As Nepal confronts the human and financial toll of devastating floods, a diaspora gathering near the United Nations connects remembrance with demands for recovery, resilience and global responsibility. Updated: Exclusive: NEW YORK— The candles marked a moment of remembrance. One week later, the message carried by the gathering near United Nations Headquarters remains urgent: helping Nepal’s flood survivors rebuild must go hand in hand with stronger international action on cli

by Pradeep Pariyar Thapa at UN Exclusive: NEW YORK — Prime Minister Balendra Shah brought the devastation of Nepal’s Bhote Koshi–Trishuli glacier floods to the United Nations General Assembly on September 24 with a challenge to world leaders: if they recognize the danger facing the Himalayas, will they act before the next disaster? Prime Minister Shah succeeded in placing Nepal’s grief and its climate justice demands before the General Assembly. His speech offered a regional

जर्सी सिटी सिटी हलमा निर्वाचित जनप्रतिनिधि, सामुदायिक अगुवा र नेपाली डायस्पोरा संघसंस्थाको सहभागिता; “जलवायु संकट सिर्जना गर्न सबैभन्दा कम योगदान दिएका हिमाली समुदायले यसको सबैभन्दा ठूलो मूल्य चुकाउनु हुँदैन” Exclusive: जर्सी सिटी, न्यू जर्सी: नेपालमा आएको विनाशकारी बाढीमा ज्यान गुमाएकाहरूको सम्झना, अझै बेपत्ता हजारौं व्यक्तिको सकुशलताको प्रार्थना तथा पीडित, उद्धार गरिएका र शोकसन्तप्त परिवारप्रति ऐक्यबद्धता जनाउन शनिबार साँझ जर्सी सिटी सिटी हलमा भावपूर्ण दीप प्रज्ज्वलन तथा प्

Elected officials, community leaders and Nepali diaspora organizations gather at Jersey City City Hall as Nepal confronts a mounting humanitarian catastrophe; speakers say Himalayan communities should not bear the greatest cost of a climate crisis they contributed least to creating Photo by Rajan Kafle Exclusive: JERSEY CITY, NJ: A solemn Candlelight Prayer Vigil was held at Jersey City City Hall on Saturday evening to remember the victims of Nepal’s devastating floods, pray

विश्वव्यापी बैठकमा बाढीमा ज्यान गुमाएकाप्रति श्रद्धाञ्जली, प्रभावित परिवारप्रति ऐक्यबद्धता तथा एकमहिने राहत संकलन अभियान घोषणा Updated: Exclusive/ काठमाडौं, नेपाल — अगस्ट २८, २०२६ — युनाइटेड नेपाली डायस्पोरा अर्गनाइजेसन (UNDO) इन्टरनेसनलले नेपालका रसुवा तथा आसपासका जिल्लामा आएको विनाशकारी बाढीबाट प्रभावित पीडितहरूका लागि मानवीय सहायता जुटाउन शुक्रबार आयोजना गरेको विशेष अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय बैठकमा एक घण्टामै करिब ३० लाख रुपैयाँ (NPR ३ मिलियन) संकलन गरेको छ। “विपद् राहत रणनीति (Disa

Global meeting pays tribute to flood victims, expresses solidarity with affected families, and launches month-long fundraising campaign Updated: Exclusive: KATHMANDU, Nepal — August 28, 2026 — The United Nepali Diaspora Organization (UNDO) International raised approximately NPR 3 million (Rs. 30 lakh) in just one hour during a special international meeting convened Friday to mobilize humanitarian assistance for victims of the devastating floods affecting Rasuwa and surroundin

Exclusive: जर्सी सिटी, न्यू जर्सी — न्यू जर्सीस्थित नेपाली समुदाय, स्थानीय जनप्रतिनिधि तथा शुभेच्छुकहरूद्वारा नेपालमा हालै आएको विनाशकारी बाढीमा ज्यान गुमाएकाहरूको सम्झना तथा प्रभावित र शोकसन्तप्त परिवारहरूप्रति ऐक्यबद्धता प्रकट गर्न शनिबार जर्सी सिटी हलमा दीप प्रज्वलन आयोजना हुने भएको छ। “Candlelight Vigil for Nepal’s Flood Victims” अर्थात् “नेपालका बाढी पीडितहरूको सद्भावमा दीप प्रज्वलन” कार्यक्रम शनिबार, अगस्ट २९, २०२६, साँझ ७:०० बजे जर्सी सिटी हल, २८० ग्रोभ स्ट्रिट, जर्सी

Exclusive: JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Members of New Jersey’s Nepali community, local leaders and well-wishers will gather at Jersey City Hall on Saturday evening for a candlelight vigil honoring the victims of the devastating floods in Nepal and expressing solidarity with bereaved and affected families. The Candlelight Vigil for Nepal’s Flood Victims will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Jersey City Hall, 280 Grove St., Jersey City, NJ 07306. Organized under

Updated: Exclusive: Feature News Story | KATHMANDU /NEW YORK: When Yogesh Adi, a New York resident originally from Betrawati, Rasuwa, Nepal, took a selfie from the watchtower atop his family home in 2019, he had no reason to imagine it might become his last photograph from the house he had built with dreams of home. Seven years later, on August 26, 2026, those dreams were swept into a raging Himalayan river. As a catastrophic surge originating from a glacier and ice-rock coll

Exclusive: The United Nepali Diaspora Organization (UNDO International) has expressed profound sorrow over the untimely passing of legendary Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja Magar (Nimsdai), describing him as one of Nepal’s greatest national heroes, a global icon of mountaineering, and an enduring inspiration to millions of Nepalis living around the world. In a press release issued on Sunday, UNDO International paid tribute to Purja’s extraordinary life and remarkable achievem