Fire engulfs sandal factory; one injured, property gutted

Factory worker Dilip Kumar Chamar was seriously injured in a fire that broke out in Jayashree Siyaram sandal factory at Janaki rural municiplaity-3, Indrapuri in Banke at 12.00 last night.

Three die in separate accidents

The dead have been identified as the tractor driver Prem Kumal of Palungtar municipality in Gorkha district and his helper Raj Kumar Pariyar of Bandipur rural municipality. The vehicle (Ga 1 Ta 4808) was headed to Yampa from Bandipur rural municipality, said the police.

NCP chair Prachanda decries IED explosion near Baskota's home

''I, personally and on behalf of the party, denounce the criminal incident and draw the government's attention towards finding out the guilty and taking a stern legal action against the culprits."

New traffic rule in Koteswar-Kalanki road

Accordingly, the public and goods carrier vehicles that travel in low speed will take the left lane while private and small vehicles plying in high speed will follow the right lane of the road, according to SSP at Metropolitan Traffic Police Division Bhim Prasad Dhakal.

No need to panic, sufficient stock of daily essentials: Govt.

He reiterated that there is currently stock of food items and other essentials sufficient for at least six months. "I strongly discourage people against buying things for a month at once and hoarding unnecessarily as it creates artificial shortage," Spokesperson Khatiwada said, warning of punishment as it was tantamount to a social crime.

As preventive measure, 71 Chinese workers placed in self quarantine in Pokhara

Airport chief Binesh Munakarki shared that they were placed in the self quarantine as preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus. The Chinese workers had stayed in quarantine for 14 days in China itself, he added, stating that they would now be in self-quarantine for ten days.

China to assist Nepal to prevent coronavirus entry

At the meeting held at Ministry on Tuesday, discussion was held in the coronavirus getting ubiquitous and Nepal's preparedness to control its entry, mentioned private secretariat of the Minister.

TIA reports around 50% fall in international passengers

Despite a fall in the number of international passengers, the available flight schedule is encouraging or around 80 percent, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said.    

NAC suspends Doha flights

The decision follows the temporary ban of the entry of citizens from 14 countries including Nepal to Qatar by the Government of Qatar in its bid to minimise the coronavirus infection risk, according the NAC.

Negative circuit break in Stock Market

This is the second time that the NEPSE suffered negative circuit break after last Thursday. The share market that was opened today after last Thursday nosedived from the very beginning of the transaction.