-Ramesh Lamsal The number of contributors to the Coronavirus Infection Prevention, Control and Treatment Fund set up by the government has been on the rise day by day. According to the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), the fund has so far received the deposit of around

Chandragiri Chamber of Commerce and Industry has distributed relief materials to lockdown-affected 145 daily wagers of Chandragiri municipality. The relief materials include 10 kilograms rice, one kilogram pulse, one kilogram salt, one litre cooking oil, one kilogram sugar, 400 grams soyabean, two kilograms beaten rice, a soap bar, a packet

Amnesty International (AI), has said the nation-wide lockdown, and closure of borders, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has gravely impacted thousands of people. In a press release today, the international human rights organisation stated that migrant workers are stranded in the countries where they work, and people living in

Each of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC)’s the two wide-body A-330 aircraft has returned from Guanzhou of China and from Australia and New Zealand. The plane that had left for Guangzhou landed in Kathmandu at 2.57 am today bringing medical equipment and goods from there while another wide-body aircraft returned from

The Mega Bank Nepal Limited as announced a financial assistance of Rs 13.5 million to the relief fund set up by the federal and the state governments for the prevention and control of COVID-19. The Bank said it will provide Rs 10 million to the relief fund set up by

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has called on all to fully follow the lockdown order the government has announced in view of the COVID-19 risk. It has also appealed that only the genuine helpless, destitute and needy workers to claim for the relief, citing that even people who can afford

A Corona Control Cooperative Centre has been set up at the Manmohan Memorial Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Swoyambhu. The centre is set up under the leadership of the National Cooperatives Federation of Nepal Ltd. Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Padma Kumari Aryal, inaugurated the Centre amidst

The Art of Living, Nepal Chapter has distributed foodstuffs to four thousand needy families in various places of Kathmandu. Chapter president Siddheshwor Kumar Singh said various philanthropists and businessmen had provided the foodstuffs to the Chapter for distribution to the needy families. The foodstuffs included rice grain, lentils, beaten rice,

In an attempt to combat the present and future crises created by the COVID-19, Sajha Party has recommended the government to constitute a high-level all-party political mechanism and high-level experts’ team. Sajha Party’s coordinator Rabindra Mishra and spokesperson Dr Surya Raj Acharya on Saturday handed over a memo to Deputy

The government is to implement the recommendations provided by main opposition party Nepali Congress for the prevention, risk mitigation and treatment of COVID-19 infection. Nepali Congress parliamentary party office on Friday had handed a memorandum to coordinator of High-Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Deputy