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NCP MPs condemn govt for Dashain allowance

Lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) — Bhim Rawal and Janardan Sharma — and Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress in the House of Representatives Bal Krishna Khand have opposed the distribution of Dashain allowance among federal lawmakers

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Nepal Airlines flying to Australia, China, South Korea

The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will be flying to Australia, China and South Korea as it continues its chartered and cargo flights to international destinations during the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection

Government plans to ease lockdown, restart economy

Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population is charting out plans to ease the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in a bid to gradually restart the stalled economy

Rights groups laud Nepal Supreme Court ruling

Four international human rights organisations have welcomed Nepal’s Supreme Court decision on 27 April quashing a petition by the Nepal Communist Party government on amnesty for those accused of war crimes

Two new COVID-19 patients identified on Friday

Two new COVID-19 patients have been identified in Nepal on Friday, taking the total number of transmission cases in Nepal to 59

Hurdles in Bamdev Gautam becoming prime minister

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has offered to make party leader Bamdev Gautam the new prime minister, but the question is whether Gautam, who is not even a lawmaker, can become the next PM

Around 2,000 Nepalis stranded in India returning home

Nepali migrant workers, who were stranded in various border towns in India due to lockdown, are returning home after a month, today

Three new COVID-19 cases identified in Birgunj taking total cases to 57

Three new persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Birgunj Metropolitan City of Parsa district, today

Nepali students, workers to return to Korea

Preparations are being made for returning Nepalis students, workers and businesspersons on a holiday from Korea to Nepal before the COVID-19 outbreak

Kathmandu breathes cleaner air during lockdown

Aasha Jha becomes very happy every time she goes to the roof of her house in Tahagalli, Lalitpur Metropolitan City–8, these days. Ever since the lockdown began, she has been able to clearly see the airport from her terrace

Nepal extends lockdown until May 7

The Nepali government decided to extend the nationwide lockdown until May 7 to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country

Bodies of two missing S.Korean trekkers recovered in Nepal

Bodies of two South Korean trekkers, who went missing following an avalanche in Nepal's Annapurna mountain region in January, have been recovered, police said

Nepal lockdown to be extended

A Nepal government meeting of ministers is expected to endorse a committee report to extend the month-long lockdown that was supposed to expire on Monday

Nepal health centres, schools await reconstruction five yrs after quake

Even five years after the devastating high-intensity earthquake that struck Nepal killing nearly 9,000 people, health centres and schools in the Himalayan nation still await reconstruction, a media report said on Saturday

Flight operation to be halted till May 15

Nepal has decided to halt the operation of international and domestic flights till May 15 as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19

Unemployed Nepali sherpas to be hired for cleaning up trekking trails

The Nepal government has planned to create jobs for sherpas who were put out of work after the COVID-19 lockdown, by hiring them to repair and clean up trekking trails in the Himalaya, a media report said