Kuwait-returnee tests positive for COVID-19

Published On: June 15, 2020 07:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, June 15: A woman, who was admitted to the isolation ward of the Kathmandu-based Teku Hospital, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.

Digital teaching is not easy

Published On: June 15, 2020 06:55 AM NPT By: Rishi Ram Paudyal

With COVID-19, the scope of teaching and learning has drastically changed all over the world. Real face-to-face education delivery has all changed into virtual classrooms and interactions. This has posed more challenges than opportunities, especially in the developing and poor nations.

KATHMANDU, June 14: A total of 61 persons who were earlier diagnosed with coronavirus have recovered and returned home in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and population. Of them, 55 are male patients while six are females.

KATHMANDU, June 14: Nepal has reported 425 more cases of novel coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours.  With this, the total number of COVID-19 infected patients has reached 5,760.

Rural municipality chair dies in an accident

Published On: June 14, 2020 02:14 PM NPT By: Rekha Bhusal

BUTWAL, June 14: The chairman of Pratappur Rural Municipality died in an accident at Bardaghat, Nawalparasi on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, June 14: None of the Nepali nationals living in various foreign countries died due to COVID-19 last week.

Landslide kills five in Parbat, four still missing

Published On: June 14, 2020 12:15 PM NPT By: Hari Krishna Gautam

PARBAT, June 14: Five people were killed and four are still missing in a landslide at Durlung, Kusma Municipality-3, Parbat.

KATHMANDU, June 14: While the main streets across Maitighar Mandala observed hundreds of protestors demonstrating against the government's dreary response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Samarpan Jung Karki sat inside a roadside cafe, just beside the same street, waiting for the protest to end. Starting from forenoon, 28-year-old Karki, accompanied by his friend Madhav Thapa were busy arranging packets of food they had ordered to feed the protesters - for free. They weren't there to protest but to help the protestors with free food.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The airfare of Nepal Airlines Corporation’s (NAC) evacuation flights from Gulf countries was reduced by an extra 100 US dollar on Saturday. The ticket prices had already been revised once prior to the new revision.

KATHMANDU, June 13: In its first official reaction after the House of Representatives unanimously endorsed the constitution amendment bill to pave the way for replacing Nepal’s map in the national emblem with the country’s new political and administrative map that includes Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura, India has said that “Nepal’s claim is not based on historical evidences.”