KATHMANDU, May 22: The Supreme Court directed the government to include veterinary service under the “essential services" on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, May 22: War of words between Nepal and India has intensified after Nepal issued a new political map that includes its own territories -- Kalapani, Lipu Lekh and Limpiyadhura -- controlled unilaterally by the Indian military since the 1960s. At the heart of this tension is the origin of the Kali River (known as the Mahakali River in Nepal) that defines Nepal's western border with India as per the Treaty of Sugauli reached with the East-India Company in 1816.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The government of Nepal has expressed grief over the loss of life and property in India and Bangladesh by the recent Cyclone Amphan.

BANEPA, May 22: The family members of the first COVID-19 death case of Nepal were discharged from Dhulikhel Hospital on Friday.

Nepal elected to Governing Council member of APCTT

Published On: May 22, 2020 03:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal has been elected to the Governing Council member of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) for a three-year term (2020-2023) during the 76th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) among other nine member states.

21 COVID-19 patients in Nepalgunj discharged after recovery

Published On: May 22, 2020 02:00 PM NPT By: Arjun Oli

KATHMANDU, May 22: As many as 21 COVID-19 patients including the first case reported in Nepalgunj, Banke, have been discharged from hospital after recovery on Friday.

KAPILVASTU: Two journalists have contracted coronavirus in Kapilvastu district.

KATHMANDU, May 22: As the government prepares to bring the migrant workers back to Nepal, the question on its capacity to hold the operation lingers. Not only because the number is huge, but also because there are challenges the government has to face in order to realize the plan.

RAUTAHAT, May 22: Police late Thursday evening raided the house of former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, suspecting that his brother Mohammad Mahtab Alam, one of the accused of multiple murders and bombing in Rautahat district in 2008, was hiding there.

Most COVID-19 patients in Nepal are males under 30

Published On: May 22, 2020 09:55 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: Nepal reported a total of 457 cases of COVID-19 disease as of Friday morning since the first case was confirmed on January 24.