Kathmandu / May 18: The Ministry of Health and Population has reported 53 new cases of COVID-19, this afternoon, with 47 cases in Banke alone. Among the 47 newly infected persons in Banke, 46 are males and one is a female. Their infections were confirmed through tests carried out at Nepalgunj-based Bheri Hospital, stated Ministry […]
Kathmandu, May 17: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed second death of COVID-19 in Nepal. Dr. Bikash Devkota, Spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press meet today said that a 25-year old male died of COVID-19 in Banke-based quarantine today. The youth staying at Dipendra Secondary School’s quarantine in Narainapur Rural […]
Kathmandu / May 15 : The national flag-carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), is operating a chartered flight to Narita International Airport of Japan today. The flight would be made by NAC’s A-330 wide-body plane. The plane will fly to Japan carrying some Japanese citizens stranded in Nepal due to the lockdown and the Nepali workers […]
Kathmandu / May 14 : The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the government to accelerate PCR testing among people suspected to have been infected by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to save the public from this pandemic. A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Sharma directed the government authorities — the Office of the […]
Kathmandu / May 13 : The parliamentarians have demanded with the government to address the issues of border management and to put fences in the border at the earliest. Stating that that India had repeatedly troubled Nepal due to the border issues which had raised questions over Nepal’s sovereignty time and again, they condemned the […]
Kathmandu / May 11: The Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu handed over medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and Population to fight the viral outbreak of COVID-19 on Monday. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yangi, amid a handover ceremony provided the medical materials to Minister for Health and Population, Bhanubaktha Dhakal. According to the embassy, […]
Ajita Rijal / Kathmandu, May 10. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has requested hospitals and healthcare institutions nationwide to resume outpatient department (OPD) services as well as public health programs including vaccination, by taking all necessary safety precautions. The cabinet meeting last week had decided to resume essential health services. “As also decided […]
Kathmandu / May 6: The Chinese government has provided the third batch of medical supplies to Nepal, on Wednesday. Chinese Embassy in Nepal said in a statement that 10000 KN95 masks, 338000 disposable surgical masks, and 9000 PPEs and protective goggles were handed over to the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal earlier today. […]
Kathmandu / May 5: The chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Kamal Thapa has suggested to the Nepal government to ease some measures of the lockdown, classifying risk zones in order to bring the daily life of people and economy back on track. Amid a program in Makwanpur district, Thapa, while receiving 10 sets of […]
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 […]