KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Airline operators have deferred their plan to resume domestic air services for four days as they wait for the government's nod to their request to allow 100 percent occupancy with strict compliance of health safety guidelines.

NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Indian and Chinese border troops had an exchange of gunfire last week just days before a meeting of their foreign ministers, Indian officials said on Wednesday, in a further breach of a decades-old restraint at the frontier.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) reported a record daily jump of 1,539 coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking Nepal's COVID-19 tally to 58,327 as cases surged across the country.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: An eighteen-member expedition team, including a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Bahrain, arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday to climb Mt Lobuche and Mt Manaslu.

737 new cases in the past 24 hours

Bill Gates remembers his father

Published On: September 16, 2020 03:48 PM NPT By: Bill Gates

My dad passed away peacefully at home yesterday, surrounded by his family. We will miss him more than we can express right now. We are feeling grief but also gratitude. My dad’s passing was not unexpected—he was 94 years old and his health had been declining—so we have all had a long time to reflect on just how lucky we are to have had this amazing man in our lives for so many years. And we are not alone in these feelings. My dad’s wisdom, generosity, empathy, and humility had a huge influence on people around the world.

SAPTARI, Sept 16: An adolescent rape victim in Saptari district committed suicide on Tuesday after failing to get justice. The victim has been identified as a 17-year old girl from Dakneswori Municipality-7 in the district.

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: At least 31 more people succumbed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kathmandu Valley in the past one week, taking the Valley’s coronavirus death toll to 88.

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Health condition of NC General Secretary Koirala stable: hospital

Published On: September 16, 2020 02:10 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The health condition of Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Dr Shashank Koirala remained stable, the hospital said on Wednesday.