The name of the second Belarusian woman who died in the Nepal mudslide has become known. This is 24-year-old Iryna from BSU Faculty of Journalism
Iryna Badzilouskaya from Svetlahorsk lived in Northern Cyprus and frequently traveled in East Asia.
Iryna Badzilouskaya. Photo here and further from her Instagram
In Nepal, following a catastrophic flood in the Bhote Koshi River area, 24-year-old Belarusian citizen Iryna Badzilouskaya went missing. Her name is on the official list of missing tourists, published by the Department of Tourism of Nepal.
The flood, caused by a glacier collapse and a water breach from Tibet, engulfed the Rasuwa region in late August and led to the deaths of thousands of people. Among the foreign citizens with whom contact is still missing, two Belarusians are listed. According to Nepali officials, the girl set off on the route independently, without using the services of an agency.
Iryna Badzilouskaya was born on October 2, 2001. She is from Svetlahorsk. According to Belpol, she studied at local school №11, and in 2019, she enrolled in the Faculty of Journalism at BSU.
For the last three years, Iryna lived in Northern Cyprus with her cat Betty and constantly traveled. Her social media records trips across Southeast Asia — from Bali and Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur.
In April 2025, Badzilouskaya was in Nepal.
"This was my shortest trip, but I managed to visit most of the famous places in Kathmandu. For me, Nepal is the center of all the world's wires. There are a billion of them in one square meter! Monkeys at every turn, a million Tibetan prayer flags, and various temple complexes (and all this mixed with wires)," the girl wrote.
In June 2026, Badzilouskaya decided to leave Cyprus and return to Belarus.