Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of Bahrain to express concern about the state of Nepalis there. A large number of Nepalis, especially migrant workers, are working in Bahrain. "As part of my conversation with the Heads of Government of countries having a

Three more people have been tested positive for COVID-19, taking the confirmed cases to nine so far in the country. Those confirmed to have contracted the virus are a 21-year-old male (from Kailali) who recently returned from Mumbai, India; the second is a 41 -year-old male (from Kanchanpur) and he

Minister for Education, Science and Technology Girirajmani Pokhrel has directed education secretary Mahesh Prasad Dahal to take stock of Nepali students in Australia. The Minister’s instruction came in the wake of the Australian government’s urge for them (Nepali students) to return home if they were finding hard times there amidst

Social Development Minister of State-5 Sudarshan Baral has urged the health workers to work with high morale in this critical hour of pandemic. While visiting Bheri Hospital which is doing preparation to fight against deadly COVID-19 here today, Minister argued that the State government was providing medical stuffs and safety

Dr Rajib Jha has said there is no better option than lockdown to contain coronavirus. Sharing the Chinese experience, Dr Jha, who is also the Chairman of China-Nepal Medical Research Centre, reminded that Chinese people maintained such discipline that fully cooperated with government move to cope up the crisis. Jha,

(Krishna Dawadi) People’s movement has been restricted with the nationwide lockdown announced by the government since March 24 to stem the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, people who are in the need of regular medication have not been able to visit health facilities. Lockdown has relatively affected more

Three newly identified coronavirus positive persons are undergoing treatment at Seti State Hospital and their health condition is normal. According to Dr Jagdeesh Joshi at the hospital, three people were tested positive on Saturday itself. The newly affected are first COVID-19 affected 34-year-old youth’s sister in law; 21-year-old youth recently

Two persons were arrested for threatening health workers at Naumule Primary Health Centre in the district. Local Ganesh Thapa and Dinesh Chand were arrested for they had threatened Dr Deepak Subedi and health workers to leave the health centre on Friday. Thapa and Chand had reportedly threatened the health workers,

Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal has said the government was moving ahead following the suggestions of the experts to combat the possible outbreak of COVID-19. In an interaction with experts at the Ministry today, Minister Dhakal said the Ministry was carrying out its activities following the advice

Three more people have been tested positive for COVID-19, taking the confirmed cases to nine so far in the country. All three are from Kanchanpur district of Sudurpaschim State. Those confirmed to have contracted the virus are a 21-year-old male who recently returned from Mumbai, India; the second is a