COVID-19 infected elderly woman dies in Chitwan   

: A COVID-19 infected elderly woman has died at the Old Medical College in Chitwan district.    

India and China to 'quickly disengage' from border standoff

"They agreed, therefore, that the border troops of both sides should continue their dialogue, quickly disengage, maintain proper distance and ease tensions," said the statement, released by Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

34 new cases of COVID-19 detected in Chitwan

Chitwan on Friday recorded 34 new cases of COVID-19. According to the report made public by the COVID-19 laboratory of Bharatpur Hospital, of the 156 swab samples put to the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test, as many as 34 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection.

One-way traffic resumes on Narayangadh - Muglin road  

The Narayangadh-Muglin road that was blocked at Charkilo due to a landslide has been opened for one-way traffic. The road was opened single lane at 10.30 this morning after removing a portion of the landslide debris that had deposited on the road, the District Police Office Chitwan said.    

     Gautam Buddha airport sees 92 percent physical progress; gaining technical progress still a challenge 

The ongoing construction of physical infrastructures of Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport, a national pride project, has almost completed. Only remaining works to be fixed at the airport include installing lights and equipment. 

Plasma bank set up for treatment of critical COVID-19 patients   

The Regional Blood Transmission Centre Bharatpur has started setting up a plasma bank for coronavirus infected people. Centre’s Chief Ramesh Kanta Poudel shared the Centre has collected fresh blood of four coronavirus-recovered patients for depositing plasma.    

Landslide disrupts Narayangarh-Muglin road section   

A landslide has disrupted the Narayangarh-Muglin road section. The two-way road traffic has come to a halt after the landslide occurred at Ichhakamana-6, Charkilo Danda of Chitwan at 8.10 am this morning.    

Shradha Ritual In Hindu Religion

Religion is each individual’s sacred relation with his God. This divine transformation is the result of faith in God who epitomises truth, justice and love. This is universal and common to all religions. Shradh ceremony is very old tradition in Madheshi society too. It is assumed that this tradition is prevalent in this society from time immemorial. To be very specific, it is believed that it is in vouge in Hindu religion from the Vedic period. The very word shradh means the act of remembering...

Ides Of March, Caesarism And World Politics

Ides of March, or 15th of March, according to the ancient Roman calendar had a significant importance for various religious observance and deadline for debt settling. However, this date is significantly remembered for the assassination of Julius Caesar, one of the most powerful human being that ever lived. He rose from military ranks to become Emperor of greatest and most powerful Roman Empire at around 44 BC. Caeser's Heroics Julius Caeser was brutally assassinated by the Senate members on the...

How Language Stigmatises People

Why don't we bother to stop for a moment to think that "Columbus discovered America" might be taken otherwise by Native Americans? Whereas this is celebrated as discovery from the perspective of European settlers, it might as well be viewed as an encroachment from the perspective of Native Americans. Daniel Chandler (2002) says "Language is not a neutral medium" so it is not possible for a speaker to neutrally represent the things the way they are. In the first place, language cannot reflect the...

Escalating Cesarean Section

The cesarean section rate continues to rise in many countries with routine access to medical services, yet this increase is not associated with improvement in perinatal mortality or morbidity. Globally, it has become the problem of both developed and developing countries. Saving mothers, babies Cesarean section once performed to save the life of mother or baby, are now offered as elective procedure in order to avoid the experience of labor and delivery. Studies show that women choose elective cesarean...

Machhenarayan fair put off this year due to COVID-19  

The COVID-19 has taken its heavy toll on religiousand cultural practices of Kathmandu valley – a peculiar place for celebrating remarkableindigenous fairs and festivals evolved during the reign of the Malla Kings.

Five succumb to COVID-19, death toll hits 317

A 55-year old female and two males, aged 59 and 83, of Kathmandu, a 63-year-old male of Chitwan and a 29-year-old male of Kapilvastu, who had tested positive for the virus, died while receiving treatment at various health facilities across the nation.

Over 10,000 Nepalis return to India for jobs through border points in Sudurpaschim State in last two months

Hundreds of Nepalis are crossing the border points on a daily baisis in the state such as Dharchula, Jhulaghat, Gadda Chauki and Gaurifanta, some are returning home after losing job in India due to COVID-19 while some others are returning to India in the hope they could get employment to support their family.

All 11 members of a family test positive for COVID-19 in Jhapa

The municipality has arranged for delivery of necessary food stuff at home of the family in which all members including 14-year old grandson and 84-year old grandmother have been found with the infection of the novel coronavirus.

     Madhyapurthimi municipality to mobilise robots in treatment of coronavirus infected

Madhyapurthimi municipality is to mobilize nursing robots in treatment of coronavirus infected patients in its hospital.     Mayor Madan Sundar Shrestha shared that three nursing robots would be mobilized for this purpose at the Nepal-Korea Friendship Hospital run by the municipality.    

     Five houses in landslide risk in Dumre 

Five houses are in high risk of landslide in Bohora Besigaun of Beshisahar Municipality in Tanahun district.     According to ward chair Ganesh Kandel, the houses are in high risk of landslide as the landslide is occurring near by the settlement since Wednesday morning caused by continuous rainfall.    

Free COVID-19 insurance to pregnant and new mothers   

Banepa municipality of Kavrepalanchowk district is providing free COVID-19 insurance to pregnant and new mothers in view of heightened risk of coronavirus transmission.   

Flood washes away Saljhandi-Dhorpatan road; relief and rescue operations in peril 

The disastrous flood that occurred in Dhorpatan municipality of the district on September 2 inflicted a big loss to the Salkhandi-Dhorpatan road section as a national priority project.   

Nepal has prioritized public health programmes and prevention of COVID-19: Minister Dhakal

Addressing the WHO’s Regional Office for South-East Asia’s 73rd assembly virtually from Nepal today, Minister Dhakal shared that the capacity for conducting PCR tests, building isolation facilities, carrying out contact tracing and import capacity were fully strengthened in the places with higher population density and higher occurrence of COVID-19 cases in Nepal.