Only 30 per cent students in Bagmati State in access of IT   

Though the Ministry of Education is preparing to incorporate alternative learning methods into the school curriculum, only 30 per cent students are in access of information and technology means for the alternative learning devices in Bagmati State.    

Rural municipality to honour 'Smart Couple'   

The Rambha rural municipality is to honour the couples in the rural municipality adopting family planning after giving birth to one or two children.

Priest shot dead   

Shreeram Saha, 65, priest of the Hanuman Temple in Madhav Narayan municipality-2, Khesarhiyatol, was gunned down at around 9.30 pm on Wednesday.   

Woman thrashed to death in a scuffle, four arrested 

A woman died when she was brutally thrashed in a scuffle that flared up from an issue of the pathway in Arnama rural municipality-5, Krishnapur of Siraha district.    

Two killed, 17 missing after being swept away by river

Two persons died and 17 have gone missing after being swept away by local Kailash river at Ramaroshan rural municipality-5 in Achham district. Thirty shops in the area have been washed away by the river, said the police.    

Ayurveda Medicines in shambles due to sheer negligence of state government 

The Birendranagar-based State Ayurveda Pharmacy has come across a shortage of human resource and physical capital due to sheer ignorance on part of the government authorities.    

Two coronavirus infected persons die in Pokhara  

Two coronavirus infected persons died in course of treatment in Pokhara. They are from Kaski and Tanahun districts.       A person of around 87 years of Pokhara Metropolitan City died in course of treatment at Western Regional Hospital under Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences at 10:40 this morning, said Director at the Academy, Dr Arjun Acharya.    

BCCI decides to close Baglung Bazaar for week 

The Baglung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has decided to close the Baglung Bazaar for a week, beginning from last midnight citing the growing risk of COVID-19. It has called on the local business community to follow the decision.   

Three arrested on charge of attacking police with sharp-edged weapon   

Police have arrested three persons of Makawanpur on the charge of assaulting police personnel with a sharp-edged weapon. The arrested are Bhaktaram Raut, 26, Utsav Gautam, 16 and Nakul BK, 50, of Hetadua-6, said district police office Makawanpur spokesperson Indra Bahadur Rana.

42 APF personnel diagnosed with coronavirus  

As many as 42 police personnel of the Armed Police Force Number 3 Gadhimai Brigade Bagmati State based in Rapti municipality, Bhandara have been diagnosed with coronavirus infection at once. 

Independence Day of Republic of Indonesia marked

Chandra Prasad Dhakal, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Indonesia in Nepal as well the Chairman of IME Group, hoisted the red and white flag this morning to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia

Person staying at home contracts COVID-19 in Tulsipur

A person who has been staying at home has contracted the novel coronavirus in Tulsipur, Dang. According to Bimal KC, focal person of the health department at Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City, the house of the COVID-19 infected has been sealed.

Weeklong prohibitory order in Pokhara, to be enforced from today midnight

Dhana Bahadur Nepali, spokesperson of Pokhara Metropolitan City, informed that a meeting of the main committee for controlling corona infection of the PMC held this morning made the decision to impose prohibitory orders for a week starting from today midnight itself.

  Landslide disrupts Baglung section of Mid-hill Pushpalal Highway 

The landslide occurred at Nishikhola in Baglung section of the Highway has brought the vehicular movement to grinding halt. The rain has triggered landslide in more than a dozen of places in Nishikhola Rural Municipality in Baglung district. 

Youth dies in quarantine in Ilam, report awaited

A youth suspected of contracting COVID-19 and kept in quarantine facility at Karfor of Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam district died on August 16 due to unknown reason.    

Garbage piled at Simkot bazaar area collected  

Garbage piled at the Simkot bazaar area for months has now been disposed of. People’s representatives and employees of Simkot rural municipality have collected the garbage after the Simkot bazaar area started becoming ugly due to garbage piling.  

Beni-Jomsom travel precarious 

Amamaya Garbuja of Raghuganga rural municipality-1, Begkhola sustained injuries after a mound of landslide hit her while heading to Dana of Myagdi from Ghasa of Mustang on Sunday.    

Thapaliya appointed TRN Chief Editor

The Gorkhapatra Corporation management has appointed Bhimsen Thapaliya as the Acting Editor-in-Chief of The Rising Nepal daily effective from August 17.

Army mobilised in Birgunj to enforce prohibitory order

Aasman Tamang, Chief District Officer of Prasa district, informed that a meeting of the District Security Committee held on Sunday decided to deploy the army within the BMC to assist the police forces to implement prohibitory orders and thus help in controlling further spread of COVID-19.

Ward office turns into Isolation center in Makwanpur

The Manahari Rural Municipality of Makwanpur is all set to operate isolation center in the ward office of the Rural Municipality.