Four per cent of the children in Nepal are deprived of immunizations. According to Child Health and Immunization Section at the Family Welfare Division, Ministry of Health and Population, children mainly who work in brick kilns and other factories and who suffer prolonged illness largely face obstructions to having access to vaccines.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been urged to take high-level diplomatic efforts to reopen the Kimathanka transit point along the Nepal-China border in the Sankhuwasabha district.
In 370 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, 41 people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Sunday. Whereas, 40 positive cases were found in 936 Antigen tests in the last 24 hours.
Voting has been resumed at the Naya Kiran Secondary School of Bharatpur Metropolitan City- 11, Chitwan after three hours.
More than 50 per cent of votes have been cast in Bara Constituency -2 in the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election.
47 per cent of votes have been cast in the ongoing voting for the House of Representatives (HoR) by election at the Chitwan Constituency - 2.
The voting process under the by-election has been suspended at a polling centre in Chitwan electoral constituency no 2. The voting has been suspended at the Naya Kiran Secondary School polling centre in Bharatpur Metropolitan City 11.
Moti Kumar Shrestha, 93, voted under the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election in the Tanahu electoral constituency-1 today.
One person was killed and 38 others were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident near Jordhara, Tinau Rural Municipality-5 in Palpa district at 9 am today, police said.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has spoken the need of drafting a law for the registration of vehicles manufactured within the country.
India on Sunday recorded a single-day rise of 10,112 fresh COVID-19 infections, while the number of active cases increased to 67,806, according to Union health ministry data.
A cheetah which had been spreading terror in and around local Tribhuvan University area since a month has been trapped this morning. It is said people travelling in vehicles in the morning and evening on the road passing through the TU campus used to encounter the cheetah. The wild cat had also attacked some pedestrians.
Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested in Rode village of Punjab's Moga district on Sunday morning after police personnel surrounded him, leaving him with no way to escape, a senior Punjab Police official said here.
In view of the ongoing by-election of the House of Representatives (HoR), the Election Commission (EC) has sought clarification from Madhesh Province Chief Minister, Saroj Kumar Yadav, for violation of the election code of conduct.
Authorities concerned have demanded the proper management of the Raute community. The government should accord high priorities to the nomadic group, they said.