NAWALPUR : Police here have seized a large quantity of mobile phone sets imported in Nawalpur district by evading the customs tax. The cell phones worth Rs 7.8 million rupees were seized from Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality-1 along the East-West Highway. According to police, 595 sets of cell phones were confiscated. A police team deployed […]
KATHMANDU : The government is administering the second dose of Vero Cell vaccine to people aged 55 and above across the country from today. According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), people who are older than 55 years and previously received the first dose of the vaccines from July 6 are eligible to […]
KATHMANDU : The Gangapurna Lake in Manang has now almost disappeared after being buried by landslides and floods. Located In Ishang Rural Municipality-6 of the district, the lake is considered the jewel of Manang which is visited by almost every trekker trekking along the Annapurna Circuit. Floods and landslides that occurred earlier in June buried […]
KATHMANDU : The third wave of COVID-19 has begun in Nepal, according to health experts and officials at the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). Both the COVID-19 infection rate and the number of new cases have increased in recent days, the country has been hit by the third wave, said Dr Sameer Kumar Adhikari, […]
KATHMANDU : The bodies of 24 Nepalis who died in Malaysia during employment were brought to Nepal a week ago. The bodies had been stranded in Malaysia for some time due to the limited regular flights following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foreign Employment Board has stated that the bodies were brought after a wide body […]
KATHMANDU: Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Hitendra Dev Shakya has warned to go to court if the government decided to forcibly dismiss him. Shakya made the remarks a day after Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal asked him to resign. Minister Bhusal called Shakya at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar on […]
KATHMANDU : The CPN-UML has asked the government to withdraw its decision to scrap the Landless Problem Resolution Commission (LPRC). Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, UML Spokesperson Pradeep Gyawali asked the government to roll back the decision without any further delay. Arguing that the decision fails to honor the people’s fundamental rights, Gyawali also […]
KATHMANDU: Eight percent of the daily necessities sold and distributed in the market have been found unfit for human consumption. This was found through tests conducted by the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC) by collecting samples of food items being sold in the market. In the tests conducted by the department by […]
KATHMANDU : The government has announced to administer the second dose of Vero cell vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from August 6. People who are older than 55 years and those who previously received the first dose of the vaccines from July 6 will receive their second dose, according to a press statement […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has halted the transfer of Dr. Jageshwar Gautam, chief administrative officer (CAO) of COVID-19 Unified Central Hospital. Earlier, State Minister for Health, Umesh Shrestha had decided to remove Dr. Gautam from the post of CAO on Monday. The ministry had decided to appoint Dr. Rudra Marasini in place of […]