-Ramesh Lamsal/Narayan Dhungana Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa hinted at the possible extension of lockdown period by one more week. "Discussions are underway to extend lockdown period. Probably, a decision will be taken in this regard tomorrow," he said in a special interview with Rastriya Samachar Samiti. The lockdown extension

Laxmi Bhandari The Raute community people who have been surviving a nomadic life in forest now have started wearing face masks. Members of the group, which has been recognized by the government as an indigenous Khas ethnic group, are mostly residing at Bheriganga municipality-2, Chhinchukhiola in Surkhet. They are one

More than 200 cargo trucks carrying essential supplies such as food items and LPG gas have entered Nepal from India during the lockdown. Government has banned all vehicular and people’s movement since the enforcement of nationwide lockdown beginning March 24 to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 but the transportation of

The likelihood of conducting rhino census looks but unfeasible due to the lockdown in the face of COVID-19 pandemic and the adverse weather on top of it. However, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) has completed all preparations for the census. The rhino census was slated to

The major political parties in State-1 have forged consensus on helping the state government in the full implementation of the lockdown and in its other efforts to combat the coronavirus menace. The parties have urged the government to make necessary arrangements to regularise the health services at the government hospitals,

The Armed Police Force (APF) has set up two border outposts at two places in the district sharing border with India. The paramilitary force has set up a border outpost each at Srilanka of Tikapur municipality-8 and at Kusumghat of Bhajani municipality-3. Chief of the BOP Khakraula, Inspector Chandra Dev

– Mahendra Subedi With the first case of local transmission of corona virus in the district of Kailali, COVID-19 has stepped into its second stage in Nepal—calling for more alarm and state interventions to cope with the upcoming threats. The situation is deemed to be more stressing in coming days

NMB Group and the Nepal-India Human Development Friendship Association (NIHDFA) have together provided 1,000 units of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Health. The material support was handed over to Minister for Health and Population, Bhanubhakta Dhakal at the Ministry on Sunday. NMB Group provided 700 units of

Press Council Nepal (PCN) has urged the government to promptly provide the personal protective equipment to journalists working from risk zones including the international border areas in the context of increasing risk of COVID-19. A meeting of PCN on Sunday decided to draw the government’s attention for extending necessary cooperation

The Educational Consultancies Association of Nepal (ECAN) has started taking complaints through emergency forms from Nepali students abroad. Nepali students pursuing higher education in any country can register their complaints using the emergency form, ECAN stated. ECAN said it started the ECAN COVID-19 Emergency Registration Form process after students in