Board to ensure separate provision for Covid-19 infected 12th grader examinees  

The National Examination Board has said that a different arrangement would be made for the Covid-19 infected 12th graders. The 12th graders are scheduled to sit for their examinations from November 24 to December 1.    

Woman dies of coronavirus infection in Chitwan  

One more person has died of coronavirus infection in Chitwan. The deceased is a 33-year-old woman from Shuklagandaki Municipality, Tanahu district and currently living in Hetauda-5, Makawanpur. She died at 6.15 am today at Bharatpur Hospital.   

Four arrested with red panda hide  

Those held in this connection are 26-year-old Manoj BK, 41-year-old Man Bahadur Sunar and 29-year-old Padam Bahadur Sunar of Naumule Rural Municipality-2, Dailekh District, the District Police Office Surkhet said.  

Madhyapur makes compost from household waste

Madhyapur Thimi Municipality has started making odourless compost from household waste using the Japanese technology. By doing so, it has set an example of utilising the waste produced from every house. Madan Sundar Shrestha, mayor of the municipality, said that they had started collecting wastes from Ward No. 4 of the municipality as a pilot project. The municipality does not charge the locals in the area for their waste collection as it has been used for making organic compost.

Monsoon-induced death toll highest in a decade with 347 casualties

Monsoon for this season has already receded from Nepal from October 16. But in comparison to the last 10 years’ record of natural disasters, the highest number of human casualties took place this year along with the highest number of reported incidents of natural disaster. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority (NDRRMA), monsoon season this year began on June 12 and within the span of monsoon, the highest number of incidents of landslides and floods - 911 in total took...

Grade 12 exams from Nov 24

The National Examination Board (NEB) has decided to conduct the final examinations of grade 12 from November 24. The NEB on Wednesday made public the routine of the board exam after the Cabinet recently granted permission to conduct the examinations of all levels. The examinations have been scheduled from November 24 to December 1.Written examinations will be held in physical presence of the students at the examination centres located near their homes. The board has decided to conduct shorter examinations...

Province-2 to provide free treatment to COVID-19 patients

Minister for Social Development in Provincce-2, Nawal Kishor Saha, has announced that the province government would provide free treatment to the COVID-19 patients. Government bears the cost of entire expenses the people make for the treatment of coronavirus.

First Joint Consultation Conference on BRI: Political parties told to come up with common development agendas

Chief of IDCPC Song Tao said CPC was ready to work with political parties of Nepal to shoulder the responsibility of political parties, contribute our wisdoms and offer our solutions so that the BRI will better align with the national development plans of our two countries

COVID-19 infection spreads to community level in Solukhumbu

The virus has now spread at the community level as local people have been infected in a huge number, said Mayor of Solududhkunda Municipality Namgeljanbu Sherpa, adding that the risk of COVID-19 was likely to increase alarmingly during the festivals.

Kathmandu Valley logs 3,107 new cases of COVID-19, highest in a single day

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Wednesday confirmed 3,107 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. This is the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 tally recorded by the Valley until now.

  COVID-19 patients dying in State No 1 due to lack of hospital beds 

A 58-year-old COVID-19 man of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City-9 in State No1 died on Wednesday night at home-isolation. 

2 deaths, 18 infection cases in Gandaki State   

With this, the caseload has hit 6,105 in the state, said Dr Binod Bindu Sharma, director of the Gandaki Province Health Directorate and spokesperson for the Gandaki State Corona Control and Prevention Programme.

President inaugurating rebuilt Ranipokhari and Durbar High School today  

President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to inaugurate the reconstructed historic Rani Pokhari and the Durbar High School today. The two structures were damaged by the devastating Gorkha earthquake in 2015 and have been rebuilt.    

Eleven children rescued   

Eleven children who were in dire condition at a children's home in Kathmandu have been rescued. The children from several districts including Humla were in such condition at Sahara International Children's Hoe and care Child Home in Kathmandu.    

Police detain three alleged kidnappers in Lalitpur

Lalitpur Metropolitan Police Office rescued an abducted girl in Lalitpur in an operation lasting for three and a half hours on Monday night. An eight-year-old girl was abducted from Imadol on Monday evening. Police had received information that the girl had been abducted at 8:00 pm.

Seven detained for killing two policemen

Police on Tuesday recovered the body of police constable Ram Bahadur Saud of a temporary police post in Jugeda in Kailali. He was gone missing for the past three days. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mukesh Kumar Singh, who is also the spokesperson of the Sudurpaschim State Police Office, said Saud’s body was found in the Mohana River at Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City-12. On Sunday morning, Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Govinda BK, who was on duty, was also found murdered near the Nepal-India...

Authorities request public to use social media wisely

Social media is a platform to create and share information, ideas and interests, among others, through virtual communication; however, the social media’s misuse has been growing across the globe including in Nepal. Following the increasing cases of cyber-related issues with new form of technologies, Nepal Police have established a designated cyber bureau since 2018 to prevent such crimes and conduct quality investigation to arrest the culprits. With the bureau in function, many forms of cyber...

Nepal’s major political parties, CPC hold first joint consultation conference on BRI

He also reiterated the NCP’s firm commitment to One-China policy, acknowledging that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang affairs are China’s internal affairs.

Nepal-China cooperation contributes to economic development: President Bhandari

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed the belief that Nepal-China cooperation on construction of trans-border railway, roadway and tunnel would bring Nepal and China together for socio-economic development of Nepal.

Police makes public seven alleged murderers of policemen in Dhangadhi

Pratik Bista, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at the district police office, said that the illegal traders killed the police officials while on duty in a planned manner because the police officials tried to curb illegal trade.