Works have started at the under-construction Arun Third Hydroelectricity Project in Sankhuwasabha district. The project’s works were halted due to the lockdown announced to prevent COVID-19 pandemic. The 900-Megawatts capacity project is situated at Makalu and Chichila rural municipalities. Construction works have been resumed after the district administration permitted for

A PP (personal protection) booth has been set up at Bhaktapur Hospital Dudhpati for testing for coronavirus. The booth has been set up outside the emergency ward of the hospital on Tuesday, Hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Sumitra Gautam said. The COVID-19 testing facility was set up with the assistance from

The government has decided to keep a total of 1,939 ambulances on standby for contingency that may occur in course of prevention and control of COVID-19 in the country. The meeting of the High Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 formed under the convenorship of Deputy

The State no. 1 government has decided to provide an insurance coverage worth Rs. 5 million for health workers, security personnel, ambulance drivers and any staffer working at the local level in the current fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In case of death of any such frontline worker, the next

-Sher Bahadur Singh A technical team that arrived here from Kathmandu for ‘rapid test’ in a bid to control coronavirus has collected swab sample of 70 persons quarantined at the local Baijanath School. The federal government deputed the six-member team in view of the State at high risk of infection.

The Ministry for Health and Population has stated that swab samples for COVID-19 test were being collected and tested regularly to detect and treat COVID-19 cases in the country. Speaking at the daily press conference here today, Ministry’s Spokesperson Dr Bikash Devkota shared that so far 1,796 nasal and throat

Of the 119 swab samples collected for COVID-19 test in State no. 2, the results of 103 have showed negative. Sharing the results at a press conference held here today, Secretary at the Ministry of Social Development Dr Ram Prasad Ghimire said 103 people tested negative while the results of

Swab of 253 people who returned home from India and third countries would be collected for the coronavirus test in Jumla. The people are in quarantine centres in different parts of the district. The returnees have been quarantined at different places of one municipality and seven rural municipalities. As per

Chief Executive Officer of Investment Board of Nepal Maha Prasad Adhikari has been appointed as the new Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. The position had remained vacant since outgoing Governor Dr Chiranjibi Nepal ended his term 19 days ago. Adhikari was appointed the new governor of the central bank for

– Purna Prasad Mishra Firewood and timber smuggling has been reportedly on the rise from Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park during the lockdown period. According to the Park’s chief conservation officer Dil Bahadur Purja, around 100 persons have already been arrested on the charge of timber smuggling in the past week.