April 17, 2020 · as published by Nepali news portals, newest first
Tunnel of Melamchi Drinking Water Project. (File photo) MELAMCHI: Helambu Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district has requested the concerned authority to temporarily halt the construction o...
KATHMANDU: The United States of America (USA), the worst-hit in terms of both deaths and infection cases, has witnessed 34, 580 deaths after 2,137 died in the last 24 hours. With 29, 053 new cases...
Lockdown and social distancing are the most important government intervention for the prevention and control of COVID-19. To fight the coronavirus outbreak, governments across the country have clos...
KATHMANDU: Italy, the second worst-hit country in terms of deaths, has witnessed 525 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the number of death toll to 22,170 as of Friday morning. With 3,786 new cas...
KATHMANDU: Spain has the second highest number of infection cases with 184, 948 after the United States of America (USA). According to Worldometer, 4,289 people were infected and 503 died in a sin...
KATHMANDU: With Coronavirus wreaking havoc across the world, the death toll from the novel virus has climbed to 145, 443 after 6,969 people died in the last 24 hours as of Friday morning. Accordin...
KATHMANDU: The United Kingdom (UK) has reported 861 new deaths taking total death toll to 13,729 as of Friday morning. This is an increase by 100 in the number of single day deaths. It was 761 yes...
Kathmandu - The Ministry of Health and Population is to examine the health of health workers and the security personnel involved in COVID-19 prevention and control as well. The Ministry, in a notic...
KATHMANDU: France has registered 17, 920 deaths after 753 died in a single day. This is less by 685 than the number of deaths compared to yesterday. It was 1,438 yesterday. According to the latest...
Kathmandu - Patients of Kala-azar have been found in Darchula, a district in the mountainous region with temperate climate. A person who came to the Darchula Hospital on Thursday seeking treatment ...
Kathmandu - The COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 13 Nepalis here in Britain. The latest victim is 75-year-old Dhanbir Thapamagar, a former British Gurkha soldier from New Malden, L...
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KATHMANDU, April 17: Two wide-body A-330 aircrafts of Nepal Airlines Corporation have landed in Kathmandu with medical supplies essential in the fight against COVID-19. A source at the Tribhuvan I...
KATHMANDU: Economic Digest, a daily morning email digest, is basically a relatable summation of important business news from Nepal into easy-to-understand summaries. Business community discusses t...
Image for Representation CHITWAN: Nine people have been held for killing a spotted deer in Chitwan National Park (CNP) during the lockdown. Park game scouts arrested them while they were eating t...
China won’t restrict exports of medical goods needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said, amid tension over scarce masks and ventilators. China, the biggest maker of sur...
Image for Representation NEW DELHI: The total number of COVID-19 cases in India has surged past the 12,000-mark. The death toll has reached 420, Indian media reports have said. According to the U...
Pawan Acharya The terminology RDT (Rapid Diagnostic Test) is frequently heard nowadays. A rapid test is used because it enables testing a large number of individuals in a short time period, it is ...
Malaysia (File photo/Khabarhub) KUALA LUMPUR: Nepali migrant workers who had been facing financial problems in Malaysia after being denied even their basic salary are to receive their salary. As ...
Two wide-body planes of Nepal Airlines have landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport with 27.6 tons of medical supplies from Guangzhou at eight Friday morning. Flash Freight Logistics and Sha...
A police officer enforces social distancing in a bus as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in Lagos, Nigeria. (Photo: AFP) ABUJA: Nigerian security forces have killed 18 people dur...
Siddharaj Bhatta/Dhangadhi, April 17. Tests for coronavirus have slowed in Sudur Paschim State due to the lack of test kits. Although the rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is going ahead in a vigorous ma...
Kathmandu - As many as 659 people have undergone the rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for coronavirus in State-2 as of Thursday. Out of this many people, 657 have tested negative for the virus while tw...
Kathmandu - Many workers have been stranded at Mauwakhola on the border between Dhading and Chitwan districts as the authorities have stopped them from going to their respective destinations. These...
File Photo of Pawan Malla. (Social Media) KATHMANDU: The death of Pawan Kumar Malla, 44, a former assistant sub-inspector of Nepal Police, in New York on Wednesday raised several questions. Did h...
Energy Secretary Dinesh Ghimire taking part in a virtual meeting with his counterparts of India, Bangladesh and Bhutan. (Photo: the Ministry of Energy) KATHMANDU: Energy secretaries of Nepal, In...
The Kathmandu District Court based acquittal of former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara in the attempt to rape case on the fact that the complainant was under depression medications and later turned ...
KATHMANDU, April 17: Qatar has rejected Amnesty Internationals’ claims that the Qatari government illegally expelled dozens of migrant workers including 20 Nepali men. Amnesty International, after...
The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Kanchanpur Office has seized documents relating to the procurement of medical equipments including ventilator from the Mahakali Ho...
Collecting Yarsagumba has been an annual affair in Nepal's western Himalayan region. (Image for Representation) JOMSOM: The Yarsagumba hunt, one of the biggest events for most of the people in the...
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