Minister of State for Urban Development, Rambir Manandhar has said the Ministry has started monitoring and conducting the required coordination of all quarantine facilities set up throughout the country. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on March 29 approved the quarantine operation and management standard. It had also assigned

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has so far collected the details of 134 foreign-returnees in the last one month in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Among the 134 foreign returnees, 60 have completed 15 days while the rest are in home quarantine, KMC stated. KMC administration department chief Namaraj Dhakal

Twelve youth central members of the major opposition Nepali Congress has appealed to the government to redirect the constituency development fund for the ongoing fight against COVID-19. They have also furnished several action recommendations along with the elongation of lockdown orders for containing the global pandemic in the country. The

The Yeti Group has donated Rs 10 million to the Fund set up by the government for the prevention and control of COVID-19 and the treatment of the infected. In a statement released by the Yeti Group here today, it was shared that a cheque bearing the amount was donated

No decision has been taken to allow people to leave the Kathmandu Valley for their hometowns on April 10 and 11, according the High Level Coordination Committee for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19. News reports about the matter are baseless, according to a statement issued by the Committee’s coordinator

No new coronavirus infection case has been detected recently, according to the Ministry of Health and Population. The information was shared at the regular press conference organised by the Ministry. So far, swabs of 2,895 suspected people across the country have been tested, said the Ministry’s Spokesperson Dr Bikash Devkota.

Electronic transaction is found have been increasing as a result of the lockdown imposed by the government to stem the spread of the Coronavirus. As of the second week of the lockdown, e-transaction worth Rs. 35.6 billion has been recorded, according to Nepal Clearing House Limited. The transaction was worth

Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation Basant Kumar Nembang has made it clear that no decision has been so far taken to allow people to leave Kathmandu Valley on Friday and Saturday. Minister Nembang clarified the matter when various media reports stated that government decided to permit the vehicular movement

Nepal Bar Association (NBA) has called for boosting up confidence of health workers involved in lab testing and treating COVID-19 patients by equipping them with necessary health appliances and protective gear. Issuing a press release today, NBA’s general-secretary Leelamani Poudel urged the government to make arrangement for carrying out tests

Nepal has its position unchanged in the football rankings unveiled by the world football governing body, FIFA today. The new ranking shows Nepal remaining in the same 170th position that it was in the previous ranking. In terms of the FIFA ranking, Nepal is third among the south Asian countries.