KATHMANDU, July 21: The government has decided to continue to close the country’s international borders until August 16 even though it decided to lift the ongoing lockdown from Tuesday midnight, nearly four months after it was enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19).

DHANGADHI, March 17: Nepal-India friendship bus service being operated from Dhangadhi to New Delhi, India, has been closed down as part of the preparedness to a global pandemic, coronavirus.

MELAMCHI, July 27: The road leading to Charikot of Dolakha from Khadichaur of Sindhupalchowk is to be closed for three days for renovation and maintenance.

DOLPA, Nov 24: The schools in the northern region of Dolpa district have closed for six months with the increase in cold.

JUMLA, Nov 13: Schools in Jumla had announced holiday only till Dashain. However, schools here have not opened even after Tihar. This has left students with no option but to stay at home idle.

JUMLA, Nov 1: Janasari Gharti of Thabang had been undergoing treatment since two weeks at the Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) in Jumla for lungs-related ailment.

RASUWA, July 29: Rasuwagadhi border point, the only trade route connecting Nepal to China, has been shut down after a flood in Ghatkhola of Gosaikunda Village Municaplity-2 damaged the bridge there.

KATHMANDU, July 24: As announced earlier in May, India has decided to wind up “unauthorized” camp office in Biratnagar with effect from August 1. This comes after years-long refusal of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu to comply with repeated diplomatic correspondence from Nepali authorities to shut down the office.

DOPLA, July 22: A case of mass hysteria reportedly broke loose in Tripura Sundari Municipality-1 of Dolpa district, causing a school to shut down for two days.

PARSA, June 12: All community and institutional schools at four local-level in Parsa district have been shut from today after students started suffering from different diseases due to scorching heat.

JANAKPURDHAM, June 6: Janaki Medical College has remained closed since a month after the employees started protests demanding their salary for the last 14 months.

PALPA, June 2: The Palpa-Butwal section of the Siddhartha highway has been closed.

UDAYAPUR, May 26: Transport services will be halted for six months along the Gaighat-Diktel road section to uninstall a Bailey bridge put over the Sun Koshi River.

KATHMANDU, May 16: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been shut down for an hour after the runway developed some potholes on the runway on Wednesday.

PARBAT, May 8: Vehicular movement along the Pokhara-Baglung road section has been closed for six hours effective from Saturday to expedite road expansion project.

RUKUM, May 6: With the beginning of ‘Yarsha season’, schools in the eastern part of Rukum have announced vacation. They will resume classes only after a month when locals will be get home after collecting yarsa gumba.

KATHMANDU, April 21: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) remained closed for almost 13 hours from Thursday night to Friday morning after the aircraft of Malindo Air skidded off the runway while trying to take off.

KATHMANDU, April 20:  All international flights are delayed untill noon as Malindo Boeing 737-900 Extended Range aircraft skids off the runaway which was about to take off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu to Kualalumpur, Malaysia on Thursday night.

KATHMANDU, April 18: All the Tribuvan University Constituent Campuses will be closed on Thursday. To present the mourning towards former register Nilkhanta Lal Shrestha deceased on April 13.

KATHMANDU, Mar 16: The 'Hello Sarkar', the hotline public grievances handling service, operated by the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at five various places of the country has been closed.

BANIYANI, Jhapa, March 13: Gold and silver dealers in Jhapa today shutdown the local Birtamod Bazar in protest of against the killing of their colleague Sajan Mukhiya.

CHITWAN, Jan 26: The Narayangadh-Muglin road section is come to a halt in the daytime for vehicular traffic from Saturday afternoon in view of the ongoing road widening works.

CHITWAN, Jan 26: The Muglin-Narayangarh road section is to remain closed rrom Saturday afternoon to expedite the road expansion and maintenance drive.

BAITADI, Jan 24: Obstetrical services remain closed since a year at the Talladehi health post located at Purchaundi Municipality-9 in the district due to shortage of water.

CHITWAN, Jan 19:Traffic along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section is come to a halt in the daytime from January 27 in view of the ongoing road widening works.

CHITWAN, Jan 17: The Narayangadh-Muglin road section is to be closed for vehicular traffic for six hours at night from today.

SAPTARI, Jan 5: Normal life has been affected in Saptari with abrupt fall in temperature.  General public have suffered from different diseases such as Pneumonia, common cold, cough, cold diarrhea, headache and asthma in Rajbiraj and other areas due to growing cold.

BARDIYA, Jan 3: Normal life in the districts of western Nepal, including Bardiya has been affected by the increasing cold triggered by thick fog and cold wave.

CHITWAN, Dec 27: Narayangadh-Mugling road section will remain closed during night from January 2, 2018.

KATMANDU, Oct 17: A total of 49 parties have submitted the name-lists of their candidates contesting the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections under the Proportional Representation (PR) category.

KATHMANDU, Oct 15: Political parties have submitted the closed lists for the proportional representation in the elections of House of Representatives and State Assemblies at the Office of Election Commission at Kantipath in the capital city on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: OPDs (outpatient departments) at hospitals across the country remained closed for the fifth day Tuesday, affecting thousands of patients.

PANCHTHAR, August 31: A school at Phalelung Rural Municipality-3, Panchthar which was closed around three weeks ago following a landslide is yet to come into operation.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Nepali national cricket team which is scheduled to play the ICC World Cricket League Championship match against Hong Kong after two months has planned to start the closed camp. Nepal will travel to Hong Kong in October to play two away-matches there.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Nepal-India border in all districts adjoining India except for those in Province 2 have been closed for at least 48 hours ahead of the second phase local elections scheduled for June 28.

RASUWA, May 10: In view of the local level election in Nepal, the Chinese side is to close the Rasuwa border point from Thursday midnight.

KATHMANDU, May 8:  Most of the schools in three provinces will remain closed from Monday till May 14 to facilitate the first phase of the local elections slated for May 14.

KATHMANDU, May 4: The government has granted a week-long holiday in school for the upcoming local level election slated for May 14.

KATHMANDU, May 4: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Ministry of Education (MoE) to close the educational institutions for seven days -- from May 8 to 14 -- for facilitating the first phase of the local elections.

KATHMANDU, May 3: All schools in respective provinces where the May 14 local level elections will be held are to be closed from May 8 to 14.

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CHITWAN, March 28: Narayan-Mugling road section will remain closed for six hours daily until the next arrangement is made.

Rajbiraj, March 9: The indefinite banda or general strike called by the United Democratic Madhesi Front, Saptari continues to disturb daily life today. It is the fourth consecutive day that Saptari remains shut since four people including UDMF cadres were killed in a clash with police on Monday.

KAVRE, Feb 22: All but emergency services have remained closed at health institutions in Kavre District for the past four days after the health workers began sit-in protest.

SINDHULI, Feb 21: The transportation system in the eastern Tarai and mid-hills has suffered a huge setback after a section of BP Highway in Shitalpati of Sindhuli district collapsed on Sunday night. Poor maintenance and weak construction of the highway have been blamed for the collapse.

LAMJUNG, Jan 24: A sole road linking Manang, the trans-Himalaya district to Lamjung, is to be closed for over two weeks for maintenance works.

KATHMANDU, Jan 20: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned the petrol pumps all over Nepal that it will stop distributing fuel to them if they fail to abide by the regulations as per the Dealers Bylaw (Sixth Amendment) 2073.

DADELDHURA Jan 3: Various schools in the district have decided to close from today following increasing cold. The mercury has plummeted in the hilly region these days due to the cold wave and the occurrence of thick fog.

CHITWAN, Jan 3: The Narayanghat-Mugling road section that connects the Capital City with the eastern and western parts of the country will be closed for an additional of half an hour from Tuesday.

KAPILVASTU, Jan, 1: The District Education Office has decided to close the district based community schools following increasing cold from today. The mercury has plummeted in the Tarai region these days due to the cold wave and the occurrence of thick fog.