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NHRC urges govt to test and treat COVID-19 patients for free

Kathmandu / Oct 20: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to provide free test and treatment to COVID-19 patients and manage the dead bodies of those dying of the coronavirus infection. In a press statement issued by the commission’s Secretary Bed Prasad Bhattarai on Tuesday, the NHRC appealed to the government […]


COVID-19 update: 3,790 new cases and 2,335 recoveries in 24 hours

Kathmandu / Oct. 19: With 3,790 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection confirmed on Monday, the national COVID-19 caseload has surged to 136,036. “In 15,714 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 3,790 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, […]


PSC postpones all written examinations until further notice

Kathmandu / Oct. 19: Owing to the increasing threat of COVID-19, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has decided to postpone all the written examinations which were scheduled to begin from November 1. “As the officials of the commission have been infected with the novel coronavirus, they have been placed in isolation and all the main […]


NCP lawmakers to deposit Dashain allowance in Corona Fund

Kathmandu / Oct. 19: Members of the federal parliament from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) have decided to deposit the Dashain allowance they have received in the Corona Fund. A meeting of the whips of the NCP parliamentary party in presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the leader of the […]


COVID-19 update: 2,942 new cases, 2,326 recoveries, tally reaches 132,246

Kathmandu / Oct. 18: With 2,942 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection confirmed on Sunday, the national COVID-19 caseload has surged to 132,246. “In 14,875 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,942 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, […]


Inspired by a picture in his school book, a man in Sunsari earns 3mln from fish farming

Jaya Krishna Yadav / Inaruwa, Oct.18: Shyam Sundar Chudhary, 50, a resident of Bhamari, Sunsari Rural Municiplaity-2, has been into fishing business for 28 years. The fish farming which he started in the pond of two kathha of land has now turned into a business that yields him three million rupees a year. Chaudhary started […]


Govt decides not to bear cost of COVID-19 treatment, PCR testing

Kathmandu / Oct 18: The government has decided not to bear the cost of treatment and PCR testing of COVID-19 patients effective from Sunday. A cabinet meeting held recently decided to bear only the cost of treatment and PCR testing of frontline workers including differently-abled, single women, senior citizens, security personnel, and sanitization workers. They […]


COVID-19 Update: 3,167 new cases, 1,800 recoveries, tally hits 129,304

Kathmandu / Oct. 17: With 3,167 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection confirmed on Saturday, the national COVID-19 caseload has surged to 129,304. “In 15,438 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 3,167 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, […]


Government’s mission is to end poverty: PM Oli

Kathmandu / Oct 17 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the mission of the present government was to put an end to poverty and establish prosperity in the country. In a message today on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 2020, Prime Minister Oli has said that modern […]


House owners in Manakamana Bazaar waive rent

Gorkha / Oct. 17: Bhimlal Shrestha of Manakamana Bazaar in the district has announced to waive the house rent to three shopkeepers running business in his house. He said that since Manakamana Bazaar had not re-opened despite the lifting of lockdown a few months ago, he decided not to charge the rent of the entire […]




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