Regular services of Govt offices suspended, employees required to attend office !

The services in state and district based government offices are closed until April 3, informed Jiblal Bhusal, Information Officer, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration.

Home Ministry orders for self-quarantine to Nepalis entering from India

Issuing an internal circular in the name of District Administration Offices and Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force, the Home Ministry instructed them to make a monitoring provision whether the individuals were staying in self-quarantine or not.

Covid-19: Chair Prachanda calls for increasing alertness

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has called on the entire party hierarchy and the mass to be more careful to the heightened risk of coronavirus infection in the aftermath of its global pandemic.  

Gas plants to open special outlets targeting needy consumers

Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is making arrangements to distribute gas to the needy consumers by opening separate outlets of gas bottling plants in the Kathmandu Valley.

Budget spending at local levels goes largely unreported

Budget expenditure made by the local bodies is not properly reported both at the local level and to the central government.

Telecom companies step up mobile alerts to raise awareness against COVID-19

From Thursday afternoon, people calling any number of the Nepal Telecom network have been hearing a special message instead of their usual Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT). The message informs callers about the symptoms of COVID–19 and encourages them to take certain preventative measures.

Govt to mobilise security forces for managing quarantine, isolations

Government has decided to mobilise security forces for managing people in isolation, quarantine and hospitals to contain the possible spread of COVID-19.

63 people sent to Kharipati Quarantine

As they had entered Nepal from Covid-19 affected countries, they were sent to the Kharipati quarantine, said Ishwar Poudel, Director General of the Department of Immigration.

Melmachi by end of this year

There are now symptoms that the water from the Melamchi River in Sindhupalchok will arrive in Kathmandu by the end of this year.

Traffic police generate awareness about Covid-19

The Metropolitan Traffic Police Office Division (MTPD) has started generating public awareness about the possible spread of Coronavirus in the Valley by displaying placards at different places of the city.

Fearing Covid-19, people leaving Kathmandu in hordes

The possible threat of Covid-19 pandemic has increased the number of people leaving the Kathmandu Valley.

PM Oli to address nation today at 6 PM

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will address the nation today at 6:00 PM regarding the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

NA meeting postponed 

A meeting of the National Assembly called for today has been postponed until further notice.     The meeting was postponed by issuing a notice keeping government's request not to gather more than 25 people in any meeting and gathering, making aware about the risk of possible infection of COVID-19.    

Virus puts Maternity Hospital in extra labour pain

At a time when the government is gearing up responses to protect the public from the infection of the coronavirus, the Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital (PMWH) seems to be lagging behind as it has so far failed to arrange for water and soap for washing hands and sanitizer for the patients, attendants or visitors.

Virus impact on economy minimal: Khatiwada

Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada, who is also looking after the portfolio of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said Thursday that there was no need to worry about the effect of coronavirus (COVID-19) on the entire economy saying that its effects would be minimum in most of the sectors except for tourism.

Fact checkers tend to peddle unverified information

These days, it is hard to log into one’s social media account and not come across posts about COVID-19.

Bharatpur builds hospital in 72 hours

A 70-bed hospital established to treat Nobel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Bharatpur, Chitwan in case the disease breaks out in the country is all set to begin operation from Friday.

Parliamentary Committee issues 10-point directives on COVID-19 to government

Today's meeting of the committee issued such directives including making arrangement of ICU and isolation ward at health institutions across the country as per the population density, providing medical equipment to test coronavirus and making arrangement to stock medicines.

NA lawmaker tested temperature before entering into meeting 

Federal Parliament has also begun to take the temperature of lawmakers before entering into the House.     The federal parliament's medical team took the temperature of National Assembly (NA) members with the help of thermometre gun before entering into the meeting hall in Federal Parliament building New Baneshwar today.    

Number of people leaving Kathmandu Valley increasing 

According to the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division, the number of people leaving Kathmandu Valley for their hometown via Nagdhunga, Jagati, Pharping and Nagarjun check points is increasing in recent period as compared to previous days.