KATHMANDU : Nepal recorded as many as 1,736 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. According to the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), 1,736 new cases of COVID-19 were detected through 8,055 PCR and 683 antigen tests in the past one day. Similarly, the health ministry has […]
MUMBAI : India reported 1,761 deaths from COVID-19 overnight, its highest daily toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown, as the country battles a second wave that has left people fighting for hospital beds, oxygen and medicines. The world’s second most populous country is grappling with its biggest public health emergency after […]
KATHMANDU : The entry of the audience has been restricted in the ongoing Tri-Nations T-20 series being played at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground in Kirtipur. Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), issuing a public statement on Monday, said that the decision follows the government’s directive to restrict the gathering of more than 25 people at […]
KATHMANDU : Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) has suspended four of its lawmakers taking oath of office and secrecy as ministers in the Shankar Pokharel-led cabinet in Lumbini Province. While seeking clarification from them, the party has also served a 24-hour long ultimatum to all four lawmakers, who had earlier signed in the no-confidence motion filed […]
KATHMANDU : The government has decided to close down all educational institutions in view of the outbreak of the second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) triggered by the new variant. A cabinet meeting held on Monday took a decision to this effect, according to Parbat Gurung, Minister for Communications and Information Technology. Minister Gurung […]
POKHARA : Three Russian tourists who had lost contact during their first Annapurna ascent have now come to contact. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), all three Russian mountaineers are safe although one of them had fallen off a cliff at the mountain’s base camp. According to Mira Acharya, Director at the Department’s Mountaineering […]
KATHMANDU : Kumar Chudal and Nahakul Subedi have been appointed as justices of the Supreme Court. President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday appointed them as apex court justices upon the recommendation of the Judicial Council as per the Article 129 (2) of Constitution of Nepal. Prior to this, Chudal was the Chief Judge at Patan […]
BIRATNAGAR : The winter session of Province 1 Assembly meeting is scheduled to end by midnight today. The winter session of the provincial assembly will end by Sunday midnight, said speaker of the provincial assembly, Pradip Kumar Bhandari. Chief Minister Sherdan Rai was scheduled to address the assembly meeting held earlier today. However, the meeting […]
NEPALGUNJ : Three more COVID-19 patients who were undergoing treatment at Bheri Hospital have died in a single night. Two women and a man from Banke, Bardiya and Dailekh, who were admitted to the hospital’s COVID ward, died on Saturday night. According to Tej Oli, focal person of the District COVID-19 Crisis Management Center, a […]
NEPALGUNJ : Six health workers of Bheri Hospital, who had earlier received COVID-19 vaccine, have tested positive for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Those health workers had received shots of Covishield vaccine, according to Dr Prakash Thapa, Medical Superintendent at Bheri Hospital. After detecting COVID-19 in six health workers, swab samples of other medics have also […]