Kathmandu / June 24: The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement (IFRC) have donated 100 units of oxygen concentrators and spare parts to the Nepal Red Cross Society at the initiative of the IFRC’s Asia Pacific Regional Office in Kuala Lumpur. The health materials were handed over to Dr Netra Timsina, […]
Kathmandu / June 16: The British government has decreased the assistance budget it has been providing to the public health sector of South Asian countries including Nepal as well as other countries at a time when the world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic. The British government slashed its aid budget by around 100 million US […]
Kathmandu / May 24: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a telephone conversation with Wendy Sherman, the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America, this morning. Various matters concerning Nepal-US relations, cooperation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and common international agendas figured during the talk. While expressing satisfaction […]
Kathmandu / May 22: In response to the request of the Government of Nepal in the context of the recent surge in COVI-19 cases, the Government of the United States of America has sent a cargo aircraft containing important medical supplies. The support materials – first of the three chartered aircraft arriving within the next […]
Kathmandu / May 21: The UN and its partners in Nepal have launched an emergency COVID-19 plan and called for international solidarity to protect the lives of vulnerable people and communities in Nepal in the wake of deepening crisis. In a press release issued today, they said the Nepal COVID-19 Response Plan was launched, calling […]
Kathmandu / May 13: The European Union (EU) has mobilized an initial Rs 282 million in humanitarian funding at the request of Nepal to help contain the explosion in COVID-19 cases. According to a press statement issued by the European Union, the funding will be used to support monitoring of all home isolated cases through […]
Kathmandu / May 8: China has said that medical supplies including oxygen cylinders that Beijing is providing to Nepal in grants are ready to be delivered to Nepal. Responding to a query of journalists during a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the supplies are basically ready […]
Kathmandu / May 1: The US government has announced to provide an additional $8.5 million in emergency response funding support to Nepal to combat the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the US Embassy in Kathmandu, the US government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide the additional amount as […]
Kathmandu / April 27: China has announced to provide Nepal with an addition medical assistance to Nepal for the fight against rising cases of COVID-19. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, made this announcement in course of the video conference with Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Tuesday. […]
Kathmandu / April 22: The Indian government on Thursday gifted 39 ambulances and six school buses to various governmental and non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations working in the field of health and education. According to a press statement issued by the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, these organizations are spread across various districts of Nepal, including remote […]
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