Doctors show solidarity to Dr. KC

Resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), Bir Hospital and BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences have started suspending all health services except for emergency and COVID-19 related for two hours a day from Sunday to express their solidarity with agitating Dr. Govinda KC. Resident doctors had been demanding that the government address the demands of Dr. KC since he started staging his 19th hunger strike. They have also been protesting against the lack of concern from...

OAG asks to continue hearing in rape cases

The Office of Attorney General (OAG) has requested all the government attorney offices across the nation to mandatorily request continuous hearing while filing a charge sheet in rape cases. "A meeting of coordination committee held on October 1 has requested all the district and high court government attorney offices to compulsorily demand a continuous hearing in rape cases by citing Rule 96 (1) of the National Criminal Procedure Rule, 2075 in order to make the investigation and hearing procedure...

Three dead in Chisapanigadhi road accident

Spokesperson of Makawanpur District Police Office Indra Bahadur Rana said that two persons died on the spot while next one in Hetauda Hospital after a sumo van (Na 1 Ja 4106) met with an accident.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 535 with seven fatalities today

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Sunday confirmed seven COVID-19 related deaths. Seven persons, four females and three males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the MoHP's daily report.

Kathmandu Valley logs 1,599 new cases of COVID-19

In 12,484 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,599 persons, 604 females and 995 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

New mother dies of COVID-19 in Banke  

A new mother has died of COVID-19 in the district this morning. The 29-year-old mother from Bhimdatta Municipality-2 died at Teaching Hospital in Kohalpur, said Naresh Shrestha, corona source person at the health office, Banke.    

SC justice, officials test positive for COVID-19, hearing scheduled for today deferred

All hearings except for that of single-bench ones have been suspended in the Supreme Court (SC) for today following confirmation of infection of the novel coronavirus in some justices and officials in the SC.

100 RPP cadres join NCP  

One hundred RPP leaders and cadres including the party's Bhimdutta municipal chair Tula Bahadur Thapa have joined the ruling Nepal Communist Party.     RPP youth association central member Tejendra Aiyer, unified RPP district vice-chair Man Bahadur Karki were also among the 100 who joined the party on Saturday.    

Corona infected man dies  

A man undergoing treatment at the Bharatpur hospital has died of Corona Virus this morning. The 62-year-old of Jutapani in Kalika municipality-7 was admitted to the ICU of the hospital on October 2, according to information officer Liladhar Poudel.    

Every sector should be linked with employment   

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatta has said that employment opportunities will be increased in the country. Inaugurating the phosphorite explorative drilling at Dogadakedar rural municipality on Saturday, he said

Divert resources to SDGs: FM Gyawali

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has stressed that financial resources spent on nuclear weapons should be diverted to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the overall security and wellbeing of humanity at large. In his pre-recorded video address to the ‘High-level Meeting to Commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons’ the other day, he said the world would never be a safer place as long as the specter of nuclear weapons...

EU to support aviation safety oversight in Nepal

The European Union (EU) has acknowledged the positive developments and the substantial efforts being made by Nepal to improve air safety. During a meeting of the 12th Nepal-EU Joint Commission on Friday afternoon, the EU announced that it was looking forward to developing a technical assistance project with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) in order to support efforts to enhance aviation safety oversight in Nepal. At the same time, it also reiterated that further progress needed to be...

Lockdown assists Nepal Police in arresting many fugitives

The restrictions in cross-border movement and travel limitations during the lockdown followed by increased surveillance amidst the COVID-19 pandemic assisted Nepal Police more than usual in arresting fugitives. Senior officers at Nepal Police with whom the Rising Nepal Daily spoke to said that the pandemic led thousands of Nepalis, including many fugitives, to return home and the travel restrictions allowed police to track and arrest the fugitives more conveniently than earlier. “The ones found...

     One arrested with 4 lakhs IC   

The Armed Police Force has arrested a person along with Rs. 400,000 Indian Currency illegally brought through the Krishnanagar transit point of Kapilvastu. The team lead by police inspector at the Border Outpost Niranjan Raj Karki arrested 54-year-old Pappu Gupta, a resident of Krishnanagar municipality-2 on Saturday.    

51 more infected in last 24 hrs   

An additional 51 persons tested positive to Corona Virus in Karnali state on Saturday. Of them 42 were confirmed at the Karnali state hospital and nine at the Dailekh hospital laboratory, according to the Social Development Ministry's education officer Nawaraj Kandel.    

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 528 with eight fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday confirmed eight COVID-19 related deaths. Eight persons, two females and six males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

1,177 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday confirmed 1,177 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. In 12,978 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 1,177 persons, 487 females and 690 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Tourism activities resume at CNP after six months 

Tourism activities at the Chitwan National Park (CNP) have resumed after a break of around six months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Elephant safari, jungle walk and bird viewing have been open at the CNP, said CNP Chief Conservation Officer Ananath Baral.    

KMC records nearly 10,000 cases of coronavirus infection  

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has recorded nearly 10,000 cases of coronavirus infection. The most affected is Ward No 15 of KMC where there are 871 cases of infection.   

Man dies of coronavirus   

A man has died of coronavirus infection in Lohakinthali of Madhyapur Thimi-1 this morning. The 50-year-old was in home isolation and died on the way to hospital, the family sources said.