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9,502 people test positive on RT-PCR; 1850 on antigen test; PCR test fee reduced

Kathmandu / Jan 19: A record 9,502 people have been found infected with the novel coronavirus through the PCR test in a single day in Nepal in the last 24 hours. When combined with the number of people found infected with the same virus through the antigen test, the total number of infected people amounts […]


Agreement to hold Local Level Elections on time

Kathmandu / Jan 18: A meeting of the five-party coordination committee formed to run the government has agreed that the upcoming local elections should be held in April as provided in the constitution. The agreement was reached at a meeting chaired by senior Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel in the presence of Prime Minister Sher […]


NRB makes it mandatory for BFIs to invest in financial literacy programs

Kathmandu / Jan 18: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has asked the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to submit their plans for financial literacy programs within the first three months of every fiscal year. Enforcing a Financial Literacy Framework Directive on Monday, NRB has targeted to make it mandatory for the BFIs to invest the prescribed […]


COVID-19 update: 8,730 new infections on RT-PCR and 562 recoveries

Kathmandu / Jan 18: With 8,730 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 868,215. In 17,872 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 8,730 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]


Province 2 named ‘Madhesh Province’; Provincial Capital ‘Janakpurdham’

Janakpurdham / Jan. 17: Province 2 has been named the Madhesh Province. A two-thirds majority of the provincial assembly members voted for the name in the voting held at the provincial assembly meeting today. 80 provincial members voted for the name while 19 stood against the proposal put forward by provincial assembly members Shailendra Sah, […]


Banks initiate merger in line with NRB Objective

Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Jan. 17: Merger and acquisition process of commercial banks have been found initiated in line with Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) objectives. Recently, Nabil Bank and Nepal Bangladesh Bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). Both the banks signed the agreement on January 13 with the share swap ratio between Nabil Bank […]


COVID-19 update: 5,747 new infections on RT-PCR, 547 recoveries; Active cases over 30,000

Kathmandu / Jan 17: With 5,747 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 859,485. In 14,014 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 5,747 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]


Govt. clarifies Limpiyadhura, Lipu Lek and Kalapani areas belong to Nepal; Govt. issues order for controlling spread of COVID

Kathmandu / Jan. 16: The government of Nepal has made it clear again that Limpiyadhura, Lipu Lek and Kalapani area lying east of the Mahakali River is Nepal’s inalienable territory. Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, who is also the government spokesperson, made this point while making public the decisions of the […]


CIAA to probe allegations against Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation on fund embezzlement

Kathmandu / Jan 16: A complaint has been filed against the Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), citing a possible embezzlement of funds collected for the construction of the Gautam Budhha International Cricket Stadium by the Foundation . Popular comedians duo Sitaram Kattel and Kunjana Ghimire had initiated […]


COVID-19 update: 4,534 new infections in RT-PCR and 435 recoveries

Kathmandu / Jan 16: 4,534 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed on Sunday. In 12,562 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,534 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update. Likewise, the virus infection was […]




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