Chairperson of the National Assembly of the Federal Parliament, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has announced donation worth his one month’s salary to the central relief fund established by the government to fight coronavirus. A Cabinet meeting on Sunday decided to set up the fund to battle the infection. He wrote to

: The Federal Parliament’s Parliamentary Committee has unanimously endorsed Mahendra Bahadur Pandey as the resident ambassador to the People’s Republic of China and the non-resident ambassador to Democratic Republic of Korea and Magnolia. A meeting of the committee held in Singha Durbar today accepted the Pandey’s nomination unanimously, said committee

Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal today said the government would rescue and provide free treatment to COVID-19 infected people. "Any infected person will be rescued through airway or land and treated," he said at a press conference the Ministry called over coronavirus crisis. He also urged the

The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Nepal. A 19-year-old woman, who had arrived Kathmandu on Tuesday from France via the Qatar transit, was tested positive for the virus, said the Ministry’s Spokesperson Dr Bikash Devkota at a press conference here today. She is

A brief rain has been forecast at one or two places of the hilly regions today with partly to generally cloudy in the eastern region and partly cloudy in the rest of the country. According to the Meteorological Forecasting Division, tonight light rain or thunder and lightning is likely to

The operation of long-route vehicles has come to a halt from today taking into consideration the potential risks of COVID-19 outbreak. A meeting of the Nepal National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs has on Sunday took the decision to shut the operation of long-route vehicles to implement the government’s decision to

Federation of Truck Transport Entrepreneurs Nepal has urged all entrepreneurs to operate transport service without any obstruction. Issuing a press release on Sunday, the Federation has urged the entrepreneurs to ensure smooth operation of transport which comes under the most essential service. It may be noted that the government on

-Narayan Dhungana The government has urged the general public to remain united against the potential risks stemming from COVID-19. Noting that there is possible risk of outbreak of novel coronavirus, the government underlined the need of collective efforts to fight against the global pandemic. Drawing a conclusion that the self-home

In order to minimize possible risks of COVID-19, the Federation of Community Forest Users Nepal (FECOFUN) said its building across the country can be used as quarantine ward as per the need. As many as 1,398 buildings of the users’ committees associated to FECOFUN can be used as quarantine wards,

As a part to control the spread of coronavirus outbreak in the country, the government on Sunday decided to close the international borders only for human mobility for a week from 10:00 am on Monday. A meeting of the Council of Ministers held this evening took this decision, government spokesperson