COVID-infected woman dies in Bhairahawa  

A coronavirus-infected woman died while undergoing treatment in Bhairahawa. According to Bhim hospital’s information officer Dr Narayan Pokharel, a 65-year-old woman of Ramgram-5, Nawalparasi breathed her last on Tuesday night.    

BP Koirala Cancer Hospital makes corona test mandatory before cancer treatment 

Bharatpur-based BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital said it would initiate cancer treatment of the patients only after their PCR test.

Fakeer at a Muslim shrine arrested on rape charge

A fakeer at the Hazarat Kammar Shah Baba Dargah Sarif Mazar has been arrested on the charge of raping a woman. The priest at the Muslim shrine at Kamdi of Duduwa rural municipality-5 in the district allegedly raped the woman in the name of faith healing. The fakeer, Najeer Mohammad Sai, reportedly committed the heinous crime on the night of August 26.

A 55-year-old from Siraha succumbs to COVID-19

Chief of Siraha District Health Office Krishna Dev Yadav said that the man who tested positive for the virus on August 26 died during his treatment in ICU.

11 more police officials test positive for COVID-19 in Butwal

Khadga Bahadur Khatri, Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of the Rupandehi District Police Office, confirmed of this saying 11 had tested positive for COVID-19.

NSU objects govt’s decision of scrapping CTEVT training

The NSU said that government’s decision of scrapping training without any plan was condemnable, while jeopardizing the future of 12,000 students acquiring the training .

Two infected individuals go out of contact

The two had given their swab samples for testing in Kathmandu but mentioned their incomplete address with Nuwakot, Ward No-3, which hindered to get in touch with them, according to Health Office, Nuwakot.

Plasma therapy started also in Nepalgunj, Ward Chair comes first to donate blood for plasma

Dr. Khagendra Jung Shah, contact person for plasma therapy at the Bheri Hospital, said that Salyan's youth was given plasma as his health condition was getting critical with pneumonia and low level of oxygen in blood and that he was to be placed in ventilator if his health continued deteriorating.

  Five scrub typhus cases reported in Darchula  

Five scrub typhus patients have been found in the district. Among them, three are male and two female.     Scrub typhus infection has been found in one male person in Mahakali municipality, in two women and one man in Malikarjun rural municipality,

Office of Ichhakamana rural municipality padlocked 

The office of Ichhakamana rural municipality has been padlocked over a row of the transfer of a ward office. Disgruntled locals locked up the rural municipality on Sunday evening following the transfer of ward no. 3 office to Fisling amidst dispute.   

Kalikot landslide update: Four dead, three still missing

Forty-year-old Paryak, his seven-year-old Hima, five-year-old son Nirajan Shahi and two-year-old son Akkal Shahi died in the incident. DSP Oliya said that the dead bodies were recovered from the site at 3 this afternoon.

Free transportation service for health workers, hospital staffs in Kathmandu Valley

The bus service comes amid a prohibitory order wherein health workers and hospital staffs are finding it hard to discharge their duty for lack of convenient transportation. 

All services in Arghakhanchi Hospital resume today   

The health services in Arghkanchi Hospital in the district have resumed today. The Hospital services was shut down temporarily since last Monday after two health workers had tested positive for COVID-19.    

Soldier commits suicide in Army Headquarters

A soldier of Nepali Army has committed suicide at the Army Headquarters, Bhadrakali by shooting himself up on Sunday morning.

Both mother and son succumb to COVID-19 in Dharan

The dead are a woman aged 74 and a man aged 60 of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City-17 and both of them died this morning, informed Dr. Dinesh Sapkota, spokesperson of the BPKIHS.

Light to moderate rainfall predicted  

Light to moderate rainfall has been predicted across the country along with thunders and lightning in some parts today. The rainfall is caused by the low pressure belt of monsoon located in the southern area of Nepal and Madhya Pradesh of India.    

Team mobilized to examine cases of high fever   

The team was mobilized from the Sudur Paschim Provincial Heath Directorate. The team that reached Mahakali on Saturday has collected blood samples from the sick and their family members.

  Farmers on sleepless night after warthogs damage crops   

Farmers in various local levels of Dailekh district have been worried over the menace of warthog of late. As the herd of warthogs has been damaging crops, the farmers here are on sleepless night for quite a while.    

Efforts on to open two-way traffic 

Efforts are being made to resume two-way traffic along the Anbukhaireni-Muglin road section of Tanahu. The road section was obstructed by dry mudslide since Friday morning.    

Nearly 4,000 vehicles held for defying prohibition in Kathmandu today

Sushil Kumar Yadav, Superintendent of Police (SSP) at the Metropolitan Police Circle, said, "Vehicles of those who are found driving by defying the prohibitory order have been taken on hold."