NC team meets minister Dhakal, seeks effective protection measures against COVID-19 

The main opposition Nepali Congress has drawn the government's attention towards taking effective measures for prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic. The party also seeks to know about the government preparations for dealing with the crisis ahead.     

Mother, son die in jeep accident   

Two persons from a same family died in a jeep accident occurred on Muglin-Narayangadh road last evening. The jeep with family tour was heading to Hetauda from Kathmandu.         

30 houses at high risk of landslide in Myagdi  

Rahugat village of Raghuganga Rural Municipality-3 in the district has been facing imminent risk of landslide with the incessant rainfall occurred for some days.    

Water level in major rivers below ‘danger’ mark

Water level in the major rivers across Nepal and their tributaries would remain below the warning level for the next three days, hydrologists said on Monday. Bikram Shrestha Zoowa, senior hydrologist at the Flood Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), said the water level in major 10 rivers would remain below the warning level for the next three days.

Govt decides to continue relaxed mode of lockdown until July 22

The government on Monday decided to give continuity to the ongoing relaxed modality of the lockdown until July 22.

71 quarantines and 9 isolation centers go empty in Banke in lack of new cases

According to Banke District Health Office, out of 114 quarantines and 14 isolation centers set up in Banke, only 43 quarantines and five isolation centers are currently in use.

Four in-laws arrested for killing daughter-in-law

The Police have arrested four members of the in-law’s family for killing 24-year-old daughter-in-law, Sushmita Chhetri Thapa in Hetauda Sub-metropolitan City-4.

Landslide kills two in Darchula, five injured

Two people were killed and five persons were injured in Naugadh Rural Municipality after being buried in a landslide triggered by destruction of a canal on Sunday night.

18 injured in NC-NCP clash in Sarlahi 

A clash between the cadres of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Nepali Congress (NC) at Dhankaul rural municipality in Sarlahi ended leaving 18 people injured.   

Impacts of COVID-19 on economy could be reduced from agriculture: PM Oli   

said that the impacts of COVID-19 on economy could be reduced from productivity and production growth in agriculture.    

Khotang's municipality recognizes three more languages as official ones  

Halesi Tuwachung Municipality in Khotang district has decided to recognize the Chamling, Bambule and Tilung languages as the official ones through its policy and programmes for the fiscal year 2020/21.    

Locusts damage crops in Chitwan, but spare Rupandehi

According to Krishi Gyan Kendra Bharatpur, farmers have started complaining about the damage caused in their fields by locusts, which came in a flock of thousands.

India-returnee dies a few days after he completed 14-day quarantine stay

The person was sent home on June 23 after he completed period for quarantine stay and also tested negative for virus in the RDT test. The person had returned home from India through Gaurifanta border point and reached home village on June 9 and then placed in quarantine set up at Kailasheshwor Ghattekheti Basic School.

Nationality not so weak as in the past: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has made it clear that Nepal's nationality is not that weak as in the past. "We've not the weak nationality that the government changes when it releases the new map of the country by incorporating encroached lands," he said during a programme organized on the occasion of the 69th birth anniversary of leader Madan Bhandari here today.    

     'Quarantine in school may have psychological impact on students'  

The child rights defenders have shown concern over the establishment of quarantine facilities in schools for long, saying it was against the notion- 'school: the zone of peace'.    

  One dies in quarantine 

A person died in quarantine in Nawalparasi district (Bardaghat-Susta West) this morning.     The 45-year-old man died in a quarantine constructed at Divyajyoti Campus of Bardaghat Municipality-2. He had returned home from Mumbai, India, on June 26 and staying in quarantine facility.    

Bahrabise Hospital to get PCR machine   

Central committee member of the Nepali Congress, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, has been providing support to local people on behalf of party and on his own to prevent coronavirus infection.    

Journalist dies in road accident 

A journalist has died in a road accident in Rupandehi last night. Krishna Babu Pandey,30, of ward no. 6 Tilottama municipality died in the accident involving a car that he was driving, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Dilli Narayan Pandey.  

COVID-19: Death toll reaches 6 in Sudur Paschim  

One more person died of Corona Virus in Godavari municipality of Kailali district on Saturday, taking the death toll to six in Sudur Paschim State.    

  COVID-19: 214 recover in Karnali   

A total of 214 persons have returned home from hospital after recovering from Corona Virus on Saturday. They include 201 men and 13 women. Of them, 205 are from Dailekh.