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Nepal to get $ 5.4 million from Australia for COVID-19 response

Nepal will receive around $5.4 million in additional funding from Australia to strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19

First batch of US aid arrives in Nepal

The US government has provided Nepal with the first batch of emergency aid to help the Himalayan nation fight the Covid-19 pandemic while protecting its health care workers, The Himalayan Times reported

Nepal opposition vows to counter legally and politically dissolution of parliament

Describing the Friday midnight dissolution of parliament as "unconstitutional" and "undemocratic", leaders of Nepal’s opposition alliance have vowed to take every possible legal and political step to counter the step taken by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and President Bidya Devi Bhandari

Nepal president dissolves parliament, calls fresh polls in November

Climaxing a day of dramatic developments, Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday night dissolved the House of Representatives and announced mid-term elections on November 12 and 19

Nepal president asks parties to form government

In what has been described by experts on constitutional affairs as an unconstitutional move, Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari has given parties to form a new government under an article relating to prime ministerial appointment

China-Nepal relation touches new low as border pillars go missing in Daulkha

China is once again showing its aggressive stance against neighbour Nepal as border pillars went missing in the Daulkha district of the Himalayan nation, media reports said

Nepalis can now fly abroad in chartered rescue flights

Authorities in Nepal have allowed Nepali citizens in the country to go abroad using the chartered flights that are being arranged to rescue foreigners who are stranded in the country

Nepal apex court scraps appointment of seven ministers

Days after K P Sharma Oli was reappointed as the prime minister of Nepal, the country’s supreme court gave him a jolt

Lockdowns pushing people into vicious cycle of poverty in Nepal

Prohibitory orders imposed by the government to break the chain of transmission have reduced the mobility of people and helped lessen the spread of the coronavirus but not without a heavy cost

Don’t force people to wear masks : Nepal Supreme Court to government

Nepal's Supreme Court, in an interim order, asked the government not to force people to wear masks and not to impose fines or keep them in holding centers for not wearing masks, reported The Himalayan Times

13 journalists die of Covid in Nepal, over 750 affected

Thirteen journalists have died while over 750 mediapersons contracted Covid-19 in Nepal till date, according to the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)

Nepal confirms presence of third variant of COVID-19

Nepali has confirmed the presence of a new fast-spreading variant, B.1.617.2, in the Himalayan country, thus taking the number of variants prevailing there to three

International relief organizations asked to raise funds for Nepal

Authorities in Nepal have been approaching the headquarters of all international relief organizations operating in the country to enhance support for the country’s Covid response

Nepal starts mass antigen testing in Kathmandu to tackle Covid

Authorities in Nepal have started community bases mass Antigen testing for COVID-19 in the capital, Kathmandu, which remained one of the worst affected places in the Himalayan country

Nepal prohibitory orders hit daily wagers hard

Prohibitory order imposed in Kathmandu valley by the Nepalese  government to control Covid 19 spread has started taking a toll on daily wagers in urban areas