EMERGING THEME(S): • Nepal reported 478 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death on 6 January • Health Ministry data of last 5 days show COVID-19 infection has increased to 5% on 6 January from 2.5% at the beginning of the week; testing is almost negligible at the Nepal-India border checkposts though infection has increased almost 5
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Nepal registers over 18,000 lost passports with Interpol
The Department of Passport has registered details of 18,771 lost passports of Nepali nationals with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol). The registration took place as per the Passport Regulations, 2020 through the Interpol branc...
Migrant workers welcomed at Nepali Embassy in Israel
The Nepali Embassy in Israel welcomed the migrant workers reached there. The Nepali workers were welcomed by a joint team of the Israeli Health Ministry and Immigration Authority and the Nepali Embassy at Ben Gorion International Airport.Third Secreta...
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KU starts Masters in Business and Economics programme
The Kathmandu University (KU), School of Management has started the Masters in Business and Economics programme. This is an international-level new programme offered for the first time in the country, announced Prof Devi Bidari, the Dean of KU, at a ne...
National Consumers Forum calls for free COVID-19 tests
The National Consumers Forum (NCF) has called for providing cost-free COVID-19 tests. In a letter it wrote to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, NCF demanded that the PCR and antigen tests for coronavirus infection should ...
Science And Technology
Uniformity in development model imperative for boosting investment: CM Bhatta
Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Trilochan Bhatta has said investment friendly atmosphere could be created by guaranteeing security and clearing legal hurdles.At an interaction organized with the NRNA officials including its President, CM Bhatta...
31 new postage stamps released
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki affixed the first cancellation mark on the first day cover of 31 different types of postage stamps related to Nepal's natural, biological, social and cultural heritage. Secr...
General News
Nepal registers over 18,000 lost passports with Interpol
The Department of Passport has registered details of 18,771 lost passports of Nepali nationals with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol). The registration took place as per the Passport Regulations, 2020 through the Interpol branc...
Migrant workers welcomed at Nepali Embassy in Israel
The Nepali Embassy in Israel welcomed the migrant workers reached there. The Nepali workers were welcomed by a joint team of the Israeli Health Ministry and Immigration Authority and the Nepali Embassy at Ben Gorion International Airport.Third Secreta...
Trading News
KU starts Masters in Business and Economics programme
The Kathmandu University (KU), School of Management has started the Masters in Business and Economics programme. This is an international-level new programme offered for the first time in the country, announced Prof Devi Bidari, the Dean of KU, at a ne...
National Consumers Forum calls for free COVID-19 tests
The National Consumers Forum (NCF) has called for providing cost-free COVID-19 tests. In a letter it wrote to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers today, NCF demanded that the PCR and antigen tests for coronavirus infection should ...
Science And Technology
Uniformity in development model imperative for boosting investment: CM Bhatta
Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province Trilochan Bhatta has said investment friendly atmosphere could be created by guaranteeing security and clearing legal hurdles.At an interaction organized with the NRNA officials including its President, CM Bhatta...
31 new postage stamps released
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki affixed the first cancellation mark on the first day cover of 31 different types of postage stamps related to Nepal's natural, biological, social and cultural heritage. Secr...