Chairperson of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), Narayan Man Bijukchhe cautioned the government to put special measures in place to prevent possible outbreak of coronavirus in Nepal by immediately collaborating with World Health Organization (WHO). In his address to the sixth town assembly of Bhaktapur municipality on Wednesday, leader

The Ministry of Health and Population has dispatched a health care team to Gumba village of Jugal rural municipality-4 in Sindhupalchok district in the wake of scores of local people complaining of common cold and fever, said the Ministry. The five-member health team including a medical officer and a lab

Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Sapkota paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday. This is the first time Speaker Sapkota and President Bhandari held meeting, said President’s personal secretary Bheshraj Adhikari. They discussed contemporary issues including the parliament activities, Adhikari said, adding that Speaker

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding investigations into the alleged involvement of former Prime Ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai in the Lalita Niwas land scam. Senior advocate Bal Krishna Neupane filed the petition challenging the anti-graft constitutional body, the Commission for the

(Ramesh Giri) Establishment of quarantine for the Nepali students being evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan Province of China has been ready here. The Department of Health under the Ministry of Health and Population shared this information organizing a press conference at Changunarayan municipality on Wednesday. The quarantine has been set up

The Armed Police Force (AFP)’s team has won the 15th edition of Dhorpatan Double League Women Volleyball competition defeating Nepal Police Club’s team. In the final match held at the Dhorpatan Sports Club’s ground at New Buspark in Kathmandu on Wednesday, AFP beat Nepal Police Club in straight sets of

The Ministry of Health and Population has said that the government was on high alert over possible spread of coronavirus in areas where Nepalis to be rescued from Chinese cities are going to be quarantined. Efforts are on to provide security and surveillances at the areas where the Nepali returnees

– Sur Bahadur Singh Youth leaders from various walks of lives and representing different institutions have been generating discourse so as to identify the reasons why Karnali State was backward in terms of development. They have convened in a conclave being held at Birendranagar, Surkhet since the past two days.

The country has been able to slightly reduce the trade deficit in the recent six months owing to increase in export and decrease in import. Balance of payment is also strengthening. Commitment on foreign and internal investment has increased, Finance Minister Dr Yubaraj Khatiwada said, adding that the overall financial

– Mahendra Subedi Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal has said that China will overcome the battle against corona virus outbreak through its concerted efforts. She also extended Nepal’s solidarity to China’s attempts to contain the corona virus outbreak. At a programme organized by Trans