PM Oli asks covid-19 vaccine with the UK

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has sought covid-vaccination assistance from the United Kingdom. During a meeting with British Ambassador Nicola Polit on Thursday, he requested to support Nepali government to get AstraZeneca vaccine to Nepali citizens. During the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar, the two discussed bilateral relations and… Continue reading PM Oli asks covid-19 vaccine with the UK

SC orders dismissal of seven non-parliamentary ministers

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Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order barring seven non-MPs from serving as ministers. A single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher JBR directed to disverse Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, Energy Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Lekhraj Bhatta, Urban Development Minister Prabhu Shah, Labor Minister Gauri Shankar… Continue reading SC orders dismissal of seven non-parliamentary ministers

Spain to send medical supplies to Nepal on Thursday

Kathmandu: Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed that Spain plans to send health supplies to Nepal to prevent and control the corona virus epidemic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that medical supplies including ventilator, oxygen concentrator and PPL will arrive in Nepal by a chartered plane on Thursday. On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Pradip… Continue reading Spain to send medical supplies to Nepal on Thursday

Tourism entrepreneurs demand to resume intl schedule flight

Kathmandu: Tourists have demanded to resume regular international flights, however in limited numbers, to curb corruption in the name of chartered flights. The government has canceled international scheduled flights to Nepal in course of preventing covid-19 infection. However, on the initiative of the embassies, chartered flights from Nepal have been re-launched to repatriate foreign nationals.… Continue reading Tourism entrepreneurs demand to resume intl schedule flight

Supreme Court orders not to charge those who do not wear masks

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Kathmandu: The Supreme Court has issued an interim order in the name of the government not to fine the citizens who do not wear masks and not to keep them in the holding center. Currently, the police have been levying fines and keeping them in the holding center for walking without wearing a mask. A… Continue reading Supreme Court orders not to charge those who do not wear masks

NAC brings 975 oxygen cylinders from Beijing

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Kathmandu: Widebody aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has brought additional 975 oxygen cylinders from Beijing, China to Kathmandu today. Along with this, a total of 1,375 cylinders have come to Nepal from China. According to Dimprakash Poudel, general manager of Nepal Airlines Corporation, it was brought to Nepal by three flights. A total of… Continue reading NAC brings 975 oxygen cylinders from Beijing

Nepal govt allows ten flights to take Indian to Saudi

Kathmandu: Nepal government has allowed 10 flights to take Indian nationals stranded in Nepal to Saudi Arabia. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the flights were approved with the coordination of the Indian Embassy and the permission of the Saudi government. Nepal Airlines Corporation has been allowed to operate seven flights from Kathmandu… Continue reading Nepal govt allows ten flights to take Indian to Saudi

Corona care team form to ease journalists’ problem

Kathmandu: The Corona Care Team (CCT) has been formed to facilitate journalists in solving the problem caused by coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. A meeting of the Press Association of Nepal Pratishthan Pradesh on Sunday formed a five-member CCT under the coordination of Pratishthan Pradesh co-coordinator Raghunath Bajagain. CCT has been given the responsibility to collect information… Continue reading Corona care team form to ease journalists’ problem

NRNA handover 560 oxygen cylinders to govt

Kathmandu: The Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has handed over 560 oxygen cylinders to Nepal through the ‘Send Oxygen to Nepal, Save the Lives of Relatives’ campaign. The oxygen cylinders worth more than Rs 7.5 million brought to Nepal on Saturday with the help and cooperation of Nepalis in the Middle East and the Nepali Embassy… Continue reading NRNA handover 560 oxygen cylinders to govt

Health Ministry directs hospitals not to ask relatives to seek oxygen for patients

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Health and Population has urged the hospitals not to ask for oxygen from the relatives of the patients. Ministry spokesperson Dr. Jageshwar Gautam said that the search for oxygen should be done by the hospitals and not by the relatives of the patients. “The Ministry of Health and Population urges all… Continue reading Health Ministry directs hospitals not to ask relatives to seek oxygen for patients