Kathmandu / April 26: Following a massive surge in COVID-19 cases of late, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu District Administration Office (DAO) has issued a weeklong prohibitory order starting from April 29 through May 5 restricting the opening of markets, mobility of people and vehicles, except for those related to the most essential services […]
Kathmandu / April 26: The Supreme Court has decided not to issue interim order in the case filed by CPN-UML leaders including Madhav Kumar Nepal demanding to stop the actions against them from the party. A single bench of Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungaa concluded that there was no condition to issue the order on the […]
Kathmandu / April 26: The Ministry of Health and Population on Monday confirmed new 3,442 cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 303,561. In 12,400 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 3,442 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Health Ministry in the regular press […]
Gokarna Dayal / Baitadi, Apr. 25: A test has found that 38 per cent of magnetite in the second iron mine of Baitadi. The company involved in exploration has claimed that a plant can be established within 4 months if the mine area is made accessible by road and electricity is supplied there. The mine […]
Kathmandu / April 25: The Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed 3,032 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 300,119. In 9,292 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 3,032 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Health […]
Binu Shrestha / Kathmandu, Apr. 25: Even six years after the massive earthquake of 2015, some historic temples and monuments in the World Heritage Sites of the Kathmandu Valley are still standing in support of wooden and iron poles. The tilted temples awaiting their renovation and reconstruction works standing in support of multiple wooden poles […]
Kathmandu / April 24: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the newly rebuilt historic Dharahara today. The rebuild of Dharahara has been completed exactly six years after the 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the country on April 25 of 2015, reducing it to rubbles. It took 31 months to complete the reconstruction of the 22-storey, 83-meter-high tower. […]
Kathmandu / April 24: The Ministry of Health and Population on Saturday confirmed 2,486 new cases of COVID-19, taking the nation’s novel coronavirus tally to 297,087. In 7,525 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 2,486 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2,” informed the Health Ministry in its COVID-19 update. […]
Kathmandu / April 24: The state-owned petroleum supplier – Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) – has initiated to increase fuel stock considering the possibility of obstruction in its supply with the beginning of second wave of COVID-19. “We have instructed all our depots to run at full capacity and keep required quantity of petroleum products in […]
Kathmandu / April 23: Gross Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows rose by 18.2 per cent at the end FY 2018/19, amounting to Rs. 19.68 billion, according to the FDI survey report of Nepal Rastra Bank, 2021. However, total stock of FDI stock diminished by 8.8 per cent in 2018/19, shrinking to Rs. 182.92 billion. In […]