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Minister Nembang contracts COVID-19

Published On: October 19, 2020 06:29 PM NPT By: Republica

Nembang is the third minister in the Oli-led Cabinet to contract virus after tourism and education ministers

Comedian Shivahari Poudel’s mother no more

Published On: October 19, 2020 05:40 PM NPT By: Republica

Comedian and director Shivahari Poudel is mourning his mother Gangadevi Poudel’s death. She passed away at 11 last night.

Ruling, main opposition lawmakers not to receive Dashain allowances

Published On: October 19, 2020 05:25 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Parliamentarians belonging to the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) have decided not to receive Dashain allowances this year and deposit the money in the government’s fund established to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

3,790 COVID-19 cases added to Nepal’s national tally on Monday;  2,388 more cases in Kathmandu Valley

Published On: October 19, 2020 05:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Nepal on Monday witnessed as many as 3,790 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Entrepreneur Saurabh Jyoti tests positive for coronavirus

Published On: October 19, 2020 04:52 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Saurabh Jyoti, director of Jyoti Group of Companies and the chairman of Syakar Trading Company, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Govt refutes curfew and state of emergency rumors

Published On: October 19, 2020 04:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The government has refuted the news published in different online media about the government preparing to clamp curfew and announce a state of emergency.

Complaints filed against ambassadors-designate Khatiwada and Regmi

Published On: October 19, 2020 04:02 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Three separate complaints have been registered against Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the ambassador designate of Nepal to the United States, at the Parliamentary Hearing Committee.

Madan Puraskar felicitation ceremony held virtually

Published On: October 19, 2020 03:43 PM NPT By: Republica

The Madan Puraskar Guthi organized a virtual ‘Madan Puraskar and Jagdambashree Puraskar Ceremony’ on Sunday. The annual award ceremony has been completed online for the first time. The Guthi broadcasted the ceremony live online, due to the pandemic.

NEA reduces electricity tariff rate for charging stations

Published On: October 19, 2020 03:27 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced the electricity tariff rate for recharging electric vehicles at the charging stations.

PSC again puts off scheduled exams owing to COVID-19 fears

Published On: October 19, 2020 03:25 PM NPT By: Republica

Citing COVID-19 infection among its staffers, PCS has postponed exams scheduled for October 31 onwards

Youth commits suicide at KMC Hospital

Published On: October 19, 2020 01:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: A youth, who jumped off the third floor of the Sinamangal-based KMC Hospital earlier on Monday, died while undergoing treatment.

Fugitive arrested after six years

Published On: October 19, 2020 12:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Police on Sunday arrested a kidnapping and murder convict who had been absconding for the nearly past six years. He was convicted by Jhapa District Court on the charge of kidnapping and murder, and was slapped a jail-term of 17 years.

Sunsari records four more deaths linked with COVID-19

Published On: October 19, 2020 12:40 PM NPT By: Republica

DHARAN, Oct 19: Sunsari recorded four more deaths linked with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past one day.

Coronavirus death toll in Gandaki Province soars to 51

Published On: October 19, 2020 12:33 PM NPT By: Republica

POKHARA, Oct 19: The coronavirus-related death toll in Gandaki Province has risen to 51 as a 48-year-old woman from Baglung Municipality-13 succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday morning.

Jagadamba Motors and eSewa ink agreement

Published On: October 19, 2020 12:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: Jagadamba Motors, an authorized distributor of TVS Motor, and eSewa signed an agreement to provide their customers with an opportunity to win TVS Apache 2V on Dashain offer purchase through eSewa.

Deuba instructs all NC lawmakers to return Dashain allowances

Published On: October 19, 2020 11:38 AM NPT By: Republica

The returned allowances to be deposited in the govt’s COVID-19 Fund

NAC, NTB sign agreement to ensure coordination for tourism promotion

Published On: October 19, 2020 11:33 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) have signed an agreement to ensure coordination for the promotion of tourism on Sunday.

As Oli government limits its role to counting deaths during the greatest public health crisis, people are dying at an alarming rate

Published On: October 19, 2020 11:30 AM NPT By: Republica

Experts say the government has decided to shred the constitution

Rani Pokhari to be inaugurated on Oct 21

Published On: October 19, 2020 10:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The inauguration ceremony of historical Rani Pokhari in Kathmandu has been scheduled for October 21, this Wednesday.

State-owned trading company selling live goats at Rs 560 per kg starting today

Published On: October 19, 2020 07:42 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Oct 19: The Food Management and Trading Company Limited (FMTCL) is selling live goats at Rs 560 per kilogram starting Monday from its office in Thapathali, Kathmandu.