Collecting gold from river sand: A profession that's disappearing

Bote community people in the Tanahun district have been worried about their livelihood as their traditional profession of collecting gold from the sand of local rivers is about to disappear.

Govt releases Rs. 240 million for Sukraraj Tropical Hospital

The government Wednesday said that it has released Rs.240 million to the account of the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku, for expanding medical facilities.

Vaccination campaign to resume from May 16

The government's COVID-19 vaccination drive, which has been halted due to the second wave of the pandemic and subsequent prohibitory orders in various parts of the nation, is now set to be resumed. Dr. Jhalak Sharma Gautam, chief of the national immunisation programme, said, "The vaccination of the second dose of Vero Cell, provided by China, will begin from May 16. Also, we will start administering the second dose of Covishield soon."

Hospitals with over 100 beds asked to set up oxygen plants

Nepal’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 75.5 per cent with 4,444 recoveries reported in a single day. With this, the total recoveries have reached 316,463. Also, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), the nation’s COVID-19 death toll has now climbed to 4,252 with 168 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. According to Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at MoHP, 9,305 new cases were recorded in a single day and the pandemic tally has reached 422,349.

COVID-19 active cases cross 100,000 with 9,238 new infections

In 20,362 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, a total of 9,238 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Health Ministry.

PM Oli expresses grief over Chaulagain's demise   

Prime Minister Oli in his twitter post this morning paid tribute to the Bagmati Province Assembly member the late Chaulagain as well as extended condolences to the grief-stricken family and relatives. 

President’s greetings on Int’l Nurses Day

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has today offered her best wishes on the occasion of the International Nurses Day and the 201st birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. She also praised nurses who are at the forefront to fight Covid-19 pandemic.    

34 die of corona virus infection in Bagmati Province in a day  

As per the data released by the Social Development Ministry of the province, a total of 18 people including Bagmati Province Assembly member and CPN (UML) leader, Pashupati Chaulagain, succumbed to corona virus in a day in Kathmandu alone. 

Oxygen cylinders, ventilators arrive from China

Four hundred oxygen cylinders, 10 ventilators and oxygen concentrators arrived in Kathmandu from China on Tuesday. These health materials required for the treatment of the coronavirus infected patients were provided by the Chinese government in grant assistance. A widebody aircraft of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport carrying these health materials at 4:00 pm on Tuesday. The flight number RA-4251 of the widebody aircraft had left for China Monday...

‘Excessive use of mobile phone can harm children’s wellbeing’

Parents have been facing a hard time parenting their wards as their schools and other activities have come to a grinding halt amid the prohibitory order that went into effect some two weeks ago. Since then, as the schools and playgrounds have remained off-limits, kids have been growing increasingly restless and fidgety. Most guardians have no option but to offer their mobile phones to their children in an attempt to engage them for a while. That has led to growing mobile phone addiction among many...

Record 225 COVID-19 fatalities, 9,317 new infections, 5,225 recoveries in 24 hours

The Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday added 225 fatalities to the nation's COVID-19 death toll, which has now spiked to 4,084. This is the highest single-day fatalities recorded by the nation until now.

Govt. extends prohibitory order in Valley by 15 days

The government has decided to extend the prohibitory order in Kathmandu Valley by 26 May.

No reason for voting against government: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had called all members of the House of Representatives to vote for his confidence motion by evaluating all the achievements of the government that took place during his tenure. Addressing the special session of the HoR held on Monday to vote on the confidence motion presented by Prime Minister Oli, he said, "I request all political parties to give the vote of confidence to me." Stating that he was backed by t

Prez calls to form coalition govt

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called for the political parties to submit the name of a party leader, who could garner majority votes in the support of two or more political parties representing the House of Representatives for the appointment to the post of the Prime Minister of Nepal as per the Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal by May 13. After Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota wrote to the Office of the President on Monday informing the latter that the vote of confidence proposal tabled...

MoHP reports 139 COVID-19 related fatalities, 9,271 new cases in 24 hours

The Ministry of Health and Population on Monday added 139 fatalities to the nation's COVID-19 death toll. This is the highest single-day fatalities recorded by the nation until now.

Prime Minister Oli fails to garner vote of confidence in HoR

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has failed to garner the vote of confidence from the House of Representatives (HoR).

Voting on Prime Minister's confidence motion begins

Voting on the Prime Minister's confidence proposal has begun in the House of Representatives.

Preparation for voting completes, special arrangements for infected members to cast vote

The Federal Parliament Secretariat has informed that all preparations for the collection of votes of confidence on the present government have completed.

Decision on extension of prohibitory order by tomorrow

The Chief District Officers of the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley and security authorities are holding meetings daily to frame measures to check the spread of COVID-19.

No reason for voting against this government: Prime Minister

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that there was no reason to vote against the government.