MAHOTTARI : The incessant rainfall since last Tuesday has collapsed the houses of some locals at Ramnagar in Bhangaha Rural Municipality- 4 in Mahottari district while flood led to inundation to over 150 houses in the locality. Upendra Kapar’s house was demolished by the rain. “Thank God, the house did not claim any life when […]
KATHMANDU : So far, four people have died and four others have lost their eyesight due to the black fungus or mucormycosis infection in Nepal. Two individuals infected with mucormycosis were treated at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) at Maharajgunj in Kathmandu. They were a 50 years old woman and a 58 years old man […]
ITAHARI : Incessant rains in Province 1 have resulted into the inundation of more than 300 homes mainly in two eastern Terai districts. According to Nepal Police, Province No. 1 Office Biratnagar’s Spokesperson SP Navin Raj Rai, the monsoon-induced inundation is severe in Sunsari district where around 204 homes have faced inundation. In Itahari, 100 […]
KATHMANDU : The ruling CPN-UML has directed the party’s lawmakers of the dissolved parliament to withdraw their support to the writ petition filed by Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba at the Supreme Court. The party’s Central Committee meeting, which was boycotted by CC members close to senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, directed 23 […]
SYDNEY: Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. The new restrictions on travel come as Australia fights outbreaks of the Delta variant simultaneously in three state capital cities, meaning […]
KATHMANDU: India has lifted the ban on the import of palm oil that had been in place since June last year. The Indian move has paved the way for Nepali exporters to resume their business. Issuing a public notice on Wednesday, Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India, removed […]
KATHMANDU : The weather is generally to completely cloudy throughout the country today with most places experiencing light to moderate rain due to the active influence of the monsoon wind and the occurrence of the monsoon low pressure system near the Tarai region. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Meteorological Forecasting Division said light to […]
SURKHET : Three persons from Surkhet have been jailed for sexually abusing two Raute women. Surkhet District Court Judge Dil Prakash Sapkota ordered police to remand Chauman Gharti, Bhupendra Budha and Man Bahadur Pun alias Milan of Gurbhakot-9 in Surkhet for trial. According to the District Police Office, all the three have been shifted to […]
KATHMANDU : The Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has predicted heavy rainfall in Nepal for the next three days. According to the latest weather bulletin published by the MFD, heavy rainfall has been predicted in Province 1, Province 2, Bagmati Province, Lumbini Province and Gandaki Province. The weather will be generally to mostly cloudy throughout the […]
TAPLEJUNG : One Heart, a non-profit organization, has distributed health materials worth over Rs 1.2 million to the district hospital and health office including nine local governments in Taplejung district. One Heart is a donor agency which provides assistance and equipment to develop the capacity of health workers and promotes maternal health of women and […]