Bhatbhateni Supermarket and Departmental Stores has provided Rs 2.5 million in cash to Coronavirus Control, Management and Treatment Fund set up by the Gandaki State Government. Manager of Pokhara branch of the Stores, Chakra Lalchan, handed over a bank cheque of Rs 2.5 to Chief Minister of Gandaki State Prithvi

– Bikram Giri The government-run Nepal Drugs Limited (NDL) is finding it hard to get the hand sanitiser it has been producing in the hands of consumers due to the ongoing lockdown. NDL officiating general manager Bijayashree Ratna Bajracharya said 60,000 bottles sanitiser they have produced remained in the storehouse

The Ministry of Forests and Environment has written to the State Governments to prevent any harm to the forests and the wildlife during the lockdown in various districts. The Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers in all seven States were written through the Office of the Prime

Police have arrested a youth on the charge of sexual assault on a girl in Kohalpur. Aakash Malla, 20, of Kohalpur-11 was held on Wednesday on the charge of raping the girl after her family reported the incident to the police on Monday, Ilaka Police Office chief, Deputy Superintendent Kuldeep

– Krishna Prasad Sharma An ex-British Gurkha serviceman has died of COVID-19 infection here. He is 59-year-old Chet Prasad Gurung from Parbat district of Nepal who has been living in London. Gurung died at local Northwick Park Hospital last night. Senior vice-president of Tamudhi UK London Branch, Gurung, was a

– Chandrakala Bhandari People here fear coronavirus infection might enter with the entry of goods trucks through the Kakadbhitta transit point despite the lockdown and sealing of the Nepal-India border. More than 150 trucks have entered from the Kakadbhitta transit point since the announcement of the lockdown and sealing of

One hundred and three throat swab samples have tested negative for coronavirus in State-1 as of Wednesday evening. Samples were collected from 145 people and sent for testing at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan. The COVID-19 Information Desk set up at the Office of the Chief Minister

The relief fund set up by Pokhara Metropolitan City so far has collected Rs 36.47 million. The metropolis has established the fund in support of the hard hit section of society from the lockdown announced to prevent COVID-19. The fund aims to provide relief to the daily wage earners, labourers

Two thousand six hundred and eighty five people, including 659 women, faced action for flouting the lockdown orders in Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Office said. They were released after three hours after being provided with sensitisation against COVID-19. The highest number of people were held from Kathmandu.

Two thousand and 685 people faced action for violating the lockdown in Kathmandu Valley on Wednesday. According to Metropolitan Police Office, 321 two-wheelers and four-wheelers were taken under control and action against the drivers of the vehicles was taken. The highest number of people—2,157 people from Kathmandu faced action while