Nepal’s coronavirus tally advanced to 51,919 as 1,454 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours
Power-surplus Nepal hopes to earn $100 million from electricity exports to India
From Thursday this week, Nepal started selling electricity, around 37 MW to Indian buyers, Nepal Electricity Corporation spokesperson Suresh Bhattarai confirmed to The Kathmandu Post. More bids are invited to sell 200 MW in India’s power exchange market on a long-term basis.
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Safety booth to carry COVID patients
Nepal's National Innovation Centre has developed a safe booth to take the COVID-19 patients to hospitals
Nepal PM Oli, former PM Dahal bury the hatchet with joint proposal
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the two co-chairpersons of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), have buried the hatchet and have sent a joint proposal to the party’s Standing Committee members
Domestic flights unlikely in Nepal from Sept 15
The government is preparing to extend the suspension of domestic flights, ignoring requests of the private sector and public demand
'Things are in shambles in Nepal'
The jumbled up signs for seven provinces at Kathmandu airport is symbolic of the shambles things in Nepal are in. Nearly half-a-year of lockdown later, there are still 150,000 Nepali workers overseas waiting to return
Nepal's farmers against the government’s land bank law
Farmers have raised voice against the Nepal government’s new law regarding land bank
Lockdown eased in Kathmandu valley
District administration offices of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur today extended the ongoing prohibitory orders in their districts by a week till the midnight of September 16, with many relaxations
Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll reaches 312 with six more fatalities; 1,081 new infections take tally to 49,219
Nepal reported six more COVID-19-related deaths, on Wednesday, to take the national toll to 312
Coronavirus infection increasing among security personnel at Sanga transit
Coronavirus infection is found increasing among the security personnel mobilised at Sanga, the eastern border transit point to Kathmandu Valley
Nepal tourism may take five years to recover
Nepal’s tourism sector has hit rock bottom this year due to the COVID-19 crisis, and it will take at least five years to fully recover, according to hotel owners, airline executives and trekking agencies
Nepal PM holds consultation, seeks solution to psychological effect of pandemic
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has organised a consultation meeting with experts and specialists to discuss the solution to the psychological effect of COVID-19 pandemic on society
47 potentially dangerous glacial lakes tickling in Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali river basins
A new study has identified as many as 47 glacial lakes within the Koshi, Gandaki, and Karnali river basins of Nepal, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China, and India as potentially dangerous, the ones that could damage physical infrastructure and cause loss of human lives and livelihoods downstream
‘Nepalis abroad will get to cast vote’
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development Ghanashyam Bhusal has said Nepali citizens eligible to vote would be able to take part in the election from any part of the world
Nepal’s COVID-19 toll reaches 300 with 11 more deaths; 979 new infections take tally to 47,236
Nepal, on Monday, reported 11 more COVID-19 related deaths to take the national toll to 300. The total number of infections has now reached 47,236 with the confirmation of 979 new infections
Coronavirus death-toll moves to 300 in Nepal
Eleven people passed away from COVID-19 related complications in the last 24 hours, with which the nationwide death-toll has moved to 300
