Call for preparedness to prevent seasonal diseases along with COVID-19

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Experts have suggested placing equally effective preparedness measures to prevent and control potential outbreak of other diseases during the nearcoming hot season along with the suppression of COVID-19...

Govt assessing COVID-19 impact on tourism

5 years ago

Kathmandu - The government is conducting a thorough study regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Nepal’s tourism sector. Tourism industry in the country is paralyzed owing to COVID-19 outbreak at...

Govt increases scope of swab collection, testing'

5 years ago

Kathmandu - The government has increased scope of swab collection and testing of suspected people to prevent and control COVID-19. Mobility at Nepal's southern borders with India has been tightened...

Throat swab samples of 1,483 sent to Teku, RDT results of 213 negative

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Throat swab samples of 1,483 people quarantined in six districts in the Sudurpashim state have been collected and sent Kathmandu for coronavirus test. The test will be carried...

Lockdown will not end soon: PM Oli

5 years ago

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday held talks with the Chief Ministers of all seven states to make ongoing lockdown order more effective for the control of the coronavirus....

Two schools launch online classes in Surkhet

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Two schools in Birendranagar have launched online classes in view of the lockdown in the country. The Sainik Boarding School and Children’s Paradise Secondary School have started the...

Workers walk for five days to reach home amidst nationwide lockdown

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Youths from Jumla and Kalikot districts who had reached Pyuthan for manual labour before the nationwide lockdown have returned Jumla following a five-day walk. They said they had...

PM's advisor Dr Bhattarai undergoes primary angioplasty

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's foreign affairs advisor Dr Rajan Bhattarai has undergone primary angioplasty in a coronary artery today. He was taken to the Bansbari-based Shahid Gangalal...

Teku Hospital says COVID-19 patients likely to get discharge within few days

5 years ago

Kathmandu - The Teku-based Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital is planning to discharge COVID-19 patients in few days. As Hospital Director Dr Sagar Rajbhandari said, two patients would...

Sexual minorities face hardship in lockdown in Pokhara

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Sexual minorities are facing hardship in the ongoing lockdown in Pokhara city. The minorities are not getting any relief from the bodies concerned despite several announcements from various...

Democratic lawyers urge for unity among all to cope up crisis

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Nepal Democratic Lawyers' Association has urged everyone to foster unity so that it would be easy to brave the COVID-19 pandemic. Issuing a press statement today, Association's general...

Works at Gautam Buddha Int'l Airport halted due to shortage of construction materials

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Construction works have halted at the Gautam Buddha International Airport here due to the shortage of the river-based construction materials. The airport is being expanded into an international...

Illegal aggregate mining thriving during lockdown

5 years ago

Kathmandu - Illegal mining and smuggling of sand, stone and pebble has been found thriving on the bank of the Banganga river here taking advantage of the lockdown. The Banganga...

101 kilometres border with India sealed off in Kailali

5 years ago

Kathmandu - The Armed Police Force (APF) Kailali has completely sealed off the 101 kilometres stretch area bordering India in Kailali district. This measure has been taken to stop the...

Three held on charge of drug trafficking using ambulance

5 years ago

Kathmandu -Police have arrested three people here for trafficking in banned drugs by using ambulance. They were arrested from near Junhall at Bharatpur Metropolitan City-2. They had come by booking...