Keep schools closed till Feb 12: CCMCC suggests Govt

However, the CCMCC meeting has decided to recommend the government to allow the universities to conduct exams in strict adherence to health protocols.

Odd-even traffic rule removed for public transport

A meeting of the Chief District Officers (CDOs) of the three districts- Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur- in the Valley take a decision to this effect on Friday.

Increase interest rate on deposits to solve liquidity shortage: Economists

The external sector witnessed the deficit in BoP coinciding with the continuous climb of the imports. The import is getting financed from the bank and financial institutions (BFIs). The NRB report revealed that the amount of the outstanding credit of BFIs leaped by a huge amount in the current FY in comparison to the previous FY. In the current FY, the outstanding credit for import finance rose to Rs. 12.2 billion is far too large in comparison to just over Rs. 405 million recorded in the same period...

SC orders to release Raybhar on bail Rs. 25,000, High Court had asked 7.5 million

A joint bench of SC justices Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha and Sapana Pradhan Malla nullified the order of the Patan High Court that had slapped a bail of Rs. 7.5 million on Raybhar.

COVID hits one of the last uninfected places on the planet

Officials tested each returning passenger three times in nearby Fiji, required that they be vaccinated, and put them in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived home. It wasn’t enough. More than half the passengers tested positive for the virus, which has now slipped out into the community and prompted the government to declare a state of disaster. An initial 36 positive cases from the flight had ballooned to 181 cases by Friday.

NC forms central work performance committee

The meeting of the central working committee of the Nepali Congress, the main ruling party, has formed its central work performance committee.

4,807 new cases, 5,432 recoveries in 24 hours

In 13,791 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 4,807 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update.

Ruling coalition meeting tomorrow, election issues to be discussed

A meeting of the ruling coalition parties will be held on Saturday. A meeting between Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) president Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and CPN (Unified Socialist) chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday fixed the date for the meeting of the ruling coaling parties for Saturday. 

Cases plateauing in parts of India but omicron still surges

Indian health officials said Thursday there were signs of COVID-19 infections plateauing in some parts of the country but cautioned that cases were still surging in other states, linked to a new, stealthier version of the omicron variant.

Rockets hit Baghdad airport compound, disused civilian plane damaged - police

At least three rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent U.S. airbase, damaging one disused civilian aeroplane, Iraqi police sources said.