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Flights to Nepal limited by airport capacity

Ten international airlines have restarted scheduled flights to Kathmandu after nearly six months, and although there is high passenger demand, the flight capacity is limited because of the government’s threshold of only 800 passengers allowed disembark per day

Nepali migrant workers in Lebanon feel forgotten and left out

Manju migrated to work as a housemaid in Lebanon in 2006. In the last 14 years, she managed to earn some money, build a house for the family in Morang and educate her two sons

With a sharp quarterly slump, Nepal's last fiscal year growth headed for a massive decline

Nepal saw a massive growth slump in the third quarter of the last fiscal year 2019-20–to 0.8 percent–due largely to negative growths in at least five sectors, according to estimates of the Central Bureau of Statistics made official on Sunday

Over 2,000 Nepal Police personnel contract Covid

More than 2,000 security persons from Nepal Police have contracted the COVID-19, as of now

Virus-induced unemployment force Nepal's rural youth to seek jobs in India

Last week, when a group of Nepalis were crossing the Gaurifanta border in Kailali, Dinesh BK was among them

As virus spreads, Kathmandu to focus on contact tracing

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has been coordinating with the federal government in the fight against Covid-19 due to the high infection caseload in the city compared to other parts of Kathmandu Valley

Differences with neighbours should be settled via dialogue: Former Nepal PM

Former prime minister and Chief of the International Department of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Madhav Kumar Nepal, said differences with the neighbours should be removed via dialogue on proper channel

Put women at centre of COVID response: Nepal Supreme Court

Nepal's apex court today asked the government to put women at the centre of COVID-19 response

World Bank grant to support Nepal's education sector

The Government of Nepal and the World Bank today signed an agreement for an additional grant of US$10.85 million for the School Sector Development Programme to ensure access to education and continued learning for children amid the COVID-19 crisis

Airlines ignoring orders not to board passengers without negative PCR test report

On August 25, a charter flight of Air Arabia landed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. Among the 161 passengers on board, 142 produced a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test report conducted in the last 72 hours as per regulations

Cluster infections cause cases to soar in Kathmandu Valley despite restrictions

Maiya Sainju is the in-charge of urban health clinic at the office of Ward No. 32 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City

53 feared dead in Baglung floods, landslides

Floods and landslides claimed at least 14 lives in Dhorpatan, Baglung, today. As many as 39 people have gone missing, according to the Province Police Office of Pokhara

Nepal directs Air Arabia to refund passengers

The Nepalese government has directed international airline company Air Arabia to refund passengers

Nepal records highest single-day surge with 1,228 new coronavirus infections

Nepal recorded another highest daily coronavirus cases on Thursday with 1,228 new infections

Experts paint a bleak picture of Nepal's economy as the pandemic hits harder

In normal times, Nepal's commercial banks would be busy issuing loans right and left at the start of every new fiscal year