KATHMANDU, August 19: With 3,075 new cases of COVID-19 registered on Thursday, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Nepal has reached 40,500.

Railway compensation dispute resolved

Published On: August 19, 2021 04:56 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 19: As the railway compensation dispute is over, locals believe that the work of Bardibas-Janakpur-Jayanagar and East-West railway service expansion will now move forward. The district level Land Compensation Determination Committee (CDC) fixed the price of the land proposed by the Bardibas Railway on Wednesday, resolving the ongoing dispute.

Viral fever cases up in Kanchanpur

Published On: August 19, 2021 10:44 AM NPT By: RSS

MAHENDRANAGAR, August 19: Viral fever is taking its toll in Kanchanpur district. Many health institutions in the district are overwhelmed by a surge of viral fever patients, said health workers.

KATHMANDU, August 19: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC, Ward Number 12 is going to construct a new office building. Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya laid the foundation stone of the building at the site of the old office in Teku on Wednesday.

288 Nepalis rescued from Afghanistan arrive in Nepal

Published On: August 19, 2021 10:14 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 19: A total of 288 Nepali nationals rescued from Afghanistan have arrived in Nepal as of Wednesday.

Four missing, one injured due to landslide in Rasuwa

Published On: August 19, 2021 09:47 AM NPT By: Republica

RASUWA, August 19: Four people have gone missing while one has sustained severe injuries due to a landslide that occurred at Naukunda Rural Municipality-5 of Rasuwa district on Thursday morning.

KATHMANDU, August 18: United States Ambassador to Nepal, Randy W Berry, along with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Nepal Mission Director, Sepideh Keyvanshad, donated two liquid oxygen tanks to Bir Hospital and Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, August 18: The Kathmandu Valley recorded 993 cases of COVID-19 on the same day. Of them, 711 cases were recorded in Kathmandu, 122 in Bhaktapur and 160 in Lalitpur.

GORKHA, August 18: Only 194 international tourists visited the Manaslu Conservation Area in the fiscal year 2020/21, arguably due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP), 74 tourists visited the region in March while 56 others visited Manaslu in April.

KATHMANDU, August 18: The hearings on a writ petition filed against the appointment of Kulman Ghising as the new managing director of Nepal electricity Authority (NEA) by former NEA managing director Hitendradev Shakya will be conducted by a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Kumar Regmi. Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JB Rana scheduled the petition to be heard under Regmi’s bench on Wednesday.