BANIYANI, April 26 | More than 200 Nepali citizens are currently living near the bordering region of Jhapa waiting to return home. They are stationed at neighboring Indian market towns like Galgaliya, Pani Tanki, Naxarbadi and other areas, according to Nepal Red Cross Society, Jhapa president Lok Raj Dhakal. Some of them are in the quarantine run by the Indian authorities, some are with their relatives while some are stranded, said Dhakal. Of them, 150 have already registered their names to return home following due procedures. Meanwhile, the Jhapa district administration has begun थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 26 | The Metropolitan Police Range (MPR), Kathmandu, has refused to register a first information report (FIR) against ruling Nepal Communist Party lawmakers Mahesh Basnet and Kisan Shrestha, and former Inspector General of Nepal Police, Sarbendra Khanal for the alleged abduction of Janata Samajbadi party lawmaker Surendra Yadav. Basnet is also a former minister. Chief of the MPR, SSP Shyamlal Gyawali refused to register the FIR saying that the case was beyond his jurisdiction as the alleged abduction had taken place in Mahottari district. Top leaders of the newly-formed थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 26 | The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed two more COVID-19 cases on Sunday. According to the assistant spokesperson for the ministry, Dr Samir Kumar Adhikari, two males from Bijgrunj, Parsa have tested positive for this virus. Both of them are 50 years old. They are undergoing treatment at an isolation ward in the hospital. “They are normal,” Adhikari added. With this, the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 have reached 51 in Nepal. Twelve of them have recovered. No death has been reported so थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 25 | Nepal has seemingly made progress in controlling the spread of COVID-19 as the World Health Organization (WHO) placed the country in the list of risk zones, removing it from the list of high risk zones, officials said on Saturday. Samir Kumar Adhikari, assistant spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that Nepal has been delisted from the high risk zone based on WHO’s recent assessment relating to COVID-19 impact on Nepal. The UN agency conducted the assessment based on the government's ongoing efforts to prevent and contain the spread of थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 24 | President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday repealed two ordinances relating to the Constitutional Council and the Political Party Act at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. She scrapped the two ordinances as per Article 114 of the Constitution of Nepal, according to the statement by the President’s Office. The ordinances were swiftly endorsed by president Bhandari earlier on Monday. After criticism from all quarters, the government on Friday decided to withdraw those ordinances. A meeting of the cabinet held at the Prime Minister's official residence थप यता
BIRATNAGAR, April 18 | Eleven Indians and another Nepali man who tested positive for coronavirus admitted to Biratnagar-based corona special hospital Friday night. Those Indians and Nepali man were infected by the deadly virus while staying under a quarantine facility in Triyuga municipality of Udayapur, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Friday afternoon. The number of people infected by coronavirus jumped to 30 in Nepal after 14 more people tested positive for coronavirus. According to the ministry, two men from Chitwan also tested positive for the deadly virus. The number of थप यता
UNITED STATES, April 17 | Another Nepali citizen living in New York has died of coronavirus on Friday. Mahesh Amatya, 69, died of the contagion while undergoing treatment at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in New York. He was rushed to the hospital after having breathing difficulties on Wednesday evening, according to Tulsiram Acharya, vice-president of Ridgewood Nepali Society. Amatya, originally from Kathmandu, is survived by his wife and two sons. He went to the United States a few months ago. He is fifth Nepali to die of the virus in the United States in the past few थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 17 | Third week of the lockdown, first implemented on March 24 has forced thousands of people to walk home as businesses are shut down in cities. Lockdown has hit hard the lives of daily bread earners, especially those working in construction sites and factories. Government has put in place strict measures to enforce the lockdown. Thousands of workers in the informal sector depend on daily wages. Income has dried up and they have no option but to leave for their homes. Scores of people are heading home during the night. Painful stories of children, women and physically थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 15 | A total of 298 people residing in Sun City Apartment in Pepsicola, who underwent rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for antibodies today, have tested negative for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Population said. Spokesperson at the ministry Bikash Devkota said that 298 people residing in the residential complex tested negative for coronavirus during the RDT. "The testing of the swab samples of other people living at the apartment has come negative," he said. On Tuesday, two members of the same family living at the apartment had tested positive for COVID-19 while थप यता
KATHMANDU, April 14 | Two of three members of the same family residing in the Sun City Apartment in Kathmandu have tested positive for COVID-19 at Teku based National Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday, according to Health Ministry sources. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of another family member is yet to be produced, the source added. Earlier, they tested positive for the virus through rapid diagnostic test (RDT) on Monday. After the test results came positive, the ministry took the family members to the Patan Hospital. Currently, they have been receiving treatment at the थप यता
