Constitutional Council recommends Regmi as PSC chair and Dr Timilsina as inclusive commission chair

The Council has recommended Madhab Prasad Regmi (Jhapa) as the chairperson of the Public Service Commission and Madhav Belbase (Kapilvastu), Bir Bahadur Rai (Ilam), Udaya Silwal (Lalitpur), and Manju Kumari (Mahottai) as its members.    

HoR meet postponed for 15 minutes

The meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled for 1:00 pm today has been postponed for 15 minutes.

CPN-UML's Nepal-led faction decides to not attend Parliament's session

The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML has decided to not attend today's special session at the House of Representatives.

Not appropriate to take any wrong decision in haste: Prime Minister Oli

Amid the dissatisfied Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction's meeting being held on Monday morning, the Prime Minister tweeted, "It is not appropriate to take any wrong decision in haste."

PM seeking confidence vote today

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, in his capacity as the chairman of CPN (UML), has urged all party members to come together and bolster the ruling party’s unity. Issuing a press statement on Sunday, Oli said that the people of the country had placed their hope and faith in UML and called it the responsibility of today’s generation to move forward by making the party stronger and more united.

Bode’s famed tongue piercer driving ambulance for COVID patients

Buddha Krishna Baga Shrestha of Bode, who has pierced his tongue for eight times in the local Jatra is now helping to carry COVID-19 patients to hospitals like he did last year. Amidst the pandemic, Shrestha pierced his tongue on the second day of the New Year, to preserve and protect the rare intangible cultural heritage. By profession, Shrestha is an ambulance driver for 19 years and he has saved many lives by carrying critically ill persons to the hospital. As the COVID patients are incre

8,777 new cases of COVID-19, 4,022 recoveries in 24 hours

In 18,787 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 8,777 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the Health Ministry during the regular press briefing.

JSP to remain neutral if Nepal-led faction of CPN-UML resign

Dr. Surendra Kumar Jha, leader of JSP said, "The meeting reached to a conclusion that JSP would remain neutral if the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML resign."

Prime Minister holds Constitutional Council meeting at Baluwatar

The meeting of the Constitutional Council is currently going on at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar.

Bir’s new building to be 500-bed COVID hospital

The newly constructed and furnished building of Bir Hospital, one of the government owned hospitals in Kathmandu, will now be run as the Unified Central Hospital for COVID-19 treatment. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the official residence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Baluwatar, decided to designate the new building of Bir Hospital as the unified central hospital of COVID-19.

Experts stress synchronisation among three tiers of government to contain virus

The government has prioritised the expansion of isolation centers across the country. Authorities are also upgrading the health centres and managing oxygen for the critical cases of COVID-19.

Oxygen cylinders, ventilators from China to arrive on May 11

The government is all set to bring the much-needed health equipment and oxygen cylinders from Beijing, China within a couple of days. The government is planning to import 400 oxygen cylinders from China in the first phase.

Listen to songs of birds as a call to protect them

With the theme ‘Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!’ World Migratory Bird Day this year invites everyone to sing, fly and soar like a bird. Every year, May 8 is observed as World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) across the globe in an effort to raise awareness about migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them.

With 8,287 new infections COVID-19 active cases surge to 83,493

In 17,315 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 8,287 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Health Ministry in its daily update.

Govt mobilising police to collect oxygen cylinders

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said that it has been actively engaged in market intervention to prevent oxygen cylinder shortage and make its supply system reliable. “Oxygen cylinders are being accumulated in special police operations and surveillance and in the spontaneous efforts of some industries themselves,” Joint Secretary Janak Raj Dahal said in a press note issued this evening.

22 lawmakers test positive for virus

At least 69 persons, including 15 lawmakers, 19 staffers of the parliament secretariat, six security personnel, personal security officials, parliamentary reporters and others tested positive for COVID-19 in swab tests conducted in the federal parliament secretariat on Friday.

Gorkhapatra Corporation announces journalism awards

On the occasion of the 121st anniversary of Gorkhapatra, the oldest Newspaper of Nepal and on the occasion of the 6th National Journalism Day, the corporation has announced different prizes for senior and active journalists working for the corporation. This year, Shreeom Shrestha ‘Rodan’, litterateur, senior journalist and former acting chief editor of the Gorkhapatra Daily and Madhuparka Monthly, has been awarded with the National Journalism Prize.

Gorkhapatra enters 121st year of publication

“May all be happy, may all be healthy, may all be well, let none be unhappy.” It is with this slogan that Gorkhapatra began publishing in 1901, marking the beginning of print journalism and mass media in Nepal. Initiated by Rana Prime Minister Dev Shumsher, Gorkhapatra outlasted its initiator; it outlived the Rana regime; it saw the rise and fall of Nepal’s experiment with democracy; it experienced the absolute monarchy of the Panchayat years; it was the paper that published the [then proposed]...

COVID-19 active cases surge to 78,629 with 9,023 new infections

In 19,987 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 9,023 persons were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Health Ministry in its daily update.

Thapa, Devkota, Tamang register candidacy for NA by-election

Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, Dr. Khim Lal Devkota, and Krishna Bahadur Tamang registered their candidacies for the by-election on Friday at the office of the Election Officer in Hetauda.