Experts stress better connectivity, cooperation in SAARC region

Experts have suggested that improved connectivity and cooperation through renewed political commitment to regional and sub-regional initiatives could benefit South Asia and enhance the much needed reforms in multilateralism and globalisation. While the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated powerful trends towards de-globalisation, looking inwards by abandoning regional cooperation is not a solution for the South Asian countries, they said while speaking at a virtual regional meeting on “Future of...

With eight fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll hits 467

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday eight COVID-19 related deaths. With this, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll has reached 467 and the death rate is at 0.65 per cent.

724 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Saturday confirmed 724 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. Of the 724 new cases, 583 cases including 199 females and 384 males were detected in Kathmandu, 63 cases including 28 females and 35 males were found in Bhaktapur and 78 cases including 37 females and 41 males were recorded in Lalitpur.

     Two die of COVID-19 

A 63-year-old man from Hatiya of Rajbiraj Municipality died of the virus infection while receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan last night. The deceased was a teacher at Mahendra Bindeshwori Multiple Campus, Rajbiraj.         

     Karnali State Assembly postponed for two months 

The Karnali State Assembly has not held any meeting for long owing to the threat of coronavirus. It has been more than two months the Assembly has not convened since the announcement of annual budget for the current fiscal year.    

     Five more bodies recovered 

Five people who had gone missing since their house was buried in a landslide have been found dead. The incident took place on Thursday morning in Belauja of Rambha rural municipality-2.     

Corona scare in Jhapa prison 

Seven inmates have been found infected with Corona Virus in Jhapa prison. This has led to a sense of terror among the inmates in the jail that is housing triple its capacity.    

     76,967 Nepalis returned home 

A total of 76,967 Nepalis stranded as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic in different countries have returned home. The number is as of Thursday arriving to Kathmandu via air from 32 different countries, according to the COVID-19 Crisis Management Operation Centre (CCMC).    

Lalitpur Metropolis Mayor Maharjan tests positive for COVID-19

Swab of Mayor Maharjan was given to Patan hospital yesterday for PCR test after he felt headache and the report of the test received today revealed that he was infected with the novel coronavirus.

Over 10,000 small pratincoles, the bird placed under red list, found in Kailali

It is the first time that such a huge number of small pratincoles has been found outside the conservation area.

With six fatalities, Nepal's COVID-19 death toll hits 459

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Friday confirmed six COVID-19 related deaths. Six persons, three females and males each, succumbed to the novel coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, revealed the MoHP in its daily update.

645 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) on Friday confirmed 645 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kathmandu Valley. In 12,262 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the last 24 hours, as many as  645 persons, 254 females and 391 males, were found with the novel coronavirus infection in the Valley itself, revealed the daily report released by the MoHP today.

  Three bodies pulled out from landslide debris   

The bodies of three out of five women who had been missing after a house was buried by landslide have been found.

Five undervalued lakes in Pokhara to be made productive, DPR ready

The Gandaki State Lake Conservation and Development Authority has come up with a large-scale project proposal to make the undervalued lakes in Pokhara productive.

Korea bringing reforms in EPS rules 

The government of South Korea has presented through the Ministry of Labour a proposal in parliament for amending some points in the existing regulations in preparation for revising the Employment Permit System (EPS) laws.    

     One dies, six injured when landslide takes away bus   

A person died and six others were injured when a landslide took away a passenger-ferrying bus at Daunne in Nawalpur.  

     Nepal Telecom’s FTTH service expansion gains pace  

The service was initiated in the district for the first time. With the new service coming into effect, the number of internet users has also increased, shared the Nepal Telecom Dipayal Rajpur.

Teachers mobilized for documentation 

At a time when the education sector was battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the teachers of Kanchanpur have reached out to the home of students for documentation.    

Death of inmate Jaiswal natural: Officials

The Central Jail, Jagannath Dewal, Sundhara, and Bir Hospital, Wednesday refuted media reports and clarified that the death of jailbird Ramlakhan Jaiswal was natural. Issuing a press statement after a press briefing organised at the Ministry of Home Affairs this evening, the hospital and the central jail officials jointly defended that the jail had first taken him to a hospital located inside the central jail after he experienced severe respiratory problem at 9:45 p.m. on September 19. When the...

People focus on staying healthy to avoid hospital visits

Every day, Amrita Pradhan wakes up exactly at 5 am, goes to the living room of her house, puts on some soothing Sitar music and starts her daily yoga. This has been the routine of the 43-year-old homemaker from Thasikhel, Lalitpur for the past three months. “I started yoga from early June,” said Pradhan. But why? Having, as she herself admitted, never practised yoga for much of her life, what made her pick it up now? “I want to do all I can to maintain my health during the pandemic so that...