These 8 decisions will be implemented from 6 AM tomorrow

Published On: March 23, 2020 08:59 PM NPT By: Republica

These 8 decisions will be implemented from 6AM tomorrow

KATHMANDU, March 23: Government on Monday has decided to enforce week-long nationwide lockdown to be effective from 6 am on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, March 23: A meeting of the high-level government committee formed to prevent and contain the coronavirus is currently underway at Singha Durbar.

KATHMANDU, March 23: The Federal Parliament's Parliamentary Committee has unanimously endorsed Mahendra Bahadur Pandey as the resident ambassador to the People's Republic of China and the non-resident ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Korea and Magnolia.

KATHMANDU, March 23: Lawmaker and leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress Gagan Kumar Thapa has proposed to contribute one-month salary of each of the lawmaker to the ‘coronavirus fund’ set up by the government.

4 districts close border with India from Sunday

Published On: March 23, 2020 08:38 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 23: Nepali district authorities have closed border points with India after coronavirus cases and deaths rise in India. The administrations of the districts bordering India temporarily sealed the border points from Sunday morning after thousands of people entered Nepal from coronavirus-affected Indian cities on Saturday. They were alarmed after cases of the deadly virus have been rising in India in recent days.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The government has announced that all types of passenger movement would be suspended through the Nepal-India and Nepal-China border points from tomorrow morning to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Covid-19: Chair Dahal calls for increasing alertness

Published On: March 22, 2020 08:15 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, March 22: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has called on the entire party hierarchy and the mass to be more careful to the heightened risk of coronavirus infection in the aftermath of its global pandemic.

President Bhandari, PM Oli discuss COVID-19

Published On: March 22, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, March 22: President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli have held discussions on the contemporary issues of the country as well as about the measures taken to prevent pandemic COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, March 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation this afternoon.