952 ICU beds, 438 ventilators remain vacant with decreasing cases of COVID-19

A few months earlier, with the spiking cases of COVID-19 in Nepal, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, the virus-infected patients in serious health condition were being deprived of receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and ventilators.

Three succumb to COVID-19 in Banke in a single night

A 13-year-old boy from Dang and a male from Kanchanpur were admitted to the Nepalgunj Medical College. Similarly, a 68-year-old male from Janaki Municipality breathed his last at Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj.

No possibility of dissolution of provincial assembly: Minister Thapa   

 Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation, Mani Chandra Thapa, has said that there was no alternative to going for election for political stability.     

Timbers worth million rupees decaying in community forests

Timbers collected from community forests for sale have been stranded in the embanking places in Morang for the last three years. Rural Improvement Community Forest of Kanepokhari -7, Morang has been facing problems with the decaying of collected logs.

Woman recommended for first time in amicus curiae  

The Supreme Court Bar Association has recommended the name of senior advocate, Geeta Pathak, a member of the amicus curiae with an objective of making the bench inclusive regarding the hearing on the case of dissolution of the House of Representatives.    

Seven bridges to be completed in Koshi corridor

Of the nine under-construction bridges, seven of them are being completed by this fiscal year along the Koshi corridor.

NC to stage protests in provinces, local levels

Nepali Congress has announced further protest programme against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HOR), growing corruption, failure of the government to control the COVID-19 pandemic and bad governance. A Central Working Committee meeting of the party on Sunday decided to protest against the dissolution of the House of Representatives by the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) government led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli terming it ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘undemocratic’.

Prachanda-Nepal faction of NCP prepares for nationwide agitation

Standing Committee meeting of the Prachanda-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has decided to prepare for its month-long second phase nationwide agitation against the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction to effectively run second phase programmes against HoR dissolution

Talking to the media persons after the meeting, Shrestha said that efforts are on to forge consensus to bring all the forces that are against the HoR dissolution.

Poor school of rich village sans students

The village is the residence of Tharu, Musahar and Dalit community. Now, the school is sustaining from the students from Dalit community while rich Tharu children are sent to private schools in the city.

Prachanda's spouse Sita taken to Mumbai for treatment

According to Bishnu Sapkota Jugal, Prachanda's press advisor, Sita is accompanied by her daughters Renu and Ganga and that they flew to Mumbai this afternoon by Nepal Airlines aircraft.

Heavy snowfall in Jumla, normal life affected

According to Ashampura Karki, chief of the Water and Meteorological Office, the minimum temperature here on Sunday was minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, but the temperature slightly rose to 0.6 degrees Celsius because of the changes in clouds and air temperature of the area.

Government has prioritized health security of people: Minister Tumbahangphe   

Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe today said the incumbent government has prioritized and allocated a budget for the health security of the people.    

Influence of Westerly wind: Rainfall forecast till Wednesday  

The weather will be partly to generally cloudy with light rainfall occurring at most places due to the influence of Westerly wind in the coming three days, the Meteorological Forecasting Division said.     

Human-wildlife conflict escalates in lack of wildlife friendly infrastructures 

Nandakala Thapa of Kailali district died in a tiger attack on January 1 (Friday) night while returning home from Nepalgunj. The wildlife bounced her along the East-West Highway within the boundary of Bardiya National Park. Her dead body was found scattered in a nearby forest on Saturday.    

Grande hospital provides services to 800,000 patients in eight years   

The Grande International Hospital based in Tokha, Kathmandu has so far provided services to over 785,000 patients in eight years of its operation.

Authorities alerted as fake papers continue to make rounds

Law enforcement agencies have been actively busting rackets involved in producing fake documents for different purposes over the years and have arrested many individuals. However, documents are still being forged through several rackets across the country following which the law enforcement agency has requested the respective departments to verify the documents in the concerned departments.

Devotees to Dakshinkali see steady rise

The famous Dakshinkali Temple, which is located in southwest of Kathmandu, has gradually started drawing crowds of devotees like before the lockdown period. The temple was opened for devotees around a month ago. The temple premise is witnessing crowds with increasing number of visitors to the popular shrine and shopkeepers selling flowers, tea and breakfast and Khuwa. The temple area is seeing crowds of late but the original form of crowded environment like earlier has not yet been noticed, said...

Govt decides to mark Yoga Day

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has decided to celebrate this year’s National Yoga Day by following international health protocol to remain safe from COVID-19. At a meeting of the National Yoga Day main organising committee on Sunday, Education Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha, who is also the chairperson of the main committee, said Yoga is essential to be safe from coronavirus infection. In the meeting, Minister Shrestha asked stakeholde

First winter rain likely in mountains

Meteorologists have predicted light drizzles in some places of the mountain region and snowfall in high Himalaya regions as the weather across the country has become cloudy from Sunday. “Most parts of the country have witnessed the development of low pressure system due to the effect of the westerly winds and this has caused high chances of rains and snowfall in most parts of the country for next three days from Sunday,” senior meteorologist Min Kumar Aryal, at the Meteorological Forecasting...