KATHMANDU: Fuel prices rose in the international market amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) in line with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) increased the prices of all petroleum products except cooking gas from Sunday night. The corporation has been criticized for raising prices during the pandemic. Even with the price hike, the […]
KATHMANDU: A PCR test report carried out within the past 72 hours is required to vote in the National Assembly by-elections. The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday approved the health security criteria for the by-elections to the National Assembly and made the PCR report mandatory for voters to furnish the report before casting their votes […]
KATHMANDU : The recovery rate of patients infected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at B&C Hospital in Birtamod, Jhapa, is higher than many hospitals inside the country. It is claimed that the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at the hospital is very low due to the availability of skilled medical staff, modern […]
KATHMANDU : Reappointed Minister for Finance, Bishnu Prasad Poudel has said that he will bring next year’s budget with programs to face COVID-19. After assuming his office at the Ministry of Finance on Friday, Minister Poudel said that the next fiscal year’s budget is in the final stage of preparation. He said the new budget […]
GAZA : Israel bombed the home of Hamas’s chief in Gaza early on Sunday and the Islamist group fired rocket barrages at Tel Aviv as hostilities stretched into a seventh day with no sign of abating. At least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes across the coastal enclave, health officials said, and many […]
KATHMANDU: The government has initiated a process to appoint ambassadors in various 11 countries. Two of those recommended as ambassadors are career diplomats serving at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the remaining others are candidates considered close to the ruling CPN-UML. Joint Secretaries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nirmal Raj Kafle has been […]
SURUNGA : Prohibitory order has been extended in Jhapa for an additional week. A meeting of the District-level COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (DCCMC) held at the District Administration Office, Jhapa on Thursday decided to extend the restriction till May 20 midnight. The prohibitory order was initially enforced in Jhapa from May 1. The two-week long […]
KATHMANDU: Two foreign climbers have reportedly died during their expedition to Mount Sagarmatha on Wednesday. According to Chhang Dawa Sherpa, Director at Seven Summit Treks, a Kathmandu-based mountaineering company, Abdul Waraich from Switzerland and Puwei Liu from the United States of America breathed their last on Wednesday (May 12). Waraich had successfully reached the summit […]
Pokhara : Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel of the Nepali Congress party has staked his claim over the vacant position of chief minister in the Gandaki province. The position is vacant since the resignation of incumbent Prithvi Subba Gurung of the CPN-UML on Sunday. Pokharel today submitted a letter to Provincial Governor Sita Paudel, claiming he […]
BAGLUNG: Two persons were killed and one other was injured when a Dhorpatan-bound taxi (Dha 1 Ja 528) crashed at Pyangkhola in Dhorpatan municipality-5 in the Baglung district on Tuesday evening. The deceased have been identified as the taxi driver Dhal Bahadur Thapa and Jok Bahadur BK of Dhorpatan municipality-5. The cause of the accident […]