14 die as Nepal records 1,128 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: 14 people succumbed to COVID-19 in Nepal on Friday. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 1,128 new cases of...

2.4 mln COVID-19 vaccines are not lost: Health Minister

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Health Minister Birodh Kathiwada has maintained that 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccines, which were reported lost by various news channels, are wrong. “There h ...

Those willing to avoid local level polls are in ruling alliance itself: UML Chair Oli

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Chairman of the main opposition party, CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli has maintained that the government announced the dates for the local level election only after pressure from...

Vaccination drive for 3.4 mln children begins, 69 percent of total population fully vaccinated: Minister Khatiwada's 100 days

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Health Minister Birodh Khatiwada on Friday made public his 100 achievements. Khatiwada was appointed as the Minister for Health and Population on October 8 last ...

IN PICS: Statue stolen from Lalitpur-based Balkumari Temple recovered

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Police have handed over a lost statue of Balkumari Temple, Lalitpur. The statue was recovered from Khumaltar after the locals informed police about a suspicious object...

India reports 58,077 new COVID-19 cases

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NEW DELHI, Feb. 11: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 42,536,137 on Friday, as 58,077 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health...

While anti-MCC views deepen, top leaders under pressure to ratify the compact

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: While anti-Millennium Corporate Challenge (MCC) is deepenning in the society, key leaders of Nepali politics including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba are under pressure to ratify the...

Fire in footwear store kills five in Dang

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KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Five people died in a footwear store in Tulasipur, Dang due to a massive fire. The fire that broke out at 2 AM in the morning...

Africa's COVID-19 cases near 11 mln

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ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 11: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 10,981,695 on Thursday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. ...

Ukraine tensions: Joe Biden says US citizens should leave Ukraine now

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FEB 11: Mr Biden said he would not send troops to rescue Americans if Moscow invades Ukraine. He warned that "things could go crazy quickly" in the region. ...

MC’s central committee meeting postponed sine die

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The central committee meeting of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been postponed until further notice. Earlier, the meeting was scheduled to take place on February 1...

NC’s central performance committee meeting underway

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: A central performance committee meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) is currently underway. The party is holding the meeting for the first time after completion ...

PHOTOS: Rastriya Yuba Sangh Nepal stages protest against price hike, demands suspension of Minister Yadav

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Rastriya Yuba Sangh Nepal staged a protest at Baneshwar in Kathmandu on Thursday. Most of the participants in the protests were women with placards and banners...

Rape case filed against Mugu’s lawmakers Baniya

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: A woman from Jumla has filed a rape case against lawmaker Mohan Baniya of Mugu. The woman has accused Baniya of raping her at Nepalgunj based...

Omicron (BA.2) is a dominant COVID-19 variant in Nepal, 82 percent of COVID-19 patients found infected

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KATHMANDU, Feb 10: A recent gene sequencing of swab samples of COVID-19 patients in Nepal has shown that as many as 82 percent of infected one are infected with Omicron...