President inaugurates reconstructed Ranipokhari, Durbar High School

Newly reconstructed Ranipokhari and Durbar High School, the two iconic historic monuments facing each other at the heart of the capital city, were inaugurated on Wednesday. Both the heritages were badly damaged in the 2015 earthquake. They are among the first major monuments – among 800 damaged in the quake - to be reconstructed. President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated the reconstructed structures and handed them over to the concerned authorities in separate functions held today. On the occasion,...

Vice-President Pun deposits all his festival allowances for this fiscal year in Corona Fund

Earlier, Vice-president Pun had deposited a month of his salary in the same Fund, said Manoj Gharti Magar, press coordinator of the Vice-president, Issuing a press note on Wednesday.

Kathmandu Valley logs 3,107 new cases of COVID-19, highest in a single day

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed 3,107 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. This is the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 tally recorded by the Valley until now.

Nepal records highest single-day spike in COVID-19 tally with 5,743 new infections, 26 fatalities in 24 hours

In 20,118 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as  persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Police detain three alleged kidnappers in Lalitpur

Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Office rescued an abducted girl in Lalitpur in an operation lasting for three and a half hours on Monday night. An eight-year-old girl was abducted from Imadol on Monday evening. Police had received information that the girl had been abducted at 8:00 pm.

Need Based Support

Like many other nations, Nepal is pulling out all the stops against the COVID-19 pandemic that is now at its peak. The rising virus cases and fatalities have forced the government to change its COVID-19 prevention strategy keeping its existing capacity and resources into account. The other day it drew flak for its decision of not bearing the medical expenses of the patients infected with the virus. The mainstream and social media ran the news stories slamming the government decision. Even the opposition...

Confine Festival Rituals Within Homes

Despite taking all the adequate precautions, many have somehow contracted the coronavirus. It is difficult to guess whether it could be from the workplace such as the hospital or from handling contaminated objects as daily essentials and cash. “Being a health professional myself, I was neither surprised nor alarmed at my positive test result,” says Dr. Sabina Shah Pahari, who is a pediatrician. Like many health workers, Dr. Pahari belongs to the high risk category of frontline workers. However,...

Jacinda Ardern, Hero To Liberals Abroad

Her face has graced magazine covers all over the world. Her leadership style has been studied by Harvard scholars. Her science-and-solidarity approach to the coronavirus has drawn legions of fans in other countries who write to say, ‘I wish you were here.’ The global left (along with a chunk of the centre) has fallen hard for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, giving her a prodigious presence for a leader who manages a smaller population than many mayors do. Now her country’s voters...

Celebrating Dashain In A Different Way

With the arrival of Dashain, Nepalis are looking forward to the festivities even though the threat of the coronavirus looms large. This year’s Dashain was delayed by a month due to Adhik Maas according to the lunar calendar and falls in Kartik. Every year, Dashain is characterised by pleasant autumn weather and a joyful, jubilant feeling of festivities. This is because Dashain is one of the most auspicious festivals of Nepal that symbolises the victory of good over evil. It is also the longest...

Seven detained for killing two policemen

Police on Tuesday recovered the body of police constable Ram Bahadur Saud of a temporary police post in Jugeda in Kailali. He was gone missing for the past three days. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mukesh Kumar Singh, who is also the spokesperson of the Sudurpaschim State Police Office, said Saud’s body was found in the Mohana River at Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City-12. On Sunday morning, Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Govinda BK, who was on duty, was also found murdered near the Nepal-India...