Palpa faces shortage of COVID-19 test kits when arrivals from India, third countries rise  

Palpa, a district in State 5, is grappling with the COVID-19 testing kit shortage as the number of people entering the district from India and other third countries increases day by day.    

COVID-19 suspected youth coming from India quarantined 

A youth returning home from New Delhi, India, recently has been kept in isolation at Dhaulagiri Hospital of Baglung district after showing symptoms related to COVID-19.  

Couple killed in mound collapse 

Two people have died being trapped when a mound of sand collapsed on them while extracting sand for construction of a health post building. They are husband and wife of Tatra, Nalgadh municipality-9 in the district.    

90 per cent population has access to basic drinking water  

 Ninety per cent of the country's population has access to basic drinking water.     As per the Economic Survey released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, 508 thousand 220 people have access to basic drinking water. It is found that access to the basic sanitation has reached cent per cent population. Until 2015, 15 per cent of the population had access to high and medium level quality drinking water. This has now reached to 21 per cent of the population. 

  Youth returned from India dies  

A 22-year-old youth from Chinggad Rural Municipality-5 of Surkhet, who had returned home from Gujrat, India, died on the way to hospital on Tuesday night.   

Children of remote areas in Manang deprived of school education   

Children in the remote parts of Manang district are deprived of school education for six months.    

IFC to support small and medium enterprises of Nepal   

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it would support revitalise the private sector of Nepal which has been weakened due to the impact of COVID-19.    

  Narayan municipality having hard time responding to COVID-19 

The Narayan Municipality in Dailekh district is faced with two pressing problems simultaneously.     On the one hand, it has the challenge managing the citizens of its own 11 wards while on the other hand it is unable to handle the situation after

61 per cent citizens have bank account in Nepal

Of the total 753 local units in the country, commercials banks have presence in 746 units while more and more cooperatives had also brought increasing number of people under the ambit of financial services.

Govt. estimates 2.3 per cent growth rate

The economic survey 2076/77 presented by Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada at the Federal Parliament today states that the growth rate is very low compared to what the government determined due to the impact of Corona Virus across the globe.