Kathmandu / April 30: The Mountain Cleaning Campaign-2021 team led by the Nepal Army has found two human remains with mountaineering gears 200 meters South of Dhaulagiri Base Camp and a helicopter wreckage numbered 9N-ACR approximately one kilometer from the same base camp toward the Italian Base Camp on April 29, 2021. Further investigation to […]
Kathmandu / April 29: The Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday confirmed 35 COVID-19 related fatalities. This is the highest number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in a single day until now. With this, the nation’s COVID-19 death toll has climbed to 3,246 and the death rate is at 1.02 per cent. Moreover, 4,831 new […]
Kathmandu / April 29: Nepal has underscored collective efforts among the Least Developed Countries (LCDs), land-locked developing countries (LLDCs) and Pacific Island developing countries (PIDCs) to eliminate multi-dimensional poverty and structural hurdles in their zone. According to a press statement issued by the Nepali Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand today, Prof. Dr. Puspa Raj Kadel, Vice […]
Kathmandu / April 29: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has said that there will not be a shortage of fuel in the Kathmandu Valley despite the prohibitory orders that are in place since Thursday morning. Issuing a press release, NOC has said that its Thankot depot will remain open as usual throughout the restriction period. In […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 28: Nepal’s gross domestic product (GDP) is anticipated to grow by 3.1% in fiscal year (FY) 2021 from a contraction of 1.9% in FY2020, says the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021, the flagship economic publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Growth is expected to recover from the low base in FY2020, […]
Kathmandu / April 28: Nepal has noted that the anti-COVID-19 vaccines should not be made a subject of racism and nationalism but an accessible public good that can be easily purchased and used by all. Nepal noted this while taking part in the ongoing 77th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for […]
Kathmandu / April 28: The Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday confirmed 4,774 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 312,699. In 13,879 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 4,774 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson at […]
Kathmandu / April 27: China has announced to provide Nepal with an addition medical assistance to Nepal for the fight against rising cases of COVID-19. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, made this announcement in course of the video conference with Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Tuesday. […]
Pokhara / April 27: Though a special session of the Gandaki Province Assembly was summoned following the registration of a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung, lawmakers of the ruling CPN-UML obstructed a meeting of the assembly on Tuesday afternoon, demanding that they be tested for COVID-19 without delay. Immediately after the meeting […]
Kathmandu / April 27: The Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday confirmed 4,364 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to In 14,672 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 4,364 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Health Ministry in its daily update. Likewise, […]