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NCP MPs condemn govt for Dashain allowance

Lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — Bhim Rawal and Janardan Sharma — and Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the House of Representatives Bal Krishna Khand have opposed the distribution of Dashain allowance among federal lawmakers

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Kathmandu Valley abuzz with activity with relaxation on prohibitory order

With the partial lifting of the prohibitory orders on Thursday, Kathmandu Valley has become abuzz with activity. Vehicles can be seen snaking through some major road sections in the Valley leading to traffic jams in busy areas such as New Road, Ason, and Indrachowk

Nepal's tourism minister proposes unshackling travel to revive economy

Nepal Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai said on Thursday that they had proposed four actions to help revitalise the economy even as the fight against the virus continues—increase flight frequency, allow projects to bring foreign technicians, resume domestic flights and open trekking and mountaineering

Nepal records highest single-day infections

Nepal’s coronavirus tally advanced to 51,919 as 1,454 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours

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