THE WEEK IN PICTURES

Published On: May 2, 2020 07:00 PM NPT By: Republica

The Week in Pictures for the week April 26 - May 2, 2020.

KATHMANDU, May 2: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC) has expressed sorrow over the loss of property in a massive fire in Phungling of Taplejung district late Friday evening.

KATHMANDU, May 2: Chandragiri Municipality has been operating a vehicle disinfecting tunnel at the Nagdhunga check post since Friday.

Two more bodies recovered from Annapurna region

Published On: May 2, 2020 03:41 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 2: Nepal Army recovered two more bodies - one of a South Korean trekker and the other of a Nepali tourist guide - from the Annapurna region on Saturday.

MELAMCHI GHYANG, Helambu, May 2: While the entire globe is battling against the COVID-19 pandemic, people in the upper belt of Helambu are busy gathering fodders and food supplies for the coming monsoon. Some are busy mending houses and others in the fields and with their cattle. Life is normal.

ROLPA, May 2: Lal Bahadur Khatri, a brick kiln worker in Kathmandu, reached his home in Rolpa in the afternoon on April 30 after spending 14 days at a quarantine facility amid coronavirus outbreak fears.

KATHMANDU, May 2: A total of 3000 PCR-Test kits, made in Germany, arrived Saturday in Nepal as cargo in the French repatriation flight. This is part of ongoing bilateral cooperation between Germany and Nepal to fight the COVID-19 Pandemic, according to the Embassy of Germany in Kathmandu.

TAPLEJUNG, May 2: Seven houses in Taplejung district headquarters, Phungling, have been completely destroyed by a fire which broke out on Friday evening.

NEPALGUNJ, May 1: Of the two COVID-19 cases reported in Province 5 on Friday, one is from Nepalgunj of Banke.

BUTWAL, May 1: Province 5 reported a COVID-19 case for the first time on Friday as two men tested positive for this deadly virus via the PCR method conducted at the Kathmandu-based National Public Health Laboratory.