KATHMANDU, March 23: Thirteen Nepali nationals stranded in Thailand were rescued and brought to Nepal on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 4: The southern section of the East-West Highway has remained impassable, leaving passengers stranded.

KATHMANDU, July 28: As many as 83 Nepali youths who traveled to Kuwait on November 3, 2022, in search of foreign employment have found themselves in dire straits. Their passports were seized by their employers upon arrival, leaving them trapped and unable to return home or work in the foreign land. Adding to their misery, these workers have not received any salary for the past six months.

KATHMANDU, April 3: It has been found that Sita Airlines dropped passengers who had booked tickets to Kathmandu from Dang in Nepalgunj.

MYAGDI, Nov 12: There are two live horses near a pile of dead horses and hinnies at the base camp of Dhaulagiri mountain.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The goods that are being imported to Nepal for Dashain festival are stranded in the Tibet region for weeks.

BANKE, June 23: As many as 44 Nepali workers, including four from Banke, have been stranded in Saudi Arabia. These workers had gone to Saudi Arabia to work in a company, three months ago, from Al Harman HR Company in Sinamangal, Kathmandu. However, after they reached there, they found that there was no such company. They have been stranded there since then.

SOLUKHUMBU, Oct 20: Ten tourists including two foreign nationals are stranded in the Mera Peak area due to snowfall followed by incessant rains.

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The Hong Kong Government has agreed to allow its vaccinated citizens stranded in Nepal to return home. Hong Kong has ceased its regular flights to Nepal since May, enlisting Nepal among the extremely risky nations in terms of COVID-19 transmission.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, June 16: Two youths who were stranded on a hotel roof due to flooding in Melamchi River were rescued on Wednesday morning. They were rescued from a hotel located at Melamchi Bazar.

LONDON, Sept 23:  Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L), sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.

DUBAI, July 31: At least 15 Ethiopians died after the boat trying to smuggle them into Yemen broke down and left them stranded in the sea without food or water for a week, a U.N. migration agency said.

MUSTANG, Sept 14: The pilgrims and tourists visiting Mustang district have been left at lurch as the Beni-Jomsom road section was disrupted due to flood and landslide.

KHOTANG, July 24: Different social organizations joined hands to provide food assistance to 36 Nepalis who remain stranded in Saudi Arabia for the past five days after their company expelled them over a salary row.

KHOTANG, July 18: Twenty nine Nepali youths including 14 from Khotang district alone who had gone to Saudi Arabia for work have been stranded there.

KATHMANDU, July 6: The rescue operation of pilgrims to Kailash Mansarovar from different parts of India stranded at Hilsa and Simikot is under way since last Monday. Out of more than fifteen hundred pilgrims, 1,225 pilgrims have been airlifted and brought down to Nepalgunj and Surkhet stated Indian Embassy, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, July 4: As many as 104 Indian pilgrims stranded on their way to Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage have been airlifted to Nepalgunj from Simikot—the headquarters of Humla district, which borders Tibet.

DOLPA, July 4: It's been four days since Rajesh Hamal, one of the most popular actors of the Nepali film industry, has been stuck in Dolpa as his flights got delayed due to bad weather.On June 28, Hamal took a flight to district headquarters Dunai for attending a cultural program.

DOLPA, July 3: Nepali Cine Artist Rajesh Hamal has been stranded in Dolpa district due to lack of flights since last six days.

KATHMANDU, July 3: Efforts to rescue more than 1,500 Indian pilgrims from Nepalganj-Simikot-Hilsa route of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (through Nepal) has been affected due to inclement weather conditions, according to a press release issued by the Embassy of India.

MYAGDI, June 11: Thirteen youths of Myagdi who had decided to follow middlepersons after paying a huge amount with a hope of entering the United States of America illegally have been reportedly stranded in Nigeria.

BAGLUNG, Dec 15: Seventeen year-old Sabitra BK, who has been suffering from blood cancer, has been stranded in Kathmandu.

KARANGASEM, INDONESIA, Nov 27: Indonesian authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people Monday from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on Bali that has forced the island’s international airport to close, stranding tens of thousands of travelers.

JHAPA, Oct 17: After India implemented Goods and Service Tax (GST) from the first of July this year, illegal trade across the border was expected to be controlled and formal import-export was believed to become easier. But to the contrary, bilateral business between Nepal and India is facing more difficulties.

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 14: A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt road that was impassable in their rental car, authorities said Friday.

UAE, Oct 12: As many as 13 out of 22 Nepali migrant youths stranded in United Arab Emirates have returned home on Thursday.

ABU DHABI, Oct 3: 22 stranded Nepali workers have reached Nepal Embassy in Abu Dhabi. They reached at the embassy with the help of NRN-UAE.

ABU DHABI, Oct 1: 22 Nepali workers are stranded in Ajman of UAE since two months. The workers reached UAE in visit visa paying high amount to brokers in Nepal.

PALPA, Sept 30: The landslide triggered by incessant rainfall on Friday night has obstructed the Sidda Baba road section in Palpa district, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded on the road since Friday night.

GAUR, August 13: Floods have inundated different parts of Rauthat. Gaur Municipality located in the district headquarters is filled with water. According to Rauthat Police, more than 400 houses in the district have been submerged in the floods. Such market places as Garuda Municipality, Katahariya, Shiva Nagar, Samanpur, Bariyapur, Rajpur, Gangapipara, Matsari, Khunkhunwa and Ijaminiya.

NAWALPARASI, August 12: Transportation service has been halted as the road section at Bardaghat Municipality-4 in Nawalparasi of East-West Highway has been damaged due to the continuous rain since Friday morning.

KATHMANDU, Aug 2: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has intensified the rescue of Nepali workers stranded abroad in course of foreign employment.

Even as the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) sticks to the demand of constitution amendment before it agrees to take part in the second phase of local election, Upendra Yadav’s Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN) not only participated in the first phase but is also campaigning for the second phase. This decision has come under withering criticism of the RJPN and some Madhesi intellectuals. But what made Yadav, until recently one of the staunchest hardliners on constitution amendment, suddenly agree to be part of local election even without the desired amendments? Republica’s Mahabir Paudyal tries to find out in this interview.

LPG gas bullets still waiting to be filled with gas

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Three Nepali citizens left stranded in Qatar for the past three months have been rescued on the command and initiation of the Office of the Prime Minister.

KHOTANG, Jan 11: Thousands of commuters have been left stranded in Khotang due to the locals' protest against decision of the commission formed to restructure local bodies to recommend the local government in the district against their proposal.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE), Nov 25: As many as 14 Nepali migrant workers have been stranded in the UAE after the company they signed contract with failed to provide them jobs.

TOKYO, Oct 20: The dead body of a Nepali who died in Japan has been lying at hospital’s morgue following hindrance from the deceased family members.

DHANGADHI, Oct 10: Hundreds of pilgrims were stranded after they allegedly could not pay Rs 100,000 in bribe to Gadda Chowki checkpoint on Sunday night.

CHITWAN, Oct 7: Thousands of vehicles passing through Mugling were stranded due to massive landslides that took place on Wednesday at Abu Khaireni, which is located just a few kilometers from Mugling.

UAE, Sept 24: Human traffickers, police officers at Tribhuvan International Airport, and immigration staffers have been found working hand in glove to dupe outbound migrant workers. This fact came to light after 10 Nepalis who are stranded in Dubai filed an application seeking early rescue at the Nepali Embassy in Dubai and at the Nepali Society, UAE.

SOLUKHUMBU, July 26: Flights at the Phaplu, Lukla and Syangboche airports have been obstructed, following bad weather condition due to incessant rainfall and dense fog for the past 11 days.

CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 25: All Karol Dunford has left is a dirty nightgown, caked in mud from the floodwaters that ravaged her West Virginia town and killed at least 23.