DHAKA/NEW DELHI, April 11: In South Asia’s latest moves to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh has extended its nationwide lockdown by 11 days while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on Saturday with states to decide whether to extend its own stringent restrictions beyond next week.

KATHMANDU, April 11: The Teku-based Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital is planning to discharge COVID-19 patients in a few days.

Farmers find it hard to sell their products

Published On: April 11, 2020 02:57 PM NPT By: Giriraj Baskota

PANCHTHAR, April 11: Chudamani Kafle, a farmer from Phidim-2, Samdi was found to have been working at his vegetable field. He was desperate to sell his cabbages, which are ready to be harvested. But finding a customer for sale has been difficult for him these days due to lockdown enforced nationwide as an attempt to control the spread of global pandemic of novel coronavirus.

KATHMANDU, April 11: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday held an online conference meeting with the chief ministers of all seven provinces from his action room stationed at the Singha Durbar, Kathmandu in the wake of coronavirus pandemic.

LONDON, April 11: The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally.

LONDON, April 11:  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was back on his feet in his recovery from COVID-19 on Friday as Britain recorded its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus pandemic, with 980 more deaths taking the country’s overall toll to nearly 9,000.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Amid coronavirus outbreak in South Asia, India has decided to lift ban on export of Hydroxychloroquine to its neighboring countries including Nepal.

National flag carrier flying to Japan, China tonight

Published On: April 10, 2020 08:30 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, April 10: Separate flights of wide-body A-330 of Nepal Airlines are taking place tonight for Narita of Japan and Guangzhou of China. The flights are not a commercial one but chartered and cargo, the officials said.

SEOUL, April 10: South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.

TU postpones exams until further notice

Published On: April 10, 2020 07:45 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, April 10: Tribhuvan University has decided to postpone the annual and semester-based exams until further notice.