NEPAL, SOCIETY
District Administration Offices in Kathmandu Valley issue 18-point order to check third wa...
District Administration Offices in Kathmandu Valley issue 18...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The District Administration Offices (DAOs) in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur have urged all people to take necessary precautions against COVID-19 as health officials have warned of the start of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan 12, 2022
WORLD, Coronavirus
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
Jan 12: Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.
Jan 12, 2022
ECONOMY
Insurance Board bars non-life insurers from distributing cash dividend, forcing them to se...
Insurance Board bars non-life insurers from distributing cas...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The Insurance Board (IB) has barred the non-life insurance companies from distributing cash dividends to their shareholders this year, citing the large amounts of insurance claims that the companies are yet to settle.
Jan 12, 2022
SOCIETY
Student organizations demand medical college administration officials be arrested
Student organizations demand medical college administration...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Seven different student organizations issued a public statement regarding “the fact that three medical colleges have charged higher fees than stated by the government.”
Jan 11, 2022
POLITICS
Unity with other Maoist parties not possible: General Secretary Baidya
Unity with other Maoist parties not possible: General Secret...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) Mohan Baidya has said that there is no possibility of unity with Maoist parties including the CPN (Maoist Center).
Jan 11, 2022
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Health safety protocols mandatory for visiting Central Zoo
Health safety protocols mandatory for visiting Central Zoo
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Following the increasing number of coronavirus cases in recent periods, people visiting the Central Zoo at Jawalakhel have to mandatorily follow health safety protocols issued by the government.
Jan 11, 2022
POLITICS, Coronavirus
Madhav Nepal tests positive for COVID-19
Madhav Nepal tests positive for COVID-19
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal has tested positive for COVID-19.
Jan 11, 2022
WORLD
A million set to throng India's Ganges for holy dip despite COVID-19
A million set to throng India's Ganges for holy dip despite...
KOLKATA, Jan 11: Nearly one million Hindu worshippers are expected to gather on the banks of the Ganges river this Friday and Saturday for a holy bathe despite galloping COVID-19 infections across the country, an official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Jan 11, 2022
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
COVID-19 infection graph going high, government has not planned lockdown yet
COVID-19 infection graph going high, government has not plan...
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Following a gradual rise in COVID-19 infections rate for the past few days, the government has already decided to close schools till January 29 effective from today.
Jan 11, 2022
Coronavirus
Nepal records 2,444 new cases on Tuesday
Nepal records 2,444 new cases on Tuesday
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: Nepal recorded as many as 2,444 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday along with 313 recoveries and one death, according to the latest information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).
Jan 11, 2022