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 […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 21: The number of COVID-19 cases has reached 42 in Nepal. After 11 new cases were confirmed in mosque area of Bhulke, Udayapur, the number reached 42, informed Dr. Bikash Devkota, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). The number of COVID-19 infections in Udayapur itself has reached 23. Three […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 19: A COVID-19 patient who has been undergoing treatment at Seti Provincial Hospital, Dhangadi, has been discharged today as he has recovered from the disease caused by SARS-COV-2. A 21-year male who had been receiving treatment in the hospital has recovered from the disease and has been discharged, informed Seti Provincial Hospital […]
Nepalgunj / Apr. 18: A medical team has arrived at the Bheri hospital to make necessary arrangement to being COVID-19 testing. The team that arrived on Friday has begun a discussion with the hospital microbiologists and laboratory technicians about the protocol and procedures for swab testing. Swab testing will begin only after the visiting team […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 14: The government has decided to extend the ongoing nationwide lockdown by 12 days, till April 27. The meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at Prime Minister’s official residence, Baluwatar, decided to extend the lockdown till April 27 and seal the borders till April 30 to prevent and control the […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 10 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a telephone conversation. The conversation was focused on further strengthening mutual collaboration in the fight against the COVID-19 and providing better care and support for those citizens stopped in each other’s countries during lockdown. Prime Minister Oli […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 07: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the upcoming two weeks are likely to be more challenging for Nepal with regard to prevent and control of the novel coronavirus as there is risk of surfacing of the symptoms of the infections and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 6: The government has appointed Maha Prasad Adhikari as the 17th governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. A meeting of the cabinet on Monday decided to appoint Adhikari to the top central bank job. He is currently serving as the chief executive officer of Nepal Investment Board. His term was expiring in June […]
Kathmandu / Apr. 01: After all seven States got the PCR machines for the test on Tuesday, they have begun testing COVID-19 samples. The BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) had however begun the test since Monday. Recently, BPKIHS is testing 12 samples of COVID-19, said Vice-Chancellor Guru Khanal. Preparation is on to test […]