Monsoon likely to recede from next week

Meteorologists have forecast that the monsoon will formally end in Nepal in the next three or four days if a new weather system that is being developed in India does not have a strong influence. According to Manju Basi, a meteorologist at the Meteorological Forecasting Division under the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DHM), the impact of the low pressure area in the northwestern part of the Bay of Bengal is likely to recede from tomorrow (Wednesday), but another new system (low pressure...

Government limits local level Indian infrastructure assistance in five areas

The federal government had asked all the local bodies across the country to submit proposals of small infrastructure development projects for Indian granta within five areas. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MoFAGA) on Tuesday called them to limit their demands in the areas fixed by the government. A Cabinet meeting on April 26 this year had decided that the local governments could apply only for infrastructure in education, health, waste management, water supply and...

US Embassy clarifies on visa policy

The Embassy of the United States of America in Kathmandu has said that Nepal Communist Party members were not automatically barred from immigrating to the US. Each visa case is adjudicated on an individual basis, said the embassy on Tuesday. Expressing concerns over the media reports carrying information about the US visas, it clarified that there was not change in its visa policy. “We are concerned that a few news stories have published misleading information about U.S. visas.  We’d like...

NCP Secretariat meeting concludes, no discussion on Cabinet reshuffle

NCP spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha said that the meeting was centered on previous agenda of the party as the Chairmen duo, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda,' could not present concrete proposal on the issues as entrusted to them.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 563 with nine fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed nine COVID-19 related deaths. Nine people, four females and five males, succumbed to the virus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Kathmandu Valley logs 1,017 new cases of COVID-19

In 11,047 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,017 persons, 350 females and 667 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

COVID-19 update: 1,551 new cases, 2,340 recoveries, tally crosses 90,000

In 11,047 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,551 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the MoHP in the daily press briefing today.

State 5 named as Lumbini, capital to be located in Bhalubang

The proposal to establish Deukhuri of Dang as the capital of State 5 has been passed by the State 5 assembly by 69 votes.

Construction of Kalanga Hydropower at final stage, to produce 65 MW electricity from February

Located at a remote area of Paunta of Bungal Municipality-5 in the district, construct of the Kalanga Hydropower was started on March 21, 2017 with an objective to complete the construction works within three years. However, COVID-19 pandemic affected the works and delayed its completion by four months.

Trump, still infectious, back at White House -- without mask

President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask.