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Pampha Bhusal warns to drag down PM Oli if he did not give resign with in a forth night
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 24th February 2021
KATHMANDU: Standing Committee member of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Prachanda-Nepal faction Pampha Bhusal has warned to drag Prime Minister KP Oli within 13 days if he give resignation.
Addressing a rally organized by NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction in Kathmandu on Wednesday, leader Bhusal warned that the post will be evacuated forcefully if...
Prajatantra Diwas
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 19th February 2021
The smell of revolution has again started to appear in Nepal, roads are filled with demonstrators and the speeches are furious. Now the leaders are on the roads against another leader and group, the Prajantra diwas, or National freedom day of Nepal in the year 2021 AD is on a...
46 years journalist arrested after taking photos in protest of asylum seeker in Kent
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 30th January 2021
Kathmandu: A reputed freelance journalist has been arrested after taking and sharing photographs of activists protesting against the conditions in a controversial military camp housing hundreds of asylum seekers in Kent.
Freelance photographer Andy Aitchison, 46, attended a demonstration outside Napier Barracks, in Folkestone, on Thursday morning and took photos as...
COVID-19 infection may reduce fertility in men: Study
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 29th January 2021
Kathmandu: COVID-19 may damage sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to a new study based on experimental evidence.
The viral disease - which has swept the globe, claiming nearly 2.2 million lives - can cause increased sperm cell death, inflammation, and so-called oxidative stress, researchers reported on Friday (Jan...
Covid-19: Novavax Vaccine Shows 89% Efficacy In UK Trials
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 29th January 2021
Kathmandu: The Novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against the new variant of the virus discovered in the UK, the BBC's medical editor Fergus Walsh said.
The PM welcomed the "good news" and said the UK's medicines regulator would now assess the vaccine.
The UK has secured 60...
Arnab Goswami's WhatsApp chat leaked and viral in social media
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 17th January 2021
Kathmandu, 17 Jan: On Sunday morning Arnab Goswami's WhatsApp chat with (BARC) CEO, Partho Dasgupta has been leaked, it's gone viral on social media, and opposition party leaders are demanding a high-level probe into journalist Arnab Goswami’s alleged leaked chats, suggesting it pointed to collusion and leak of classified security...
Territorial Issues did not got space in Sixth Nepal-India Joint Commission
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 16th January 2021
Kathmandu, 16 January: The sixth edition of the India-Nepal Joint Commission was held in-person in New Delhi on January 15, with the Indian side being led by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the Nepalese delegation headed by Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. The meeting marks a significant improvement in...
The seventh session of National Assembly ends today
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 10th January 2021
Kathmandu, Jan. 10: The seventh session of the National Assembly has officially ended from today.
Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Chairman of the NA declared on Sunday that President Bidya Devi Bhandari had ended the session effecting from midnight as per Article 93 (2) of the Constitution.
The meeting of Council of Ministers held...
Constitutional Bench : Hearing begins from today
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 06th January 2021
KATHMANDU: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court will begin a final hearing on 13 writ petitions filed against the December 20 dissolution of the House of Representatives, starting today.
The Bench will now resume hearing for and against the dissolution of the House, 13 wrt petitions against which were filed...
Air transportation in Humla is halted
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 04th January 2021
Humla, Jan. 4: The weather in Humla has gone in minus degrees and all the air services have been halted due to continuous snowfall since last Sunday.
Passengers have been affected by the disruption of the only means of transportation here. Chiranjibi Giri, Chief District Officer (CDO), said that the air...
Shey Phoksundo National Park committee claims an increase in number of wild life
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 03rd January 2021
Kathmandu - The Shey Phoksundo national park, spread over Dolpa and Mugu districts, has recorded significant success in conservation work. This has been possible through the joint effort of the locals and the park management authorities. The park boasts of natural heritage found in the lower mountainous to the...
Melamchi water to arrive in valley by mid april
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 02nd January 2021
Kathmandu - Drinking water from the national pride project, Melamchi is to reach the capital in coming mid-April. Though the project has seen 99 per cent completion some technical testing works remain to bring the project to fruition, said information officer at the Melamchi Drinking Water Development Committee, Rajendra Pant....
Vice-Minister of the Communist Party of China Guo Yezhou meets with Nepali Congress President
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 29th December 2020
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) vice Minister for International Affairs Guo Yezhou's team meets with opposition Nepali congress chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba at Deuba's residence Budanilkatha on Tuesday morning.
Former minister Narayan Khadka and foreign scholar Dinesh Chandra Bhattarai were also present at the meeting. According to Bhattarai, "the meeting was...
Pathivara wild fires enters to Kanchanjunga Conservation Area (KCA)
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 29th December 2020
Kathmandu: The forest fire of the Pathivara area in Taplejung has entered the Kanchanjungha Conservation Area (KCA). The fire is continuous for more than five days. An employee at Pathivara Area Development Committee, Rajendra Mahat, informed that the wildfire entered the Lukumpa community forest of KCA this morning....
A high-level delegation led by vice-minister of CPC paid a visit to PM and NCP top leaders
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 28th December 2020
KATHMANDU: A high-level delegation led by the vice-minister of the Communist Party of China. The visiting Vice Minister of the International Department of Communist Party of China (CPC) Guo Yezhou is in the run of having a meeting with the country's first man to NCP top leaders and opposition parties...
GAVI Ask The Government To Stay Prepared For COVID-19 Vaccines
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 27th December 2020
Kathmandu, Dec. 27: The World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), which have been providing aids in promoting various vaccine campaigns in Nepal, have been cooperating to provide vaccines against COVID-19 as well.
Dr. Samir Kumar Adhikari, the assistant spokesperson of the Ministry of Health...
More than 10 climbers are dead in the mountains of Iran
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 27th December 2020
Tehran: More than 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran after a heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and seven crew members of a ship were also missing after storms in the Gulf.
Heavy snow and winds in several parts of...
The countries who have started the covid-19 vaccination program to save their people from the pandemic
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 25th December 2020
Some of the countries in the world have started the mass vaccination programme to protect people from the coronavirus which has killed more than 1.73 million people globally and infected 78 million people since late December last year.
Earlier this month, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world...
PM is appointing new minister in the vacant post
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 25th December 2020
Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has appointed ministers in the vacant posts in the Cabinet following the resignation of some of the ministers in the wake of the dissolution of the House of the Representatives (HoR).
The newly appointed ministers are to be sworn-in at 7:00 pm this evening at...
3 Nepali cricketer will be playing in T10 cricket league
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 24th December 2020
Kathmandu - Three players of the Nepali National Cricket team have been selected to play the T10 cricket league which is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates from January 28, 2021. The players are Sompal Kami, Karan KC and Kushal Malla have been selected from their selection...
State Councilor and Defense Minister of China Wei Fenghe landed in Kathmandu
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 29th November 2020
Kathmandu: State Councilor and Defense Minister of China Wei Fenghe arrived Kathmandu following the one-day visit to Nepal. Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bhadur Thapa Badal has welcomed him at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
This is the highest level visit from the northern neighbour after President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit...
India foreign secretary Shringla land in Katmandu
By Ramesh on 26th November 2020
Kathmandu, Nov. 26: Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, has landed in Nepal for a two-day official visit.
In his visit, he will be paying a courtesy call to President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Foreign Minister Pradeep Sharma Gyawali, leaders...
Scotland the first country to provide free period products to their citizens
By Ramesh on 25th November 2020
Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products after as on Tuesday the period product act was passed through its final stage.
A four-year campaign that has fundamentally shifted the public discourse around menstruation. The campaign – bolstered by nationwide grassroots support...
Finally Trump gives transition to Biden
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 24th November 2020
WASHINGTON, November 24: Incumbent US President Donald Trump has recommended General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy and members of his administration to "do what needs to be done" on initial procedures on power transition.
Thus, the Republican in fact ordered to launch the transfer of power to Biden. "I am recommending...
23 rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, 8 civilians killed
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 21st November 2020
Kabul: Several rockets hit residential areas in the early rush hour in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three civilians and wounding a dozen more, police officials said.
The explosions, close to the diplomatic enclave, sent warning sirens blaring from embassies and it comes two days before a...
No bail for Arnab Goswami
By OnlineKhabarHub Desk on 06th November 2020
There was no immediate relief for Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in a 2018 abetment of suicide case, on Friday as the hearing on his interim bail plea before the Bombay High Court remained incomplete.
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik said they would...
Wisconsin election results: Biden overtakes Trump
By Ramesh on 04th November 2020
Joe Biden has overtaken Donald Trump in Wisconsin, as the state’s voting count reaches 96 per cent.
The Democratic presidential candidate now leads in the state by almost 8,000 votes.
...
Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel asked insurance company to clear claim amount on time
By Hira Lama on 04th November 2020
Kathmandu, Nov. 4: Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has directed the Nepal Insurance Board and insurance companies to make the payment on time of the coronavirus insurance claim.
In a meeting at his office at the Ministry of Finance which held o Tuesday, he asked all the stakeholders, including the...
3114 new cases in last 24 hours
By Hira Lama on 03rd November 2020
Kathmandu, November 3: Covid-19 tally has reached 179,614 as of Tuesday afternoon according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
The ministry says 3,114 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 1,468 are from the Kathmandu valley.
In this period, 11,166 swab samples were...
Vienna gunman killed 4 and wounded 17
By Hira Lama on 03rd November 2020
The Vienna gunman who killed four and wounded 17 last night was nuetralized at 8:09 PM. He was released early from prison on terror charges because of his age.
Twenty-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai was jailed in April 2019 because he wanted to travel to Syria to join ISIS, but he was granted...
Motorcycle Rally in Butwal to restore Monarchy And Hindu State
By Hira Lama on 03rd November 2020
Butwal: Thousands of people joined in a motorcycle rally organized in Rupandehi demanding the restoration of the monarchy and Hindu state reports. Organized by Bir Gorkhali Movement, the motorcycle rally began from Manigram and concluded at Butwal.
Organizer Raj Kumar Shahi Thakui said that this is a part of a nationwide...
U.S. sees 95mn early votes; few hours left to go
By Hira Lama on 03rd November 2020
President Donald Trump again questions the integrity of the election process; both campaigns have readied armies of lawyersMore than 95 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2020 presidential election by Monday, according to a tally by the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, a harbinger...
The death toll has reach to 76 [ Turkey Earthquake Updates]
By Ramesh on 02nd November 2020
November 2: The death toll of the earthquake that happened in Turkey’s Izmir has reached 76, the Turkish emergency Directorate reported on Monday.
"A total of 76 our citizens have died; 743 people out of 962 injured have been released, 219 people remain in hospitals," the Directorate said.
Previously, the Directorate reported...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in self quarantine
By Ramesh on 02nd November 2020
Geneva: The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday (Nov 1) that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.
"I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
Death toll from Friday afternoon’s quake rose to 51
By Ramesh on 01st November 2020
IZMIR: A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a flattened building in western Turkey early on Sunday after being buried under the debris for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck the country’s Aegean coast and Greek islands.
The death toll from Friday afternoon’s quake rose to 51....
A Typhoon hits Eastern Philippines thousands lives are in danger at vulnerable areas
By Ramesh on 01st November 2020
A typhoon has hit into the eastern Philippines bringing “catastrophic” winds and intense rains as about a million people were evacuated in its projected path including in the capital, Manila, where the main international airport was ordered closed.
“There are so many people who are really in vulnerable areas,” Ricardo Jalad,...
Death Toll rises to 43 in Turkey earthquake
By Ramesh on 01st November 2020
ANKARA, November 1: The number of people killed in a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey’s Izmir region has risen to 43, the Turkish emergency agency said in a statement.
"Forty-three people lost their lives," the statement reads. According to the agency, 896 people suffered injuries.
The 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Turkey's...
Rape Cases Increases In Nepal, as of 77 Percent Of Victims Are Minor
By Ramesh on 01st November 2020
Kathmandu: Police arrested two persons in Ilam and Dhanusha on Friday raping two minor girls age between 11 and 13. Almost every day, the crime related to rape has been increasing in Nepal.
According to the latest data of the Women Rehabilitation Center (WOREC), as many as 367 cases of rape...
The newly appointed minister to take oath at 11 am
By Ramesh on 15th October 2020
Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday has made a partial change in the cabinet. In the process of taking new monitors in the cabinet, 3 new faces are seen and some of the ministers have been replaced in different than their previous ministry role.
The swearing-in ceremony of the...
Corona repeats after 28 days too.
By Ramesh on 14th October 2020
Kathmandu: The novel coronavirus can survive on smooth surfaces for up to 28 days, a new Australian study suggests.The study by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, shows that, at 20 degrees Celsius, SARS-CoV-2 remains “extremely robust” and infectious on surfaces like paper and...
Canoeing reopened after 7 months
By Ramesh on 13th October 2020
POKHARA: Pokhara Canoeing which was suspended amid COVID-19 is reopened after 7 months.
The owner of Pokhara canoeing Mr. Ram Gurung says that proper safety measures are being followed to reoperate the adventurous sport. He said there's no way then following precautions and moving ahead rather than fearing of a pandemic.
Canoeing...
Rhea Chakraborty along with two other were granted bail
By Hira Lama on 07th October 2020
Rhea Charaborty get the bail of Rs. 1 lakhs deposited and other two late Sushant's housekeeper and manager, Dipesh Sawat and Samuel Miranda respectively granted bail with Rs. 50000 each in cash, the bail was granted by the Bombay High Court on Wednesday in a drugs case as they were...
India tests Torpedo, SMART that can target 400 miles
By Hira Lama on 07th October 2020
Hong Kong (CNN): India says it has successfully tested a missile armed with a torpedo that could in theory strike enemy submarines more than 400 miles (643 kilometers) away.
Dubbed the SMART (Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo) system, the weapon was launched from Wheeler Island off the coast of India's...
Chandragiri hills brings Dashain and Tihar offer
By Hira Lama on 26th September 2020
Chandragiri Hills Limited brings Dashain and Tihar offer and the company announces 50 percent discount on Chandaragiri Cable Car and a package of Rs. 6500 for a couple with breakfast and delux room at Chandragiri Hills Resort.
The discount package offer is already effective and...
Syanja landslide updates
By Hira Lama on 24th September 2020
SYANGJA: 10 people from Syanja have lost their lives on the landslide which occurred on Thursday morning at Waling Municipality-14, Tamadi one in Kaligandaki Rural Village Municipality-4, Syangja have died in the landslide. Nine members were of from the same family of Tamadi villgage.
According to Syangja Police Spokesperson and DSP...
Domistic flights in operation from today
By Hira Lama on 21st September 2020
KATHMANDU: Domestic flight resumes from today. Eight out of nine airline operators of Nepal have started providing services from today.
A team of medical professionals and safety precautions has been managed in the Domestic terminal of Tribhuwan International Airport. The airline operator is allowed to make only 25% of their regular...
Nepali peace initiatives workers have been awarded for the Book for Peace 2020
By Hira Lama on 14th September 2020
KATHMANDU: A Nepali peace initiatives worker (Rajendra Senchurey) has been honored with the "Books for Peace 2020" for his contribution in peace building is reported in The Kathmandu Post.
The prize was announced on 12 September at Academic Hall of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome of Italy organized with...
28 Killed in wildfire raging in western state of US
By Hira Lama on 13th September 2020
NEW YORK, September 13: At least 28 people were killed in wildfires raging in western US states, CNN reported.
The majority of deaths were registered in California, where, according to CNN, 19 people have died. Most of the fatalities occurred in the past few days.
In total, more than 100 wildfires are...
Nine killed and 17 still missing in Birkhar, Nagpuje and Newa Tol landslide
By Hira Lama on 13th September 2020
Sindhupalchowk: At least nine people have died on the last night landslide and still 22 persons have gone missing at Dhumthang in Bahrabise Minucipality ward no. 7, Sindhupalchowk. It is reported that 10 houses have been buried at Bhirkhar and 8 houses in the Nagpuje. And, Newa Tol has also...
14 death and 24 are missing in Bhuji Khalo flood
By Hira Lama on 05th September 2020
Kathmandu - The flood in the Bhujikhola river of Dhorpatan municipality in Baglung district on Wednesday night has not only caused human losses but also damaged many physical structures in the area. The flash flood was triggered by heavy rain. The flood has damaged 171 structures including houses, schools, hydroelectricity...
Kasam Puja held at Pulchowk
By Hira Lama on 05th September 2020
After the third day of clash between the local and police the religious ceremony was held in the presence of priests and concerned officials amid curfew clamped by the Lalitpur District
Ksama Puja is held after the meeting of Jyapu samaj and the task force and Jyapu Samaj; Kshama Puja is...
Yogesh Bhattarai instructs Air Aribia to refund passenger's fee
By Hira Lama on 02nd September 2020
Kathmandu. The government instructs Air Arabia to refund the passenger's air fee.
Today, the meeting held at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation regarding the complaints of high fares, black marketing in the ticket by travel agencies on charter flights and regular flights. At the meeting, Minister Yogesh Bhattarai...
Locals outrages for allowing Dalit and Janajati children in Gurukul School
By Ramesh on 02nd September 2020
Achary has been raising this issue since 2071 BS. At that time, he was opposed to various allegations. Poudel is Asia's leading member of the World Hindu Organization, and according to him the Vedas, Puranas, and Hindu scriptures should not be discriminated by anyone and should be read by all....
1221 and 429 new positive case in the country and Kathmandu valley makes a new record of highest cases in last 24 hrs
By Hira Lama on 30th August 2020
1221 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday which is the highest case in a single day in Nepal. With the highest positive case, the tally has reached 38561 said Professor Dr. Gautam on Sunday regular press briefing on COVID-19.
Professor Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and...
1,111 News cases in the Country and 377 in the Kathmandu valley
By Hira Lama on 27th August 2020
The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed 743 new cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 35,529 In his daily press briefing in Kathmandu, the ministry’s spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said 1,111 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours....
Prime Minister Oli's advisor Rajan Bhattarai in dispute
By Hira Lama on 26th August 2020
A study conducted by the Wall Street Journal investigation in 2019 has illustrated that "Nepal a new satellite of China" in South Aisa. And, on the base of research, the Global Watch Analysis publishes an article about the Nepalese leaders being getting involved in the financial transaction...
The prohibitory order extended till September 2
By Hira Lama on 26th August 2020
A meeting of the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur on Tuesday evening had taken a decision that prohibitory order in the three districts of the valley would be extended by a week in view of the rapidly rising cases of coronavirus infection.
The meeting, which also saw the...
Isreal launches air attack at Hezbollah in Lebanon
By Hira Lama on 26th August 2020
Israel said it carried out air attacks on Hezbollah observation posts in Lebanon on Wednesday after shots were fired from across the border towards its troops the previous evening.
The country's military had said earlier that a "security incident" was unfolding in the vicinity of Manara near the UN-demarcated Blue Line...
742 new COVID-19 positive cases in the country and 8 death in the last 24 hrs
By Hira Lama on 24th August 2020
The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed 743 new cases of coronavirus infection on Monday, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 32,678.
In 24 hrs, 246 are females while 497 are males. The new infections were confirmed after testing 10,234 specimens through the PCR.
Among the new cases, 224 have...
Pakistan rejects New Delhi’s claims on IIOJK
By Hira Lama on 24th August 2020
Pakistan on Sunday strongly rejected the "unwarranted and irresponsible" comments made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson on the Joint Press Release of the Second Round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue.
The MEA’s contentions about Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) being the so-called “integral and...
Moto G9 lunching in India today
By Hira Lama on 24th August 2020
Motorola will be launching its new Moto G9 in India today, August 24, at 12:00 PM (noon). While the company hasn’t revealed anything about the device, it’s e-commerce partner Flipkart accidentally mentioned about Moto G9 in its listing URL last week.
The Lenovo-owned company is also expected to launch the Moto...
818 news cases in the country and 166 in the kathmandu valley have been recorded in the last 24 hrs
By Hira Lama on 23rd August 2020
Kathmandu: 818 news cases have been recorded across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population, the total positive cases have reached 31,935 by Sunday.
In the past 24 hours, 166 people have been infected with a coronavirus in Kathmandu Valley.
According to the ministry,...
Sindhupalchowk district extends prohibitory till August 30
By Hira Lama on 23rd August 2020
Kathmandu: Sindhupalchok District Administration Office has extended the prohibitory order in the district by one week so as to control the Covid-19 outbreak.
Now, the order will be in effect in the district until August 30 midnight, according to a decision made during a meeting of the District Covid-19 Crisis Management...
634 New cases in the country and 216 in the Kathmandu valley alone have been reported in the last 24 hrs
By Hira Lama on 22nd August 2020
Professor Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), has confirmed 634 new cases of COVID-19 today. With this, the national COVID-19 tally has cross thirty-one thousand.
While 12519 swabs were tested in laboratories across the country, the infection has been confirmed in 216 people...
Kathmandu hits 102 positive case and 11 deaths the last in 24 hrs ( COVID-19 Updates)
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Professor Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), has confirmed 838 new cases of COVID-19 today. With this, the national COVID-19 tally has hit 30,483.
According to the ministry, 142 COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the Kathmandu Valley on Friday. Likewise, 102, 25,...
838 new cases were found in the country in last 24 hours
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Professor Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), has confirmed 838 new cases of COVID-19 today. With this, the national COVID-19 tally has hit 30,483.
He said that in 13,579 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests (RT-PCR) conducted in the last 24 hours, 838 persons, 292...
Cricket players to be ensured against COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Kathmandu - The players in the national cricket team are to be insured against COVID-19. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is ensuring the players. CAN Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakurel said they are preparing to include the male cricket players in the national team in the insurance coverage against coronavirus...
President Bidya Devi Bhandari will not visit Pashupatinath temple
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Kathmandu - President Bidya Devi Bhandari is not going to the Pashupatinath temple for paying homage on the occasion of the Haritalika (Teej) festival today, the Office of the President has said.
There is the tradition of President Bhandari visiting the Pashupatinath temple for offering obeisance on the occasion of Teej...
Nepal and Isreal singed an agreement to let diplomatic passport stay upto 90 days with out visa
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Kathmandu: Nepal and Israel have agreed to give access to each other’s citizens carrying diplomatic passports enter and stay in the other country without obtaining any visa for up to 90 days.
Nepal’s Ambassador to Israel, Anjan Shakya, and Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Gabi Ashkenazi signed an agreement at a function in...
Hartalika Teej 2020, Puja Muhurat
By Hira Lama on 21st August 2020
Amid an injunction in the Kathmandu valley, Nepalese women are celebrating the Teej festival. Hartalika Teej 2020 Date, Puja Muhurat. The festival is celebrated with much enthusiasm by Hindu women.
Hartalika Teej 2020 Date, Puja Muhurat: Among the many Nepali and Indian festivals that mark the second half of the year,...
Kathmandu Valley roads are again isolated
By Hira Lama on 20th August 2020
A restraining (curfew) order has been issued in Kathmandu Valley from Thursday night. With the issuance of the injunction, the valley is deserted again.Roads that used to be jammed with the opening of lockdown have returned to the state of abandon again. Security personnel is conducting interrogations at various...
Deserted Gokarneshwor Mahadev on Kushi Aunshi
By Hira Lama on 19th August 2020
In the normal time, Gokarneshwor Mahadev temple used to attract thousands of visitors from around the country and even from India. Kushe Aunshi, which most of the Nepalis celebrate as the Father’s Day as per the Hindu culture. But the temple this seems to be deserted amid COVID-19
Devotees are marking...
A week curfew in the Kathmandu Valley
By Hira Lama on 19th August 2020
District administration offices of Kathmandu Valley have decided to impose one-week curfew across the valley, the most populated urban centre in the country, beginning tomorrow midnight to August 26 to break the chain of COVID transmission.
A meeting of chief district officers of all three districts held in Kathmandu on Monday...
Democrats nominated Joe Biden for presidentship election
By Hira Lama on 19th August 2020
(Reuters) - Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, vowing his election would repair a pandemic-battered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald Trump’s administration.
The second night of the party’s four-night national convention, under the theme “Leadership Matters,” featured elder...
No one seems to like the newly launched federal parliament members badge
By Hira Lama on 17th August 2020
The Federal Parliament Secretariat on Sunday made public a new badge for the federal parliament members as per the parliament’s new logo made to incorporate the political map of the country that incorporates the Kalapani-Limpiyadhura region encroached by India.
However, social media users have mocked the secretariat claiming the new badge...
TU closes all the regular activities and all the staff should work from home on regular basis
By Hira Lama on 17th August 2020
Kathmandu - The Tribhuvan University (TU) has closed the regular services of all campus and regulate the work from home strategies. The TU, which had postponed all examinations as well as closed teaching-learning activities from March 24 amid to COVID-19, has decided to close regular services of all campuses across...
169 new case in the Valley
By Hira Lama on 17th August 2020
Though the government is taking various restrictive steps to control the spread of COVID-19, the Kathmandu Valley’s cases continue to increase. The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed 169 new cases of COVID-19 in Kathmandu Valley today.
Of the 168 new cases, 139 were detected in Kathmandu, 15 were...
The Apex Court issues an order to government: Don't let any hospital and health workers to deny medical care to patients
By Hira Lama on 17th August 2020
An order was issued from the single bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Karki in response to a writ petition filed by Advocate Sunil Kumar Patel against the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. The petitioner has demanded an investigation into the death of some patients in Birgunj...
Zero deaths of Nepalese on the last week NRNA
By Hira Lama on 17th August 2020
A press release issued by the NRNA from London said it recorded zero death of Nepalis living abroad in the past week. The number of Nepalis diagnosed with COVID-19 in foreign countries has also gone down significantly in recent days.
According to a tally of fatalities and infections compiled by...
A religious fair has been cancelled by the Gokarneshwor Mahadev management committe
By Hira Lama on 14th August 2020
A religious fair that takes place every year at Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple of Gokarneshwor Municipality, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on the new-moon-day in the month of Bhadra of the lunar calendar has been cancelled this year due to the COVID pandemic.
This year the event falls on August 19. On...
Thirteen houses have been buried and at least 50 lives have been lost on the landslide of Lama Tol
By Hira Lama on 14th August 2020
KATHMANDU: Thirteen houses have been buried in a landslide in Lama Tol of Jugal Rural Municipality, Ward No. 2 of Sindhupalchowk. It is estimated that at least 50 people have been the victim of the landslide.
The landslide that occurred around 6 am on Friday morning swipe up half of the...
Kathmandu hits the record with 110 new cases in 24 hours, COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 11th August 2020
Today on Tuesday, Kathmandu city hit the record of the highest single-day Covid-19 cases as of 110 new positive cases in Kathmandu alone while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur reported 16 and eight cases respectively in 24 hours.
The valley’s coronavirus infection tally reached 134 today leading to the number of active cases...
Today's cabinet decision: either give online service or wait until further notice
By Hira Lama on 11th August 2020
Kathmandu: The government has made changes to the previous decision of lockdown lift. Likewise in the previous decision, hotels and restaurants could operate but from on they can give only take away service only. The statement of government has come to action in order to control and prevent the spread...
Global IME Bank branch have been sealed
By Hira Lama on 10th August 2020
Kathmandu - Global IME Bank here has been sealed off after an employee was tested positive for coronavirus. Other employees at the bank have been kept in quarantine. The bank employee of 34-year-old from Mahottari district was found positive for the COVID-19.
Lahan Municipality's health section chief Ram Sundar Yadav informed...
Protesters breaks thorough government ministries in Beirut
By Hira Lama on 10th August 2020
Beirut: Lebanese protesters stormed government ministries in Beirut and trashed the offices of the Association of Lebanese Banks on Saturday as shots rang out in increasingly angry demonstrations over this week's devastating explosion.
The protesters said their politicians should resign and be punished for negligence they say led to Tuesday's blast,...
43,000 Red Cross volunteers are sent to North Korea to carryout rescue operation
By Hira Lama on 10th August 2020
SEOUL (Reuters) - The Red Cross has sent more than 43,000 volunteers to North Korea, including to the locked-down city of Kaesong, to help fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organization said on Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared an emergency last month...
Gautam Buddha was a great India Leader - Jaishankar
By Hira Lama on 09th August 2020
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has claimed that Gautam Buddha was an Indian on an event. He says the statement about Buddha while addressing India at 75 Virtual Conference organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, an umbrella organization of Indian entrepreneurs and businessmen.
“We all know two great Indians...
Kathmandu's Hadigau and Gahanapokhari area is sealed.
By Hira Lama on 08th August 2020
Kathmandu: The Gahanapokhari-Handigaun area of Kathmandu has been sealed after eight people were found infected with a coronavirus in the same areas.
The area was sealed after corona infections were found in Kotal Tol of Handigaun, east of Gahanapokhari. Chairman Ramesh Dangol of ward -5 informed the press on Saturday morning.
...
62,538 news cases have been recorded in India in the last 24 hours
By Hira Lama on 07th August 2020
India’s Covid-19 tally has crossed the two million in the last 158 days while fatalities were recorded at 41,585 on Friday, data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed. As many as 62,538 new cases were recorded within 24 hours. India comes as the third nation after...
21 persons lost thier life after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Majha region of Punjab.
By Hira Lama on 31st July 2020
In the last 48 hours, it is reported that at least 21 persons have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in three districts of Majha region of Punjab.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial inquiry by Divisional Commissioner Jalandhar into these deaths reported in Amritsar,...
Nepal's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 19,771 with 224 news cases in the country, 38 at the valley in 24 hours
By Hira Lama on 31st July 2020
Nepal's Covid-19 tally has reached 19,771 as of Friday afternoon, the Ministry of Health and Population said on the regular press release.
In his daily press briefing in Kathmandu, the ministry’s spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said 224 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours. In this period,...
The confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 253,793 with in twenty-four hours around the globe
By Hira Lama on 31st July 2020
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 253,793 to 16,812,755 in the past day, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The global death toll passed 662,000.
As of 11:00 am on July 29, there were 16,558,289 confirmed cases worldwide and 656,093 fatalities.
The WHO statistics are based on official information...
Iran launches ballistic missiles for the first time.
By Hira Lama on 30th July 2020
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it launched ballistic missiles from "the depths of the Earth" on Wednesday during the last day of military exercises near sensitive Gulf waters.
A video posted online by a news agency linked to Iran's state TV showed clouds of dust before the missiles streaked into the...
Nepal deports 671 foreigner : Chinese on the top list
By Hira Lama on 30th July 2020
Nepal deported 671 foreigners last year (in 2019), informs the Department of Immigration.
Of them, 578 were expelled from the country on the charge of overstaying whereas 93 faced other charges.
Most of those overstaying their visas in Nepal are Chinese, the department says, adding 415 Chinese nationals were deported from Nepal...
15 new COVID-19 cases in the Kathmandu Valley
By Hira Lama on 29th July 2020
According to the Ministry of Health and Population, on Wednesday fifteen new cases of the coronavirus infection have been detected in Kathmandu valley, were confirmed.
Of the newly infected, 14 persons hail from Kathmandu district while one case of contraction is from Bhaktapur.
The infections were detected through tests conducted at National...
100s of houses have been flooded in Kailali due to mansoon rain
By Hira Lama on 29th July 2020
KAILALI: Hundreds of houses have been inundated due to monsoon rains in the Kailali district.
According to District Police Office, Kailali, most parts of Janaki rural municipality have been deluged after swollen canal water entered human settlements.
Foodgrains, clothes and other belongings have been destroyed in the floods, said Shubham Chaudhary, a...
Preparations for the Army-2020 defense forum has completed amid COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 29th July 2020
Preparations for the Army-2020 defense forum has completed amid COVID-19, as only 35 states out of the 133 invited have confirmed the participation of their delegations, a senior Russian Defense Ministry official said in an interview published by the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Wednesday.
"Difficult epidemiological situation...
Prachanda another chairman of the rulling Communist Party of Nepal has started the standing committee meeting in absence of PM Oli
By Hira Lama on 28th July 2020
Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) another chairman of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has started the party's standing committee meeting. According to a source, the meeting was held in the absence of Chairman KP Sharma Oli. Earlier, Dahal had met Prime Minister Oli. According to the source, the meeting...
UAE to hold the T20 IPL
By Hira Lama on 28th July 2020
United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hold the T20 World Cup that had been postponed previously this match will open a window for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to organize this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
When will the IPL take place?
The BCCI has written to the Indian...
Violent clashes between protesters and police in US several state over the weekend
By Hira Lama on 27th July 2020
By Press Association 2020 - US: Over the past weekend, protests took a violent turn in several U.S. cities with demonstrators squaring off against federal agents outside a courthouse in Portland, Oregon, forcing police in Seattle to retreat into a station house and setting fire to vehicles in California and...
Gorkhas in American war zone have been infected by COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 27th July 2020
According to the U.S. State Department members in the embassy of Afgan capital have been infected by the COVID-19 include diplomats, contractors, and locals.
The State Department did not say how many were affected. An official at the embassy in Kabul, who spoke to Associated Press on condition...
Acid attacker has been arrested from Dallu
By Hira Lama on 24th July 2020
KATHMANDU: A man has been arrested on the charge of attacking a girl with acid in Sitapaila, Kathmandu. A joint team of the Kathmandu Police and the Metropolitan Crime Investigation Branch arrested the two acid attackers from Dallu.
Mohammad Alam of Laxmipur in Rautahat and Munna Mohammad of Kaligarh were arrested...
Unmasking the Naked Athena from the protest of Portland
By Hira Lama on 24th July 2020
For the first time in portland protest history, people are seeing the mystery woman “naked Athena” after images of her confronting federal agents as they faced off with protesters in Portland went viral. Now, everyone wants to know who’s behind the blackface mask.
Portland has seen more than 50 days of...
34 thousand Nepalese have returned home from abroad amid COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 23rd July 2020
Kathmandu - Over 34 thousand Nepalese have returned home from abroad during the lockdown period till Wednesday. They were brought in the country via different chartered flights since June 5. The first chartered flight was made from Myanmar on June 5 carrying 26 Nepali migrant workers during the lockdown. It...
Almost one in four had COVID-19 in Delhi
By Hira Lama on 22nd July 2020
On the recent government survey report, it is said that 23.48% of the 21,387 people whose blood samples were tested had Covid-19 antibodies. And, the blood samples were taken in random from the city.
Delhi has so far recorded 1,25,096 cases, equivalent to less than 1% of its population of 19.8...
The governement decides to end the four months lockdown with condition
By Hira Lama on 22nd July 2020
KATHMANDU: The Government of Nepal has decided to end the coronavirus lockdown. The decision will come into effect from Tuesday midnight.
Spokesperson of Nepal Government, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Yubaraj Khatiwada informed on the press meet that the government has decided to lift the restrictions that had been imposed...
Narayangadh-Muglin road section halted after the landslide
By Hira Lama on 20th July 2020
Kathmandu - Traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section has come to a halt after the landslide occurred at Charkilo this morning. The vehicular movement was totally obstructed after the recurrent flow of landslides covered the road stretch since 5.00 am Monday.
With this, the District Police Office, Chitwan has urged the...
160 Nepalese have died from COVID-19 in abroad.
By Hira Lama on 19th July 2020
Kathmandu - The death toll from COVID-19 of the Nepalis living and working outside the country has reached 160. In the past week, eight died in Qatar, three in Kuwait, and five in the United Arab Emirates, according to the Non-resident Nepalis Association.
As of Saturday evening, 160 died of Corona...
7 killed in a road accident
By Hira Lama on 19th July 2020
Kathmandu - Seven people have died in a road accident that took place in Swargadwari municipality last night. The mishap took place at Rumble in ward no. 3 of the municipality involving a tractor (Lu. 2 Cha. 4234). The tractor was carrying laborers working on the Bhingri- Swargadwari road section to...
The price of gold has hit the new record
By Hira Lama on 15th July 2020
KATHMANDU, July 15: The price of gold has hit the new record high as it was traded for Rs 92,800 per tola (11.66 grams) on Wednesday.
According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers’ Association (FENEGOSIDA), the precious yellow metal was traded for Rs 92,800 on Wednesday while the...
Covid-19 tally has reached 17,177 with 116 new cases in the country
By Hira Lama on 15th July 2020
According to the Ministry of Health and Population report of Wednesday afternoon, the country’s Covid-19 tally has reached 17,177.
In his daily press briefing in Kathmandu, the ministry’s spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said 116 new cases were confirmed in the country in the past 24 hours. In total, 5,090 swab samples were...
More than 60 percent of local governmeent fails to present annual budget for fiscal year 077-078
By Hira Lama on 15th July 2020
More than 60 percent of the 753 local governments in Nepal have failed to present their annual budget by Wednesday for the next fiscal year beginning from 16-07-2020
Whereas the law stipulates Asar 10 (June 14) as the deadline for announcing the annual budget, less than 40 percent of the governments...
Presidential election campaigning begins in Belarus
By Hira Lama on 15th July 2020
Agency: The election campaigning that precedes the August 9 presidential election in Belarus begins in the country on Wednesday amid to COVID-19.
On Tuesday, the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) registered five candidates. They are to submit their campaign platforms to the media selected by CEC until July 19.
The registered candidates...
Around 10 million children may never return to school amid COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 15th July 2020
The British charity cited UNESCO data showing that in April, 1.6 billion young people were shut out of school and university due to measures to contain COVID-19 -- about 90 percent of the world's entire student population.
"For the first time in human history, an entire generation of children globally...
Five families relocated in Bhojpur and 73 families in Sankhawashaba have been relocated due to high risk of landslide --Updates
By Hira Lama on 13th July 2020
BHOJPUR: With the monsoon at its peak, landslides and floods triggered by heavy rainfall have displaced at least five families in Bhojpur district.
According to the Bhojpur District Police Office, five families of Dingla Bazaar in Shadananda Municipality-8 have been relocated on facing threats from recurring landslides since Saturday night.
Inspector...
Prachanda assured NCP will not split
By Hira Lama on 12th July 2020
Kathmandu - Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has assured the party cadres that the NCP would not split. During a cadres' meet here today, Chairman Dahal reiterated that he was determined to keep the party unity intact. "Party remains integrated. I assure you...
At least seven killed in Gandaki landslides and more than 11 are injured
By Hira Lama on 10th July 2020
MYAGDI: Seven persons died after being buried in a landslide triggered by a flash flood at Raghuganga Rural Municipality-6, Kotgaun, here in the district on Tuesday night. Eleven people are badly injured in the incident and however, one person saved himself by escaping from the spot.
The deceased have been...
Sindhupalchowk Jambu Village floods updates
By Hira Lama on 09th July 2020
Sindhupalchowk: Landslides triggered by monsoon rainfall have swept away 15 houses in Jambu village of Nepal’s Sindhupalchowk district, killing at least two people.
As many as 15 others have gone missing in the landslides and three have been rescued.
Earlier in the morning helicopter have returned from Dhukhel due to bad weather...
Sailesh Thapa Chhetri is new Nepal Police Cheif
By Hira Lama on 08th July 2020
Shailesh Thapa Chhetri as been appointed the new chief of Nepal Police by the government on Tuesday.
A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday evening decided to promote Chhetri from the position of additional inspector general to that of inspector general. Chhetri will succeed Thakur Prasad Gyawaly who is retiring from the...
Government makes mask mandatory
By Hira Lama on 07th July 2020
The government has made face masks mandatory at public places.
The Home Ministry on Monday has instructed the Nepal Police headquarters to arrest anyone going out of the house without a mask even as COVID-19 cases escalate in the country. The arrested persons will be punished as per the Infectious Disease...
India and China agree on promt pullout from Ladak LAC
By Hira Lama on 07th July 2020
Indian and Chinese troops have begun a partial disengagement from their positions along the disputed Himalayan border region after a tense stand-off lasting nearly nine weeks, sources in the Indian establishment told local media on Monday.Indian officials, according to Bloomberg, said the People’s Liberation Army was seen removing tents...
Eight people are believed to be dead after two planes collided over Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Lake
By Hira Lama on 06th July 2020
A report carried by a US media outlet quoted Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Ryan Higgins that the two planes collided over Coeur d’Alene Lake in Idaho and then sank.
He said that many people witnessed the incident or its aftermath as they were boating on the lake during the holiday...
Rs 800 transport fare for 14 km distance in Dolpa, whereas in lower belt it cost only Rs 150
By Hira Lama on 06th July 2020
Kathmandu - Ramchandra Neupane The transportation has been completely halted in Dolpa district since the government imposed the nationwide lockdown on March 24, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As a result, people are facing hardship to travel from one place to another. Most of the places are beyond the...
WHO reports Global coronavirus cases has exceeded 11 million by Friday
By Hira Lama on 05th July 2020
GENEVA: The World Health Organization reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 212,326 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, and India, according to a daily report here
The previous WHO record for new cases was 189,077 on June...
380 people have committed suicide in Gandaki Province in the last 100 days lockdown.
By Hira Lama on 04th July 2020
Butwal: A total of 380 people have committed suicide in Gandaki Province in the last 100 days of the government's lockdown on the Corona epidemic. According to the Dang State Police Office, 380 people have committed suicide in 12 districts of the Gandaki Province from March 26 to July 30.
Among...
Indian influences baffled, hurt by ban of China’s TikTok, WeChat and other apps.
By Hira Lama on 04th July 2020
The Indian government's sudden decision to ban 59 apps from China, including the widely used TikTok and WeChat, has caught millions of users across India by surprise, depriving them of one of this year's most popular tools for recreation and education, and even incurring economic losses to those who make...
Coronavirus detected in different places at sewers of Kathmandu Valley
By Hira Lama on 04th July 2020
Kathmandu: Coronavirus was found in two places of Kathmandu valley while testing samples taken from sewage at four places in Kathmandu. According to the Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN), Dr. Divesh Karmacharya's team had collected samples from 4 different places 10-11 days ago after the test it is reported SARS...
5000 foreign returnees are facing challenge due to delay in COVID-19 test
By Hira Lama on 03rd July 2020
Kathmandu: More than 5000 foreign returnees are facing the challenge due to delay in conducting the COVID-19 test for all individuals. These returns are the migrant workers who had made a decision to come back to the home country from foreign lands excluding returnees from India. Due to the...
Mother, Son Die In Jeep Accident
By Hira Lama on 30th June 2020
Hetauda, June 30: Two persons from the same family died in a jeep accident that occurred on Muglin-Narayangadh road on Monday evening. The jeep with a family tour was heading to Hetauda from Kathmandu. The jeep with the family trip of Makwanpur chapter Chairman of Non-government Organizations' Federation,...
Message By Speaker, Chairman On Parliament Day
By Hira Lama on 30th June 2020
Kathmandu, June 30: Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has extended best wishes to all Nepalis on the occasion of the Parliament Day today. They paid tribute to all those sacrificing their lives for the establishment of the...
India bans 59 mostly Chinese apps amid border dispute
By Hira Lama on 30th June 2020
India has banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile phone applications in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space just weeks after a border crisis erupted between the two countries.
A statement by the Ministry of Information on Monday said the banned apps include TikTok, UC Browser WeChat and Bigo...
ADB approves $200 million concessional loan
By Hira Lama on 29th June 2020
Kathmandu, June 29. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million concessional loan to improve power supply and distribution systems in Nepal.
Nepal has made significant progress in electricity supply after years of chronic power shortages. However, its power transmission and distribution systems need further strengthening to increase network...
Khotang's municipality recognizes Chamling, Bambule and Tilung languages as the official ones
By Hira Lama on 29th June 2020
Khotang - 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.
Mayor Iwan Rai said some villages in ward-1 and 2 has majority of Bambule speakers while more people at...
Dubai to be open from July 7
By Hira Lama on 29th June 2020
Dubai, June 29: Dubai is all set to welcome foreign tourists in the country from July 7, but only those who present a recent COVID-19 negative certificate or undergo testing on arrival at Dubai airport, Khaleej Times reported.The Dubai government media office on Sunday said that the airports would...
Health insurance of all in three years
By Hira Lama on 28th June 2020
Kathmandu, June 28: The Gandaki State government is to ensure health insurance coverage to all citizens of the state within the next three years. Accordingly, the State government has allocated Rs. 20 million for the purpose in the Fiscal Year 2020/21 budget.
The health insurance coverage will be established in coordination...
Bhandari gives contextual meaning to communist movement: Adhikari
By Hira Lama on 28th June 2020
Kathmandu, June 28: Central committee member of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Khagaraj Adhikari has said communist leader Madan Bhandari had introduced the world communist movement in Nepal from a different and new angle.
In his address to a program organized here in commemoration of the late leader here today, the Adhikari...
Nepal reaches 12,772 COVID -19 with 463 new cases
By Hira Lama on 28th June 2020
Kathmandu: A total of 463 new coronavirus cases — 358 males and 105 females — have been confirmed in Nepal in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.
Spokesperson at the Ministry Dr. Jageshwor Gautam said with this, the total number of confirmed cases in the...
Locusts has been spotted in Parsa and Chitwan
By Hira Lama on 28th June 2020
Chitwan, June 28 (RSS): Locusts have been spotted in Kalika and Khairhani municipalities in the eastern Chitwan. According to Prime Minister Agricultural modernization project implementation unit Chief Meghnath Timilsina, a tiny band of locusts has been spotted in Kalika-3 and Parsa of Khairhani.
As he said, agro technicians from the project,...
214 recover in Karnali from COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 28th June 2020
Kathmandu - A total of 214 persons have returned home from the hospital after recovering from Corona Virus on Saturday. They include 201 men and 13 women. Of them, 205 are from Dailekh.
Altogether 132 persons including three women returned home from the isolation center in Naumule rural municipality of Dailekh,...
Nepal's Covid-19 tally has climbed to 11162
By Hira Lama on 25th June 2020
Kathmandu, June 25: With 434 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, Nepal's Covid-19 tally has climbed to 11162, the Health Ministry (MoHP) said.
At a daily media briefing, Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the MoHP, said that 386 males and 48 females tested positive for coronavirus in the...
Tokha Municipality unveils budget of Rs 1.58 billion
By Hira Lama on 25th June 2020
Kathmandu - Giving top priority to education and health care services, Tokha Municipality in Kathmandu has brought the budget of Rs 1.58 billion for the fiscal year 2020/21.
Deputy Mayor Gyanmaya Dangol tabled the budget on Wednesday in the seventh municipal assembly by allocating Rs 1.44 billion for capital expenditure. Likewise,...
629 coronavirus positive cases reported on Wednesday
By Hira Lama on 24th June 2020
Kathmandu: A total of 629 new COVID-19 cases have been added to the country on Wednesday. The infected include 519 men and 110 women, said Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population at a regular press meet here. With this, the number of Corona Virus-infected people...
Bharatpur Metropolis unveils the budget of Rs 4.15 billion
By Hira Lama on 24th June 2020
Bharatpur | Bharatpur Metropolis has unveiled the budget of Rs 4.15 billion for the fiscal year 2020/20 today. The budget was presented before the sixth Metropolitan Assembly. Among the total budget, Rs 480 million has been allocated under the current expenditure.
Unveiling the budget, Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan City, Parbati...
Hetauda sub-metropolis presents budget of Rs 2.86 billion
By Hira Lama on 24th June 2020
Kathmandu - The Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City has unveiled the budget of Rs 2.86 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. Deputy mayor Meena Kumari Lama presented the annual estimate of income and expenditure of the local government for the fiscal year 2020/21 amidst the sub-metropolis' seventh town assembly meet here today.
As...
APF continues to check border entrants and take to quarantines
By Hira Lama on 24th June 2020
Kathmandu - The Armed Police Force deputed along the Nepal-India border against the coronavirus has continued its campaign to take control and quarantine the individuals covertly entering Nepal without any permission. The campaign has been strictly put in place along with the border checkpoint which falls under the coverage area...
Gajurel has been elected deputy general secretary of the Belt and Road International Transport Alliance (BRITA).
By Hira Lama on 23rd June 2020
Kathmandu - Nepal’s Ashish Gajurel has been elected deputy general secretary of the Belt and Road International Transport Alliance (BRITA). The recently held general assembly elected Gajurel to the post. Gajurel has been advocating the cause of traffic management and transportation management in Nepal.
Participants were from Switzerland, Greece, Nigeria, China,...
COVID-19 cases in Nepal crosses 10,000-mark
By Hira Lama on 23rd June 2020
Kathmandu, June 23: The number of Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Nepal has crossed 10,000-mark with 538 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday.
The total number of COVID-19 cases stands at 10,099, according to Jageshwar Gautam, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population. "538 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the...
A 35 years old man died in Surkhet from Coronavirus
By Hira Lama on 23rd June 2020
Kathmandu, June 23: A 35 years old man from Dullu Municipality, Dailekh has died of the coronavirus infection. He was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 for a week at the Karnali Provincial Hospital.
The infected man breathed his last on Monday night at around 9:30, according to Dr. KN Poudel, the corona focal...
Mahalaxmi Municipality to set out minimum employment program
By Hira Lama on 05th May 2020
Kathmandu - Mahalaxmi Municipality in Lalitpur has decided to deploy the daily wagers in the development construction to arrange two square meals to the workers who are facing hardship during the ongoing lockdown order. The Municipality has forwarded the idea to facilitate the daily wagers for the management of the...
CIJ requests journalists to do investigative stories of Nepalese
By Hira Lama on 03rd May 2020
Kathmandu - The Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), Nepal has requested Nepali journalists abroad to do investigative news reports about the state of Nepalis in the respective countries. The journalists working in Europe were asked to report on the concerns and problems facing Nepalis in the continent.
In online training for...
10 more new cases reported in Nepal
By Hira Lama on 03rd May 2020
KATHMANDU: Nepal has confirmed 10 more new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total of infections to 69.
Speaking at a regular press briefing, Dr Bikash Devkota, Spokesperson at Ministry of Health and Population said that a 36-year-old person from Chhapkaiya of Birgunj Municipality-3, and nine persons in Nepalgunj have tested...
2,000 Nepalis stuck in India have returned home
By Hira Lama on 30th April 2020
Kathmandu - Nepali migrant workers, who were stranded in various border towns in India due to the lockdown, are returning home today after one month. Some 2,000 Nepalis had been living in quarantine in Jhulaghat, Dharchula and Pithouragadh towns in India after the border between Nepal and India was sealed...
KOICA supports medical items and relief fund
By Hira Lama on 30th April 2020
Kathmandu - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has today donated six types of medical items total worth 78,000 US dollars for COVID-19 response to four of its partner hospitals in Nepal.
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Park Young-Sik handed over the medical items to the respective chairpersons and medical...
Irrfan Khan's last audio clip on Twitter explains his true love for cinema
By Hira Lama on 29th April 2020
April-29: Irrfan Khan passed away today in Mumbai. The actor, who was hospitalised for colon infection in the city. His last film 'Angrezi Medium' will be remembered by all. Helmed by Homi Adajania, the film Radhika Madan, Dimple Kapadia and Kareena Kapoor Khan. It was about the nuances between in...
With the death of Panthi, death toll of Nepalese has climbed to 15 in US
By Hira Lama on 29th April 2020
April 29: A Nepali died from coronavirus infection in the United States on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Panthi living in Virginia.
He was admitted to the hospital on April 8. With the death of Panthi, the number of Nepalis to die of the contagion in the US...
49 Nepalese have lost thier life due to COVID-19 pandemic from 24 different countries
By Hira Lama on 27th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 27: As of Sunday, 49 Nepalis living in 24 different countries have lost their lives due to the coronavirus.
The pandemic killed 33 Nepalis in the United Kingdom, 10 in the United States, two in the United Arab Emirates and one each in Ireland, Japan, Turkey and the Netherlands,...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is alive and well
By Hira Lama on 27th April 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary.
"Our government position is firm," said Moon's special adviser on national security Moon Chung-in, in an interview with...
US reports 55, 413 deaths, 812, 966 infection cases
By Hira Lama on 27th April 2020
April-27: The current hub of corona virus USA the death toll and most infected number is at the peak, has reported deaths 55, 413 as of Monday morning.
No new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours according to Worldometer.
Currently, 812, 966 coronavirus patients are undergoing treatment at various...
Lockdown extend till May 7
By Hira Lama on 27th April 2020
Kathmandu - A meeting of the Council of Ministers held yesterday has decided to extend the stay-at-home order till May 7 as a measure to prevent the possible risk of COVID-19.
The cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s official residence took such decision to extend the lockdown order till May...
Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China - Governor Andrew Cuomo
By Hira Lama on 25th April 2020
April 25: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday pointed to research showing that strains of the novel coronavirus entered his state from Europe, not China, and said that travel bans enacted by U.S. President Donald Trump were too late to halt its spread.
Cuomo cited research from Northeastern University estimating...
Nepal Bank Limited (NBL) gets 'A Class' rating
By Hira Lama on 25th April 2020
Kathmandu, April-25: Nepal Bank Limited (NBL), the first bank of the country, has been rated as the 'A Class Bank' by ICRA Nepal Limited, NBL spokesman Prakash Kumar Adhikari stated in a press release on Friday. Adhikari said that this ranking from the world-famous rating company, Moody's, has enhanced NBL's...
12 district have been affected by the coronavirus in the country.
By Hira Lama on 25th April 2020
Kathmandu, April-25: With Coronavirus wreaking havoc across the word, it has not affected Nepal like as in other countries, though there are few cases.
Covid-19 patients have been tested positive from different 12 in the period of three months after a first case of COVID-19 was detected in the country on...
Dilip Chand, nephew of Netra Bikram Chand held in Nawalparasi
By Hira Lama on 24th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 24 - Police have taken Dilip Chand, nephew of Netra Bikram Chand, under control in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta West) on Thursday. Police held Dilip soon after he was released from detention on the Supreme Court's order. The Supreme Court had directed the District Court to release him in...
48th COVID-19 patients had misunderstood self-quarantine and had traveled 9 nine different places and all around.
By Hira Lama on 24th April 2020
BHOJPUR, April 24: The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed the 48th COVID-19 case in the country on Thursday evening.
According to Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, the assistant spokesperson at the ministry, a 26-year-old man had tested positive for this deadly virus on Thursday.
The young man is from Hatuwagadhi Rural Municipality-6,...
I don’t want to die in New York, please help me: Meera appeals to PM Imran
By Hira Lama on 20th April 2020
New York, April, 20: Actress Meera has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to arrange for her repartition as she is left helpless in America where coronavirus has taken thousands of lives.
In a video message sent to The News, a troubled Meera told that her...
179 recovered coronavirus patients tested positive again
By Hira Lama on 20th April 2020
Seoul, April 20: At least 179 recovered South Korean coronavirus patients have tested positive again, officials said.
South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) announced on Sunday that the tally accounted for 16 new cases detected of patients relapsing from the coronavirus, CNN reported.
...
Death toll from coronavirus has climbed to 165,229, US is worst-hit
By Hira Lama on 20th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 20: Coronavirus pandemic around the world has caused the death toll to 165,229 after 4,883 people died in the last 24 hours as of Monday morning.
According to the latest figures collated by Worldometer, with 74, 557 new cases, the number of infection cases has reached 2, 405,325.
Currently, 1,615,484...
Three suspected coronavirus patients admited to patan hospital.
By Hira Lama on 13th April 2020
KATHMANDU, April 13: Three suspected coronavirus patients have been admitted to Lagankhel-based Patan hospital on Monday.
Director of Patan hospital Bishnu Prasad Sharma told to press that the three persons from the same family who returned from the United Kingdom 28 days ago are kept in isolation.
During the Rapid Diagnostic Test...
Emergency relief fund set up in Portugal
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
LISBON: An emergency relief fund has been set up in Portugal for assisting the Nepali diaspora in Portugal. Honorary Consul of Nepal, Makar Bahadur Hamal is the coordinator of the fund set up through Janachetana Samiti.
It is said the fund has been established by targetting the Nepalis those who are...
APF temporary posts increased at Nepal-India border to cross check the trespassers
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
Kathmandu, April-8: The Armed Police Force (APF) has set up a number of temporary posts at the Nepal-India border in order to strictly implement lockdown and stop the illegal entry via border. The APF tightened the security at the porous border in Jhapa district establishing additional 58 temporary posts. The...
DoI suspens all its visa services till April 15
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
Kathmandu, Apr. 8: The Department of Immigration (DoI) has suspended all its visa services till April 15, owing to the extended nationwide lockdown. On Wednesday DoI issued a press release statement, the Department took the decision to this effect, in line with the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Director...
President Trump attacks WHO, threatens to pull off the funds
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
President Trump lashed out at the World Health Organization, saying he may withhold U.S. funding from it in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘We will be giving that a good look. Fortunately, I rejected...
India's Covid-19 cases has crossed 5000, death toll at 149
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
Delhi, April-8: India registered 331 new coronavirus cases in the last 12 hours, the government said on Wednesday, taking the number of Covid-19 patients to 5194 and deaths to 149 with 25 new fatalities.
The latest data available with the Union ministry of health at 9 am showed out of the...
103 tested negative from 119 amid coronavirus
By Hira Lama on 08th April 2020
Kathmandu, April-8: Total test of119 swab samples collected for COVID-19 test in State no. 2, the results of 103 have showed negative. Sharing the results at a press conference held here today, Secretary at the Ministry of Social Development Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire said 103 people tested negative while the...
PM K.P. Oli to adress the nationa at 11 am today
By Hira Lama on 07th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 7: Amid concerns over Prime Minister K P Oli is silence over the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, he is scheduled to address the nation at 11 am on Tuesday.
Surya Thapa, his press advisor, said that PM Oli is scheduled to address at 11...
More than 500 Nepalis have been infected with the COVID-19 in state
By Hira Lama on 05th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 5: Nepali living in various parts of the US have been affected by Coronavirus that has taken a huge toll in the country. So far, around 500 Nepalis have been infected with the COVID-19 disease.
The number, however, could not be independently verified, according to RSS. The Nepali Embassy in the...
Chinese ventilators arrives in New York
By Hira Lama on 05th April 2020
By JENNIFER PELTZ, AMY FORLITI and DAVID RISING
NEW YORK April 5, (AP) — The New York governor said Saturday the Chinese government was facilitating a shipment of 1,000 donated ventilators to his state, highlighting the extreme measures leaders are taking in what has become a cutthroat scramble to independently secure...
California Homeless Advocate: 'We're Moving Way Too Slowly'
By Hira Lama on 04th April 2020
By JANIE HAR, SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 (AP) — Since the beginning of an international pandemic, experts have known one population is particularly vulnerable to contracting and spreading the coronavirus: the homeless.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other elected officials have vowed repeatedly to get them indoors. On Friday, News om...
Foreign nationals returning homes via chartered the aircraft
By Hira Lama on 04th April 2020
Kathmandu, April 4 : Government of Nepal has intensified facilitation to send back the foreign nationals to the homes via chartered the aircraft. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Immigration and Nepal Tourism Board are making coordination through the embassy of respective countries in this regard. The foreign...
Food bank established at Panauti
By Hira Lama on 04th April 2020
Kathmandu April 4: Panauti municipality in Kavrepalanchowk has established a 'food bank' targeting vulnerable communities during the nationwide lockdown amidst the heightened risk of COVID-19. The process to distribute foodstuffs collected in the bank to the needy has begun today, according to mayor Bheem Neupane. "The indigent families identified by...
Hospital gets vantilator but lacks medical team amid coronavirus
By Hira Lama on 04th April 2020
Kathmandu - The Dhaulagiri Hospital in Baglung got a ventilator sent by State Health Directorate on Thursday evening. Last week, the Hospital had denied receiving the ventilator, saying it had not all accessories for full functioning. It is the second ventilator sent by the Directorate. However, Dr Pradip Shrestha lamented,...
Tea estate violates government lockdown by deploying 50 workers to harvest tea
By Hira Lama on 03rd April 2020
PANCHTHAR: Today nation is on 11th day of lockdown imposed by government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, a tea estate has deployed its workers for plucking tea leaves at Yangbarak and Falelung Rural Municipalities in Panchthar district.The tea estate has given continuity to tea plucking by mobilizing around...
As breakout of Coronavirus, it's time to go home Scott Morrison to international students and visitors
By Hira Lama on 03rd April 2020
KATHMANDU, April 3: Today Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internationals students to go back to their home countries if they are unable to stay there owing to the worsening situation amid novel coronavirus outbreak. As a consequence, thousands of Nepali students in Australia are likely to be affected by the...
Nepal confirms the sixth COVID-19 case (Full press release video)
By Hira Lama on 02nd April 2020
KATHMANDU, APRIL 2: Nepal conforms the sixth coronavirus positive cases.
At a daily press briefing, spokesperson at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Bikas Devkota said that sixth COVID-19 case was confirmed today. "A sample sent for testing at the National Health Laboratory, Teku has conformed the positive case. She...
Coronavirus cases worldwide is fast approaching to one million, COVID-19 kills 47,207
By Hira Lama on 02nd April 2020
KATHMANDU: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide is fast approaching the one million mark. "In the past five weeks there has been a near-exponential growth in the number of new cases and the number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week," the head of World Health...
Japan's Fuji film to start trial of Avigan on treatment to coronavirus patients
By Hira Lama on 01st April 2020
JAPAN April 1: Japan's Fuji film has begun clinical trials to test the effectiveness of its anti-flu drug Avigan in treating patients with the new coronavirus, after reports of promising results in China
Trials in China have suggested Avigan (generic name: favipiravir) could play a role in shortening the recovery time...
Italy conduct’s the day of mourning marks in tribute to coronavirus victims
By Hira Lama on 31st March 2020
ITALY MARCH 31: Italy conduct’s the day of mourning marks at the end of a month in which Italy saw more deaths from a single disaster than at any time since World War II.Coronavirus "is an injury that hurt the whole country," Rome mayor Virginia Raggi said after observing...
Did Italians actually threw out the money on the street! Here's the fact!
By Hira Lama on 31st March 2020
Piles of money on the road are streaming social media claiming to be from Italy actually turn out to be fake information. In the pictures, piles of currency notes can be seen scattered on the streets.
“In Italy citizens throw their money in the streets… The Lesson: no money or towards...
David Warner shave his hair to support front-line medication team who are fighting against coronavirus pendamic
By Hira Lama on 31st March 2020
Australian opening batsman David Warner has devised an all-new way to show his support towards professionals who are currently the first line of defense against the coronavirus pandemic. Medical and security professionals all over the world are currently risking their lives to go out and fight COVID-19 and Warner wanted...
Government to take action against fake news and rumors under the act of 1964
By Hira Lama on 31st March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 31: At this time Nepal's social media is flooded with misinformation on coronavirus the government on Monday said that those creating and circulating misinformation will face legal action as per the existing law.
In a press briefing, Dr. Khem Karki, advisor to the Minister for Health and Population, said...
Horoscope Today, 30 March 2020
By Hira Lama on 29th March 2020
Aries :Today seems to be something unique. We will start the week with new energy and enthusiasm. A unique idea will herald a huge profit in the future. But you have to be vigilant in terms of health. You will feel tired in the body, doing yoga and meditation...
A 34 yrs patient dies in quarantine of Butwan Coronavirus special hospital
By Hira Lama on 29th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 29: A patience dies in the quarantine of Butwal coronavirus special hospital who was undergoing treatment for coronavirus. A 34 years old patient from Saina Maina Metropolitan city had been admitted to the hospital on 26 March.
On 19 March he had landed in TIA from Dubai and on...
The Chinese government has provided medical aid to Nepal government
By Hira Lama on 29th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 29: The Chinese government has provided medical aid to Nepal government on Sunday to combat the novel coronavirus.
Hou Yanqi, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, handed over medical supplies to Minister of Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal amid a ceremony at Ministry of Health today.
Chinese Embassy in Nepal, Sichuan...
3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits
By Hira Lama on 28th March 2020
Washington, March 27: Nearly 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — almost five times the previous record set in 1982 — amid a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus. The surge in weekly applications was a stunning reflection of the damage the viral outbreak is inflicting...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus.
By Hira Lama on 27th March 2020
UK MARCH 27: Mr. Johnson said he developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including temperature and cough.He said he will now self-isolate in No. 10 but will "continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus".Mr. Johnson was last seen on Thursday...
US surpassed China with most corona case worldwide
By Hira Lama on 27th March 2020
ReutersNEW YORK, MARCH 27- The number of positive cases of coronavirus has climbed above 85,000 in the US on Friday, surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy.With medical facilities running low on ventilators and protective masks and hampered by limited diagnostic testing capacity, the U.S. death toll...
Cario the city that never sleeps have been shutdown
By Hira Lama on 26th March 2020
Reuters
CAIRO, MARCH 26 - Egypt and it's capital Cairo, a mega-city home to some 20 million people, has also been shut down on Wednesday evening as authorities launched a night-time curfew to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.
Cario is a city that never sleeps where restaurants and cafes are usually...
Nepal government has made an arrangement for the rescue of tourist stuck in various tourist hubs
By Hira Lama on 26th March 2020
KATHMANDU, MARCH 26: A chartered plane of Buddha air is flew to Pokhara on Thursday morning to rescue 47 French nationals, sources said.
Due to lockdown, about 300 tourist has been stuck in Lukla, around 500 in Pokhara and half a dozen in Manasulu area are being rescued back to Kathmandu....
Access Facts About Coronavirus Through WhatsApp Messaging Service
By Trainer James on 24th March 2020
In order to make facts regarding COVID-19 accessible to government authorities, health professionals, reporters and the general public, the World Health Organization (WHO) has put up a system in place to answer any questions regarding the novel coronavirus and current updates and developments on this pandemic.
WhatsApp, owned...
A 30 years patient died in Bharatpur's special hospital for the treatment of novel coronavirus
By Hira Lama on 24th March 2020
CHITWAN, MARCH-24: A 30 years patient died at 7 ma in the morning today at a special hospital for the treatment of novel coronavirus
He was suffering from high fever and flue and he was recently referred to a special hospital for the treatment of novel coronavirus from Chitwan Medical College....
Nepal on complete lockdown for a week-long from tomorrow 6 am
By Hira Lama on 23rd March 2020
KATHMANDU, MARCH 23: Government on Monday has decided to enforce a week-long nationwide lockdown to be effective from 6 am on Tuesday.
A meeting of high-level government task force to prevent and control COVID-19 chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel decided to this effect. the decision...
A 19 years Nepali girl travel partner's home country has hit 121 positive case of corona virus
By Hira Lama on 23rd March 2020
Kathmandu, March 23: A 19 years Nepali girls who has been tested positive on coronavirus today. She is now undergoing treatment at Sukraraj Tropical & Infectious Disease Hospital, Teku in the capital. The number of COVID-19 infection cases in Nepal has hit 2 on Monday.
On the travel, she was with...
A 19-year-old girl has tested COVID-19 positive in Teku Hospital
By Hira Lama on 23rd March 2020
KATHMANDU, MARCH 23: A Nepali student who recently returned to Nepal from France has tested positive for coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said today.
Organizing a press meet at his office, Minister for Health Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal said that the 19-year-old girl has tested COVID-19 positive. She had been traveling to...
Basanta Chaudhary made an announcement of donating 10 million funs to government trust
By Hira Lama on 23rd March 2020
Basanta Chaudhary has announced to donate Rs. 10 million to a trust established by the government to fight against coronavirus. The cabinet on Sunday has decided to set up a Trust with Rs. 500 million rupees.
He announced this donation will be done through Narvic and Basanta Chaudhary Foundation on his...
Nepal on complete lockdown from Monday
By Hira Lama on 23rd March 2020
KATHMANDU: Nepal is now complete lockdown after the government sealed 170 border points with China and India in an effort to avert the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic from Monday.
The decision of lockdown was imposed after the cabinet meeting on Sunday evening.
The meeting has also instructed the Ministry of Home...
A man dies in Bihar from COVID 19, India on 14 hours curfew
By Hira Lama on 22nd March 2020
One person has died and another has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Bihar, in the first case from the eastern state, officials said on Sunday.
The Bihar man’s death takes the number of fatalities due to Covid-19 to six in India. A 63-year-man died from Covid-19 in Mumbai in...
A youth held for spreading fake news on COVID-19
By Hira Lama on 21st March 2020
KATHMANDU, MARCH 21: Police on Saturday apprehended a youth from Sipadol of Bhaktapur on the charge of spreading fake news on COVID-19 through social media.
According to Spokesperson of Nepal Police Sailesh Thapa Kshetri, Bibek Thapa Magar, 20, of Ramechhap was arrested by the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police. On the...
Latest updates of corona virus in south asia
By Hira Lama on 21st March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Southeast Asia is worsening, with rising cases across key countries in the region. As an indicator of this, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now called on Southeast Asian states to do more to stop the spread.
though the number of coronavirus cases in South Asia has...
Nepal Telecom keeps an awareness of corona virus as ringback tone in all users of NTC.
By Hira Lama on 21st March 2020
KATHMANDU, 21 MARCH: Nepal Telecom has started to provide awareness messages of coronavirus VIRUS (Covid-19) through the calling ring back tones. Ntc has initiated this move from the afternoon of Chaitra 6, 2076 (March 19, 2020).
As the CoronaVirus (Covid-19) pandemic has already breakout on one-third of the globe, Nepal is...
Jack Ma to donate emergency supplies to 10 Asian countries including Nepal
By Hira Lama on 21st March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 21: Co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma is China's richest man, with an estimated worth of $38 billion. The 55-year-old is the co-founder of the e-commerce giant Alibaba. It's China's biggest digital marketplace, responsible for an estimated 80% of all online sales in China...
Hotels in Namche Bazaar have been shut down till further notice
By Hira Lama on 20th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 20: Hotels in Namche Bazaar, known as the gateway to Everest, are closed until further notice. The emergency meeting of the Lodge and Hotel Association Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu, has decided to close the hotel from March 20 till further notice.
According to Mingma Sherpa, President of the association, the...
Hotel and tourism entrepreneurs' association demanded the government to provide 50% salary to hotel staff
By Hira Lama on 20th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 20: Hotel and tourism entrepreneurs have demanded the government to pay half of the salary of the staff who are currently on the work from the Social Security Fund. After the global outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19), hotel and tourism entrepreneurs' Association of Nepal, Bagmati State has demanded...
PSC (Lok Sewa Aayog) halts scheduled exams until further notice
By Hira Lama on 19th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 19: Amid novel coronavirus outbreak fear, Public Service Commission (Lok Sewa Aayog) has postponed all the scheduled written examinations of civil service, security bodies and various government bodies.
The meeting of the PSC (Lok Sewa Aayog) held on Thursday decided to postpone the exams to be held between March...
Government takes drastic steps to counter novel coronavirus threat
By Hira Lama on 19th March 2020
Kathmandu, March 18
The government has appealed to the people not to leave their homes unless it was urgent.
It also urged the general public not to organize cultural or religions gatherings of more than 25 people at locations such as banquet halls and temples.
A meeting of the high-level coordination committee for...
Government restricts on gathering on various public hubs
By Hira Lama on 18th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 18: The government on Wednesday restricted gathering of more than 25 people at one place in view of the possible outbreak of coronavirus.
A meeting of the high-level government committee formed to prevent and contain the COVID-19 made a decision to this effect today. As per the decision, people will...
The government decides to postpone the SEE exam of 2076
By Hira Lama on 18th March 2020
KATHMANDU 17, MARCH: The government has pressed a button directing for the shut-down of movie theaters, cultural centers, including others to minimize the possible risk of the coronavirus which has spread across the world.
Likewise, on the press release, Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel made an announcement to postpone the SEE...
Awareness campaign by the World health organization for Corona!
By Hira Lama on 18th March 2020
With an aim to create awareness among the people about coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on high-profile figures to take its Safe Hands challenge.
WHO has asked several big names, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ivanka Trump, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Greta Thunberg, to share videos of themselves...
UAE may still renew their visit and tourist visa but only 'inside the country.'
By Hira Lama on 18th March 2020
With the suspension of issuance on entry visa, many expats, especially those on visit and tourist visa, are left with so many unanswered questions.
Will the suspension cover those who are inside the country? Can still they renew even after March 17?
According to Hoopla Tourism's spokesperson, a travel agency...
TIA seeks a public cooperation to ensure the safety of everyone against the spreading of coronavirus
By Hira Lama on 17th March 2020
Kathmandu, March 16Nepal’s sole international airport — Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) — is seeking public cooperation to keep the airport safe and to generate awareness about the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The TIA authority has stated that the bottles of hand sanitizer placed in the bathrooms and other areas for safety purposes...
Nepal gets prepared set up to 1000 isolation beds to treat coronavirus patient
By Hira Lama on 17th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 17: A high-level coordination committee to prevent coronavirus outbreak has decided to set up 115 beds for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 1,000 isolation wards in the Kathmandu Valley to curb the possible outbreak of the deadly disease that has spread to more than 100 countries across the...
coronavirus cases in India has hit 130
By Hira Lama on 17th March 2020
India, 17-March: The total number of confirmed COVID-19 coronavirus cases in India has touched 130, with Maharashtra reporting six new cases, Kerala confirming five cases, Karnataka recording four cases and one by Telangana. These cases are not included in the latest official update of 114 released by the Union Ministry...
11 new cases have been reported India, total number of infection rises to 125
By Hira Lama on 17th March 2020
India on Tuesday reported 11 new cases of the novel coronavirus taking the total number of infections to 125, up from 114 a day earlier, with the highest numbers in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union health ministry said.
India has so far reported two coronavirus deaths—one in Delhi and another in...
A man arrested for creating a fake profile
By Hira Lama on 11th March 2020
The cyber cell unit of Malad police on Tuesday, with the help of social media, traced and arrested a 37-year-old driver from Sion for allegedly creating a fake profile of the complainant and posting her phone number purporting it to be number of a commercial sex worker.
In November last year,...
Government vows to crub black marketting of good - Lekhraj Bhatta
By Hira Lama on 09th March 2020
KATHMANDU, March 9: Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatta has claimed that import from the third countries has not been affected due to the spread of coronavirus outbreak.
Amid the widespread news citing the halt of export and import to and from China, India and third countries due to...