KAPILVASTU, May 11: The District Administration Office (DAO), Kapilvastu, has sealed off the district for a week from Monday (May 11) 5 pm to Sunday (May 17) midnight owing to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the district.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Youths affiliated to the ‘Save the Border’ campaign and students affiliated to Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) staged a demonstration in the capital on Monday against the border encroachment by India in the Kalapani region.

TEHRAN, Iran, May 11: An Iranian missile fired during a training exercise in the Gulf of Oman struck a support vessel near its target, killing 19 Iranian sailors and wounding 15, Iran’s military and state media said Monday, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.

KATHMANDU, May 11: The number of total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nepal has reached 121 as one more patient was diagnosed with this deadly disease on Monday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Dibesh Pokhrel, stage name Arthur Gunn, 21, originally from Nepal, has made it to the top seven of the American Idol 2020. He was selected as a top seven contestant after the online voting result was announced Sunday night.

KAPILVASTU, May 11: Kapilvastu district alone has 15 cases of COVID-19 now, following the confirmation of 10 new cases on Monday by the Ministry of Health and Population.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Nepal reported ten more COVID-19 cases on Monday morning.

BIRATNAGAR, May 10: Two more COVID-19 patients were discharged from the Biratnagar-based Koshi Hospital on Sunday. With this, 33 patients so far have recovered from this disease in the country.

KATHMANDU, May 10: Lawmakers have demanded that the government provide information regarding its preparations to tackle the issue of the construction of a link road by the southern neighbor India upto Tibet through the Nepali territory of Lipulekh.

KATHMANDU, May 10: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has appealed to the government to take the top-level diplomatic and political steps to deal with India's latest move in regard to Nepali territory Lipulek.