Bus misuses pass to carry passengers

The bus, with registration number Ga 1 Kha 9247, was carrying 53 passengers from Pokhara to various destinations in Syangja and had used Facebook to contact the passengers discreetly and inform them about the bus’s route and the fare rate.

Human movement to be restricted in all three tiers of govt

The meeting decided to enforce a strict monitoring system and prohibit human movement from one State to another State, one district to another and from one local body to another

COVID-19 patient of Kanchanpur had visited India on March 15

He reached the Nepal-India border on March 26 and entered to Nepal on March 27 from Bhimdutta Municipality-9, Matena, where the Armed Police Force (APF) found them.

No better option than lockdown to contain coronavirus infection: Dr Jha

Jha, who is now in Nepal, shared that after China was returning normal with three months' menace of COVID-19, it began extending assistance to other needy countries. He strongly recommends other countries that the Chinese method of containing virus would be effective.    

3 new cases of COVID-19 including a new case of local transmission detected in Nepal

The 34 years old female of Kailali is said to be relative of fourth COVID-19 patient of Dhangadi. This is the first case of local transmission of COVID-19 in Nepal.

Finance Minister proposes for collective fight against common problem

Few cases of COVID-19 in the country are the result of government’s timely intervention and the international community has praised this, Dr Khatiwada claimed.

COVID-19 positive case in Pokhara not confirmed yet: MOHP

Stating that news regarding a positive case of the virus had been floating on social media, Dr. Bikash Devkota, Spokesperson for the Ministry said, "positive case of the virus had not been confirmed in Pokhara yet."

NA starts preparations to import med-supplies

The government had vested the authority on Nepal Army (NA) to purchase and transport all COVID-19 related med-supplies, under Government-to-Government (G2G) model.

National flag carrier flying stranded Australians back home

The national carrier’s aircraft Airbus 330 is scheduled to take off today at 5:30 pm from the only international airport in the country, Tribhuvan International Airport, to Australia via Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.    

Quarantine facilities along Nepal-India border in Kapilvastu occupied

The Bijaynagar rural municipality which shares its border with India has set up 127-bed quarantine and now it is occupied by 103 people who returned from India recently.

Youth delivering medicines to patients’ houses

Irfan Siddiqui, the owner of Dhrubtara Public Pharmacy situated at BP Chowk of Nepalgunj, said he started delivering medicines so that the people with chronic illness would not have to face problem at a time when the country was under lockdown.

India quarantines 500 Nepalis stranded at border

The stranded Nepalis will be quarantined until the governments of both the sides agree to send them back to their homeland.

VNY 2020 suspended, secretariat to be dissolved from April 12

The meeting of Council of Ministers held on March 22 had decided to postpone VNY 2020 campaign, informed Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, secretary of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Let’s invest money for capital formation instead of buying sophisticated vehicles: Finance Minister Dr Khatiwada

The private media outlets are doing good job and the state-owned media are also expected to carry on news on factual basis without being influenced by any prejudices and limiting their products on the government programmes.

Nepali Embassy in Spain in regular contact with COVID-19 infected Nepalis

Issuing a note on Monday, the Embassy informed that it was in frequent contact with COVID-19 infected Nepalis who have been admitted to the hospital.

Scope of coronavirus test will be expanded and hundreds will be tested daily: Minister Gyawali

The government is taking their updates through videoconferences with the help of its diplomatic missions and embassies in the respective countries, through personal telephone contacts and other available means of communication.

Local govt collects data of poor for relief

Many local governments have already collected the data of such people and some are planning to keep their record to provide foods.

NA’s skytruck resumes supply of anti-coronavirus kits in two States

The sky truck that took off from TIA at 7:30 this morning had to return to the TIA at 7:45 am after the crew members noticed a bad smell coming out from the loaded cargo of the health kit related to anti- coronavirus.

Nepal extends lockdown till April 7

The lockdown is extended till 7 April, as per the decision made today by a meeting of the Council of Ministers held at the PM's official residence, Baluwatar.

Govt suspends all int'l flights till April 15

The meeting of High Level Coordination Committee to control and prevent COVID-19, held today at Singhadurbar decided to suspend all international flights until April 15.