Kathmandu / May 3: Another six people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Nepalgunj on Sunday evening, the Ministry of Health and Population said. With the additional six cases, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has jumped to 75. With this, the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 has reached 15 […]
Kathmandu, May 2: The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Secretariat meeting held today has decided to move forward with unity. The meeting also decided to conduct the Standing Committee on May 7. The agenda for the Standing Committee meeting would be concluded by the party secretariat on May 6, informed Narayan Kaji Shrestha, NCP Spokesperson. Shrestha […]
Kathmandu / May 2: The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has continued chartered and cargo flights to its international destinations during the nationwide lockdown. The NAC has so far made its chartered flights to India, Bangladesh, Japan, and Australia and four cargo flights to Guangzhou, China since the lockdown came into force on […]
Kathmandu / May 2: The government has effectively implemented measures to keep the suspects at quarantine facilities in an effort to suppress the spread of COVID-19. As informed, a total of 22,978 suspects are quarantined across the country. Spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Bikas Devkota shared that a total of 61,000 […]
Kathmandu / May 1: Work is in progress at Sundarijal, the final point of the tunnel of the Melamchi Water Supply Project even with the passage of one month since the lockdown. Works are in progress for the construction of conduits inside the project tunnel and at the exit, said Ramji Lamichhane, the engineer who […]
Kathmandu, May 1: One person each in Nepalgunj and Rupandehi tested positive for COVID-19 today. A 25-year old male of Rupandehi and 60-year old male of Nepalgunj tested positive for the virus, informed Ministry of Health and Population by issuing a press statement. With this, the number of COVID-19 patients in Nepal has reached 59. […]
Kathmandu / May 1: The decision by the Supreme Court to reject a petition by the government asking that it review its 2015 ruling against amnesty to people accused of grave conflict-era crimes is an important step in securing truth, justice and reparations for the thousands of victims of the country’s decade-long conflict, four international […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 30: Following the extension of lockdown period, the government has reviewed the relief packages, tax waiver and other facilities announced targeting both organised and unorganised sectors and industries. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar on April 26 took the decision to this effect, informed […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 30: The United Arab Emirates has imported fruits from Nepal recently. According to Nepali ambassador to UAE, Krishna Prasad Dhakal, the Gulf nation imported 7 metric tons of watermelon and 1.5 metric tons of papaya from Nepal on April 29. “The UAE can fulfill the gap between Nepali farmers and market place […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 30 : The government of Japan is going to decorate senior leader of the Nepali Congress, Ram Chandra Poudel, with the ‘Grand Cordon of the order of the Rising Sun’. The Japanese government on Wednesday took the decision in this regard. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nepal, Poudel, is […]