608 new Covid-19 cases registered on Friday; nationwide tally hits 257,200

KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday reported 608 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 257,200. Of the total cases, 237 are females while 371 are...

Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,816 with eight more fatalities

KATHMANDU: The nationwide coronavirus death-toll has advanced to 1,816 with eight additional fatalities reported Friday. Globally, 1.74 million people have lost their lives to Covid-19 while over 79 million people have been infected by the...

Kathmandu valley logs 279 new coronavirus cases on Friday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported 279 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Friday. Of the total 608 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 212 infections while Lalitpur and Bhaktapur...

PM Oli reshuffles cabinet, swearing-in at 6:30 pm

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reshuffled his cabinet today. The newly appointed ministers will be sworn-in by the President amid a function in Sheetal Niwas at 7:30. Seven ministers had resigned en masse in...

Will face no confidence motion: Bagmati Chief Minister

KATHMANDU: Bagmati Province government will face the no confidence motion that was filed by 46 lawmakers at the Provincial Assembly today. Chief Minister of the Province Dor Mani Paudel said today that he will face...

India’s Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated

MUMBAI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last...

Supreme Court issues show cause notice to govt for dissolving HoR

KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a show cause order to the government for dissolving the House of Representatives. The Constitutional bench consisting of five justices including Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR, completed the...

Prime Minister Oli calls cabinet meeting today

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has called a meeting of the Council of Ministers today. The Cabinet meeting is expected to take place this afternoon around 4:00 pm, according to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. Prior...