Kathmandu / May 29: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 170 new COVID-19 cases today. 170 people from Jhapa, Saptari, Bara, Parsa, Sarlahi, Myagdi, Banke, Kapilvastu, Nawalparasi, Rautahat, Rupandehi and Dang tested positive for the virus, said Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry, in the daily press briefing today. With this, […]
Kathmandu / May 29: The government has decided to bring the Nepalis abroad home on a priority basis. A meeting of the High Level Government Committee for Prevention and Control of COVID-19 held on Friday decided to bring back Nepalis in the third countries based on ‘the priority of emergency’. According to secretary at the […]
Solukhumbu / May 29: Sagarmatha Diwas or Mt Everest Day was observed in the country today. The Day is marked in memory of the first-ever summit of the world’s highest peak Mt Everest (8,848 metres) by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on May 29, 1953. It may be noted that Nepal Government decided to […]
Kathmandu, May 28: Finance Minister Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada has presented an annual budget of Rs. 1474 billion 640 million for the upcoming fiscal year FY 2077/78 (2020/21) in the joint session of the federal parliament today. Of the total budget, Rs. 948 billion has been allocated for recurrent expenditure while Rs. 352 billion will be […]
Kathmandu / May 22: The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed 156 cases of COVID-19 today. 156 people from Saptari, Jhapa, Nawalparasi, Dhanusa, Mahottari, Rautahat, Sarlahi, Siraha, Dolakha, Solukhumbu, Bajhang, Shurkhet, Dailekh, Darchula, Kailali, Makwanpur, Bardiya, Banke and Rautahat were detected with COVID-19 infection, informed Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry in the […]
Kathmandu / May 28 : Nepal Army has brought vital anti-COVID-19 medical supplies including testing kits and PPEs from Guangzhou of China to prevent and control coronavirus. A wide-body aircraft of the Nepal Airlines Corporation brought the medical supplies in Kathmandu this morning. This is the second cargo flight ferrying supplies procured from Sinopharm- 20th […]
Kathmandu / May 27: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 114 new cases of COVID-19. 114 People from Makwanpur, Rukum, Dang, Banke, Siraha, Bara, Saptari, Rautahat, Baglung and Jhapa tested positive for COIVD-19 in RT-PCR test, informed Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press brief today. With this, […]
Kathmandu / May 27: The government has directed the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) to complete construction works as stipulated in the Lumbini Master Plan on time. Speaking at a virtual meeting with officials of LDT on Wednesday, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai asked the LDT to immediately projects under the Lumbini […]
Kathmandu / May 27: The lawmakers speaking at the House of Representatives meeting today demanded an all party probe committee on the murder of youths over the inter caste marriage bid in Rukum Paschim. Speaking at the zero hour of the parliament meeting, the lawmakers stressed the need that the gruesome murder must not be […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The Government has said that the economic growth in the current fiscal year will remain at 2. 3 per cent. The economic survey 2076/77 presented by Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada at the Federal Parliament today states that the growth rate is very low compared to what the government determined due […]