)
Taking a hit Journalists need to be trained to effectively report on disasters (kp)
The aftermath: The current adversity presents an opportunity to bring about policy changes and enforce them, by Sophia K. Tamot (kp)
Devastated but not defeated: Because of its perseverance and courageous people, Nepal will rise from the rubble, by Ram C. Acharya (kp)
„Haßberge hilft Nepal“: Himalaya-Trekkinggruppe unterstützt Spendenaktion zum Wiederaufbau (Haßfurter Tagblatt)

05/05/2015: Delay in treatment will increase cases of lifelong disability, doctors warn, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Road to recovery: Government should ensure regular medical follow-up and rehabilitation (kp)
Govt thanks thanks int'l community for support: Asks foreign search and rescue teams to return home (rep) [??]
Bureaucratising relief: Prioritisation of the lives of citizens, not the policing of restrictive rules, should be central, by Seira Tamang (kp) [!!!]
Reactive media: The media overreacted and the result is that people have less faith in Government, by Jigyasa Sharma and Suvayu Dev Pant (rep) [??]
Why some believe they are lucky: This tragedy is far from over. The work of rescue and recovery continues, by Justin Rowlatt (kp)
Management disaster: The government has to make it easy for individuals and organisations willing and able to help Nepal to do so, by Jyoti Thapa (kp)
Lessons from diaspora: Instead of expecting leadership from people who perhaps do not possess Requisite attributes, self-mobilizing entities have started acting themselves, by Suman Giri (rep)
Effectiveness of relief aid: Transparency is necessary, by Bhuwan Adhikari (ht)
Victims left to fend for themselves, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Rescue personnel forced to live under open sky, by Rishiram Poudel (kp)
Flaws exposed in govt’s plan to distribute relief materials thru single window, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Relief works intensify in worst-hit regions: Govt (kp)
80 pc Dhading houses damaged, govt succor yet to arrive (rep)
Relief trickles down in Myagdi, by Ghanashyqam Khadka (kp)
Worst-hit areas slowly getting relief (ht)
Relief concentrates on less affected areas, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp)
PM visits Sindhupalchowk, shares victims’ plight (ht)
Doctors throng Sindhupalchowk to treat quake victims, by Dhruba Dangal (rep)
18 bodies found on Araniko Highway (ht)
Ramechhap victims start falling ill (ht)
Govt decision riles Khotang residents (ht)
Quake impact harsh on old, ailing couple, by Kamal Pariyar (rep)
Tremor victims suffering in Gorkha (ht)
65 pc of buildings in Valley safe: Study, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep)
WaterAid’s emergency response programme (ht)
Money on trees: Legalising commercial harvest and sale of timber by community forest user groups will help quake-hit households, by Carsten Smith-Hall and Santosh Rayamajhi (kp)
How Nepal can rebuild: The earthquake in Nepal was a reminder: billions of people live in houses that can’t withstand shaking. Yet safer ones can be built cheaply, by Chris Carroll (kp)
Why some believe they are lucky: This tragedy is far from over. The work of rescue and recovery continues, by Justin Rowlatt (kp)
Behörden bestätigen Tod einer Deutschen (Hannoversche Allgemeine)
Operation Maitri India’s largest disaster response abroad: Rae (kp)
5,020 tons of relief materials arrive from India so far (rep)
Over 1,000 tons of relief materials enter via Birgunj, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep)
India’s NDRF says always ready to help the needy: As many as 748 rescue personnel working day and night in different parts since the day 7.6 quake rocked Nepal (ht)
Harsh-tagged: Indian, Nepali media under scrutiny raising debate, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
Nepalesen sauer auf Medien-Teams aus Indien (Hannoversche Allgemeine)
Building codes, by Sudesh Thapa (kp)
Bankers, property owners fear collateral damage, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp)
Parties to unify through special House session (kp)
Big Three for stricture to address woes of quake victims, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht)
ADB to extend $200m, EU approves €16.6m (kp)
ADB pledges $200m for reconstruction (ht)
Nepal seeks int’l help to rebuild heritage sites (kp)
Jagdamba seeks permission to rebuild Dharahara (ht)
Pandey seeks more international aid (ht)
80 percent tourists cancel reservations in quake’s wake: Hoteliers expect situation to last for at least another six months, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
Assess school buildings: DoE, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
Mega Quake II: Disaster Of The Century, by Prem Khatry (rn) [see part 2 (12/05/2015), part 3 (19/05/2015)]
Realm Of Peace And Unity, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
DoA intensifies listing of damaged artefacts (ht)
Tremor-ravaged temple faces threat from looters (ht)
Impact on agriculture: Crop damage livestock loss and poor harvest after earthquake will reduce agricltural productivity, by Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep)
Lessons from quake (ht)
Earthquake rattles foreign employment sector, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)

04/05/2015: Red tape hampers relief distribution (kp)
Relief Supplies/Customs Clearance/PM Disaster Relief Fund, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
Over Rs 185 million collected in Prime minister relief fund (kp)
Govt concerned over possible misuse of donations to quake victims (rep) [????]
Govt prepares to send back rescue teams (kp) [??]
Govt preparing to send home foreign rescuers (ht)]
Nepal Asks Foreign Rescuers to Leave as Hopes Fade, by Gardiner Harris (New York Times)
Missing state: Forget the rural areas; Even the residents of Kathmandu don't feel government presence, by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep)
All are welcome (ht) [!!!]
Why is Indian media facing a backlash in Nepal?, by Soutik Biswas (BBC)
An Appeal for Decentralization: Nepal’s Earthquake Politics, by Amanda Snellinger (Counterpunch)
Approaching Monsoon and relief to quake victims: Govt must speed up rescue, relief distribution, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn)
‘Aftershocks could continue for a month’, by Thira L. Bhusal (rep)
'Precarious' CTC mall panics passersby, by Riwaj Rai (rep)
Three big parties to allow all to distribute relief (ht)
Victims sow seeds of their own future, by Pratap Bista (kp)
Wait for earthquake relief gets longer: Eight days after the disaster, lack of relief leaves Dhumthang villagers hungry and angry, by Binod Ghimire (kp)
Govt relief eludes Barpak victims, by Bharat Koirala (ht)
Aid reaches Nepal epicentre, but little relief felt: Remote village in Gorkha district reels from massive devastation, with more than 90 percent of houses destroyed (Aljazeera)
No succour for Kavre tremor-hit (ht)
Relief efforts: In quake-hit Sindhupalchok, private volunteers, community organisations have taken the lead (kp)
Their eyes were not looking for comfort, by Karan Gurung (ht)
Sindhuli folks waiting for aid (ht)
Laprak folks evacuate village, by Narahari Sapkota (rep)
Araniko highway stinking due to buried bodies: Army and police personnel deployed to clear landslips on the road (ht)
Survivors in Valley not getting enough by way of essential items (ht)
South Lalitpur VDCs finally get aid, three VDCs still not reached (ht)
WFP food assistance for 1.4m quake victims (rep)
PM says relief materials are insufficient (ht)
FinMin calls on development partners to increase aid flow (ht 04/05/2015)
Govt seeks 300,000 tents, tarpaulins, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep)
‘All the affected people will receive relief goods within next three to four days’, interview with Naindra Prasad Upadhyay, Sevretary, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (ht) [????]
Police, APF rescue four more: 105-year-old among those pulled out alive (ht)
Indian Army rescues 22 monks (ht)
Quake wrecks schools, colleges in many districts (kp)
First ensure safety of students: DoE (ht)
Nepalis, foreigners free to bring in relief for quake-hit (kp) [???]
CNI gives continuity to relief distribution work (kp)
Hospitals tide over initial rush, services limp back to normal, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Bharatpur Hospital seeks quake injured (ht)
Health of kids hang in balance: UNICEF (ht)
17 shops, eateries found overcharging customers (kp)
Heavy planes prompt cracks: Non-commercial flights weighing over 196 tonnes banned in TIA till May 15 (ht)
Russian team assessing earth quake-hit buildings (kp)
Bangladesh supports quake survivors with relief materials (ht)
ICIMOD office at TIA to give live weather info: The information provided will be useful for pilots to navigate (ht)
APEIN to donate minimum Rs 50m (ht)
VCD Nepal helping tremor victims (ht)
Helping Hands comes up with humanitarian support (ht)
Old settlements in quandry, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
Future plan: Unreinforced brick structures are not safe during earthquakes (rep)
Tremblor leaves cracks in NAFA: Precious artworks still inside the building, by Sangita Shrewstha (ht)
Commentary: Let's rebuild our nation, by Subhash Ghimire (rep)
Planned premises: Nepal needs a short and a long-term plan to reconstruct its villages and cities, by Jhabindra Prasad Ghimire (kp)
Planners start making reconstruction policies, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Two large quakes in short time span, one after another is rare, interview with Deepak Chamlagain (kp)
Learning by doing: Sharing information can help relief efforts of individuals, organisations be more effective (kp)

03/05/2015: Fresh tremor triggers landslides (kp)
Five aftershocks recorded: Two measured 5.1 on the Richter scale with epicentre in Barpak (ht)
Aid reaches mainly from non-govt sector, by Rishi Ram Poudel and Nagendra Adhikari (kp)
NC seeks time-bound post-quake plan: Demands resignation of ‘inefficient ministers’; CWC members criticise government’s one-door policy (ht)
Relief distribution not so effective (ht)
Dearth of tents in Ramechhap: Tremorvictims bar monitoring team in affected areas (ht)
Village politics plays spoilsport, obstructs assistance to the needy (ht)
Quake victims in urgent need of food, shelter, medical supplies (kp)
No succour yet for Okhaldhunga victims (ht)
Adequate relief items yet to reach many Lalitpur villages (kp)
Relief goods for quake victims held up at customs: UN; We need grains, salt, not mayonnaise: Minister; US marines, aircraft to help in relief work (ht)
People miffed at their representatives for not showing up: Very few leaders have gone to their constituencies to console those who voted for them, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
‘Aid getting through but major needs remain unfulfilled’ (ht)
More than 800 schools damaged in eastern region (ht)
Medical facilities in quake-affected areas ‘damaged’, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Govt claims it’s delivering medical services to victims (ht)
Woman buried under debris rescued (ht)
Over 200 still missing in Langtang village 48 foreigners confirmed dead, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
TIA landing ban on heavy cargo planes, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
The quake and disillusionment, by Abhi Subedi (kp)
The government alone is not to blame; we citizens too were unprepared for the Great Earthquake, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Clever cities: Reducing casualties from future disasters will require investment in building smart cities, by Bimal Pratap Shah (kp)
Learning from Gujarat, by Sachchi Ghimire Karki (kp)
Victims deprived of tents, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Water crisis in Nuwakot, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Mahato pledges Rs 150m relief (kp)
Two NRIs offer 1,200 houses (kp)
Hoffnung in Trümmern, von Kerstin Hergt (Hannoversche Allgemeine)
Dharampur fears losing history, by Nhooja Tuladhar (kp)
Ancient monuments: DoA puts in place protective measures, by Thomas Bogaty (kp)
Rapid Visual Damage Assessment teams of engineers get busy in Valley (ht)
Engineers start assessing status of buildings in Valley (kp)
IB team to keep tabs on insurance companies, by Rajesh Khanal (kp)
Chief Secy rejects rumours of dispute (ht)
Govt for single fund for relief distribution (ht)
Govt releases Rs1.3b for immediate relief (kp)
Pvt sector can distribute relief: Chief Secy Paudyal (kp)

02/05/2015: Earthquake In Nepal: Lost Opportunity, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
Mess due to absence of central mechanism: National Disaster Management Authority was proposed in 2009 but there has been no progress since, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp)
Hell in the hinterlands: In lack of data on the affected, relief teams struggle to reach those in urgent need. The government must mobilise its resources to collect information, by Weena Pun (kp)
Youths take charge: When the leaders shirk their duty, it falls on the people to make a difference, by Samikchhya Bhusal (kp)
UN, EU call for int’l aid for Nepal (kp)
Quake victims await relief (kp)
Relief reaches few victims, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
Relief distribution: Dahal for all-party mechanism (kp) [??]
On prediction and preparation: A Nepali geophysicist in South Korea puts the Great Quake in perspective, by Gyanendra Gurung (kp)
Toll crosses 6,600 (kp)
Rescuers recover 16 bodies from Tatopani landslides, by Rishiram Poudel (kp)
Post quake, fears of food deficit, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
People return to houses, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Mothers and the Great Quake: Many pregnant women and mothers with little kids have been hit hard all across Nepal. They need all the help they can get, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
The image that stays: Ever since the quake, I have felt afraid in my own city. This is unacceptable. If there is anywhere I should be able to call home, it is Kathmandu, by Pranaya Shamsher JB Rana (kp)
Rebuilding, restoring: The despair that the Nepali people feel about the destruction of their heritage sites is a deep one, by Sophia Pande (kp)
Among the ruins, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Facebook raises Rs 1.2b for Nepal (kp)
Satisfied with coordination of foreign relief aid, says Army chief (kp)

01/05/2015: After 7.9 quake, future of highrises hangs in balance, by Sanjeev Giri (kp)
Help yet to reach epicentre, by Pragati Shahi (kp)
Over 3,000 missing in Sindhupalchowk (ht)
No relief, rescue in several parts of Sindhpalchowk: Locals outraged, block govt/non-govt vehicles, by Bimal Gautam (rep)
Sixty-six missing in quake-affected districts (ht)
1396 houses damaged in Sankhuwasabha, by Bhim Dewan (rep)
Teacher’s tragedy, by Cynthia Choo (nt)
Quake-hit people suffer as relief only trickles in, by Bhadra Sharma (kp)
In the absence of locally-elected bodies, the govt will have to work twice as hard to ensure that relief reaches those who need it most, by Pratichya Dulal (kp)
1.7 million children need aid urgently, says UNICEF (ht)
Still finding survivors, by Roshan Sedhai (kp)
Deaths cross 6,000 on sixth day of quake (kp)
Quake death toll exceeds 5,500: Rescue teams struggling hard to reach far-flung areas, by Modnath Dhakal (rn)
Death toll continues to increase; rescuers yet to reach many areas (kp)
28 bodies yet to be identified (ht)
Man rescued after 98 hrs (kp)
Teenager pulled out alive five days after earthquake (ht)
Death toll in Kavre reaches 283 (ht)
Assurance of day care for kids in temporary camps (ht)
Six days after quake, relief still elusive for Nuwakot quake victims, by Arjun Poudel (rep)
Long wait for funeral rites, by Riwaj Rai (rep)
Testing time (ht)
Shaking things up (nt)
Mapping the aftermath: An Internet repository for geo-located needs data is helping plan and target earthquake relief, by Ayesha Shakya (nt)
Post-quake relief operations: Lessons from past experiences, by Umesh K. Bhattarai (ht)
A slow start: Whatever happened to ‘Disaster Preparedness’?, by David Seddon (nt)
Giving to the living (nt)
Relief through one window system in Lamjung (ht)
People await relief in Kathmandu villages, by Rupak D. Sharma (ht)
Rural quake victims await succour (ht)
Gorkha victims falling ill (ht)
Consumers hit as overpricing, black market go unchecked, by Rajesh Khanal and Suman Bashyal (kp)
Victims scramble to find food, essentials, by Prakash Adhikari (kp)
Customs bars relief materials citing procedural lapse, by Ritesh Tripathi (rep)
Fuel supply in Valley begins to normalise (ht)
Record flights at TIA as relief efforts go up, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
TIA exposed in time of crisis, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
The Exit Plan, by Priyanka Gurung (rep)
Fifth century heritage site left in ruins, by Dewan Rai (kp) (on Changu Narayan)
Monumental loss: Centuries of Kathmandu’s architectural heritage was destroyed in 80 seconds last Saturday, by Stéphane Huët (nt)
“Langtang is gone”, by Sahina Shrestha (nt)
Central Disaster Relief Committee directs distribution teams (ht)
Nepal economy shattered by quake, recovery to take years (ht)
Owning up: Relief and reconstruction efforts must be Nepal-led if they are to be sustainable (kp)
Building back better: Much of our national heritage has been damaged in the Great Earthquake, but it is imperative that we rebuild, by Megharaj Adhikari (kp)
Nepal’s cultural heritage becomes its scrap, by Ellen Barry and Nida Najar (kp)
Support pours in from many quarters for victims (ht)
Nat’l Reconstruction Fund to be set up: Family of each deceased to get Rs 40,000 (ht)
Govt to set up Rs 200b fund for reconstruction, by Ashok Dahal (ht)
Govt announces Rs 20b trust to fund rebuilding (kp)
India refutes charges (kp)
UN, EU reps to take stock (kp)
Lender of last resort: SAARC Food Bank must come into operation to tackle a potential food crisis triggered by the earthquake, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp)
Valley’s blocked underground water sources open up: Experts urge people not to consume it without proper testing as that could prove detrimental, by Thomas Bogaty (ht)
Schools to remain shut until May 14 (kp)
18 climbers die in Everest avalanche, by Bhanubhakta Niroula (rep) (rep)
The Big One, by Kalu Maila (rep)
The earthquake from above, by Kunda Dixit (nt)
Coming out stronger from crisis: Our mountains and temples has been pulverised, but Nepal will rise again, by Anjana Rajbhandary (nt)
Believe it, or not: Accurate and prompt information was a commodity in short supply in the aftermath of the earthquake, by Tsering Dolker Gurung (nt)
How drones can help Nepal recover from the earthquake, by Faine Greenwood (rn)
Nepal earthquake death toll exceeds 6,000 with thousands unaccounted for, by Jason Burke (Guardian) (including video)
Nach Erdbeben in Nepal: 130.000 Häuser zerstört - kaum noch Hoffnung auf Überlebende (Spiegel)
Towns near epicentre 'devastated' - Red Cross (BBC)

30/04/2015: People vent ire at lax govt response (kp)
Govt slow in distributing relief, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
UN seeks $415m in emergency aid (kp)
UN, humanitarian partners appeal for $ 415 million to aid quake victims (ht)
NA wants international rescuers to return (ht) [??]
UN humanitarian chief visiting Nepal (ht)
Toll crosses 5,000 mark (kp)
Quake death toll exceeds 5,000 (rn)
A tough test: The earthquake should teach us to think collectively for short-term action and long-term vision, by Pramod Mishra (kp)
Health facilities stretched to their limits, by Manish Gautam (kp)
Govt starts inspecting housing,apartment units: A lot of confusion arises regarding responsibility of maintenance and reconstruction, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Vegetable prices go up as supply dwindles (ht)
Over 400,000 leave Valley after quake, by Gaurav Gupta (kp)
People flee capital in free-managed vehicles (rn)
Bus operators fleecing panic-stricken passengers fleeing Valley, by Sangeet Sangroula and Sujan Dhungana (rep)
Govt plans to cremate unidentified bodies from Thursday, by Kamal Pariyar (rep)
Councelling for post-traumatic stress, by Pallav Bhusal (rn)
Youths rise to occasion, by Dewan Rai (kp)
Great Earthquake wipes out Barpak, by Sudip Kaini (kp)
Gorkha quake victims awaiting relief materials (ht)
Panchthar tremor victims receive help from district rescue panel (ht)
Sindhupalchowk victims await daily essentials, by Jaya Ram Gautam and Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht)
Normalcy returning to Ramechhap markets (ht)
Bhojpur markets open again (ht)
Rumour-mongering causes public to fear for worse, by Chahana Sigdel (kp)
Sanitation woes grip quake-hit Capital: Threat of epidemic outbreak looms as large number of people stay out in the open for safety (ht)
Normalcy returning to Kathmandu Valley (ht)
School bodies mobilise buses for victims and their families (ht)
Political (and some other) priorities: International community should not circumvent the government, but it must find ways to improve oversight, by John Beven (kp)
Intl community must unite to help: Japan’s knowledge gained from overcoming many natural disasters should be utilised for Nepal (kp)
‘All Nepalis in the world are crying’: Speaking to Nepali migrant workers in Malaysia (kp)
Devastation in Nepal (kp)
Close encounter in Kathmandu: A Malaysian account from Bhaktapur of when the earthquake hit, by Fong Chan Onn (kp)
Israel advises its nationals to leave Nepal pronto (ht)
Everest expeditions to resume within a week after deadly tremor, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht) [??]
Aid through govt channel, says Rijal (kp) [No thanks! This is the worst channel to help the people!!]
PM: Rs 100,000 for each bereaved family (kp) [??]
PM announces Rs 100,000 for each family that lost a member to earthquake (ht)
People as partners: Govt must balance coordinating assistance and welcoming aid, both local and foreign (kp)
Embassies ask host countries to grant Nepali workers leave (kp)
Public health impact of earthquakes, by Pramod Regmi and Nirmal Aryal (Setopati)
Int’l hotel chains having their buildings checked, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht)
India and China’s geopolitics at play amidst Nepal’s ruins, by Iain Marlow (Globe and Mail)
Medizinische Versorgung in Nepal: "Der Ansturm ist einfach zu groß", von Ulrike Putz (Spiegel)
Nepal lockt schon wieder Touristen (Spiegel)
Erzdiözese Freiburg spendet eine Million Euro für Nepal (Badische Zeitung)
Nepal earthquake ravages large collection of historic sites, by Alan Gomez (Sydney Morning Herald)
Hundreds waiting to cremate the dead as the toll rises, by Matt Wade (Sydney Morning Herald)
Nobody knows how bad things are outside Kathmandu, by Kartikay Mehrotra (Sydney Morning Herald)

29/04/2015: Govt makes a mess of relief work Lacks integrated information about materials collected and distribution status, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
Victims bear brunt of official apathy, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht)
Bad weather hampers efforts to give respite: A litmus test for the government’s ability to handle emergency situations (ht)
Cabinet to release Rs 1 billion for relief (ht)
Warning sounded on possible epidemic outbreak, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Disastrous tremor moves Kathmandu but Everest height unchanged: Up to 250 missing after Rasuwa avalanche (ht)
50,000 families displaced in Dhading (ht)
Tremor devastates Barpak (ht)
Rescue operation under way in Gorkha (ht)
Quake kills 17, destroys 8,000 structures in Okhaldhunga (ht)
Team of 30 out of contact since Saturday (ht)
Slow relief (ht)
UN CERF provides $15 m to scale-up humanitarian aid (ht)
Aid forthcoming (ht)
Distribution of relief materials begins in Sindhuli (ht)
Shuttle service for quake victims (ht)
Unscrupulous transporters fleecing passengers (ht)
Weak monitoring fuels rampant black marketing (ht)
Youngster, infant rescued (ht)
TIA facing multiple problems (ht)
NEA to fully restore electricity supply in Valley by tomorrow (ht) (only related to Kathmandu)
When our world crumbled in a second, by Sangita Shrestha (ht)
When selflessness knows no bounds (ht)
Could Nepal’s messy politics hamper relief efforts?, by David N. Gellner (Conversation)
Fears grow over fate of thousands near epicentre: Relief workers try to find out what has happened to 10,000 or more people in remote area of Gorkha district near border with Tibet, by Jason Burke (Guradian)
Tour operators axe trips in fresh blow to fragile economy: Travel firms cancel bookings to trekking hotspots after 7.8-magnitude quake leaves cultural landmarks in ruins, by Damien Gayle (Guardian)
Nepal quake death toll passes 5,000 as aid reaches villages near epicentre, by Katy Daigle (Globe and Mail)
Tensions rise in Nepal after ‘weak’ response to earthquake: Officials concede mistakes made in early stages of rescue as death toll passes 5,000 (Irish Times)
Doctors still watching for signs of epidemic in Nepal quake, by Damakant Jayshi (Hindu)
Die Beerdigung der eigenen Kultur, by Giampaolo Visetti (Tagesanzeiger)
In Nepal bricht das Faustrecht aus (Tagesanzeiger)
Trinkwasser-Not verschärft Lage in Nepals Erdbebengebiet (General-Anzeiger)
Streit ums Trinkwasser in Nepal (General-Anzeiger)
Überlebende kämpfen um Wasser (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)
"Die Helfer gehen, soweit sie können" (Zeit)
Retter warnen vor Zwei-Klassen-Hilfe (Zeit)
Wirtschaftliche Folgen des Erdbebens: Wer baut Nepal wieder auf?, by Ulrike Putz (Spiegel)
Nepal droht ein Kampf um Lebensmittel (Spiegel)
Reiseveranstalter in Nepal: "Der Wiederaufbau wird Jahre dauern", von Julia Stanek (Spiegel)
Bergdorf in Nepal: Die Überlebenden von Paslang (Spiegel)
Death toll passes 4,800 as rescuers face challenges, by Ivan Watson, Jethro Mullen and Laura Smith-Spark (CNN)

28/04/2015: Over 50,000 houses collapses, insufficient tents, by Narahari Sapkota (rep)
Gorkha quake death toll climbs to 4731 (rep)
European Commission extends 3 million Euro in grant assistance (rep)
Int'l community committed to supporting quake victims: McGoldrick (rep)
Rescuers struggle to recover the dead in quake-hit areas (rep)
Earthquake: Gorkha death toll hits close to 400, by Narahari Sapkota (rep)
98 large scale aftershocks in 72 hours (rn)
Helicopters ferry injured from Nepal villages near epicenter (rn)
Impacts of the earthquake in Nepal, by Bijan Khazai and Michael Kunz (ESKP) (see also CEDIM report)
Globale Erwärmung verstärkt Schadensfolgen von Erdbeben in Nepal (Schattenblick)
What is missing in Nepal, by Surya P. Subedi (CNN)
Death toll passes 4,400 amid fears over remote areas, by Sumnima Udas, Tim Hume and Jethro Mullen (CNN)
Nepal earthquake's victims overwhelm hospitals, by Tim Hume (CNN)
So läuft die Hilfe für die Erdbeben-Opfer, von Stephan Orth, Ansgar Siemens und Jens Witte (Spiegel)
Neue Lawine verschüttet womöglich 250 Menschen (Spiegel)
More aftershocks in Nepal as death toll soars (Aljazeera) (including videos)
Nepal quake death toll could reach 10,000: Prime Minister Sushil Koirala warns that number of people confirmed dead could soar as rescue teams reach remote areas (Aljazeera) (including videos)
'People have nothing left': scale of Nepal quake devastation emerges: Rescuers reaching Gorkha, at the centre of the earthquake zone, describe entire villages reduced to rubble and a ‘long-term emergency’ ahead, by Katy Daigle (Guardian)
Die Schreie am Krematorium von Kathmandu, von Stefabie Glinski (Spiegel)
Auch die Götter sind obdachlos geworden, von Niels Gutschow, Axel Michaels und Marcus Nüsser (FAZ)
Vereinte Nationen: Acht Millionen Menschen von Erdbeben in Nepal betroffen (Spiegel)
Mehr als 100 Deutsche nach Erdbeben vermisst (Zeit) (including videos)
In einer Minute ausgelöscht, von Amie Ferris-Rotman (Zeit)
Zehntausende verlassen nach Erdbeben Kathmandu (Zeit)
Wie nehmen Sie die Nachrichten aus Nepal auf? Das WDR5 Tagesgespräch: Erdbeben in Nepal, u.a. mit Ram Pratap Thapa (including audio)
Nepal on 'war footing' as quarter of population hit by quake (BBC) (including videos and pictures)
Die Tragödie von Nepals Bergdörfern, von Ulrike Putz (Spiegel)
Nepal's PM says earthquake death toll could reach 10,000: Anger among survivors as food and water in short supply, while rescue teams warn they are yet to reached ‘flattened’ villages in remote regions, by Jason Burke and Justin McCurry (Guardian)
Nepal earthquake moves Kathmandu but Everest height unchanged – experts (Guardian)
Nepal earthquake live: More than 8 million affected, UN says - as death toll reaches 4,300, by Rose Troup Buchanan (Independent, UK)
First glimpse of devastation wrought on remote Gorkha region at heart of quake - as wood runs low for cremations (Independent, UK)
Quake death toll reaches 4,252: Threat of epidemic looms large in worst-hit areas (ht)
Govt ill-prepared to distribute relief: Priority given to families of victims having access to power corridors, by Prakash Acharya (ht)
Task at hand (ht)
Rescue efforts largely Valley-centered, countryside ignored, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht)
Tremor victims face starvation (ht)
Hospitals facing problems treating injured people: The victims ought to be getting free treatment but they are forced to buy medicine (ht)
No lack of Good Samaritans in City, by Shradha Pal and Jessica Rai (ht)
Child NGO Federation to shelter kids orphaned by tremors (ht)
Quake victims face hard time: Among 78,000 houses in the district,only 5,000 remain unaffected by tremor (ht) (related to Dhading district)
Annapurna trekking route affected, by Ramji Rana (ht)
Life in Valley gradually returning to normal: But seismic experts advise denizens to remain on guard for time being, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht)
Rescue flights hit commercial operation at TIA, by Ramesh Shrestha (ht)
Quake toll reaches 33 in Makawanpur (ht)
CA members to donate one month salary worth Rs 25 million for relief (ht)
Ghale couple donates Rs 20m (ht)
Göttinger Uni-Professor unter den Erdbebenopfern in Nepal (Stern)
Erdbeben in Nepal: Freiburger Hilfsorganisationen werden aktiv, von Simone Lutz (Badische Zeitung)
Hopes fade for survivors; 180 rescued on Mount Everest, by Unni Krishnan and Kartikay Mehrotra (Sydney Morning Herald)
Quake in Nepal leaves more than 4,000 dead (New Zealand Herald)
Babies born in open air (Scoop)
Quake-aid need acute in Nepal capital, more so in villages (New Zealand Herald)
Stories of joy amid death and destruction, by Richard Spencer, Thomas Bell (New Zealand Herald)
In post-quake aid rush, Nepal neighbors jockey for position (New Zealand Herald)
Global effort to help Nepal earthquake victims intensifies (New Zealand Herlad)

27/04/2015: Unesco will zerstörtes Weltkulturerbe rekonstruieren (Spiegel)
Angst vor Nachbeben: Nur noch raus aus Kathmandu (Spiegel) (including video)
Nepals Not (Zeit)
Shanti Leprahilfe will Hilfszentrum einrichten, von Bettina Weihe (WDR) [including audio)
India leads massive aid effort to help survivors, by Ravi Agrawal (CNN)
Nepal struggles to cope with international aid, by Naomi Ng (CNN)
How Hindus and Buddhists view Nepal's devastating earthquake, by Daniel Burke (CNN)
Surrogate mothers, unborn children at risk, by Oren Liebermann (CNN)
'We huddled under a beam and prayed', by Sunir Pandey (CNN)
Nepal earthquake destroys Kathmandu valley's architectural treasures (Guardian)
Don’t rush to Nepal to help: Read this first, by Claire Bennett (Guardian)
Nepal’s relief effort must reach the rural poor, by Sara Shneiderman and Mark Turin (Globe and Mail)
Eyewitness in Kathmandu: Systems have failed; While aid is yet to reach the worst affected areas, there is growing anger in the capital at the lack of supplies, by Thomas Bell (Aljazeera)
More aftershocks in Nepal as death toll soars: Aid agencies prepare 'massive' operations in quake-hit Nepal as death toll rose to at least 4,000 (Aljazeera) (including videos)
3 Meter in 30 Sekunden, by Axel Bojanowski (Spiegel)
Reinhold Messner kritisiert "Zwei-Klassen-Rettung" (Spiegel)
Nepal earthquake: Fears grow for uncontacted villages as more than 3,600 confirmed dead (Guardian) (including video)
Earthquake Aftershocks Jolt Nepal as Death Toll Rises Above 3,400, by Thomas Fuller and Chirs Buckley (New York Times)
Zahl der Erdbeben-Toten übersteigt 3400 (General-Anzeiger)
Development partners pledge full support (ht)
Die Zahl der Opfer steigt und steigt (Manager Magazin)
Hunderttausende Kinder von Katastrophe betroffen (Spiegel)
Helfer wollen Kathmandu über den Landweg erreichen, von Ulrike Putz (Spiegel)
Erdbeben im Himalaya: Immer mehr Opfer (General-Anzeiger)
Erdbeben im Himalaya: Nepal meldet mehr als 3200 Tote (Spiegel)
Kingdom will be devastated by loss of foreign revenue (Independent, UK)
Nepalis flee capital as quake toll mounts (Otago Daily Times)
4,000 Chinese stranded, army sent to help Nepal (China Daily)
Is the worst from Nepal over? For how long will the aftershocks last?, by Amitabh Sinha (Indian Express)
Ancient collision made Nepal earthquake inevitable, by Kenneth Chang (Times of India)
Nepal staring at humanitarian disaster (Times of India)
Bhutan PM travels to Nepal (Statesman, Kolkata)
Fachleute befürchten Ausbruch von Epidemien in Nepal (Stern)
„Selbst die Retter haben Angst“ (TAZ)D
Verschluckt von einem Monster, von Eckhart Nickel (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Nepal zählt mehr als 3200 Tote nach Erdbeben (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Zahl der Toten steigt auf mehr als 3.200 (Zeit)
Nepal zählt schon über 3200 Erdbeben-Tote (Neue Luzerner Zeitung)
Erde bebt immer wieder - Zahl der Todesopfer steigt weiter (Stern)
Geld und Medikamente für die Erdbebenregion (Zeit)
Video zeigt Lawine am Everest – Helikopter holen Überlebende (Tagesanzeiger)
"Das Basislager galt als sicher", interview mit Oswald Oelz (Tagesanzeiger)
Kulturdenkmäler in Trümmern, von Eveline Suter (NZZ)

26/04/2015: Nepal earthquake: Rescue effort intensifies (BBC) (including video)
Power of Nepal earthquake was equivalent to 20 huge atomic bombs (Independent, UK)
In an Already Troubled Nepal, a Picture of Despair Emerges, by Gardiner Harris (New York Times)
Rescuers struggle to reach remote Nepal areas as toll rises, by Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Post)
Crews struggle to reach villages hardest hit by quake, by Rama Lakshmi and Annie Gowen (Washington Post)
Nepal earthquake deaths: We still don't know the fate of two million people near the quake; There are few roads there, most impassable from landslides, and helicopter reports suggest devastation, by Anthony Costello (Independet, UK)
Travellers scramble to leave Nepal as locals contemplate rebuilding, by Nathan Vanderklippe (Globe and Mail)
Nepal earthquake expected, but infrastructure not ready, by Emanuella Grinberg and Mark Morgenstein (CNN)
Erdbeben in Nepal: Land in Trümmern (Spiegel)
Augenzeugenbericht aus Kathmandu: Zuflucht unter Zeltplanen, von Stefan Schultz (Spiegel)
Suchaktionen nach Erdbeben: Schicksal von Deutschen weiter unklar (Spiegel)
Nepal im Griff der Angst, von Arne Perras (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Wake-up call: Swift response need of the hour (kp)
Hundreds killed in multiple jolts, by Pragati Shahi (kp) [see part 2]
Ten dead, scores missing in Everest avalanche, by Sangam Prasain (kp)
Hundreds feared dead in BhaDie schwierige Mission der Retterktapur settlements alone, by Anup Ojha (kp)
Injured victims overwhealm hospitals in capital (kp)
A hospital thronging with quake victims, by Tika R. Pradhan (ht)
Government declares national emergency (kp)
Irreparable loss, by Roshan Sedhai and Gaurav Thapa (kp)
Devastation beyond measure, by Manish Gautam and Binod Ghimire (kp)
Casualties reported outside valley (kp)
Power distribution affected in valley: It will take some time for electricity distribution mechanism to be functional (kp)
Telecom services congested: Service providers even dispatched SMSs to subscribers urging them to use text messages (kp)
Private sector to announce quake relief measures (kp)
Major Earthquake Hits Nepal: Shaking struck near Kathmandu, where buildings collapsed and thousands are feared dead, by Sandra Witze (Scientific American)
Wohin kann man spenden? (General-Anzeiger)
Helfer bergen immer mehr Opfer (General-Anzeiger)
Nepal earthquake: We warned you, say experts, by Joel Achenbach (Sydney Morning Herald)
Himalaya-Beben: Mehr als 2400 Tote (Badische Zeitung)
Nepal earthquake: thousands in need of shelter in country little able to cope, by Jason Burke (Guardian)
Aftershocks hinder rescue efforts as Nepal quake death toll passes 2,000 (Guardian)
Nepal earthquake: governments scramble to locate missing citizens (Guardian)
Schwere Nachbeben erschüttern die Region: 2400 Tote nach Beben im Himalaya (Stern)
Earthquake death toll passes 2,200 as aftershock hits Nepal: Rescuers dig through rubble with bare hands in Kathmandu region (Irish Times)
Aftershocks rattle Nepal, 2,200 confirmed dead, by Nathan Vanderklippe (Globe and Mail)
Powerful Aftershock Rocks Nepal As Earthquake Death Toll Tops 2,200 (Huffington Post, CA)
Riesige Schäden im Tal von Kathmandu: Weltkulturerbe und Pilgerstätten zerstört (NZZ)
Schweiz schickt Vorabdetachement nach Nepal (NZZ)
100 Bergsteiger sitzen am Mount Everest fest (Zeit)
Quake: 'Massive blast' of snow on Everest, by Sophie Ryan, John Weekes and Lauren Priestley (New Zealand Herald)
Über 2400 Todesopfer nach Erdbeben in Nepal: Verzweifelte Suchaktionen in den Trümmern, von Volker Pabst (NZZ)
Basislager "wie nach einer nuklearen Explosion" (Tagesanzeiger)
Sorge um den Geburtsort Buddhas: Zerstörte Tempel und ein eingestürzter historischer Turm – auch für Nepals reiches Kulturerbe war der massive Erdstoss am Samstag ein schwerer Schlag (Tagesanzeiger)
Starkes Nachbeben im Himalaya (Neue Luzerner Zeitung)
Nepal quake kills more than 1,800 and spreads terror on Everest (Observer)
Earthquake of 7.8 magnitude shakes Nepal, tremors felt in India, by Anto Antony (Sydney Morning Herlad)
Nepal quake: Magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits (New Zealand Herald)
Naturkatastrophe im Himalaya: Nachbeben erschüttern Nepal (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Liveblog zum Erdbeben in Nepal (heute.de)

25/04/2015: Nepal earthquake: day one - as it happened (Guradian) (also see updated live blog)
Viele Tote nach Erdbeben im Himalaya (General-Anzeiger)
Mount Everest Avalanche: Climbers Saw 'A Wall Of Ice Coming Towards Us', by Tim Sullivan and Binaj Gurubacharya (Huffington Post, CA)
Nepal shaken by magnitude 7.9 earthquake, followed by avalanche (New Zealand Herald)
Nepal earthquake in pictures: Photos show devastation caused by 7.8 magnitude earthquake (Independent, UK)
Nepal: Verlorenes Weltkulturerbe, verlorene Pilgerorte, von Stefan Schultz (Spiegel)
Erdbeben in Nepal: In der geologischen Falle, von Axel Bojanowski (Spiegel)
Katastrophe im Himalaya: Hunderte Tote bei schwerem Erdbeben in Nepal (Spiegel)

Videos:

13/06/2015: Himali News TV Show: Program about Solukhumbu after earthquake, by Lhakpa Sherpa (YouTube)

28/05/2015: Spenden für Nepal (ARD)
Als Nothelfer in Nepal (MDR)

22/05/2015: Erdbeben in Nepal - Susanne Bodach ist der Hölle entkommen (ARD)

21/05/2015: Alexander Schmidt und Ralf Dujmovits: Erlebten das Erdbeben in Nepal (ARD)

19/05/2015: Nepal-Heimkehrer (ORF)

18/05/2015: Zahnarzt sammelt Spenden für Nepal (ARD)

17/05/2015: Nepal fürchtet um Tourismus (ZDF)
Nepal: Frauen kämpfen ums Überleben (ZDF)
Nepalesen und Nepal-Freunde in Österreich (ORF)

16/05/2015: Nepal wartet auf Hilfe (ZDF)
Üben für den Einsatz in Nepal (ARD)

15/05/2015: Nach dem Erdbeben: Nepal räumt auf (ZDF)

14/05/2015: Zeit drängt nach Erdbeben in Nepal (ZDF)
Wie ist die Situation in Nepal? (ARD)
Nepal Helfer (ORF)
Weitere Nachbeben in Nepal (ZDF)

13/05/2015: Nepal: Nachbeben fordert wieder Tote (ORF)
Nepal: Zweites Beben verschärft Notlage (ZDF)
Nachbeben in Nepal: Opferzahl steigt (ORF)
Nepal: "Der Boden kommt nicht zu Ruhe" (ZDF)
Angst vor Nachbeben in Kathmandu (Zeit)
Erneutes Erdbeben in Nepal (ZDF)

12/05/2015: Caritas-Katastrophenhelfer zum weiteren Nepal-Beben (ORF)
Neues Beben mit Dutzenden Toten in Nepal (ORF)
Wieder starkes Erdbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Neues Erdbeben erschüttert Nepal (ZDF)
Tote und Verletzte nach Beben in Nepal (ORF)
Erneutes Nachbeben löst Gerölllawinen aus (Zeit)
Neues schweres Beben verschlimmert Leid in Nepal (ARD)
Starkes Nachbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Bangen um Freiberger Schulprojekt in Nepal (ARD)
Neues Beben in Nepal (BR)
Schweres Nachbeben in Nepal (ZDF)
Starkes Beben in Nepal (ZDF)

11/05/2015: Als Johanniter in Nepal (ARD)
Im Gespräch mit Matthias Baumann, der Chirurg half in Nepal (SWR)
Lothar Becker über die Lage in Nepal (ZDF)

09/05/2015: Hilfe für Nepal (rbb)
Die Not ist groß /Nepalhilfe Tirol (ORF)
Nepal: Private Hilfe nach Erdbeben (ZDF)

08/05/2015: Hilfe für Nepal (ORF)
Die Not in Nepal lindern: Entwicklungshelferin Stella Deetjen (ARD)
moma-Reporter: Nepal (ARD)

07/05/2015: Nepal: Erdbebenopfer benötigen Hilfe (ZDF)
Wiederaufbau in Nepal - Das Kinderheim von Sudam (ARD)
Nepalesin in Vorarlberg (ORF)

06/05/2015: Nepal-Hilfe (ARD)
Zurück aus Nepal (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal (ARD)
Hilfseinsatz in Nepal und die Schwierigkeiten (ARD)

05/05/2015: Nepal helfen, aber wie? (SRF)
Interview mit Hein Stahl zu Nepal (SWR)
Nepal-Augenzeuge (ORF)
Jede Hilfe zählt für Nepal (ORF)
Nepal nach dem Beben (ORF)
Rückkehr aus Nepal (ORF)

04/05/2015: Seuchengefahr nach Erdbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal: Regierung überfordert (ZDF)
Helfer zurück aus Nepal (NDR)
Nepal aktuell (ORF)
Nepalhilfe Kulmbach (BR)
Schwierige Hilfe für Nepal (ARD)
Dramatische Lage in Nepal (ARD)
Bremer helfen Kindern in Nepal (ZDF)
Initiative Mukta Nepal: Hilfe für Erdbebenopfer direkt vor Ort (ARD)

03/05/2015: Nepal: Kampf mit der Bürokratie (ZDF)
Nepal: Über 7.000 Todesopfer (ORF)
Nepal: Kaum Hilfe für entlegene Orte (ARD)

02/05/2015: Chemnitzer spenden für Nepal (MDR)
Nach Erdbeben: Sherpas nehmen Abschied (ZDF)
Nepalesen helfen auf eigene Faust (ZDF)

01/05/2015: Nepal: Millionen obdachlos (ZDF)
Nepal: Hoffnung auf Überlebende schwindet (ORF)

30/04/2015: Interview mit Norbert Meyer, Stellvertretender Vorsitzender der Deutsch-Nepalischen Gesellschaft (Köln.tv)
Deutsche Botschaft kümmert sich nach Erdbeben um Reisende (Zeit)
Aktuelle Situation in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal nach dem Erdbeben (ZDF)
Ein kleines Wunder und große Wut in Nepal (ARD)
Airbus fliegt Hilfsgüter nach Nepal (NDR)
Nepal: "Immer mehr zerstörte Dörfer" (ZDF)

29/04/2015: Frustration über Regierung Nepals wächst: In Nepal halten die Rettungsarbeiten auch vier Tage nach dem verheerenden Erdbeben an (Tagesanzeiger)
Nepal: Überlebende fordern bessere Hilfe (ORF)
Nepal nach dem Megabeben (ZDF)

28/04/2015: Eight million hit by quake as PM says up to 10,000 may have died (euronews.com)
Die größten Probleme sind Strom und Wasser, interview mit Axel Michaels (SWR)
Aid groups try to overcome challenges in Nepal (CNN)
Doctors in Nepal appealing for more help (CNN)
Nepalese family grieves after death of 2-year-old child (CNN)
Rebuilding Nepal after the earthquake (CNN)
Staatstrauer in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal: Internationale Hilfsbemühungen (ZDF)
Göttinger Professor in Nepal gestorben (NDR)
Deutsche Hilfe für Nepal (ZDF)
Bergsteigerlegende Habeler zur Lage in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal: 10.000 Todesopfer befürchtet (ORF)
Steigende Opferzahlen in Nepal (ORF)
Österreichische Hilfe für Nepal (ORF)
Staatstrauer in Nepal (ZDF)

27/04/2015: Time running out for Nepal earthquake survivors as death toll hits 4,000 (euronews.com)
Kathmandu nach dem Beben: Drohnenflug über eine zerstörte Stadt (Spiegel)
Erdbeben in Nepal: Hubschrauber-Aufnahmen zeigen schwere Schäden (Spiegel)
Tourist films moment Nepal hit by earthquake (Guardian)
Nepal grapples with humanitarian crisis (CNN)
Why is Nepal at risk for major earthquakes? (CNN)
Himalayan region prone to earthquakes (CNN)
Nepal steps up rescue effort amid global aid rush: Tonnes of aid material reaches Kathmandu airport as relief and rescue operation under way as death toll crosses 3,700 (Aljazeera)
Nepal struggles in quake aftermath (Deutsche Welle 27/04/2015)
Nepal earthquake death toll passes 3,700: Sick and wounded lay out in the open as overwhelmed authorities struggle to cope (Irish Times 27/04/2015)
Erdbeben im Himalaya: Bergsteiger filmt Lawinenabgang (Spiegel)
Katmandu: Before the Quake (New York Times)
Nepal: Hilfsgüter treffen ein (ORF)
Nepal: Mit bloßen Händen gegen das Beben (ZDF)
Erdbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Opferzahlen in Nepal steigen weiter (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal unterwegs (BR)
Hilfsflug für Erdbebenopfer in Nepal (rbb)
Nepal: Touristen im Katastrophengebiet (ZDF)
Erdbebenkatastrophe in Nepal (ZDF)
Nepal: Regierung und Land überfordert (ZDF)
Erdbeben in Nepal: Hilfe nach der Katastrophe (ORF)
Das Beben und die Folgen (ARD)
Dramatische Hilfsaktionen in Nepal (ORF)
Österreicher in Nepal (ORF)
Trauer und Hilfe nach Erdbeben in Nepal (rbb)
DRK schickt Hilfsflug nach Nepal (rbb)
Hamburg hilft Nepal (NDR)
Nepalesen im Münsterland organisieren Hilfe (ARD)
ZDF spezial zum Erdbeben in Nepal (ZDF)
Viele wollen helfen/Nepal (ORF)
Salzburger hilft in Nepal (ORF)
Hilfe für Erdbebenopfer in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal-Hilfe aus Wien (ORF)
Vorarlberger zu Nepalkatastrophe (ORF)
Kaltenbrunner zu Nepal (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal (ORF)
Schwierige Hilfe für Bebenopfer in Nepal (MDR)
Tübinger Arzt berichtet vom Erdbeben in Nepal (SWR)
Erdbeben in Nepal: Ungeahnte Ausmaße (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal (rbb)
Nepal (BR)
Nepalexperte (BR)
Nepal: Opferzahlen steigen an (ORF)
Aktuell: Erdbebenhilfe Nepal (ORF)
Erdbeben in Nepal (BR)
Zahl der Erdbebenopfer in Nepal steigt weiter (ARD)
Hilfsgüter aus aller Welt kommen in Nepal an (ARD)
Österreicher in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal: Zahl der Todesopfer steigt weiter (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal (BR)
Nepal: Opferzahlen steigen (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal läuft auf Hochtouren (SWR)
Nepal: Sorge um Kollegen vor Ort (SWR)
Deutsche Rettungskräfte in Nepal (ZDF)
Nepal: Schon 3.700 Erdbeben-Tote (ORF)
Nepal: Opferzahlen steigen (ORF)
Nepal: Erdbeben lähmt Infrastruktur (ZDF)
Nepal: Es fehlt ein Rettungsplan (ZDF)
Hilfsbereitschaft für Nepal grenzenlos (ZDF)
Nepal: Lage bleibt gefährlich (ZDF)

26/04/2015: Chaos mars Nepal quake relief operations: Thousands of evacuees in Kathmandu angry at government's response as toll rises to more than 2,500 people (Aljazeera)
International aid on the way to Nepal (Deutsche Welle)
Zahl der Opfer in Nepal steigt stündlich (ARD)
Why was Nepal unprepared for the earthquake? (CNN)
Nepal earthquake: video footage shows terrifying moment devastating quake struck (Independent, UK)
Nepal earthquake toll over 1800 (Sydney Morning Herald)
Nach Erdbeben in Nepal: Internationale Hilfsmaßnahmen laufen an (ARD)
Massive earthquake hits Nepal (Deutsche Welle)
Massive earthquake devastates Nepal (Canberra Times)
Nepal toll rises after worst quake in decades (Aljazeera)
What caused the Nepal earthquake? The India tectonic plate moving north at about 45mm a year is pushing under the Eurasian plate beneath the Himalayas (Aljazeera)
Erdbeben in Nepal (BR)
Nachbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Nepal: Immer mehr Opfer (ORF)
Nepal nach dem Erdbeben (ZDF)
Nepal: Nachbeben sorgt für Panik (ORF)
Nepal-Beben: Schwierige Hilfsaktion (ORF)
Lawinentote nach Nepal-Beben (ORF)
Helfer und Güter nach Nepal (SWR)
THW schickt Trinkwasseranlage nach Nepal (SWR)
Schweres Nachbeben in Nepal (ORF)
Bremer helfen Kindern in Nepal (ARD)
Nepal: Die Suche nach Überlebenden (ARD)
Hilfe für Erdbebenopfer in Nepal (ARD)
Nepal nach dem Erdbeben (ARD)
Helfer aus NRW reisen nach Nepal (ARD)
Rotes Kreuz nach Nepal (ORF)
Hilfe für Nepal (ORF)
Abflug nach Nepal (ORF)
Starkes Nachbeben in Nepal (ORF)

25/04/2015: Starke Nachbeben verängstigen Nepalesen (ZDF)
Devastation in Katmandu (New York Times)
Massive quake rocks Nepal, hundreds dead (Deutsche Welle)
Rot-Kreuz-Mitarbeiter unterwegs nach Nepal (ORF)
Erdbeben erschüttert Nepal (ORF)
Nepal-Beben: Lawine im Himalaya (ORF)
Heftiges Erdbeben in Nepal (ORF)

Numerous videos on the earthquake are also provided be YouTube oder Dailymotion

Audios:

Das WDR5 Tagesgespräch: Erdbeben in Nepal (WDR 28/04/2015)

Nepal am Tag nach dem Beben (WDR, New Delhi 26/04/2015)

Nepal quake aftermath (BBC 26/04/2015)

Nepal death toll over 2000 (BBC 26/04/2015)

Nepal in search and rescue phase (BBC 25/04/2015)

Earthquake hits Nepal (BBC 25/04/2015)

Pictures:

Nepal Earthquake Pictures Show Sheer Apocalyptic Devastation From Epicenter, by Tahira Mirza (Huffington Post, CA)

So wütete das Beben in Kathmandu: Aktuelle Satellitenbilder machen sichtbar, wie stark die Hauptstadt Nepals vom Erdbeben betroffen ist. In Sportstätten werden Rettungscamps errichtet, von Florian Gossy (Stern 28/04/2015)

Die schwierige Mission der Retter (Spiegel 28/04/2015)

Das Leid der Opfer (Spiegel 27/04/2015)

Nepal: The day after the earthquake (Aljazeera 26/04/2015)

Trail of devastation as massive quake rocks nation (kp 26/04/2015)

Utter Devastation (kp 26/04/2015)

Powerful earthquake hits Nepal (CNN 26/04/2015)

Scenes from the Nepal earthquake zone (The Weather Network 26/04/2015) (including video)

Massive earthquake strikes Nepal, tremors felt in India (Indian Express 26/04/2015)

In pictures: Search for survivors of Nepal earthquake (ABC 26/04/2015)

Katastrophe im Himalaya (Zeit 26/04/2015)

Nepal Earthquake: Incredible Pictures From Everest Base Camp (Wall Street Journal 26/04/2015)

Earthquake in Nepal - in pictures (Guardian 26/04/2015)

Earthquake rocks Nepal (CBS 26/04/2015)

Devastation in Nepal (Deutsche Welle 25/04/2015)

Nepal, a picture of calamity after massive earthquake (DNA 25/04/2015)

Quakemap, an initiative led by Kathmandu Living Labs

OCHA maps, a collection of maps by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Earthquakes in Nepal after 25 April 2015 as provided by GEOFON, Potsdam
(see also quakes since 2004)

Tracking national and international funding, a tool by Open Nepal Initiative, Young Innovations

Earthquake Recovery Must Safeguard Human Rights, by Amnesty International 1 June 2015

Interactive map by quakemap.org

National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET)

Did earthquake change Everest's height? Scientists race against the clock to retrieve data that will also help them understand the devastating quake, by Brian Clark Howard (National Geographic 01/05/2015)

Mapping the quake (kp 11/05/2015)

What is an Earthquake? (ht 09/05/2015)

Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM): NepalEarthquake –Report #1 (27/04/2015)

Major earthquakes in Nepal since 1934 (Aljezeera 25/04/2015)

The same quake has been given different magnitudes. What’s with this number’s game?, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 07/05/2015)

List of earthquakes since 1994

GEOFON data on main earthquake in Nepal (25/04/2015)

M7.8 - 34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal (USGS)

Nepal: Earthquake 2015, Office of the Resident Coordinator - Situation Report No. 01 (UN 25/04/2015)

Extent of the Damage From
the Nepal Earthquake (New York Times 25/04/2015)

The Nepal Earthquake 2015 (SAI Heidelberg)

Nepal Disaster Report 2011, by Ministry of Home Affairs

A Report on Earthquake in Nepal, by Sheetal Subedi and Tilottam Paudel, Réflexions et débats 2011 (?)