Kathmandu / Oct. 7: The first day of Dashain has begun with the sowing of the Jamara as per the Vedic rituals at Dashain Ghar of the historical Hanumandhoka. The Navaratri Parba of Dashain, the great festival of Nepalese officially, commenced from today. The ‘Ghatasthapana’ falls on Ashwin Shukla Pratipada, the first day of the […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 7: A study regarding maternal mortality rate is to be conducted through the National Census-2021 for the first time in the country. The Ministry of Health and Population is going to carry out a study regarding maternal mortality rate along with census with an objective of determining maternal mortality rate and strengthening […]
Kathmandu / Oct 7: A total of 805 people have been found infected with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. 667 people were found infected through the PCR tests and 138 through the antigen test. Some 7,267 PCR tests were done in the last 24 hours while the number of people who went through antigen […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed his confidence that Nepal Police is an organisation that is uninfluenced by power and do not compromise on investigations. Prime Minister Deuba expressed the hope that Nepal Police would perform their duties with high morale. “Fair investigations are a basis for rule of law. […]
Kathmandu / Oct 6: Three people have announced their candidacies for the post of President of Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Kul Acharya, Dr Badri KC and Rabina Thapa have announced their candidacies for the new leadership of NRNA, which will be elected through the association’s 10th Global Conference and General Convention. All three have prepared […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 6: With 849 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 799,615. In 11,165 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 849 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson at Ministry of […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 5: Bollywood actors Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parineeti Chopra and Sarika Hassan are now in Nepal for the shooting of their upcoming film ‘Uunchai’. They arrived in Nepal on Monday. The film Uunchai is being directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya. Actor Anupam Kher had posted a video of his visit to the […]
Kathmandu / Oct 5: The Accountability Watch Committee (AWC) has urged the Nepal government and the Supreme Court to free the judiciary from the influence of politics. Expressing their concerns over the news reports that Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana had sought his ‘share’ in the Council of Ministers of the coalition government, the committee […]
Kathmandu / Oct. 5: A total of 968 people were found infected with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Of them, 762 people were detected through the PCR test while 206 were found infected through antigen test. With 762 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, the nation’s novel coronavirus tally has reached 798,766. In […]
Kathmandu / Oct 4: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said that it is indispensable for general people to get easy access to quality health services. It is still a challenging issue for hospitals to be dedicated to cancer patients with limited resources and qualified workforce in a developing country like Nepal, she said today while […]