NA places emphasis on civil-military relations 

The Nepal Army (NA) has intensified implementation of programmes in a way to further consolidate civil-military relations.    

Migratory birds get favourable environment amid the pandemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic has positive effects on migratory birds, as their activities are less disturbed due to sharp decrease in the movements of people and vehicles amid lockdowns and other restrictions. The limited movement of people means birds are less under human disturbance. Some rare migratory birds have been spotted in the Kathmandu Valley and other parts of the nation in recent weeks, said Hem Sagar Baral, a noted ornithologist of Nepal. In between the lockdowns in Nepal, some rare...

SC issues order for liquor regulation

The Supreme Court has ordered the government to conduct proper inspection of alcohol production for personal consumption and to conduct awareness generating programme throughout the country for discouraging alcohol consumption. The orders have been given in full text of the judgment by a joint-bench of Justices Hari Krishna Karki and Bam Kumar Shrestha in January over a writ filed at the apex body regarding regulation of liquor by advocate Jagannath Mishra on behalf of Law, Justice and Social Welfare...

APF sets up border outpost at Rupal in Dadeldhura district

According to the APF's Baidhyanath Brigade Chief DIG Harishankar Budhathoki, the BOP was set up as per the policy of the government to mobilize APF in the bordering place for border security, to protect the border pillars and to curb the cross-country crimes.

With 10 new fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 491

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Tuesday confirmed 10 COVID-19 related deaths. Ten persons, three females and seven males, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Kathmandu Valley records 934 new cases of COVID-19, highest in a single day

In 10,891 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as 934 persons, 382 females and 552 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

Whereabouts of 16 missing in monsoon-induced disasters in Baglung still unknown  

The whereabouts of 16 people missing in landslide and floods during the monsoon were still unknown.     Among the 15 went missing in the flood at Bhuji Khola at Dhorpatan Municipality-9 in Baglung district on September 3 while 22 had died in the incident.    

An arduous journey: four children reach Jumla from Punjab of India in search of father who eloped with second wife

According to the police, Madhu BK aged 17, Gita BK aged 16, Navin BK aged 9 and Ashish BK aged 3 landed in Khalanga, district headquarters of Jumla some days ago.

Hudikot emerging as a tourist attraction

Hudikot at Bharat Pokhari in Pokhara Metropolitan City-33 in Kaski district has been lately one of the sought-after tourist destinations in Kaski.      The picturesque landscape of Hudikot that is in the southern area in Pokhara has been alluring tourists has a good trail for hiking.

     Banke sees two additional COVID-19 related deaths 

Two people have lost their lives to coronavirus infection in Banke this morning. Corona resource person of District Health Office Banke, Naresh Shrestha informed that a 41-year-old man of Nepalgunj sub-metropolis-7, Ranitalau and a 53-year-old man of Kohalpur municipality-10 died this morning while undergoing treatment at Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital Kohalpur.    

Bhaktapur municipality brings into operation a 75-bed isolation centre   

The Bhaktapur municipality has brought into operation a 75-bed isolation centre for the treatment of its coronavirus infected citizens. The municipality has kept 10 COVID-19 infected patients in the isolation centre and the number is gradually increasing. Bhaktapur had transformed its multi-purpose building based in Brahmayani into the 75-bed isolation.    

     Chandragiri spends Rs 22.7 million for corona prevention and treatment   

The Chandragiri municipality has spent Rs 22.7 million for the prevention, control and treatment of coronavirus infection. Chandragiri, the main entry point to the Kathmandu Valley, has so far made the expenses in the headings of quarantine construction, procurement of medical appliances and relief distribution following the government-enforced lockdown to contain coronavirus spread.    

    Traffic resumes on Beni-Baglung road   

The Beni-Baglung road which has been disrupted for the past three months has come into re-operation after maintenance.

     Gurjo plantation drive gathers pace at local levels in federal capital 

The distribution of medicinal creeper gurjo has gathered pace at the local levels of federal capital, Kathmandu, so as to push the drive for its plantation.     

Paudel-led faction registers protest letter against Deuba

Opposing party president Sher Bahadur Deuba's unilateral decisions, a rival faction of the Nepali Congress led by senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel on Monday formally registered a protest letter against Deuba at the party’s central office, Sanepa, Lalitpur.

Construction entrepreneurs to face music for delayed performance

The Department of Roads has upped moves to take action against those companies for not completing the construction till the end of the last fiscal year.

'Package tour is a better option than two-day public holiday'

However, the stakeholders are in the view that even if this arrangement gets implemented it would have little impact on the jobholder women's workload.

Nepal's COVID-19 death toll reaches 481 with four new fatalities

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed four COVID-19 related deaths. Four persons, two females and males each, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

817 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Monday confirmed 817 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. Of the 817 new cases, 649 cases including 235 females and 414 males were detected in Kathmandu, 36 cases including 16 females and 20 males were found in Bhaktapur and 132 cases including 50 females and 82 males were recorded in Lalitpur.

Investment Rs. 5 lakh, income Rs. 80,000 a month: a hotelier turned tomato farmer's story

"In the beginning, I sold it for Rs. 30 a kg. Now, it is Rs. 70 per kg. There is no problem to sell the production as the merchants come to the farmland to purchase it," he said.