KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The government has justified its decision to make it mandatory for people to carry vaccination cards to avail public services in order to accelerate its campaign to vaccinate every citizen against COVID-19.

HELAMBU, Feb 5: Minister for Home Affairs Balkrishna Khand has inaugurated a Bailey bridge constructed over the Melamchi River.

DAMAULI, Feb 5: A dozen frontline health workers at Damauli Hospital in Tanahun district have handed over a memorandum to the Chief District Officer (CDO) demanding risk allowance for the service they rendered during the first and second wave of COVID-19.

Weather to improve from Sunday

Published On: February 5, 2022 11:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: There is a possibility of rain and snow in most parts of the country even today due to the effect of the western low-pressure system. Presently, light to moderate rain is taking place in some places in Province 1, Madhesh, Bagmati, and Gandaki provinces, according to the Weather Forecasting Division.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5; Transport workers and their associations have demanded that the federal government be given the right to adjust the fares of public transport.

BAITADI, Feb 4: Security personnel including Nepali Army have resumed the traffic along the Dasharath Chand Highway obstructed earlier due to snowfall.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The Westerly low pressure system is likely to influence the weather till the next few days, according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Vaccination against COVID-19 is being carried out in four districts of Madhesh Province. A door-to-door vaccination program has been inaugurated in Rautahat, Sarlahi, Mahottari and Dhanusha of Madhesh Province under the government's vaccination campaign against COVID-19.

Two killed in lightning strikes

Published On: February 4, 2022 12:40 PM NPT By: Nagendra Upadhyaya

SURKHET, Feb 4: Two women have been killed in lightning strikes in Surkhet and Salyan districts. One woman died in Bheriganga Municipality of Surkhet and the other in Bangad Kupinde Municipality of Salyan, according to the police.

Fire guts property worth Rs 85 million in Jhapa

Published On: February 4, 2022 12:00 PM NPT By: Republica

JHAPA, Febb 4: Property worth millions of rupees was turned into ashes after a fire broke out on Thursday in a shoe factory at Mechinagar Municipality in Jhapa district.