With six more fatalities, COVID-19 death toll reaches 312

An 83-year-old female and a 67-year-old male of Kathmandu, a 73-year-old female of Kaski, a 42-year-old male or Argakhanchi, an 80-year-old female of Banke and a 64-year-old male of Nawalparasi died while receiving treatment at various health facilities across the nation.

Coronavirus: Oxford University vaccine trial paused after participant falls ill

AstraZeneca described it as a "routine" pause in the case of "an unexplained illness". The outcome of vaccine trials is being closely watched around the world

     NEA to get new executive director soon: Energy minister Pun  

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barsha Man Pun, today said that Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) would get its new executive director soon.    

     Tarun Dal provides health supplies to Bir and Patan Hospitals 

Nepal Tarun Dal, the sister organisation of the Nepali Congress, has provided health supplies to Patan Hospital and Bir Hospital.    

Coronavirus infection increasing among security personnel at transit point 

Coronavirus infection is found increasing among the security personnel mobilised at Sanga, the eastern border transit point to Kathmandu Valley.    

One dies of coronavirus-infection in Gandaki 

A 64-year-old man of Devchuli municipality-1 in Nawalpur died of coronavirus infection while undergoing treatment at Chitwan COVID Hospital last evening.    

‘Shun psychological fear to protect from coronavirus complications’  

There is every likelihood that the rapid rise in the COVID-19 cases may bring psychological effects on the infected, their relatives and general public.

  Jitiya Parba begins in Mithilanchal from today 

Jitiya Parba, one of the most celebrated auspicious festivals of the Mithila zone, has begun today in Mahottari along with other Mithilanchal areas.    

Municipality forum suggests odd-even system

The Kathmandu valley municipality forum has called for enforcement of an odd-even system in vehicular transport by easing the prohibitory order. A meeting of the forum today suggested the local administration to allow vehicles other than mass public transport ones to ply in an odd and even system based on the date.

Contact tracing affected in Lahan as people shy away from giving swabs

The efforts of the health workers for contract tracing of those in contact with infected is failing. People stay out of contact by switching off their phone at the mean time of swab collection even though their name is enlisted for swab collection.

Chinese side hands over Durbar High School building to school management

The school building is spread at nine and half ropani of land near Ranipokhari in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-27. The school building was reconstructed with the full financial support from Chinese government.

Six more succumb to COVID-19, death toll reaches 306

An 80-year-old female and an 85-year-old male of Kathmandu, a 70-year-old male of Sunsari, two males aged 54 and 60 of Parsa and a 62-year-old male of Kapilvastu, who were infected with the novel coronavirus, died while receiving treatment at various health facilities across the nation.

Valley CDOs in virtual meeting to decide on prohibitory order

Janak Raj Dahal, Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, informed that the CDOs of the three districts were having a virtual meeting with the security agencies and industrialists.

45-year-old COVID-19 patient dies in Kohalpur

A 45-year-old male from Sitaganga Municipality-12, Arghakhanchi, who had been receiving treatment in the Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur after being severely injured in a fatal accident, died on Tuesday morning.

     11 more test positive for coronavirus infection in Gandaki 

Eleven new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in the past 24 hours in Gandaki State, the Gandaki State Health Directorate shared today.

     Four additional government offices shut service delivery in Kavre  

Four additional government offices in Kavrepalanchowk district have shut their services for indefinite time after their employees tested positive for the coronavirus.    

     778,000 families of Sindhupalchowk at new homes 

As many as 77,966 families of Sindhupalchowk district who were rendered homeless due to the 25 April 2015 earthquake have so far shifted to new homes.

Two arrested with brown sugar from border area 

The Armed Police Force on Monday busted two youths with banned drugs, brown sugar, from no-man's land along the Nepal-India border in Belauri municipality-10 of Kanchanpur. 

Six of those arrested for beating traffic police at Patan on Thursday test positive for COVID-19

Santosh Tamang, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Range, informed that six people among the arrestees were confirmed for the virus.

Infected elderly stays in home isolation for 10 days, dies within 2 days of hospitalization

Gyan Bahadur Basnet, manager of at COVID-19 Treatment Center in the Koshi Hospital, said that the elderly who was confirmed of COVID-19 infection on August 26 was admitted to the hospital as he was having health problems even after staying in home isolation for 10 days.