KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) has reported that five more people have died of Japanese encephalitis in the country. With these additional deaths, the total number of fatalities due to the disease has reached 14.

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Three people have died of dengue in Gandaki Province within three weeks. Among the deceased, two were the residents of Tanahun and one was of Kaski. The provincial Ministry of Social Development and Health said that dengue infection has increased rapidly in various districts of Gandaki. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes mosquito. In the last year, dengue claimed the lives of seven people in the province- five in Tanahun and two in Syangja.

SAO PAULO, April 22: Brazil has registered 1,601 confirmed deaths from dengue so far this year, with another 2,061 deaths under investigation, the Health Ministry said Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Cancer causes a total of 11.11 percent of deaths in Nepal while 20,000 new cases related to the fatal disease are reported every year in the country.

CHITWAN, Jan 18: A 30-year-old youth died when a Bolero jeep and a scooter collided in Khairahani, East Chitwan on Thursday. Thus, the number of deaths in road accidents is high. In the last four and a half years, 1,530 people have lost their lives in 5,213 vehicle accidents in Bagmati Province. In the last six months, 128 people have died in road accidents, according to Bagmati Province Traffic Police Office Ramnagar.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: At least 10 Nepali nationals are feared killed in the Hamas group’s indiscriminate attack against civilians in Israel in the past 24 hours.

NEW DELHI: Schools and colleges were closed after record monsoon rains led to massive waterlogging, road caves-in, collapsed homes and gridlocked traffic in large parts of northern India, killing more than 100 people over two weeks, officials said Thursday.

KATHMANDU, July 10: A total of 9,683 vehicular accidents and loss of lives of 178 people in different road accidents have been recorded within the Kathmandu Valley till mid-June of the current fiscal year (FY 2022/23).

With winter in full bloom in the country, a major concern for a lot of Nepalis is the lack of warmth and shelter during the coldest months of the year. A large number of people in Nepal, especially those in the country’s southern plains live in homes made of mud and thatch, which provide little insulation against cold. This can lead to hypothermia and other serious health problems, especially for the elderly and young children.

Winter for Nepalis is all about biting cold, more so for those who lack roofs over their heads and enough clothes to keep themselves warm in the cold season. The impact of winter is much more severe in the Tarai, the country’s southern plains, where cold waves kill people every year.

KATHMANDU, August 30: Three women from the same village died after lightning struck them at Malahi Tole, Garuda Municipality-3, Rautahat district, on Tuesday. The thunderbolt hit them when they were working in their fields.

SYDNEY, Feb 2: Australia reported more than 40,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday when more than 50 million doses had been delivered in total during the vaccine rollout.

MUMBAI, Jan 16: India reported 271,202 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest daily count in eight months, taking its total tally to 37.12 million, the federal health ministry said on Sunday.

JANAKPUR, Jan 5: Two people died in Dhanusha and Saptari due to the cold wave. The temperature has sharply dropped in the southern plains for the past couple of days.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: At least 111 people have lost their lives in the recent incidents of floods, landslides and inundation.

NEPALGUNJ, Sept 20: The risk of COVID-19 is still not over in Banke district. Despite the decrease in the number of cases related to contagious diseases in the past few days, the situation has not changed much in the district.

ROLPA, June 23: Three people have been killed in a landslide in Rolpa.

KATHMANDU, May 29: As many as 96 people died of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease on Friday taking the death tally to 7,047 in the country. According to The Ministry of Health and Population, 4,015 people have died of the viral disease in the past two months.

KATHMANDU, May 27: The infection rate from the second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has decreased in the last few days in India. There are currently 2,419,107 active cases of COVID-19 in the country.

GORKHA, May 27: The second wave of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection has spiked in Sulikot Rural Municipality of Barpak, Gorkha. According to the locals, the deceased in the municipality had all shown symptoms of COVID-19.

18 deaths recorded in Kathmandu district alone

KATHMANDU, May 10: Nepal has recorded the highest single day COVID-19 death tally of 139 in the past 24 hours.

TIKAPUR, May 9: As many as five people lost their lives while undergoing treatment at Tikapur Hospital of Kailali on Sunday.

BUTWAL, May 7: An elected representative of local government in Butwal has died of COVID-19 as he was forced to wait for hours to get admission in hospital.

Pashupati Aryaghat, where Hindus cremate their dead bodies, is overcrowded, and has started cremating bodies on open grounds. Until last week, PM Oli was busy inaugurating projects, openly defying urgent pleas by his health ministry to avoid crowds and public events. He infamously urged people to ‘chew guava leaves and turmeric powder to get rid of the virus’ offering a hope so false that only this disaster could follow.

The number of infected patients at the hospital is surging every day. The demand for oxygen from the patients has not been met despite the hospital supplying some amount from the private hospitals and clinics. Doctors warn that the patients will die due to the lack of oxygen if the authorities fail to make adequate supply in the next two or three days.

COVID-19 death toll in the district reaches 235

NEPALGUNJ, April 27:The number of deaths due to the coronavirus infection in Banke district is increasing at a terrible rate as four more deaths were reported on Tuesday alone.

NEW DELHI, April 23: The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis.

NEW DELHI, April 21: India reported more than 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, the highest single-day tally for the country so far, health ministry data showed on Wednesday.

NEW YORK, April 9: Ambulances filled with breathless patients lined up in Brazil as nations around the world set new records Thursday for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections. The disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: A total of 1,641 Nepali migrant workers died in Qatar in the past one decade since Qatar speeded up the construction work to host the Football World Cup 2022.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The number of Nepalis succumbing to the coronavirus infection in several countries across the world has surpassed 300 as of last Saturday, according to the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA).

Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally is inching toward 200,000 as winter sets in; nearly half the total cases from Kathmandu

LONDON, Oct 24: Europe became the second region after Latin America to surpass 250,000 deaths on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with record numbers of daily COVID-19 infections reported in the past two weeks.

BUTWAL, Oct 21: Rupandehi district recorded three more COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday.

Death tally soars to 700 in just five months since May 16

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: An additional 17 Nepalis living abroad have lost their lives due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 in a week.

The country currently has 645 rhinos

PALPA, Sept 24: Five members of a family went missing in Rambha Rural Municipality-2 in Phoksingkot after a massive landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried two houses on Wednesday night.

Most deaths witnessed in Province 2

BUTWAL, Sept 2: A woman succumbed to COVID-19 infection at Bhim Hospital in Bhairahawa on Tuesday night.

LAHAN, Sept 1: Four individuals including a four years old girl died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Province 2 on Monday, according to the Ministry of Social Development of the Province.

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The COVID-19 death toll in Nepal has risen to 175 on Wednesday, with 11 fatalities in various parts of the country in the past 24 hours.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: With three more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, Nepal’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 102 on Saturday.

BUTWAL, Aug 12: Two individuals undergoing treatment at Butwal Corona Hospital set up at a Fibre Industry in Butwal died on Wednesday night.

MYAGDI, Aug 7: As many as 38 people died due to natural disasters like landslides, floods, thunder strikes, electric shocks and fire in Myagdi district in a year.

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 11: Brazil registered 45,048 additional cases of the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours and 1,214 new deaths, the health ministry said on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 18: The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has reported two more COVID-19 deaths in Nepal on Wednesday.

LONDON: Global coronavirus deaths reached 250,000 on Monday after recorded infections topped 3.5 million, a Reuters tally of official government data showed, although the rate of fatalities has slowed.