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Most people ignoring plea to wear mask in Kathmandu

Even as the coronavirus cases continue to surge in Kathmandu, people in the capital city are found roaming around without wearing masks

COVID-19 likely to persist until India gets rid of it: Nepal Health Minister

Minister of Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal has said the risk of COVID-19 will remain in Nepal until the pandemic is totally contained in India

Nepal braces for a return to locked-down life as COVID-19 cases rise

Three weeks after lifting the lockdown, the Nepalese government has given local administrations and governments the authority to decide on restrictions and lockdown measures as COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Nepal lost Rs 7 billion in exports of high-value products as virus strangles foreign trade

Nepal lost nearly Rs7 billion in exports of high-value products in the last fiscal year as trade restrictions triggered by the pandemic strangled international commerce

Flights, long-haul transport to remain suspended till August 31

The Nepalese cabinet has decided to resume flight operations from September 1. Citing the worsening situation due to the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the cabinet postponed the resumption of domestic and international flights

Half of Nepal’s girls may drop out of school

With schools closed for the past five months, and families losing their livelihoods due to the pandemic, many girl students across Nepal are helping their parents and may not rejoin schools once they reopen, a new survey has shown

Nepal PM Oli seeks to promote Ayodhyapuri - not Ayodhya - as Lord Ram’s place of birth

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is trying to convince everybody that Lord Ram’s birthplace is in Ayodhyapuri, in Chitwan district of Nepal and not Ayodhya in India

Worst is yet to come, Nepal's doctors say

On Friday morning, a man reached Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital. He wanted to inquire about the ambulance service

Prime Minister Employment Programme has so far proved to be a let-down for jobless citizens

Pushpa Kumari Karki is a stay-at-home mother of three. While her husband works as a general labourer in the highway town of Bardibas in Mahottari district, Pushpa Kumari spends her day doing house chores and looking after the children

War of words hots up in ruling Nepal Communist Party

Factions led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal have escalated their war of words, with Oli’s Political Adviser Bishnu Rimal warning party Spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha against ‘inciting leaders to promote factionalism’

Government casts doubt on August 17 resumption of flights, rules out complete lockdown

The Nepalese government has ruled out another complete lockdown, the kind that was imposed on March 24

Nepal registers highest single-day COVID-19 deaths

The Nepal government has reported five COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the largest single day spike in the number of fatalities

Nepal wants to say it is open to the world, but COVID-19 cases are rising

The Nepaese government said on July 20 that international and domestic flights will resume starting August 17, and asked the travel and tourism industry to take bookings for the autumn season accordingly

Nepal aviation ministry preparing protocols to resume international flights

As the Nepalese government has announced all domestic and international flights will be resumed from August 17, all the concerned authorities are busy preparing protocols on how to manage the flights and passengers during this pandemic

360 new coronavirus cases detected; nationwide tally hits 21,750

Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population has recorded 360 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Thursday, taking the nationwide count to 21,750