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Rules to be followed in self-quarantine

Published On: March 27, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Kamal Subedi

Rules to be followed while in self-quarantine

Gas bottlers asked to sell half-filled cooking gas cylinders

Published On: March 27, 2020 06:05 AM NPT By: RAJESH KHANAL

KATHMANDU, March 27: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), in a bid to ease the supply of cooking gas, has directed the gas bottling companies to sell half-filled cylinders to the customers.

Foreign embassies start evacuating their stranded citizens

Published On: March 27, 2020 05:25 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 27: A day after the High-Level Coordination Committee formed to prevent and control the spread of coronavirus decided to facilitate concerned countries to rescue their nationals stranded in Nepal, a few foreign countries have started evacuating their citizens from various trekking trails of Nepal to repatriate them.

Amid lockdown, vegetable market and groceries resumed in Gaur (with photos)

Published On: March 26, 2020 11:00 PM NPT By: Madan Thakur

RAUTAHAT, March 27: In a bid to ease the smooth supplies of vegetables in the district headquarters, the Rautahat district administration resumed local vegetable markets on Thursday.

Over 700 tested negative for COVID-19: Health Ministry

Published On: March 26, 2020 09:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, March 26: Over 700 suspected people that came in contact have been tested negative for coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Health and Population.

Amid lockdown, 145 stranded trekkers rescued from Mustang

Published On: March 26, 2020 07:50 PM NPT By: Santosh Pokharel

POKHARA, March 26: A total of 145 foreign and Nepali trekkers stranded in Mustang district have been rescued and sent to Kathmandu via land route in the past three days.

NAFEA donates ten million rupees

Published On: March 26, 2020 07:15 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, March 26: The Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies is to contribute ten million rupees to the Coronavirus Prevention, Control and Treatment Fund.

12 things to keep you busy during the lockdown

Published On: March 26, 2020 05:50 PM NPT By: Kunga Hyolmo

KATHMANDU, March 26: The government has urged one and all to stay home throughout the week-long lockdown. The job holders are strongly advised not to go to the office and work from their respective homes. Now, people are trying to maintain social distancing putting themselves in self-isolation as advised by various international agencies including WHO. It is tedious for everyone to stay home 24\7 without doing something.

3 persons who share same plane with COVID-19 confirmed kept in quarantine in Sindhulanchowk

Published On: March 26, 2020 05:47 PM NPT By: RSS

MELAMCHI, March 26: Three people from Sindhulanchowk district are kept in quarantines after authorities confirmed that they returned Nepal in the same aircraft travelled by 19-year-old lady, who was tested positive for COVID-19 upon her arrival at home from France via Qatar. The three had returned Kathmandu on March 17 from an aircraft of the Air Arabia.

29 Nepali nationals stranded at Belahiya-Sunauli border crossing between Nepal and India

Published On: March 26, 2020 02:52 PM NPT By: MOHAMMAD HABIB

BHAIRAHAWA, March 26: Twenty-nine Nepali nationals including four students have been stranded at the Belahiya-Sunauli border crossing between Nepal and India while entering Nepal from India on Wednesday morning amid the coronavirus pandemic.