Kathmandu / Dec. 15: As many as 252 people have been found infected with the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 252 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 9,212 PCR tests conducted in the period. Similarly, 28 people were found infected with the virus […]
Ilam / Dec. 14: Tea farmers in Ilam have urged the government to fix the support price of green leaves as the selling price is lower than the production cost. Stating that the future of tea is getting uncertain every year due to the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, the farmers said that the […]
Ajay Chhetri / Kathmandu, Dec. 14: Amid dwindling deposits, Bank and Financial Institutions have demanded a refinance facility. According to the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), BFIs have demanded Rs. 56 billion as a refinancing facility. BFIs have resorted to a refinancing facility in the wake of rising loan demand against the shrinking deposit. The lending […]
Kathmandu / Dec. 14: With 229 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 824,764. In 9,392 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 229 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its […]
Prem Adhikari / Ilam, Dec. 13: Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam district has brought boat service into operation in Antu Pond, a popular tourist destination. The boat operation, which had gone out of business for the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been reopened from the municipality’s own initiative. In the past, the […]
Chhetu Sherpa / Kathmandu, Dec. 13: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started to import 650mw of electricity from India as the demand for electricity in the country has surpassed the amount of electricity produced in Nepal. Suresh Bahadur Bhattarai, NEA spokesperson, informed that electricity generation in the country has dwindled with the decrease in the […]
Kathmandu / Dec 13: Nepal recorded 341 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with 376 recoveries and three deaths, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). As many as 13,236 swab samples were tested for COVID-19 on the same day. Of them, 313 PCR and 28 antigen […]
Karnali / Dec. 12: The establishment of the Karnali Academy of Health Science (KAHS) has made a new history of Karnali. With the official launch of the much-awaited MBBS programme at KAHS, the President hoped that a new chapter of progress had begun. President Bhandari said it while inaugurating the MBBS launch at KAHS in […]
Kathmandu / Dec 12: Nepal recorded 254 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with 234 recoveries and one death, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). As many as 8,682 swab samples were tested for COVID-19 on the same day. Of them, 242 PCR and 12 antigen […]
Kathmandu / Dec 10: While highlighting the disproportionate impact that the pandemic has had on the most marginalized of the region’s 600 million children, a UNICEF report “Reigniting Opportunities for Children in South Asia,” launched recently coinciding the 75th anniversary of the UNICEF’s creation has called for urgent action. The launch event co-hosted by UNICEF […]