Kathmandu / Sept 9: Newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Prabhu Ram Sharma assumed his office today. General Sharma was appointed as the 44th army chief amid a function at Shital Niwas on Thursday. He took the oath in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari in accordance with Section 9 (2) of the […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 9: With 1,058 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 774,587. In 8,898 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,058 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday through […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 7: Mountaineers are found attracted to climb the 8,163-metre-tall Mount Manaslu this autumn. The Department of Tourism has granted permission to 160 climbers of 16 expedition groups to climb Mt Manaslu. Similarly, a group has taken permission till Monday to climb Mt Kanchanjangha, according to the Department. It is 8,586 meters tall. […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 7: With 1,423 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 772,182. In 11,111 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,423 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) through its […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 6: A joint meeting between the Kathmandu district administration and the local levels in the district on Monday decided to resume school classes in the physical presence of the students starting from September 17. The schools will enforce strict adherence to the health safety protocols while thus running conventional classes. Chief District […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 6: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal has said that it is becoming difficult to tackle the impact of climate change. Stating that climate change has taken place due to greenhouse gas emissions from the activities of industrialized countries, she said that climate change has had a negative impact […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 6: With 1,488 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Monday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 770,759. In 11,609 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,488 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) through its […]
Bhaktapur / Sept. 3: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has given a call for conducting the party’s 14th general convention in a unified manner. He made the call while inaugurating the party’s ward-level convention at Katunje of Surya Binayak Municipality-5, Bhaktapur, today. Party president Deuba expressed the belief that the party’s […]
Kathmandu / Sept. 3: With 1,357 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 767,271. In 9,773 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 1,357 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population on Friday through […]
Kathmandu / Sept 3: The Ministry of Health and Population is to start a clinical trial of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and cholera. Nepal Health Research Council is set to initiate the clinical trial of mRNA and cholera vaccines against the two diseases. A meeting of the Council of Ministers, on August 26, decided to give […]