In 421 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests done in the past 24 hours, six people were found infected with SARS-CoV-2, informed the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in its regular update on Friday. Whereas, no one was found with the infection in 477 antigen testing conducted in the last 24 hours.
Although the locals have been demanding the construction of a suspension bridge over the Seureni stream located at Junichande rural municipality 4 and 11 for the last 15 years, it has not been constructed yet.
The counting of votes under the House of Representatives and Province Assembly elections held on November 20 is in the last stages. The results for 162 seats out of 165 under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system in the House of Representatives are available so far. Counting is underway in Syangja electoral constituency number 2, Dolakha constituency number 1, and Bajura.
The new provision of being qualified to get a driving license by getting 70 marks on the test will be implemented from coming Sunday.
Nepali Congress candidate Dhan Raj Gurung has maintained a lead of 2,163 votes against his competitor in Syangja-2. So far, Gurung has received 15,072 votes whereas UML's Padma Kumari Aryal gained 12,909 votes.
Most of the public vehicles plying Kathmandu Valley roads have failed to maintain Vehicle Emission Testing (VET). It was found that most of the vehicles tested failed a pollution test on Friday that was conducted by the Department of Environment, Metropolitan Traffic Police, and Transport Management Department in Babarmahal.
EV Nepal Expo has been started at Bhrikutumandap from today. Expo was inaugurated by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Kul Man Ghising.
CPN (Maoist Centre) leader and House of Representatives (HoR) elected member from Dang constituency no 2, Rekha Sharma, viewed that the next Prime Minister should be decided within the current coalition.
The National Land Commission has said works are going on to collect and verify details of landless Dalits, landless squatters and those residing unsystematically. According to Commission Vice-Chair and Spokesperson Nahendra Khadka, though such works were suspended for a certain time with the enforcement of the Election Code of Conduct, they will resume very soon.
Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Devendra Poudel, has said he would work to fulfill commitments he made before the people during the recently-held election within five years.
A total of 10,382,085 votes have been counted under Proportional Representation (PR) system under the House of Representatives (HoR) and Province Assembly election.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dheeraj Pratap Singh and US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean R Thompson, held a meeting at the Police Headquarters, Naxal, today.
The CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate for the member to the House of Representatives in Dolakha, Ganga Karki, is leading in the vote tally.
Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for House of Representatives (HoR) election in Bajura Badri Prasad Pandey has led the vote count against his rival.
Two persons died in separate road accidents in Jhapa district last night.