29 more fatalities registered today; Covid-19 death-toll crosses 1,500

KATHMANDU: Twenty-nine more fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours with which Nepal’s Covid-19 death-tally has now advanced to 1,508. Meanwhile, 1,474 fresh coronavirus cases as reported today took the nationwide Covid-19 case count...

Nepal’s Covid-19 tally reaches 233,452 on Monday with 1,474 fresh infections

KATHMANDU: The countrywide Covid-19 tally reached 233,452 as 1,474 additional infections emerged on Monday. Of the total cases, 602 are females while 872 are males. In the last 24 hours, 809 cases surfaced in Kathmandu Valley...

Body of man from Dalit community found in Rautahat

RAUTAHAT: Body of a man from Dalit community was found in Madhavnarayan Municipality of Rautahat district on Monday. Police identified the deceased as Dashairam Chamar (45) of Mithuawa in Madhavnarayan-5. Dashairam had been working for...

Govt invested in developing health sector: CM Paudel

HETAUDA: Bagmati Province Chief Minister Dormani Paudel, on Monday, said that the provincial government is on the path to developing health sector. Inaugurating the seven-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 10-bed High-Dependency Unit (HDU) at...

Farmers have hard time selling rice

DHANGADI, NOVEMBER 29 Local farmers in Kailali are finding it hard to sell their rice due to delay on the part of Food Management and Trade Company. The farmers have to wait for their turn to...

Public toilets in Bajura district HQ in poor state

BAJURA, NOVEMBER 29 Most of the public toilets in Bajura district headquarters, Martadi, are in poor state. As a result, human excreta is a common sight in Martadi, which was declared an open defecation free...

UK stocks up on vaccines, hopes to start virus shots in days

LONDON: Britain said Sunday it has secured 2 million more doses of a promising coronavirus vaccine as it gears up to launch within days the country’s most ambitious inoculation program in decades. The UK has...

Sri Lanka coronavirus prison riot leaves 8 dead, over 50 wounded

COLOMBO: At least eight prisoners were killed and more than 50 injured in clashes with guards at a Sri Lankan prison, officials said on Monday, as authorities tried to quell a protest over rising...