The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) district chapter has called for a closure of publication of newspapers published from the district. Issuing a statement here today, Chapter President Bishnu Awasthi said the appeal has been made in order to protect all associated with media from the menace of Coronavirus or

The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation has formed a committee to give suggestions in regard with Guthis. The committee has been formed under the convenorship of House of Representatives (HoR) member Jeevan Ram Shrestha, executing the March ministerial-level decision to this regard, the Ministry said. The committee

The District Administration Office (DAO) in Kailali district has imposed curfew in the district effective from 2pm today until further notice. This step is taken as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 as the infection continues to claim thousands of lives across the world. Issuing a notice here today, the

Chairperson of the National Assembly of the Federal Parliament, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has announced donation worth his one month’s salary to the central relief fund established by the government to fight coronavirus. A Cabinet meeting on Sunday decided to set up the fund to battle the infection. He wrote to

: The Federal Parliament’s Parliamentary Committee has unanimously endorsed Mahendra Bahadur Pandey as the resident ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and the non-resident ambassador to Democratic Republic of Korea and Magnolia. A meeting of the committee held in Singha Durbar today accepted the Pandey’s nomination unanimously, said committee

The District Administration Office, Arghakhanchi district has declared to lockdown the district effective from today might at 12 to until further notice to prevent the risk of COVID-19. The all-side meeting chaired by Chief District Officer of the district Bijayaraj Poudel today took the decision to this effect. All vehicles-private

-Bhagawan Giri One Nepali in Portugal has been confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 and is under medication at a hospital there, it has been reported. Three other suspected Nepalis are quarantined. However, the final medical reports of the three are awaited. The infected person, who works in the

Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal today said the government would rescue and provide free treatment to COVID-19 infected people. "Any infected person will be rescued through airway or land and treated," he said at a press conference the Ministry called over coronavirus crisis. He also urged the

Although government on Sunday decided to seal all border points connecting to both India and China, for the next one week beginning from Monday to stem the spread of COVID-19, the Birgunj-Raxaul border point in State No 2 sees an overwhelming number of people exiting to India since today morning.

The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Nepal. A 19-year-old woman, who had arrived Kathmandu on Tuesday from France via the Qatar transit, was tested positive for the virus, said the Ministry’s Spokesperson Dr Bikash Devkota at a press conference here today. She is