KATHMANDU, July 21: The government has decided to continue to close the country’s international borders until August 16 even though it decided to lift the ongoing lockdown from Tuesday midnight, nearly four months after it was enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19).

ITAHARI, July 21: Police on Tuesday arrested murder-accused Prem Moktan aka “Fataha Kanchha’. He was on the loose for 19 years.

Hotels, restaurants to resume service from July 30

Published On: July 21, 2020 07:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, July 21: The government has decided to allow the hotels and restaurants to resume their businesses and services which remained halted following the enforcement of the nationwide lockdown on March 24.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Nine new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the Kathmandu Valley in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, July 21: Youths staged a demonstration against the government’s inefficiency in fighting COVID-19 on Basantapur Durbar Square premises on Tuesday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Entrepreneurs have announced that they are resuming the public transportation service inside the Kathmandu Valley from coming Thursday.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Silver price on Tuesday hit a record high of Rs 1,040 per tola (11.66 grams), along with the escalating price of gold.

POKHARA, July 21: Incessant rains and landslides have brought vehicular movement to a halt along different highways across the country affecting hundreds of passengers. Stating that they have run out of food and water, the stranded passengers have urged for help.

KATHMANDU, July 21: The government has identified 30 goods as high-potential items with a plan to make the country self-reliant in these products while similar plans endorsed earlier have failed to yield rewarding results.

KATHMANDU, July 21: With the monsoon wind getting active, most parts of the country have been witnessing heavy rainfall for the last few days.