Valley sees record cases of 232

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed 855 new cases of COVID-19 in the country in the past 24 hours. In addition, seven more deaths were reported. With this, the COVID-19 national tally has reached 33,533, with 164 deaths and 19,119 cases of recovery.

Nepal seeks Russian help for East-West Railway

Nepal has sought Russian investment for Inruwa-Bardibas Section of East-West Railway. Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development Basanta Kumar Nembang held a discussion with the Russian Ambassador to Nepal Aleksei Novikov regarding the possible investment cooperation. The envoy had called on the minister at the latter’s Office in Singhadurbar on Tuesday.

CDOs of Kathmandu Valley to decide on extension of prohibitory order Wednesday morning

Janak Raj Dahal, Kathmandu CDO, informed that the meeting of the CDOs would again be held on Wednesday morning and take a decision whether or not to extend the order.

Maternity Hospital to make 200 isolation beds

As per the directive of the Ministry of Health and Population, the hospital is developing separate beds in its Kupandole-based building targeting the coronavirus infected ones.

COVID-19 Update: Tally surges to 33,533 with 855 new cases

In 11,327 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 855 persons were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Oli, Prachanda meet concludes, Secretariat meeting called for August 29

Ramsharan Bajgain, the PM's media expert, said, "The Chairmen have agreed to call Secretariat meeting on Saturday, August 29 at 11:00 in the morning to hold further discussions on the report."

Two percent population of Sudurpaschim undergo coronavirus tests   

Coronavirus tests have been performed among 53,749 people (2.1 percent of the total population) in the Sudurpaschim State during the past five months.

Monsoon weakening but some places may see heavy rains

With one month left for this year’s monsoon to retreat, rainfall phenomenon across the country is getting weaker from this week, according to the meteorologists. However, the monsoon’s becoming weaker doesn’t mean that there is no chance of heavy rains in the country, he said. Chances of heavy rains are still there in some pockets in eastern, central and western parts of Nepal, Paudel said.

National economy shows positive sign: NRB

The average consumer price inflation stood at 6.15 per cent in the Fiscal year 2019/20, slightly undermining the central bank’s estimates of 6 per cent. The Nepal Rastra Bank in its Monetary Policy for the last fiscal had said that the monetary management would focus on containing the consumer price inflation within 6 per cent to maintain the price stability. The previous FY 2018/19 had witnessed 4.64 per cent annual inflation.

National symposium on post-quake reconstruction begins

A four-day national symposium on post-earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation has begun on Monday. The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is organising the symposium on virtual platform to share its experiences, good practices and lessons learnt in the last five years of post-earthquake reconstruction. It will run till Thursday, August 27.

Valley municipalities brace to stem virus transmission

The Valley Municipal Forum has decided to make preparations for contact tracing and testing of suspected, probable, confirmed and close contact high risk cases of the coronavirus. A two-day meeting of the forum has decided to expedite activities to contain the contagion of COVID-19.

PM pledges resource availability for Mahakavi Devkota Museum project

During his meeting with Academy Chancellor Ganga Prasad Upreti at the Prime Minister’s official residence, Baluwatar, Prime Minister Oli assured of no short of resources for the project in the future though budget was not appropriated for the same at present due to COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 update: 743 new cases, tally climbs to 32,678

In 10,234 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) testes done in the last 24 hours, as many as 743 persons, 497 males and 246 females were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Shortage of ICU, ventilators likely in Chitwan with growing COVID-19 cases   

Amidst this, possible shortage of ICU beds and ventilators which are inevitable to treat patients with severe symptoms is of the prime concern of the hour. 

Oli, Prachanda all set to hold discussions on report presented by task force

The Chairmen of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', are all set to start discussions on the report given by the taskforce from Tuesday.

Remdesivir being used for research purpose with consent of patients

The availability of Remdesivir, a broad-spectrum anti-viral medicine, in Nepal, has raised the hopes of curing the COVID-19 infected patients, especially those who are in critical condition. The government, however, has limited the use and distribution of the Remdesivir as the medicine is still under trial.

69-year old man survives fight with leopard

A resident from Ward 9 of Besisahar Municipality, Hari Bahadur Thapa, a former Lieutenant of Nepal Army, is now 69-years-old. However, if one considers his fitness, Thapa seems to be in his young age. On Sunday, Thapa’s courage and bravery was acknowledged by many as he survived an encounter with a leopard killing the beast with a sickle.

KMC intensifies spraying disinfectant in public places

In view of the growing risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has intensified disinfection drive to curb community transmission of the virus in the capital. In the beginning of March, the metropolis had launched the drive of spraying disinfectant to contain the mass outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Since then, the city office has been giving continuity to the drive.

Municipal Forum prepares to widen contact tracing and testing

The Valley Municipal Forum has decided to expand the contact tracing and testing base in all the municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley. Expressing its serious concerns to the probability of COVID-19 contagion at the community level in the valley, a meeting of the forum on Sunday had decided to this effect. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson of the Forum and Mayor of Kathmandu Municipality Bidhya Sundar Shakya, Vice-chair of the Forum and Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolis, Chiri Babu Maharjan,...

COVID-19 update: 818 new cases, 281 recovered

In 8,026 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 818 persons, 220 females and 598 males, were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.