Women account for 33% of COVID-19 infections

Nepal on Sunday confirmed 2,817 new cases of COVID-19 and of them 1,166 are females and 1,651 are males. Of the total national tally of 194,453 COVID-19 cases, 64,835 are females while 129,618 are males. This means 33 per cent of the infected are women and 67 per cent males. The Kathmandu Valley has continued to witness the increasing cases of COVID-19 and on Sunday, it recorded 1,533 among 2,817 new cases confirmed from across the country. "In 12,311 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR)...

Envoys pledge to promote investment in Nepal

Newly appointed Ambassador to Germany Ram Kaji Khadka has said that he would work for attracting investment and technology to Nepal and making the bilateral relations result-oriented. During a meeting with the Vice President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Kishore Pradhan, Sunday, he pledged of working in an innovative way to promote economic diplomacy and close collaboration with the private sector. "I am taking up the responsibility at the time when the...

Internet service reaches 76.58% of population

Subscribers of broadband Internet service have reached 22,879,727 by mid-September 2020. According to the MIS report of Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA), this number was 76.58 per cent of the total population at that time as estimated by the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Pokhara tourism gets new lease of life from domestic visitors

Tourism hub of Nepal, Pokhara, which used to be filled with tourists in the previous years, has been left empty with no foreign tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic, followed by lockdown, had taken a heavy toll on the tourism industry of the city of lakes. However, the increase in the flow of domestic tourists in recent times has helped the tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara breathe a sigh of relief.

Bellyful of food at just Rs. 20 at Bheri Hospital

Patients as well as people accompanying patients are being provided with bellyful food at just 20 rupees in Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj.

Kathmandu Valley records 1,533 new cases of COVID-19

“In 12,311 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,533 persons were found with the SARS-CoV-2 infection in the valley itself,” informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the MoHP in the press briefing.

COVID-19 update: 2,817 new cases, 2,812 recoveries, 21 deaths in last 24 hours

"In 12,311 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,817 persons were found with the SARS-CoV-2 infection in the last 24 hours," informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the press briefing.

One dead, four injured in jeep accident in Syangja

A person has been killed while four others seriously injured in a jeep accident at Harkhodi, Bhirkot Municipality-5, in Syangja district.

Chhaupadi still in practice in few villages of Terai

The superstitious belief that keeping menstruating women inside the house would make the god angry still, alias Chhaupadi, exists in few villages of Ghodaghodi, Gauriganga, Bardagoriya and Lamkichua Municipalities among others.

Private schools in Rupandehi to resume classes with physical attendance after Tihar

Lekhnath Poudel, PABSON Rupendehi Chairman, said that he would make a written request to all the municipalities and all concerned to create a conducive environment for the operation of the school immediately after the festival.