APF's anti-smuggling drive proves effective

Despite the authorities sealing the borders, people, as well as smuggled goods, are moving unfettered through the main and side entry points. Bearing this in mind, the APF Bageshwori has launched a special campaign against such illegal trade.

Nepali Army launches unification march from Gorkha  

On Tuesday morning, the march was set afoot at Gorkha – the starting point of the unification campaign as a band of army officials left for Kathmandu – the endpoint of the Unification Trail. “To preserve our history, and ignite a feeling of unity among us Nepalis, we have initiated this concept,” said Binay Bikram Rana, Major General of Nepal Army’s West Division Headquarters. “The trail will also be helpful in reviving historical tourism in the country,” he added.

19 rhinos die in seven months

Of the total dead rhinos, four were related to poaching, one baby rhino was killed by a tiger, one died after falling from a cliff while 13 others met natural deaths, said Haribhadra Acharya, information officer of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC).  

COVID-19 update: 522 new cases, 578 recoveries, eight fatalities

In 4,551 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 522 persons, 184 females and 338 males, were found infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Temperature dips in Manang with Snowfall (Photo Feature)

The settlements in Himalayan district Manang have started witnessing snowfall. The snowfall started in the upper area of Manang from Monday evening which has led to dip in temperature, informed the locals.

952 ICU beds, 438 ventilators remain vacant with decreasing cases of COVID-19

A few months earlier, with the spiking cases of COVID-19 in Nepal, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, the virus-infected patients in serious health condition were being deprived of receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and ventilators.

Three succumb to COVID-19 in Banke in a single night

A 13-year-old boy from Dang and a male from Kanchanpur were admitted to the Nepalgunj Medical College. Similarly, a 68-year-old male from Janaki Municipality breathed his last at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj.

Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake

Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden’s capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in generations.

Timbers worth million rupees decaying in community forests

Timbers collected from community forests for sale have been stranded in the embanking places in Morang for the last three years. Rural Improvement Community Forest of Kanepokhari -7, Morang has been facing problems with the decaying of collected logs.

Virus cluster brings new measures for China city

China has designated parts of Hebei province near Beijing as a coronavirus high danger zone after 14 new cases of COVID-19 were found.