12 hospitals allowed treating COVID-19 patients through plasma therapy

Authorities have decided to allow 12 hospitals across the country to conduct treatment of COVID-19 patients through convalescent plasma therapy. The decision came following a successful treatment of a 60-year-old COVID-19 patient at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj on Thursday.

NC seeks review of COVID-19 containment plan

Nepali Congress had demanded that the government seriously review the weaknesses and progress made in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic till now. During a meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Baluwatar, NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba handed over 7-point suggestions to the PM on Tuesday.

Schools irk guardians with demand for fees of 12 months from Grade 11, 12 students

Students have not been to schools for almost five months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the guardians are not free from the burden of paying school fees of their children although they have been staying home for five months. The schools, of late, have started forcing guardians to pay fees of grade 11 and 12 even for the time of closure of the schools. From this act of schools, now, the guardians of 11 and 12 graders have become stunned.

Local governments slam 'unilateral' Koshi Project works by India in Sunsari

Santosh Limbu, the Liaison cum Land Acquisition Officer who is also a Nepali representative for the Koshi Project, also shares the sentiment of mayor Khanaal. ''Indian side thinks it is bigger neighbor and does not consult us (Nepali side) despite our role as vital stakeholder'', said Limbu. Limbu's Biratnagar-based Liaison cum Land Acquisition office is repeatedly urging Indian side to consult Nepali side but to no avail.

Gaijatra today

The traditional festival of Gaijatra or the ‘cow festival’ is being observed from Tuesday in the three cities of the Kathamndu Valley and other places. The municipalities and Kathmandu Metropolitan City have urged people not to observe other events related to Gaijatra festival except the major one for the safety of health. The festival is celebrated by the local Newar communities in Kathmandu, Patan, Kritipur, Bhaktapur and other cities. It begins on the first day of the waxing moon in the...

I will move to Balkot after two and a half years: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that he would move to his private residence after two and a half years, completing the full term in office. PM Oli made this remark during a meeting with the party’s leaders close to him at his Balkot-based private residence this afternoon.

Landslides kill 10 persons in Sindhupalchowk

At least 10 persons were killed in two separate landslides in Melmachi Municipality and Panchpokhari of Thangpal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district on Monday. A huge mud slip at Melamchi Municipality-11 of the district buried eight labourers to death at 2:00 am on Monday morning, who were working there for the construction of a covered hall in the Melamchi market area, according to Murari Wosti, joint secretary and spokesperson of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority...

NRNA Japan convenes regional assembly

The Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) Japan has concluded its regional convention in Nagoya city in spite of the COVID-19 risk.    

Expedite works to resolve land issues: Aryal

Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal has directed the commission for the resolution of land related problems to expedite its works.

Women, children more vulnerable to snakebites

Farmers with weak living condition and those working in farms often fall prey to snakebites in their homes and farms. A study on the “Condition of Snakebite Patients and Cause,” revealed that most deprived people, women and children were at the high risk of snakebites due to unsafe living conditions. Phulmani Shah, 40, of Shivasatakshi Municipality-4, Jhapa, was bitten by a poisonous snake at her home at 10 am on Sunday.