The Karnali State government has started sending food items to the mountainous districts in the State via air. The State government decided to supply food stuffs to Humla, Dolpa and Mugu districts through private aircrafts. In case of Humla and Dolpa, air service is the only means of transportation. Minister

A public awareness programme has been launched at Chepang community of ward no 1 in Ichchhamanakamana rural municipality, Chitwan, to stay away from the spread of coronavirus infection. The indigenous people from the remote hilly area of Chitwan district are instructed on washing hands with soap. Village Social Impact’s chair

Tokha municipality in the northern belt of Kathmandu Valley has set up Rs 25-million fund to fight COVID-19. The municipality executive committee meeting on Friday decided to establish the fund in view of the potential risk of coronavirus infection. As said by municipality mayor Prakash Adhikari, the fund is meant

– Hemanta KC Private hospitals and drug stores also come under essential service. However, most of the drug stores here are shut during the lockdown. The owners of these drug stores have closed their shops out of fear of infection from possible coronavirus patients coming to their stores to buy

– Suraj Bhandari The Non Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) has started a fund raising campaign in aid of the Nepali nationals affected by COVID-19. Before this, the Association has committed Rs 10 million to the Government of Nepal for this purpose. Apart from this, NRNA has set up an NRNA

The State-2 government has started preparations for prevention, control and treatment of coronavirus at a war footing. It is stated that the state government has entered the second phase of war against COVID-19. The state government has spared no efforts in making the lockdown announced by the federal government to

Nepal Police have brought into use the ‘Nepal Police Mobile App’ for providing information on various incidents. The Police Headquarters has said that one can get information on COVID-19 pandemic as well as on other incidents like domestic violence, kidnapping, narcotics drugs abuse, sex crime, road accidents, missing people, murder,

A State COVID-19 Crisis Management Committee has been set up here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dormani Poudel. The Office of the Chief Minister stated that the State Government has constituted the committee as per the guidelines of the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers to

The Supreme Court has ordered the Ministry of Health and Population to provide information regarding the steps it has taken in connection with health institutions refusing treatment services. A bench of Justice Hari Prasad Phuyal issued this order in the name of the Ministry on Thursday. In its order, the

A joint appeal to fight against the COVID-19 has been issued by the political leaders from 193 countries including Nepal Communist Party (NCP) senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday. The leaders have stressed on working together to combat the deadly pandemic of the coronavirus. A 10-point appeal was issued