Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal told the office-bearers at the National Academy of Medical Science (NAMS) and instructed to make sure there was no lacking for treatment of all kind of patients. Summoning them at his office on Friday, Minister Dhakal also took stock of the preparations on

The Rastriya Janata Party has urged one and all to stay at home during the lockdown period. Issuing a press statement on Friday, the RJP Presidium coordinator Sharat Singh Bhandari has urged the government to be more serious to control of COVID-19 outbreak as pandemic was on rise across the

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has kept the daily wage earners working in the unorganized sectors in the priority list for relief package distribution during the ongoing lockdown period. Talking to journalists on Friday, Mayor of KMC Bidya Sundar Shakya was sharing his initiatives unveiled to assist the needy people

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Ishwar Pokhrel has visited the Coronavirus Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) at Chhauni in the capital city on Friday. The CCMC was established by the Nepal Army by preparing a 100-bed isolation ward and 30 ICU beds at Birendra Army Hospital, Chhauni, in the

Nepali Congress leader and lawmaker Dilendra Prasad Badu has demanded the government to ensure special arrangement for the Nepalis stranded at border. Following the lockdown in both Nepal and India to contain the coronavirus, a large number of Nepalis has been stranded at border. He drew the government’s attention that

A section of the Federation of Nepali Journalists ( FNJ) central members have said that a press statement issued by FNJ general secretary Ramesh Bista on Thursday in regard to the forced removal of the Kathmandupress.com, an online new portal’s content was personal. FNJ central members Govinda Prasad Chaulagain, Tekraj

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the Prime Minister to help in the investigation process by relieving those involved in the purchase of health appliances and kits from the responsibility. Issuing a press release on Friday, NC President Deuba said that the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of

Laborers have started returning to work at the Melamchi water project following the government allows operation of big projects by meeting the stipulated health standards. Construction of the project however continued in the first week following the first phase of lockdown as most of the workers from outside Sindhuplachok district

The Constitutional Lawyers’ Forum has appealed to bodies concerned to build atmosphere for bringing Nepalis left stranded along the Nepal-India border amidst the nationwide lockdown back to home. The nation has been observing lockdown since March 24 to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). In a press statement today, the

-Sharacchandra Bhandary Nepal’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to slow down to 5.3 percent in the current fiscal year. The economic growth rate stood at around 7.1 percent last year owing to high agricultural yields, rise in tourists’ arrival and increment in remittance flow as well as spurt in