Prime Minister holds Constitutional Council meeting at Baluwatar

The meeting of the Constitutional Council is currently going on at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar.

12-year-old girl performs last rites of her mother

A 12-year-old girl has performed the final rites of her mother in Kagate, Dhankuta Municipality–3.

Model farm in Devghat for organic agriculture

A model farm has been set up in Devghat Rural Municipality of Tanahun district to produce organic agricultural products.

FNCCI launches Hello Doctor targeting COVID patients

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has launched the FNCCI Operation COVID Relief Nepal Campaign, giving top priority to the health of the general public affected by the new variant of COVID-19.

Kami Rita Sherpa scales Everest for record 25th time

Renowned guide Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time on Friday, breaking his own record for most ascents of the world’s highest peak. Sherpa ascended Everest at 6 pm on Friday as the leader of rope fixing team along with 11 other climbers. With this, the 12 have become the first people to summit the mountain this season. Their successful ascent is also the earliest spring climb in more than 20 years and the first ascent since the new height of Mount Everest was announced to...

Ensure Steady Supply Of Oxygen

THE second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has posed a great risk to the life of Nepalis. The infections and deaths, which have kept on increasing every day since the arrival of the second wave, have sent shockwaves across the nation. What is more de

Understanding Coronaphobia

THE second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and fear of contracting COVID-19 is making people panic as much as the virus itself. As the second round of this public health crisis grips the world as it was predicted, the mass hysteria of massive proportions seems to be building up again. The situation of fear psychology in the second wave is similar to the first wave if not worst suggesting that an experience is not always a good lesson

Exorbitant Hospital Fees

SOCIAL media sites have now become viable platforms to express one’s feelings and fury in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused medical emergency of unprecedented proportions. Social media like Facebook and Twitter are filled with humorous comments and irate posts describing people’s plight and predicament. They are catchy and touchy. Recently, I came across a post like this: ‘If I go to public hospital for the treatment of COVID-19, I will lose my life. If I go to private hospital...

Oxygen cylinders, ventilators from China to arrive on May 11

The government is all set to bring the much-needed health equipment and oxygen cylinders from Beijing, China within a couple of days. The government is planning to import 400 oxygen cylinders from China in the first phase.

With 8,287 new infections COVID-19 active cases surge to 83,493

In 17,315 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 8,287 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Health Ministry in its daily update.