(Rabindra Kafle) The Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Panchthar has directed party committees under its subordination and people’s representatives from the party to distribute relief assistance to the needy ones during the crisis caused by the coronavirus through a one-door policy. Meeting minimum criteria set by the federal government is imperative

Amargadhi municipality in Dadheldhura district has deployed health workers to the doorstep of the locals to take stock of the health condition of the foreign returnees in the villages here. In a bid to observe precaution to help contain the outbreak of COVID-19, the municipality sent the health workers who

(Chandrakala Bhandari) The Armed Police Force (APF) has set up a number of temporary posts at Nepal-India border in order to strictly implement lockdown and stop the illegal entry via border. The APF tightened the security at the porous border in Jahpa district establishing additional 58 temporary posts. The APF

The Sushil Koirala Memorial Foundation has urged the government to give top priority to the testing and treating of COVID-19 patients. The testing and treating of the coronavirus need to be amplified in order to effectively contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, said Foundation’s member secretary Atul Koirala in

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has urged the government to pay attention to the implementation of coronavirus control and sensitisation campaign. Stating that the initiatives taken and works carried out so far by the government to prevent COVID-19 were the right ones, RPP has called for improvements in the government’s

Seventy two samples for which the pathology lab report are available have tested negative for coronavirus in Gandaki State. One hundred and twenty four throat swab samples were collected so far in the state and sent for tests. The Gandaki State Health Directorate’s director Dr Binod Bindu Sharma said 52

– Bhagawan Giri An emergency relief fund has been set up in Portugal for assisting the Nepali diaspora here. Honorary Consul of Nepal, Makar Bahadur Hamal is the coordinator of the fund set up through the Janachetana Samiti. It is said the fund has been established in view of the

Police persons who are working round the clock for ensuring security to the public are themselves facing problem for shortage of basic personal protective equipment. The police have been mobilised at every settlement and at the border area to enforce the lockdown announced by the government to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), Khotang has protested a Nepali Congress district leader’s threatening a journalist in the district over a news. The FNJ Khotang said Nepali Congress Khotang district president Naresh Kumar Shrestha issued death threat to journalist Uttam Chaulagain over a news report about the former’s non-cooperation in

The whole country is under a lockdown amidst fears of COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the restaurants and eateries in the city are closed. But there is a restaurant in town, Dalle Restaurant, that is serving food to essential services workers who have to report to work even in such situation.