KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Health related equipment received in grants from different donor agencies during COVID-19 pandemic have become useless.

KATHMANDU, Nov 19: With the gradual disappearance of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nepal is experiencing an increase in tourism activities.

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: A high-level dialogue on the pandemic accord was held recently in Kathmandu with the aim to tackle pressing healthcare challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future pandemics.

KATHMANDU, June 24: The tourism sector in Pokhara is experiencing a sense of renewed optimism as it gradually recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a temporary slump due to the suspension of international programs, the tourism business in Pokhara has started regaining momentum.

DHAKA, May 18: The fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed 51 percent of the Bangladeshi poor people into poverty in 2022, said the country's leading think tank Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, April 15: The Manakamana Cable Car on Friday, received 10,000 visitors in a single day. This is the highest number of passengers since COVID-19 pandemic.

GENEVA, March 18: The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Transforming Mental Health in Nepal

October 10, 2022 12:30 pm

We need to focus on preventive, positive, and community mental health to address mental health conditions. The core of mental health lies in our sense of togetherness, positivity, and support for each other.

326,667 tourists arrive in eight months

September 4, 2022 14:45 pm

POKHARA, Sept 4: Tourism is the most affected sector by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the pandemic, foreign tourists could not come to Nepal for almost two years. During the two-year period, the arrival of foreign guests remained zero in some months. However, in 2022, the arrival of foreigners started to improve. In the period of eight months (January-August) this year, a total of 326,667 foreign tourists have entered Nepal.

KATHMANDU, August 4: Himalaya Airlines have released its CSR report outlining its various CSR initiatives of 2020-2021, the pandemic years, on Wednesday at Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu.

When Broadway shut down during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, “ Mean Girls” star, Reneé Rapp, figured she’d take the opportunity to return home in North Carolina and wait it out — thinking it would be only a few weeks. Weeks turned to months and when Broadway showed no sign of reopening soon, the now 21-year-old had to figure out what was next.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has instructed the authorities concerned to spare no effort in meeting the government's target of providing vaccines against COVID-19 to all citizens.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: The government has provided Rs 1 billion loan to tourism and domestic industry workers affected by COVID-19 pandemic till the second month of the current fiscal year.

KATHMANDU, Oct 24: The construction of an overhead truss bridge at Baneshwor Chowk, a busy road section in the capital city, has been completed almost two years after the scheduled deadline. The bridge came into operation almost two years behind schedule due to the delay by the contractor company and the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON, Sept 27: The COVID-19 pandemic reduced life expectancy in 2020 by the largest amount since World War Two, according to a study published on Monday by Oxford University, with the life expectancy of American men dropping by more than two years.

Last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the collection season coincided with the nation-wide lockdown. Many people were restricted from traveling to the collection sites, but some who live higher up and closer to these sites, disregarded the ban and proceeded with the collection.

KATHMANDU, July 12: While most of the indicators of the economy are negative due to the COVID pandemic, the profit of the banking sector has increased significantly.

KATHMANDU, June 2: The French government has extended support of medical equipment and supplies to Nepal to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

USA, May 24: Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report.

Dr Sweta Baniya, Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech, USA, along with Laura Gautier, and Scott Fralin collaborated online with Code for Nepal and curated 'Ut Prosim Beyond Boundaries: Global Outreach During the Pandemic', on fall 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI, April 8: India reported a record 126,789 COVID-19 cases on Thursday as several states struggle to contain a second surge in infections, complaining of vaccine shortages and demanding inoculations be expanded to younger people.

NEW DELHI, April 7: India has hit another new peak with 115,736 coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours. New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities are imposing curfews to try to slow the soaring infections.

NEW DELHI, April 6: India reported 96,982 new coronavirus infections overnight, taking the overall tally of cases to 12.7 million, data from health ministry showed on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, April 5: India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians stage massive election rallies raising fears of further spreading the virus.

NEW DELHI, March 21: India’s health ministry warned on Sunday that a huge gathering of devotees for a Hindu festival could send coronavirus cases surging, as the country recorded the most new infections in nearly four months.

BENGALURU, March 17: India’s daily coronavirus infections jumped by 28,903 on Wednesday, data from the health ministry showed, for the highest increase since Dec. 13 and taking the nationwide tally to 11.44 million.

MUMBAI, March 16: India reported 24,492 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the sixth straight day of more than 20,000 infections, as curbs to try to stop the spread of COVID-19 were expanded in parts of the country that have recorded a surge.

NEW YORK, Feb 25: February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year.

After some lean months during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fat Thursday finally brought some cheer to Polish confectioners as their sweet-toothed customers feasted on doughnuts.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: Amid sparser crowds than usual, mask-wearing worshippers offered prayers to Hindu goddess of education Saraswati in annual celebrations in Nepal on Tuesday - this year seeking safety from the coronavirus pandemic as well as greater wisdom.

Supergirl came out of the dressing room ready for action as usual. She took her place alongside Freddy Krueger, Poison Ivy and Captain America and they kicked off, into song.

In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, job loss created a financial hardship to low-skilled migrants. It cut off the survival lifelines of the family members back home.

Does pandemic debt relief work?

January 31, 2021 08:00 am

Rather than pursue more debt relief to help the developing world weather the COVID-19 crisis, rich countries should provide pandemic-related necessities directly. Debt relief is so imprecise a mechanism that it is as likely to benefit private-sector creditors as it is to help the poor.

Empathy during the time of pandemic

January 29, 2021 07:00 am

If we show even a small gesture of kindness, it will have a decisive impact upon the person whom it is offered and will set off a chain reaction.

WUHAN, Jan 15: The WHO team of international researchers that arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday hopes to find clues to the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Three more Nepali nationals succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in foreign countries in the past one week, the Non-resident Nepali Association (NRNA) said on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 31: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges and pushed the media into an uncharted territory. Across the globe, press freedom has been undermined by governments to control the public narrative and cover up their inadequacies. Authorities have clamped down on the media to control information and public debate about the pandemic.

Living and dying in America in 2021

December 31, 2020 07:00 am

Even if vaccines are widely distributed by mid-2021, there could be several hundred thousand more pandemic-related deaths in the US.

The pandemic’s long economic shadow

December 25, 2020 07:34 am

While mass vaccination points to an end to the COVID-19 pandemic in the next year or so, it does not provide immunity against longer-term economic damage.

Minister Dhakal said that he is ready to face any action if he is found guilty of embezzling state funds in the procurement of medical equipment amid the government’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under the federal parliament will hold a discussion with Minister for Health and Population, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal on Friday over the alleged corruption in course of procuring medical equipment for containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourism activities reviving in Sauraha

December 17, 2020 12:09 pm

BHARATPUR, Dec 17: Tourism industry of Sauraha which was battered by the Covid-19 pandemic almost for a year has gradually started reviving.

NEW DELHI, Dec 17: India will have to spend $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion in the first phase of a coronavirus vaccination programme, even after getting support under the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme, according to estimates by the GAVI vaccines alliance.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The Pashupatinath Temple which remained closed for nine months owing to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission fears will be reopened from Wednesday.

SEOUL, Dec 14: South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February.

The US top infectious disease doctor offered a timeline for ending the COVID-19 pandemic this week, saying that if the coming vaccination campaign goes well, we could approach herd immunity by summer’s end and “normality that is close to where we were before” by the end of 2021.

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: Nepal government and various donor agencies agreed on a joint statement of support on Friday for Nepal’s Relief, Recovery and Resilience Plan to enable a green, resilient and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: An all-party meeting, called by the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, began at the official residence of the PM in Baluwatar earlier on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: As part of its support to Nepal in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, China delivered 8,500 testing kits and 50,000 N95 masks to the Government of Nepal, on Monday.

BIRATNAGAR, Nov 25: Three more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Province 1 in the past one day.