Breastfeeding vital to boost infant’s immunity

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Binu Chhetri, 31, a new mother, was worried about how she would get her baby delivered without contracting the virus and without affecting her child's health. "After the COVID-19 wrecked the world, I became very panicky about visiting hospital as hospitals are at high risk of being contaminated with the virus. I even consulted my doctor regarding it," said Chhetri. "My doctor said that breastfeeding was the key to boost immunity of infants. He said that I would keep...

Valley's DAOs suspend non-essential services

Three District Administration Offices (DAOs) of the Kathmandu Valley Friday decided to suspend some non-essential daily services from August 9 to 24. A meeting of the three Chief District Officers of the valley and security officials held this afternoon decided to halt some of the non-essential services till August 24.

Govt efforts to contain COVID-19 effective: President Bhandari

In a meeting with a delegation led by DPM Ishwar Pokharel, also the coordinator of High-Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19, at her office on Friday, the President Bhandari received the latest updates and preparations the government made to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.

Swabs of Prime Minister Oli and his secretariat members collected for PCR test

 According Surya Thapa, press advisor to the Prime Minister, the swab samples of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, chief advisor to the PM, Bishnu Rimal, deputy leader of Parliamentary Party of the NCP, Subash Chandra Nembang, Health Minister Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, foreign affairs advisor to the PM, Dr. Rajan Bhattarai, press advisor to the PM, Surya Thapa and the PM's chief personal secretary, Indra Bhandari, were collected for the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing on Friday.

COVID-19 update: Tally soars to 22,214 with 464 new cases

In 7,926 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 464 persons were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam in the daily press briefing today.

Govt mulling selective restrictions if virus infections flare up

Minister for Finance and Communication and Information Technology Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada Thursday said that the government would take stern measures by adopting a selective approach if the present COVID-19 infection rate continued to increase.

Gaijatra show offers comic relief in the time of coronavirus

A lady announced from the podium, “I would like to welcome President Trump for a special puja.” From the edge of the stage, Trump emerged and thanked the announcer. The announcer was wearing a mask which Trump saw and said, “I heard the Chinese formula.” Hearing this, she took off her mask without any hesitation.

Restructure SEBON, says Finance Minister

Minister for Finance Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada has directed the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON) to implement the restructuring of the board, Nepal Stock Exchange Limited (NEPSE) and CDS and Clearing Limited. In a meeting of the High Level Committee on Financial Sector Coordination at the Ministry on Thursday, he directed the Nepal Rastra Bank to expedite the works to operate the national payment gateway at the earliest. He directed all the agencies concerned to the payment gateway to come up with...

Public urged to complain over police personnel misconduct

Nepal Police Headquarters has requested the public to complain against any form of unethical behaviour by police personnel backing up that they will take immediate necessary action over the complaints. Issuing a notice on Wednesday, Nepal Police Headquarters informed that citizens are free to complain if they faced or sighted any immoral behaviour from police personnel.

A record 87 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Kathmandu today, Valley tally crosses 500 mark

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley today.

COVID-19 update: Tally soars to 21,750 with 360 new cases

In 6,622 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests performed in the last 24 hours, as many as 360 persons were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

Nembang visits Prachanda to create environment for resumption of talks

Nembang visited Prachanda's house after the NCP Chairmen, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Prachanda, couldn’t common ground to sort out their differences. Their differences reached the peak after Prachanda held discussions with leaders and journalists close to him on Wednesday.

Student enrolment still uncertain   

The adverse effect of COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world where over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom across the globe since about five months.     As a result, teaching learning activities in schools and colleges has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning developing the digital platforms in the world of late. Though, the latest development of this way is found effective in developed and advanced countries, under developed and developing...

Business down by 74%, 61% industries closed

The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown had caused a complete closure of about 61 per cent enterprises, leading to 73.8 per cent drop in the production and trade of goods and services in the country.

CBS survey finds Nepali men happier than women

As suggested by the findings of the Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (NMICS) 2019, women are less happy with their lives than men. The survey, conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics, found that 62.4 per cent of women aged between 15 to 49 years were happy with their lives compared to 64.7 per cent of men of the same age group. The difference is even greater when talking about hope for improvement. A total of 45.4 per cent of women in the age group expected that their life would get...

Gold price crosses Rs. 100,000 per tola

Price of the precious yellow metal has set a new record on Wednesday with the price of a tola of gold reaching Rs. 101,400 in the domestic market.  The price increased by Rs. 1,600 per tola (11.66 grams) to Rs. 101,400 today while it was traded at Rs. 99,800 per tola on Tuesday. Likewise, price of silver reached Rs. 1,295 per tola on Wednesday. A significant rise in the gold price in the international market has con

Odd-even system in effect again, prohibition orders in 14 districts

With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the Kathmandu Valley and other urban areas, the government has again imposed odd and even number plate system in all types of vehicles except for those of essential services.

Govt. to impose odd-even traffic rule from tomorrow

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has decided to impose odd-even rule for all private and public vehicles, except essential services, in districts having more than 200 active COVID-19 cases including Kathmandu Valley.

COVID-19 update: Tally stands at 21,390 with 381 new cases

Of the 6,359 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 381 persons were found with the virus infection, informed Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson of the ministry in the daily press briefing today.

‘Govt welcomes constructive suggestions to contain virus’

Experts have suggested the government to strictly implement the provisions of wearing masks and maintaining social distance. They also asked to expand the tests and quarantine all the people returning from foreign countries.