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- Nepali Congress opens 15th convention as Deuba's invitation is left with his guard Candidate nominations follow Monday, but party rivals could not hand Sher Bahadur Deuba his own invitation.
- Nepal to back five flood children as 933 hydropower missing from August go unmentioned A Malaysian missing 37 days came home safe, while Friday's reports skip the 933 hydropower linked missing NDRRMA counted on August 31.
- Nepali Congress sets October 5 nominations as Deuba urges boycott Deuba's camp plans its own December convention, and the Supreme Court agreed in August to review its April ruling backing Thapa, Kathmandu Post reported.
- Mahottari's Jaleshwor Floods as Ratu River Embankment Breaks in Three Places Ratopati reports the Banchauri embankment broke at the same spot last year too, and no outlet has reported deaths, displaced households or crop damage costs.
- Nepal shifts Bhotekoshi flood response to recovery as officials count 5,285 missing NDRRMA's own chief says a plan is being drafted to declare the missing legally dead so families can claim state relief.
- Himlung avalanche toll rises to seven dead, nine Nepali workers still missing Three bodies were recovered Wednesday, and outlets credited three different people with the update, leaving unclear who owns the official count.
- Government says ex-Chief Justice Rana was rescued, not arrested Chief Justice Sharma met the police chief after judges grilled him over ties to Rana, whose pension his own bench cleared the way for on September 9.
- Nepali runner Mukesh Pal breaks 22-year 5000m record at Asian Games He beat a mark from the 2004 Athens Olympics by 1.28 seconds. Before these Games, Nepal had never won an Asian Games athletics medal.
- Nepal flood toll rises to 35, Myagdi recommended for crisis status The Rs 21 billion insurance figure making headlines belongs to a separate flood a month earlier, not this one.
- Nepal flood toll hits 27, but the Rs 74 billion power damage figure is from August NEA's Rs 74 billion power damage estimate traces to the August 26 Bhote Koshi flood, not the rain that has killed 27 since September 24.
- Rain, Not Sri Lanka, Knocks Nepal Out of Asian Games Cricket Nepal topped its group unbeaten but exits after a no reserve day rule handed Sri Lanka the win by ranking.
- Supreme Court calls police action against former Chief Justice Rana unacceptable Judges' Society and Nepal Bar objected, police blocked the rights commission at the gate, and the ruling party said nothing in Parliament.
- Ex-Chief Justice Rana held 12 hours, then police said it was never an arrest Lawyers and opposition leaders Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Gyanendra Shahi say the government has not explained why Rana was taken with no warrant shown.
- Former Chief Justice Cholendra Rana Arrested From Kathmandu Home, Complaint Undisclosed Police gave no charge and have not linked the arrest to his four year impeachment saga, which the Supreme Court closed just weeks earlier.
- Nepali Army calls its Bhotekoshi flood rescue 'incomparable, historic and exemplary' The army says seven people were pulled alive from buried hydropower tunnels, even as disaster officials count 1,453 dead and 5,285 still missing a month on.
- Floods and landslides kill six in Nepal, 407 rescued as rivers breach danger levels Rain-swollen Narayani, Tinau and Kaligandaki rivers have flooded homes and cut key highways in several provinces, officials say.
- One Month After Bhotekoshi Floods, 1,453 Dead, Survivors Leave Camps Nepal's disaster agency counts 5,285 missing while ABC News Australia reports over 5,700, as holding centres empty and rebuilding lags.