COVID infection level plunges in Banke

With the declining cases, around 140 beds used for the treatment of the pandemic in Bheri Hospital and Kohalpur Teaching Hospital are now vacant.

US recovers most of ransom paid after Colonial Pipeline hack

The Justice Department has recovered most of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment made to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday.

Filmmakers hand over 12-point memorandum to Province 1 govt

Nepal Filmmakers Association of Province 1 has submitted a 12-point memorandum to the provincial government. The Filmmakers’ Association submitted the memorandum with various demands to promote Nepali films in the province and develop a film city.

‘Zero tillage’ used for maize cultivation in Jhapa

Maize has been cultivated commercially using 'Zero Tillage' technology for the first time in Jhapa. Farmer of Kankai Municipality Khagendra Silwal has planted maize using this technology for testing under the Prime Minister's Agriculture Modernisation Project.

Wave of development has been unleashed: Prime Minister

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the government will move ahead with the development projects amid the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. He made this remarks while virtually laying the foundation stone of Himalaya Secondary School and Dhukurpani Secondary School at Damak, in Jhapa district, on Monday.

Election won’t hamper development works: DPM Paudel

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has said that the elections neither hamper the execution of the budget nor kill the development spirit. "Development projects won't be affected by the election activities. The government is set to expedite the development work, both will move ahead together," he said while speaking at an interaction on the challenges and the way out for the implementation of budget of the coming Fiscal Year 2021/22 organised virtually by Nepalese Association...

LMC conducting antigen tests

The Lalitpur Metropolitan City (LMC) has been conducting antigen tests to identify people infected with the coronavirus. The metropolitan has informed that the testing, which began on Sunday, will last till June 17 and will be conducted on a turn-by-turn basis in all the wards of the city. Mayor Chiri Babu Maharjan requested the city’s inhabitants to get tested if they suspected they had COVID-19. Deputy Mayor Gita Satyal also urged the city dwellers to get tested for the safety of their families...

House dissolution hearing put off due to CJ's illness

Hearing on cases concerning the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) in the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court was postponed on Monday owing to the health problem of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana.

Chairman Oli calls for party unity

Chairman of the ruling CPN (UML) and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has agreed to resurrect the party in the condition it was before May 16, 2018. In a statement issued Sunday night, Oli forwarded a six-point unity proposal, expressing his commitment to revive all the party committees and structures that existed before May 16, 2018 for party unity. Chairman Oli in his proposal said, “The signatures of the former lawmakers the CPN-UML, used in the writ petition filed in the Supreme Court demanding...

Vaccinating The Elderly

Even amidst a shortage of vaccines against COVID-19 in Nepal, the government has started vaccinating people aged 60-64 across the country since June 8. This has become possible with the support of one million more doses of Vero Cell vaccine from China. Th