Kathmandu / Apr. 28: UN Women Nepal and Rakuten Viber, the company behind the messenger and calling app Viber, have forged a partnership to use Viber ‘community’ as an innovative platform to reach out to communities in order to promote Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE). Recognizing the need to use the platform to share […]
Kathmandu, Apr. 27: The government has decided to provide pay and perks as usual to salaried-workers by considering the ongoing lockdown as public holiday. The government, by issuing a notice on Monday in the Nepal Gazette notified that considering the lockdown as public holiday, the government offices, authorities and industries should provide salary to their […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 27: The European Union (EU) has announced an aid package of Rs 9.8 billion (Euro 75 million) for Nepal to tackle the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and mitigate its impact. The support combines redirected existing commitments with new funds, granted in the form of budget support to allow the government direct […]
Krishna Neupane / Damauli, April 27 : It’s been five year since the 7.6 magnitude Gorkha earthquake rattled many districts in the country, including Tanahun. Many public and private buildings were partially and completely damaged in the quake across the country, including Tanahun. Among them, only 47 per cent private houses have been rebuilt so […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 26:The government has decided to extend the ongoing lockdown to stem spread of COVID-19 till May 7. The meeting of Council of Ministers held today at PM’s residence, Baluwatar, decided to extend the lockdown by 10 more days, that is, until May 7, informed Dr. Yubaraj Khatiwada, Minister for Communications and Information […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 26: The Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday confirmed yet another coronavirus case. According to assistant spokesperson for the ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, a 50-year-old man from Jhapa was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Biratnagar-based Koshi Hospital earlier this evening. The man is in regular contact with the hospital and […]
Keshav Raj Poudel / Kathmandu, Apr. 25: The High Level Coordination Committee for prevention and control of COVID-19 has concluded that the preventive measures taken by the committee have been effective in controlling the virus spread. The 21st meeting of the committee held on Saturday decided to propose the continuation of preventive measures in the […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 25: Nepal has seemingly made progress in controlling the spread of COVID-19 as the World Health Organization (WHO) placed the country in the list of risk zones, removing it from the list of high risk zones, officials said on Saturday. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 25: Ministry of Health and Population provided the latest update on the COVID-19 infections in Nepal on Saturday. At a regular press briefing, the spokesperson for the ministry Bikash Devkota said that the country has a total of 49 COVID-19 cases including 12 cases of recovery as of today. “All the 37 […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 24: Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a new COVID-19 case in Jhapa. A 62-year old male from Jhapa tested COVID-19 positive in PCR test done at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS), Dharan, informed MoHP. The health condition of the patient is normal and he has been kept in […]
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