Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, has reached Hong Kong today.
The dominant strain is the Omicron variant JN.1, with a cumulative total of 211,717 cases and 51 deaths this year. Since the Songkran period, 14 clusters have been identified, the department added. According to DDC spokesperson Dr Jurai Wongsawat, the Covid-19 mortality rate has remained low at 0.02% since after Songkran, with most patients experiencing mild symptoms. However, during weeks 19–21 of 2025, the number of infections exceeded the five-year median and was higher than the same period in 2024.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey has said Sagarmatha, the world's highest peak, is the pride of the whole world.
Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) former Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', has said it is the duty of the true republicans to steadfastly stand in support of the federal democratic republican system and forward-looking change.
Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the prosperous, civilized and progressive Nepal could be built through the protection of the Constitution and institutionalization of the federal democratic republic system.
Speaker Devraj Ghimire has said that building prosperous, inclusive and just Nepal being critical to corruption, inequality and governance deficit is a true homage to the republic.
The NGO Federation of Nepal has emphasized the need for policies, laws, and structures that protect and promote the civic rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, rather than merely regulating them.
Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav has said the need of the hour is to move ahead taking into consideration the responsive governance, adherence to the constitutional mandate and service to the people as the prime responsibility.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has extended best wishes to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of the Republic Day.
President Ramchandra Paudel has stated that the biggest enemy of the republic is red-tape, irregularity, and mismanagement.
Eighteen years have passed since the country practiced republican system of governance as an outcome of the epochal April Uprising of 2006.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, paid a courtesy call on former Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' at the parliamentary party office of the Maoist in Singh Durbar today.
A meeting of the House of Representatives has been postponed until 1:30 pm tomorrow.
Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens Nawal Kishore Sah Sudi called for practical implementation of the Act on Rights of Persons with Disability (RPWD)-2074 BS.