Ministers inspect Korala border pass

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekh Raj Bhatta have inspected the Korala border pass at Nepal-China border in Mustang district on Wednesday. Minister duo reached the border point by a helicopter and observed the pass, border pillar and uranium mountain. Following the inspection of the border, FM Gyawali talked to the representatives of the local government and chief of security agencies and stressed on managing this point in a...

Officials in confusion after SC order to make PCR tests free

A day after the Supreme Court (SC) issued a verdict against the government about charging money for Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests, the government and some private sector executives commented on Wednesday that the decision was not practical from financial and technical points of view. The SC, which had issued an initial verdict on October 1, directing the government to make PCR tests free, issued the full text of the verdict on October 13, instructing the Ministry of Health and...

MoHP allocates budget to all state-run hospitals for virus treatment

The Ministry of Health and Population has allocated budget to various government hospitals in all seven States for COVID-19 treatment. The ministry has provided the budget to the hospitals for the management of ICUs, ventilators and other services. A budget of Rs.30 million each has been sent to six large hospitals based in the six states-- Koshi, Narayani, Bharatpur, Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, Bheri and Dadeldhura Hospital for the arrangement of 15 ICUs, including five ventilators, informed...

Clean feed policy to come into effect from October 23

The Ministry for Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) said on Wednesday that the clean feed policy would come into effect from October 23, the official deadline set by the ministry last year in consultation with the stakeholders concerned. The clean feed provision would be implemented as per the Advertisement (Regulation) Act, 2019 and all concerned businesses should abide by it, the MoCIT said in its statement. The law demands the downlink of television channels broadcast from abroad...

Virtual gathering to pay homage to economist Dr. Shah held

Association of Nepali Teraian in America (ANTA) hosted a virtual gathering, to condole the demise of Dr. Shah, hosted by ANTA president Aprajita Jha and attended by Ambassador of Nepal to the US Dr. Arjun Karki.

Cabinet reshuffling: Paudel appointed as Finance Minister, Gurung as Communication Minister

Bishnu Paudel, a leader of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), has been appointed as Minister for Finance while Minister Parbat Gurung has been appointed as Minister for Communication.

Police, NC activists scuffle leaves 49 injured including two DSPs in Sarlahi

The NC had staged protest rally under leadership of NC leader Amresh Kumar Singh at Malangwa demanding NC activist Mahendra Ram to be declared as martyr and registration of complaint from the family of the deceased.

1,403 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday 1,403 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley.

COVID-19 update: 2,638 new cases, 2,174 recoveries, tally surges to 117,996

"In 13,947 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,638 persons were found to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2," informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the regular press briefing today.

Mayor of Dhulikhel Municipality tests positive for COVID-19

Chairperson of the Municipal Association of Nepal and Mayor of the Dulikhel Municipality, Ashok Kumar Bayajnu has tested positive for COVID-19.