OAG asks to continue hearing in rape cases

The Office of Attorney General (OAG) has requested all the government attorney offices across the nation to mandatorily request continuous hearing while filing a charge sheet in rape cases. "A meeting of coordination committee held on October 1 has requested all the district and high court government attorney offices to compulsorily demand a continuous hearing in rape cases by citing Rule 96 (1) of the National Criminal Procedure Rule, 2075 in order to make the investigation and hearing procedure...

Pandemic leaves deaf students at greater disadvantage

Educational institutions in Nepal have transitioned to online learning as a way to stay safe during the COVID-19 pancemic. And while myriads of Nepali teachers, students and parents adapt and grapple with the effects of virtual classrooms, the pandemic is taking a far more disastrous toll on the students with hearing-impairment. Even before the pandemic, under normal circumstances, education for the hearing-impaired students was not easily accessible.

Over 8,000 security personnel infected with COVID-19

Coronavirus infection in security personnel of the three separate bodies has crossed 8,000. Personnel deployed as frontline security officials for the security of public, VIPs and important places of the country have been found infected with the coronavirus. According to security officials of Nepal Police, Nepali Army and the Armed Police Force, Nepal (APF), the total infected security personnel, deployed in various tasks including the coronavirus control and treatment sectors as frontline forces...

Low investment and high profit: farmers get attracted to mushroom farming in Okhaldhunga

The whole routine has changed following the production of the mushroom in a newly built tunnel near the home, said Fulmaya Magar, a resident of Thade, Siddhicharan Municipality-6. We started off the mushroom farming business by using the local raw material, and now we are making a good money, she added.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 535 with seven fatalities today

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed seven COVID-19 related deaths. Seven persons, four females and three males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the MoHP's daily report.

Kathmandu Valley logs 1,599 new cases of COVID-19

In 12,484 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,599 persons, 604 females and 995 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

COVID-19 update: 2,253 new cases, 1,329 recoveries, tally jumps to 86,823

In 12,484 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,253 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the MoHP in the daily press briefing today.

Tatopani border point to open from tomorrow

Opening of the border point will allow entry to over 150 container of goods stranded at Khasa, the Chinese town near the border, of Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Demonstration against proposal to shift State capital held in Butwal

Different business and professional organisations in Butwal Sunday took out a protest demonstration against the proposal registered by the Stat 5 government at the State Assembly to relocate State 5 capital from Butwal to Deukhuri of Dang district.

NCP Secretariat meet scheduled for today remains uncertain due to infection in PM's secretariat members

NCP senior leader and a member of the Secretariat Jhala Nath Khanal, also former Prime Minister, informed that the meeting scheduled for today afternoon had become uncertain for some time.