Woman gives birth to quintuplets

A 28-year-old woman gave birth to five babies at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Thapathali, on Monday. Somika Tamang, 28, from Nuwakot gave birth to the quintuplets through caesarean section. “Of the five neonates, four are healthy while one was delivered dead,” informed Dr. Sangita Mishra, director of the hospital. Dr. Mishra informed that one of the babies was found dead during 28 weeks of Tamang’s pregnancy.

Tatopani border opens, six containers enter Nepal

Tatopani border point between Nepal and China, which had remained closed for three months, has reopened from Monday. Chief Customs Officer at the Tatopani Customs Office Lal Bahadur Khatri said that six Chinese containers carrying clothes and raw materials entered Nepal this morning. “Goods in Khasa area were dropped by the Chinese customs agents at the Miteri Bridge and the Nepali workers loaded the goods in 12 containers after the Chinese containers unloaded them,” he said. Officials of...

NCP Chairmen hold talks, Secretariat meet called for tomorrow

The meeting between Chairmen of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has concluded at the PM's residence, Baluwatar.

COVID-19 update: 2,440 new cases, 1,133 recoveries, tally stands at 89,263

In 13,781 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,440 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the MoHP in the daily press briefing today.

NRNA urges for prompt passage of law on NRN citizenship  

The 13th European Meeting and Second Knowledge Conference of the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has urged the parliament on the need of passing the Act Related to the Non-Resident Nepalis’ Citizenship at the earliest.    

State 5 Assembly meeting begins, NCP issues whip to vote for Govt. proposal

The State Assembly meeting of State 5 has begun in Butwal. Nepal Communist Party (NCP) parliamentary party of State 5 has issued a whip to vote for the proposal of the State government.

11,100 Sindhupalchowk households at risk of landslides: Report

A preliminary survey report prepared on the relocation of risky settlements in Sindhupalchowk district has pointed out that 347 settlements of the district are at high risk of landslides and floods at any time. The report submitted to Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal last Friday in Singha Durbar has pointed out that all 12 local bodies of the district are at risk of landslides and floods. There are 11,109 households in those 347 risky settlements, according to the report.

Over 70% of new virus cases in Valley

Kathmandu Valley has lately witnessed a surge in COVID-19 infections as cases continue to rise at a soaring rate every day. Being one of the densely populated cities, the new cases are increasing rapidly and showing worrisome trend as the major festival Dashain approaches. Of the 2,253 new cases of COVID-19 recorded across the nation on Sunday, 1,599 cases were detected in the Kathmandu Valley alone. This accounts for 70 per cent of the total cases detected across the country in a single day. Earlier,...

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...

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.

President Bhandari wishes speedy recovery to US President Trump   

President Bidya Devi Bhandari sent a message to the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, wishing him and First Lady Melania Trump a speedy recovery.     In her message, the President stressed the importance of concrete actions to control COVID-19 and to protect health, well-being and economies during the pandemic and in its aftermath.   

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.

92% recovery on COVID-19 infected Nepalis abroad   

Of all the Nepalis infected with coronavirus abroad, 92 per cent have fully recovered normal health, according to the Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA). Altogether 35,916 Nepalis in 42 countries have recovered from the coronavirus.    

Bahrain Prince Nasser atop Mt. Lobuche

The high profile expedition team comprising prince of Bahrain successfully scaled 6,119m Mt. Lobuche on Sunday morning. This has been the first ascent of mountains during this autumn. According to Seven Summit Treks, the entire team of Bahrain including other Sherpas successfully reached the summit of Mt. Lobuche at 8:50 am this morning. Altogether 25 persons, including 18-member Bahraini team, reached the summit, Migma Sherpa, Chairman of the expedition company, wrote on his facebook page. Sherpa...

Limit Dashain within families to stem infection: Experts

With no end in sight of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the foreseeable future, this year’s Dashain and Tihar festivals are sure to be like never before. With Dashain barely a fortnight away, the usual festive mood excitement seen around the country, this time around every year in the past, is nowhere to be seen. Instead, confusion and uncertainty have probably taken over excitement under the new normal. The simple affair of travelling back to hometown for Dashain, Tihar and Chhath to celebrate...

Virus survivors urge all to follow health protocol strictly

As the biggest festival of Dashain is approaching, people have been thronging nearby markets in Kathmandu Valley to do their festival shopping. But surprisingly a large number of people are still seen roaming around without wearing masks and ignoring social distancing in markets and other public places, without giving a hoot to the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the valley. Many visitors at markets, shopkeepers and vendors are usually seen either without masks or hanging their masks around their...

NCP meet called for today

The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been postponed until Sunday. The meeting is expected to dwell on Cabinet reshuffle and other issues related to party’s organizational unity. The decision to put off the meeting for Sunday afternoon was jointly taken by two party Chairmen Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Friday’s meeting held between the two chairmen had decided to call the party Secretariat...

PM Oli's PCR report negative for COVID-19, security precaution beefed up

Prime Minister Oli's swab was collected on Wednesday and the report was received on Thursday, according to Ram Sharan Bajgain, media expert to PM Oli.

COVID-19 update: 2,120 new cases, 2,044 recoveries, tally hits 84,570

In 12,978 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 2,120 persons were found with the novel coronavirus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the MoHP in the daily press briefing today.