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Tourism minister, who called Nepal coronavirus-free country, tests positive for COVID-19

Yogesh Bhattarai, who once declared Nepal a coronavirus-free country to attract tourists, has become the first minister in the Oli Cabinet to contract COVID-19

Festive crowds disregard COVID-19 warnings in Nepal

With Dasain only two weeks way, people in Kathmandu are fully in festive mode, and many are forgoing safety precautions even as Nepal recorded the highest ever daily total for COVID-19 cases

Nepal's COVID-19 infections cross 100,000 mark, as active cases soar and death toll hits 600

Nepal’s coronavirus cases crossed the 100,000 mark on Friday, with 600 total deaths, a situation public health experts had long warned about, while the government appears clueless about its next step to contain the spread

Nepal to waive off quarantine, COVID-19 insurance rules for tourists

The Nepal government has decided to waive off quarantine and COVID-19 insurance rules for tourists starting from October 17 onwards, sources said on Friday

Nepal, Bangladesh to sign preferential trade arrangement by 2020-end

Nepal and Bangladesh have decided to sign a bilateral preferential trade arrangement by the end of 2020

Nepal to amend safety protocols for mountaineering and trekking

In a virtual meeting organised by the Tourism Recovery Task Force (TRTF), Nepal's Director-General of the Department of Tourism Rudra Singh Tamang said that the department is preparing to amend existing protocols to which the various stakeholders from the industry raised objections

Nepal PM Oli stresses need to fight climate change threat

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has underlined the need to overcome the existential threat posed by rising temperature, rising sea levels and melting of glaciers — all caused by climate change — which have impacted the lives and livelihoods from the high Himalayas to lowlands

Ruling party internal conflict is taking a toll on Nepal's governance

Nepal on Thursday saw a record daily spike in coronavirus cases, just as the total number of infections soared to 98,617. Health facilities have run out of intensive care beds and ventilators

Nepal’s economy projected to grow by only 0.6 percent in 2020-21, World Bank says

Nepal’s economy is projected to grow by just 0.6 percent in the current fiscal year 2020-2021, inching up from an estimated 0.2 percent in 2019-20 as lockdowns promoted by COVID-19 disrupted economic activity, especially tourism, according to the World Bank’s latest South Asia Economic Focus

Asian Development Bank to give $150 million for airport improvement works

The Asian Development Bank is poised to issue $150 million to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to upgrade the airports in Kathmandu and Bhairahawa

COVID-19: Nepal reports highest single-day spike with 3,439 new cases

Nepals COVID-19 tally reached 94,253 with 3,439 new infections, the highest single-day spike reported on Wednesday

Varsities, colleges in Nepal allowed to conduct exams

The Nepalese government has allowed educational institutions to conduct exams for students of all levels by ensuring social distancing and other safety measures, enforced by federal, provincial and local levels, in examination centres

Bahrain Prince, record-holder climbers arrive at Manaslu base camp

A team of high-profile climbers led by Bahrain Prince Mohamed Hamad Mohamed Al Khalifa today arrived at the base camp of Mt Manaslu to attempt to climb the 8163-metre peak in the autumn season

Nepal Province 5 now officially named Lumbini

The provincial assembly of Province 5 gave its unanimous approval to a proposal naming the province officially as Lumbini whose headquarter will be in Deng

Nepal opposition slams government's handling of COVID-19

Nepali Congress (NC), the country's main opposition party, on Tuesday slammed the incumbent government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected 89,263 people and killed 554 others