Kavre-based journalist Bishnu Chaulagain dies of COVID-19

Published On: October 30, 2020 02:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Kavrepalanchowk-based journalist Bishnu Prasad Chaulagain died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday. He was 51.

"Is Nepal vanishing from the global/regional strategic radar?" asks Dr Bhattarai as Pompeo visits the Maldives, but not Nepal

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: Nepal’s NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati will chair the 2021 Press Photo Contest jury. Along with Kakshapati , Muyi Xiao, a reporter and video producer in The New York Times Visual Investigations team will chair the 2021 Digital Storytelling.

The Kathmandu Valley alone has reported 328 deaths due to COVID-19 with 46 people dying in the past one week

Nepse ends Thursday’s trading with modest loss

Published On: October 29, 2020 08:31 PM NPT By: Republica

Benchmark index down 1.78 points

No one should die in search of hospitals, says lawmaker Lingden

Published On: October 29, 2020 06:30 PM NPT By: Republica

JHAPA, Oct 29: Member of the House of Representatives (HoR) Rajendra Prasad Lingden has urged the hospital management committees to provide effective treatment to patients.

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: As the number of coronavirus deaths climbs in Nepal, workers at the only crematorium in Kathmandu designated to handle the victims have been working past midnight, their meagre wages supplemented by less than 50 U.S. cents for each corpse.

DHANGADHI, Oct 29: Chief minister (CM) of Sudur Paschim Province, Trilochan Bhatta, has directed the government bodies concerned to take action against the contractors not completing the construction projects within the deadline.

There are currently 20,066 active cases of COVID-19 in the Valley

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Nepal on Thursday confirmed 2,364 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Of the 9,769 real time PCR tests carried out in various labs across the country in the past one day, 1,380 males and 984 females were diagnosed with this viral infection.