A vaccination drive against measles-rubella disease is taking place in Kaski from March 23 to April 4 under the National Immunization Programme. At an interaction organized on Thursday to impart information about the drive, it was shared that 50, 260 children below five would be immunized in two phases of

State-1 Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Hikmat Karki on Thursday monitored works being carried out at far-east checkpoint Kakadbhitta to contain spread of COVID-19 infection. The minister made an on-site inspection of medical test process and mobilization of security personnel and health workers in the area. He directed the

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is set to set up an emergency fund worth Rs 100 million to fight coronavirus. A metropolis meeting on Thursday took a decision to this effect. Metropolis ward, small, medium and big, each would receive Rs 200,000, Rs 300,000 and Rs 400,000 respectively from the

The Biratnagar Customs Office has collected Rs 21.3 billion in revenue in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. The amount is 36 per cent less than the government’s target. During the period, the customs office was supposed to collect Rs 33.3 billion rupees. According to officials, decrease

The government is set to tighten movements at southern transits with India in a bid to fight coronavirus (COVID-19). A meeting of the national disaster risk reduction and management authority at Singha Durbar on Thursday took a decision in this regard. On the occasion, Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa said

The government has made it clear that there no situation to get panicked over the suspected unavailability of goods in market. Although there is COVID-19 menace, the food grains available in the country suffice for four to six months, the government has said. Spokesperson of the government, Dr Yubraj Khatiwada,

The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), the focal agency for renewable energy promotion in the country under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI), and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a 1.5 million US dollars agreement to promote renewable energy in Nepal. The grant, funded by the

-CB Adhikari Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has directed all respective bodies to initiate measures to prevent and control coronavirus (COVID-19). He called a meeting of chiefs of the bodies under the ministry on Thursday and asked them to enforce the decisions taken by the

The Manakamana cable car, the cable way used for visiting Manakamana Temple, is halting service after two days as preparedness to the coronavirus spread. The Manakamana Darshan Pvt took this decision on Thursday. Company director general DN Kayastha shared that the cable car service would be halted from Saturday in

The House of Representatives (HoR) meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed till 26 March, according to the officials at the Federal Parliament. A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee held today under the chair of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota took a decision to conduct the HoR meeting on coming