Regular flights to hilly districts of Sudurpaschim from today

Regular flights to three hilly districts of the Sudurpaschim State are set to start from Tuesday. Summit Air is going to operate regular flights to the hilly districts from Dhangadhi Airport. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Dhangadhi, on Tuesday initial flight will be conducted to Bajhang. Flights to Dewal Airport in the district will now be available twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday. Similarly, flights will be operated at Patan Airport in Baitadi on Tuesday and at Dipayal in Doti...

Karnali CM Shahi replaces chief whip

The internal conflict in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in Karnali has escalated further. On Monday, Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, who is also the leader of the NCP State Assembly party, removed chief whip Gulab Jung Shah from his position. Sending a letter, Chief Minister Shahi informed Shah that he had been relieved of his responsibilities because he had not been able to work satisfactorily. “You have not been able to demonstrate a satisfactory performance in accordance with...

Among 33,880 active patients, 19,957 in home isolation

With 4,047 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection confirmed on Monday, the national COVID-19 caseload has surged to 111,802 of which 33,880 are active cases. "In 14,530 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, 4,047 persons were found to be infected with COVID-19," informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in the regular press briefing today.

All Valley hospitals now COVID-19 hospitals

With the rapid rise in the COVID-19 cases in the Kathmandu Valley, more patients are in need of ICU facilities and ventilator services. Owing to the increasing need of these facilities, the government Monday decided to convert all the government hospitals of the Kathmandu Valley into COVID-19 designated hospitals. According to Dr. Jageshwar Gautam, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), the government has taken the decision because of the lack of required isolation centers...

Xi calls for int'l concerted efforts to accelerate global poverty reduction process

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the call in a congratulatory message sent to an international seminar on poverty eradication and responsibility of political parties, which opened on Monday in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province.

East China's Qingdao conducts city-wide COVID-19 testing after new cases emerge

The city will complete nucleic acid testing in five districts within the next three days, while the testing will cover the whole city in five days, according to a notice issued by the municipal health commission, adding that the results will be released in a timely manner.

NCP Chairman Prachanda holds talks with PM Oli and senior leader Nepal

In his meeting with another NCP Chairman, Oli, also Prime Minister, Chairman Prachanda urged PM Oli to stop the no confidence motion as it had erupted suddenly and was against the spirit of the party when discussions in the party were going on about reshuffling of the Cabinet in the federal government, according to Chairman Prachanda's secretariat.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 645 with nine fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed nine COVID-19 related deaths. Nine persons, two females and seven males, succumbed to novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.

2,283 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu Valley

In 14,530 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,283 persons, 935 females and 1,348 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

COVID-19 update: 4,047 new cases, 1,473 recoveries, tally spikes to 111,802

With 4,047 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection reported on Monday, the national COVID-19 caseload has surged to 111,802.