Kathmandu / May 26: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 90 cases of COVID-19 today. 90 people from Mahottari, Bara, Rautahat, Dhanusha, Gulmi, Rupandehi, Kailali, Acham, Syangja, Shurkhet, Banke, Kapilvastu and Siraha tested positive for the virus in PCR test, informed Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press […]
Kathmandu / May 26: The government has formed a five-member probe committee to investigate the Chaurajahari incident. On Saturday, Nabaraj BK, 19, a young man from the Dalit community, was chased to death by locals of Chaurajahari Municipality in West Rukum. The young man and his friends were pelted stones at and chased by the […]
Kathmadnu / May 25: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that protecting citizens from the COVID-19 pandemic was nation’s first priority. “To save the citizens from COVID-19 and food scarcity and to keep the nation’s economy unaffected from the ongoing crisis is our foremost responsibility,” said the PM in a televised address to the […]
Kathmandu / May 25: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has reported yet another COVID-19 death.. A 70-year old tuberculosis patient, who breathed his last on May 18, has been identified to have been infected with COVID-19, informed Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today. After having breathing […]
Kathmandu / May 25: The coronavirus ( COVID-19) test through PCR procedures has begun in the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) from today. TU Vice Chancellor Dharma Kanta Baskota inaugurated the COVID-19 laboratory based in the hospital today. As he said, the laboratory was established in coordination with the government and it was launched with […]
Kathmandu / May 24: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 19 COVID-19 cases today. 19 people from Morang, Bara, Birgunj, Kalaiya, Sarlahi, Rupandehi, Kathmandu and Nuwakot tested positive for the virus, informed Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today. The virus has now spread in 42 districts […]
Kathmandu / May 24: The National Assembly (NA) session originally scheduled for Monday has been put off till Tuesday. The session has been re-scheduled for 11:00 am Tuesday as the Muslim community is celebrating the Id-Ul-Fitre festival on Monday. Federal Parliament General Secretary Dr Bharat Raj Gautam informed about this through a public notice today. […]
Keshab Raj Poudel / Kathmandu, May 24: As many as 443 prisoners from across the country have been freed amid nationwide lockdown implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 74 prisons across the country including three jails of the Kathmandu valley have freed some of their cell inmates. According to the Supreme Court’s decision on […]
Kathmandu / May 23: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) confirmed 36 more cases of COVID-19 today. 36 persons from Baitadi, Jhapa, Banke, Surkhet and Bardiya have been identified with COVID-19, said Dr Bikash Devkota, spokesperson of the ministry during the daily press briefing today afternoon. Four men aged 20, 20, 22 and 27 […]
Kathmandu / May 23: While different countries have been operating chartered flights to repatriate their citizens from Nepal, there are more than 5,000 foreign tourists still stranded in the country, according to an official at the Department of Immigration (DoI). “More than 5,000 tourists have already flown to their respective countries through rescue flights. But, […]