Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala has urged the government to undertake result-oriented works. Issuing a press statement here Friday, leader Koirala appealed to the government to make its efforts result-oriented at this critical time when the whole world is battling against the COVID-19. “It’s very important to

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has urged Nepali brothers and sisters to extend their supports to the initiatives taken by the government for the prevention, control and treatment of the COVID-19. President Bhandari also called all to realize the seriousness of the coronavirus instead of getting swayed by the sentiment. In

The Ministry of Health and Population has said no new case of COVID-19 was reported on Friday. Ministry Spokesperson Dr Bikas Devkota shared this information at the press conference. "The rumour that a person come from India was found positive to COVID-19 was baseless," he said, urging everyone not to

Minister for Finance Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada has said control of the COVID-19 pandemic is a common responsibility of all- not only of the government. Dr Khatiwada said so during an interaction programme at the Finance Ministry on Friday with the Vice-Chairperson and members of the National Planning Commission, former vice-chairs

Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal told the office-bearers at the National Academy of Medical Science (NAMS) and instructed to make sure there was no lacking for treatment of all kind of patients. Summoning them at his office on Friday, Minister Dhakal also took stock of the preparations on

The COVID-19 control taskforce in the district has handed over the personal protection equipment (PPE) to the hospitals here. Taskforce coordinator and Bharatpur Metropolitan City Mayor Renu Dahal handed over the PPE sets to the health facilities on Friday. The protective equipments were donated and some bought by the Metropolis.

The Rastriya Janata Party has urged one and all to stay at home during the lockdown period. Issuing a press statement on Friday, the RJP Presidium coordinator Sharat Singh Bhandari has urged the government to be more serious to control of COVID-19 outbreak as pandemic was on rise across the

Some local youths in Humla district headquarters Simikot have protested the transport of food items here fearing that such activities could put them at risk of infection of COVID-19. As the country has gone into lockdown since March 24 to prevent and control outbreak of COVID-19, the locals here are

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has kept the daily wage earners working in the unorganized sectors in the priority list for relief package distribution during the ongoing lockdown period. Talking to journalists on Friday, Mayor of KMC Bidya Sundar Shakya was sharing his initiatives unveiled to assist the needy people

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Ishwar Pokhrel has visited the Coronavirus Crisis Management Centre (CCMC) at Chhauni in the capital city on Friday. The CCMC was established by the Nepal Army by preparing a 100-bed isolation ward and 30 ICU beds at Birendra Army Hospital, Chhauni, in the