Kathmandy / Mar. 23: Nepal goes into coronavirus lockdown three days after the government took some drastic measures to control the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Government of Nepal has decided to impose a lockdown, which will come into force on Tuesday, at 6:00 am, in a bid to avert unpleasant outcome at the […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 23: A Nepali student who recently returned to Nepal from France has tested positive for coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said today. Organizing a press meet at his office, Minister for Health Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal said that the 19-year-old girl has tested COVID-19 positive. She came to Nepal from France via Qatar […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 23: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee unanimously confirmed former Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey for Nepal’s Ambassador to China. There was no complaint lodged against Pandey at the parliamentary panel. A few days ago, the Cabinet decided to nominate Pandey as Nepal’s envoy to the northern neighbour. Cabinet’s nomination followed Prime […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 22: The federal government has asked the medical officers, senior physicians and medical students in all the states to get mobilized against the possible outbreak of COVID-19. The Ministry of Health and Population called for deploying the medical human resources working under the states for prevention and control of the coronavirus pneumonia […]
Ramesh Lamsal / Kathmandu: Making onsite visit of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project on Sunday, Minister for Energy Barsha Man Pun has vowed to generate power from the project by the end of the current fiscal year. Minister Pun along with the top officials of the Ministry and Nepal Electricity Authority reached the site to […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 22: All the ward offices of the local levels across the country have been instructed to update records of those who have returned home from abroad and submit updated data on daily basis to the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Issuing a circular in its website to Chief Administrative Officer […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 21: The Nepal Army (NA) in cahoots with the state government is charting out a plan to reign in the risks of COVID-19. The national army also said that it would extend necessary support to the state government to prevent risks stemming from the global pandemic of coronavirus. In this connection, the […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 21: A decision to provide hotel rooms for quarantine facilities was made today. In a meeting organised by the Hotel Professional Federation Nepal in Kathmandu, a decision to provide guest houses to be used as quarantine facilities was made in the wake of the coronavirus infection threat. THT online quoted, Hiradhoj Shah, […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 21: The Kathmandu metropolis has urged the public to dial 1180, a toll-free number in case the coronavirus (COVID-19) is noticed. In a press statement today, Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya called on the public to take the help of the toll-free number 1180 operated by the Kathmandu Metropolitan City Office and 102 […]
Kathmandu / Mar. 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government has accorded utmost priority to the health of the people. In his address to the nation delivered Friday, PM Oli highlighted that battle against pandemic of the scale of COVID-19 could be won through support and patience of all. The PM’s […]