Kathmandu / Aug. 20: With 2,027 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 744,307. In 10,530 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,027 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) during the […]
Kathmandu / Aug 19: The World Bank is all set to provide 60 million US Dollars (equivalent to Rs 7.12 billion) concessional loan to Nepal. The aid is directed towards for Nurturing Excellence in Higher Education Programme meant to improve the quality of higher education, scale up online learning, and expand access to academic institutions […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 19: With 2,321 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 742,228. In 11,946 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,321 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) during the […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 19: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) UK has urged the Government of Nepal to take the required initiative to help address the demands of ex-British Gurkha soldiers, currently agitating in the UK for equal pension rights. The NRNA delegation on Tuesday submitted a memorandum about the matter, which includes the Ex Gurkhas’ […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 18: The Health Office, Kathmandu has started providing the first dose of Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine to general public. As the Office said, people who have requested for the vaccine through online registration are included in the vaccination drive that kicked off Tuesday. Earlier, Nepal had received 230 thousand doses of Astra […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 18: Leaders close to a senior leader of the CPN (UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal has submitted an application at the Election Commission, Nepal for registering a new political party. Metmani Chaudhari, UML lawmaker close to Madhav Nepal faction, informed that they have applied for registering a new party at the Election Commission. […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 17: With 2,613 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 739,907. In 11,839 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 2,613 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Krishna Prasad Poudel, spokesperson at the Ministry of […]
Kathmandu / August 17: The main opposition CPN-UML has taken action against 14 of its lawmakers, including Madhav Kumar Nepal. A notice regarding the party’s decision to dismiss 14 lawmakers including Nepal has already been sent to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, according to sources familiar with the developments. Sources said a notice to this effect […]
Kathmandu / Aug. 17: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed Chief of Province 2, Hari Shankar Mishra. President Bhandari has appointed Mishra as the Province 2 Chief as per the recommendation of the Council of Ministers in line with Article 167 of the constitution.
Kathmandu / August 17: Nepal recorded 2,456 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday along with 1,929 recoveries and 27 deaths, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). As many as 17,689 COVID-19 tests were conducted on Tuesday. Of them 2,456 PCR tests and 818 antigen tests turned out to […]