Baglung municipality offers food to daily wagers   

Baglung municipality here has started offering meal to the poor and daily wagers twice a day in view of the nationwide lockdown in the country due to COVID-19. 

One arrested on the charge of black marketing   

Police have arrested a person on the charge of black marketing the sale of mask and gloves in Janakpurdham. The arrest was made during a market monitoring carried out on Saturday.  

KUKL supplies water regularly in lockdown

The Kathmadu Upatayaka Khanaepani Limited (KUKL) has given continuity to water supplying and water quality testing processes even during the nationwide lockdown. On the third day of lockdown on Thursday, under the leadership of Milan Shakya, executive chief of KUKL, a team visited its Mahankalchaur branch and Bansbari branch and acquired information about the water supply process and quality of the water being supplied to the denizens.

Food producers seek govt support to keep supply chain intact

As the production of food halted with the week-long lockdown announcement by the government, the producers of rice, oil and pulses have urged the government to facilitate the production and supply of the essential foods.

Plane flies for China to bring COVID-19 test kits   

The national flag carrier Nepal Airline’s wide body airplane has flown for China to carry the medical equipment including test kits for prevention of COVID-19.    

Nepal Airlines aircraft slips off the runway in Nepalgunj

According to Nepal Police, the plane flown from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj for carrying back throat swabs and other samples of the suspected coronavirus patient skidded some 80 meters away the run away at around 11:25 am.

37 kept in self-quarantine at Lakhan rural municipality   

As many as 37 persons recently returned home from abroad have been kept in self-quarantine at Shahid Lakhan rural municipality.    

Health of COVID-19 patients improving   

A woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection is under treatment at the isolation ward of the Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital at Teku. 

Chief Minister Shahi calls for unity in combating COVID-19 menace   

Chief Minister of Karnali State, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, has appealed to the people of the State to put in unified efforts in the campaign against coronavirus pandemic. 

Face masks and sanitisers hard to come by in Lalitpur   

Rajesh Maharjan of Lalitpur Metropolitan City-10 has been looking for face masks and sanitiser in the market for many days, but has not managed to get them as the coronavirus fear grips the world and the country goes into lockdown against this pandemic.     

Person spreading rumours about coronavirus held  

A person spreading rumours in social media that coronavirus infection has been found in Jhapa district has been arrested from Damak on Friday evening.     Deputy Superintendent Bijaya Pandit at the Area Police Office Damak said 35-year-old Kumar Rai of Damak-1 has been taken under control on the charge of spreading the false rumour.     Meanwhile, the various quarantine facilities set up in Jhapa dis

Fewer patients visit fever clinics for corona testing

Only a small number of patients are visiting the fever clinic established at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital (STIDH) to identify the symptoms of coronavirus, the hospital said.

Integration of police personnel to begin from mid-April

Integration of police employees in the State Police Offices from the Centre (Nepal Police Headquarters) is likely to begin from mid-April, 2020.

Some tips to boost immune system by reducing COVID-19 anxiety

Considering the heightened risk of COVID-19 infection in Nepal, the government enforced a week-long lockdown effective from Tuesday to contain the possible spread of novel coronavirus. It has already been fou

Three persons including two Iran-returnees kept in isolation

Of them, two had returned home from Iran last month. An old man living with them in Kathmandu has also been kept in isolation as they reached to health centre complaining of common cold and cough.

COVID-19: Three dailies, four weeklies shut down in Dailekh  

All three dailies and four weeklies being published from Dailekh district have stopped their publications for indefinite period after the lockdown for the fear of COVID-19.  

Publication of local newspapers closed in Dang   

Publication of all daily and weekly newspapers published from Dang district has been closed owing to risks stemming from possible outbreak of COVID-19 even from newspaper copies.    

Bagmati State CM pledges to ensure essential supplies and livelihood support measures   

Bagmati State Chief Minister Dormani Poudel has pledged to implement all possible measures required for the prevention of possible risk of hunger when the country is under a weeklong lockdown amidst a growing fear of an outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19).    

KMC keeping records of individuals arriving after March 1   

In view of COVID-19 fears, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is collecting record of individuals returning home from foreign countries after March 1.    

Two hundred Nepalis stranded at Jhulaghat due to lockdown   

Two hundred Nepalis returning back to their home from various places in India have been stranded at Jhulaghat of India. They have been stuck at this border town of India adjoining Baitadi for the last three days following the lockdown enforced in Nepal and India in view of the coronavirus pandemic.