Manakamana Temple to bar entry from Friday

NepalBy Rastriya Samachar SamitiPublished: 10:19 am Jan 19, 2022File Photo - Devotees thronging the recently-renovated Manakamana temple, in Gorkha, on Friday, October 26, 2018. Photo: THT GORKHA, JANUARY 19Worshippers are to be barred from entering...

Chelsea drop more points in draw at Brighton

BRIGHTON, JANUARY 18Chelsea's winless run in the Premier League stretched to four matches on Tuesday, as a 1-1 draw away to Brighton and Hove Albion saw their slender titles hopes suffer yet more damage.Hakim...

COVID-19 cases up in Saptari

NepalBy Himalayan News ServicePublished: 09:35 am Jan 19, 2022 RAJBIRAJ, JANUARY 18As many as 65 persons tested positive for COVID-19 and an infected person died in Saptari today.Of the 75 swab samples collected in Gajendra...

Ban on gatherings at religious sites, other prohibitions in valley to continue till February 12

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 18The district administration authorities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur have issued fresh regulatory measures barring gatherings and performing of rituals at religious sites. It has, however, allowed regular worship in the presence...

SC curtails its services for two weeks

NepalBy Himalayan News ServicePublished: 09:35 am Jan 19, 2022SC curtails its services for two weeks. Photo: Supreme Court of Nepal KATHMANDU, JANUARY 18The Supreme Court today decided to cut its service for two weeks after...

Up to 1.5 million vaccine doses missing, claims health secretary

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 18Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Roshan Pokharel today told the Education and Health Committee of the House of Representatives that 1,500,000 vaccine doses were unaccounted for.When THT contacted Pokharel...

Stumbling vaccination programme needs fixing

Kathmandu, January 19Dealing with COVID-19 requires decisive and evidence-based leadership committed to working in the public interest. Unfortunately, Nepal is yet to demonstrate this, as is evident from the lazy, opaque, and visionless vaccination...

Nepal says COVID-19 cases may double as daily infections hit record level

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 18Nepal recorded 10,258 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, government data showed, the highest number reported in a single day as the government projected th...