Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has stressed the need for speeding up vaccination drive against COVID-19 to reduce the casualties caused due to the pandemic.Khatiwda, who arrived here on Tuesday to take stock of the situation of cor…
General News
Air services generally affected due to bad weather
Air service of the country has been generally affected due to bad weather.Flights to and from some airports have been affected due to thick fog and haze from early morning following the impact of westerly wind.The domestic flights from Tribhuvan Inter...
COVID-19: daily infection climbs to 12,000 plus, with 4 casualties
A record 12,338 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 24 hours in the country. The new infections were revealed in 27,497 samples tested, including 21,007 through RT-PCR and 5,331 through antigen tests, according to the Ministry of Health an...
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...
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‘Health Ministry not in favour of immediately enforcing lockdown’
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
The Ministry of Health and Population has clarified that it was not in favour of immediately enforcing lockdown in the country.In a meeting of the House of Representatives (HOR)’s Education and Health Committee held on Tuesday, Health Secretary Dr Rosh…
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Over 100 doctors, health workers infected with COVID-19 in Chitwan
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
One hundred seventeen doctors and health workers of different hospitals in Chitwan district have tested positive for coronavirus.Such number of doctors, health workers and hospital staffs were infected with the virus within a few days following the sur…
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COVID-19: 10,000 plus infections in a single day
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
A whopping 10,258 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 24 hours in the country. The new infections were revealed in only 22,828 samples tested, including 17,872 through RT-PCR and 4,956 through antigen tests.This takes the total number of in…
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Health desk, holding centre at Simkot airport
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety, medical
In the wake of rapid spread of coronavirus across the country of late, the Simkot Airport here has set up health desk and holding centre.Flights are conducted to different cities including Nepalgunj from this airport. So people’s movement is common her…
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Health Ministry to extend contract period of essential health workers
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
With the rising cases of Coronavirus infection lately, the Ministry of Health and Population has decided to manage required number of human resources for the health institutions.A minister-level decision was made to extend the three-month-long contract…
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COVID-19: 23.6 per cent infected in 15,081 tests
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
Altogether 3,553 people have been found infected with the corona virus in the past 24 hours. According to a bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Population today, the new cases were confirmed in 15,081 tests, representing 23.6 percent rate o…
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COVID-19 cases on steady rise as Omicron variant raises alarm
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
COVID-19 positive cases are rising each day in the country. The infection graph is seeing a steady rise when the lately detected Omicron variant of the virus draws the concern globally. With the soaring cases of the virus, the test coverage based on bo…
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Holding centre inside Biratnagar Jute Mill to operate within four days
npadmin Comment Closed Health & Safety
Chief Minister of Province 1 Rajendra Kumar Rai has said that the under-construction holding centre inside Biratnagar Jute Mill would be operational within four days.One hundred of the total 1,000 beds the project would have would come into operation w…
General News
Air services generally affected due to bad weather
Air service of the country has been generally affected due to bad weather.Flights to and from some airports have been affected due to thick fog and haze from early morning following the impact of westerly wind.The domestic flights from Tribhuvan Inter...
COVID-19: daily infection climbs to 12,000 plus, with 4 casualties
A record 12,338 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 24 hours in the country. The new infections were revealed in 27,497 samples tested, including 21,007 through RT-PCR and 5,331 through antigen tests, according to the Ministry of Health an...
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...