Bhimduttanagar municipality unveils budget of 1.46 billion 

The Bhimduttanagar municipality in Kanchanpur of Sudurpaschim state on Thursday presented the budget of Rs 1.46 billion for the upcoming fiscal year.

Gandaki State sees additional 24 COVID-19 cases 

Additional 24 people are confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 infection in Kaski, Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta east), Baglung and Syangja districts of the Gandaki State today.    

Disrupted Kulekhani road resumes   

The Hetauda-Kulekhani-Kathmandu road that was disrupted due to landslide has come into resumption.     The traffic operation was obstructed when a landslide occurred at Bhimphedi rural municiplaity-6, Chisapani last night.    

     Parliamentary committee starts consulting concerned sides on Chaurjahari incident 

The parliamentary committee formed for probing the incident occurred at Chaurjahari municiplaity-8, Soti in Rukum (Paschim) started face-to-face consultation with the concerned side in the district.  

Nepali children in 20 countries exchange COVID-19 reflections   

Nepali children who have been forced to limit inside home due to lockdown over global pandemic of coronavirus infection disease (COVID-19) have exchanged their experiences and reflections.    

Deliberations continue on state government budget   

Deliberations that began Wednesday on the budget of the Karnali state government for the fiscal year 2077/78 also continued on Thursday.    

Celebratory illumination to welcome constitution amendment

State-1 Chief Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi' observed celebratory illumination at his residence at Biratnagar-13 to welcome the authentication of second amendment of Nepal Constitution-2072 BS on Thursday.    

Parliamentarians press for separate quarantine facility for women

They also drew the attention of the government to deploy female police personnel to those quarantine facilities to ensure a safe environment for women. Nirudevi Pal asserted that there were rising cases of violence against women in the quarantine facilities. Thus, she demanded a safe space for women in the quarantine.

Medicines worth Rs 6 billion imported during lockdown

Spokesperson at the Ministry, Prakash Dahal, said that 312,889 metric tonnes of food stuffs, 78,227 metric tonnes of lentils, 99,373 metric tonnes of vegetables, 39,448 metric tonnes of fruits and 12,311 metric tonnes of dairy products were imported during the period.

Country to see partly to generally cloudy weather today 

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy throughout the country with chances of heavy rain on Thursday due to the influence of monsoon wind, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.