Hotels shares rally on optimism as govt announces an end of lockdown

KATHMANDU, July 23: The gold price in the domestic market has recorded a historic high of Rs 94,000 per tola (11.66 grams) on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, July 23: The government has allowed the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to carry out the entire procedure to export electricity with India and Bangladesh.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, has directed his staff to submit the progress of their performance agreement within a week.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has said that financial constraints have forced the company to not renew contracts of more than 100 contract-based employees.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Activists affiliated to the Enough is Enough Campaign have registered a complaint against Minister for Health and Population Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), for allegedly embezzling state funds while procuring medical equipment amid the government’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, July 22: As many as 207 COVID-19 patients were discharged after recovery from various isolation centers across the country in the past 24 hours.

Chinese national dies of coronavirus in Nepal

Published On: July 22, 2020 05:30 PM NPT By: Santosh Ghimire

KATHMANDU, July 22: A Chinese national has succumbed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Nepal on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Population said.

KATHMANDU, July 21: The month-long row within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has taken a new twist after Prime Minister K P Oli promised Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to extend his support during the party’s unity general convention, likely to be held within a year.

Rely on Ayurveda

Published On: July 22, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Dr Prerok Regmi

The world has witnessed a rapid upsurge of infections relating to novel coronavirus amidst this ongoing global pandemic which has created an incessant wave by overwhelming public health systems and failing the multidisciplinary approach of crisis management. A large number of clinical trials are being conducted to contain the spread of this virus as there is no potential experiment of a vaccine against Covid-19 till date. Meanwhile, the South Asian initiatives on curing the morbidity with the Ayurveda and oriental medicinal measures have contributed to enhancing immunity.