KATHMANDU, Oct 21: Speaking at a virtual meeting of the First Conference of Nepal-China Belt and Road Cooperation of Political Parties organized by International Department of CPC, China in collaboration with Friends of Silk Road Club Nepal, former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has said that the Trans-Himalayan Railway project under Belt and Road Initiative could be an economic and geopolitical game-changer for Nepal. He also said that the two countries must work together to enhance economic cooperation.

POKHARA, Oct 21: Gandaki Province recorded two more fatalities and 18 new cases linked with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past one day.

India's RAW chief Samant Kumar Goel arrives in Nepal

Published On: October 21, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: Samant Kumar Goel, chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the external intelligence agency of India, has arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: Nepal on Wednesday reported 26 COVID-19-related deaths, the highest number of fatalities in a single day so far, taking the coronavirus death toll to 791.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) reported a record daily jump of 5,743 coronavirus infections on Wednesdeay, taking Nepal's COVID-19 case tally to 1, 44,872 as cases surged across the country.

24 children rescued from India

Published On: October 21, 2020 03:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: At least 24 Nepali children who were stranded in Ghaziabad of India have been rescued and brought back home.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has donated her two months' salary to the government’s fund established by the government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: The underground outfit led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’ has announced five days long anti-government protests on Wednesday.

Registration of new companies down by 27% in last fiscal year

Published On: October 21, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Republica

Only 18,628 new companies registered in the last fiscal year 2019/20, down from 25,492 in previous fiscal year

BUTWAL, Oct 21: Rupandehi district recorded three more COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday.