SOCIETY
Youth group providing free of cost medical care to COVID-19 infected poor, helpless people...
Youth group providing free of cost medical care to COVID-19...
KATHMANDU, May 15: Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF), a charity organization run by a group of youths, has appealed for support to expand its free of cost services to poor and helpless people infected with the COVID-19.
May 15, 2021
SPECIAL, PHOTO FEATURE/Video, Latest Updates
PHOTOS: Rato Machhindranath Chariot pulled for the year
PHOTOS: Rato Machhindranath Chariot pulled for the year
KATHMANDU, May 15: The chariot of deity Rato Machhindranath, Nepal’s longest Chariot Festival, has been pulled for the year.
May 15, 2021
NEPAL, Coronavirus
COVID-19: Nepal confirms 8,167 new cases, 187 deaths on Saturday
COVID-19: Nepal confirms 8,167 new cases, 187 deaths on Satu...
KATHMANDU, May 15: The health ministry confirmed as many as 8,167 new cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours. With 8,046 people testing positive for the disease through RT-PCR tests and 121 others through the antigen tests, Nepal’s COVID-19 case tally has jumped to 447,704.
May 15, 2021
WORLD, Coronavirus
India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as police sent to halt dumping of bodies
India’s daily COVID-19 deaths near 4,000 as police sent to h...
NEW DELHI, May 15: India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but deaths stayed near the 4,000-mark as the World Health Organisation warned that the second year of the pandemic could be worse than the first.
May 15, 2021
Coronavirus
Govt bringing oxygen cylinders from Oman, China
Govt bringing oxygen cylinders from Oman, China
KATHMANDU, May 15: The national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) is bringing oxygen cylinders from Beijing, the capital of China and Muscat, the capital of Oman.
May 15, 2021
ECONOMY
Bijay Kumar Jalan will be remembered for his contribution to internet service promotion in...
Bijay Kumar Jalan will be remembered for his contribution to...
KATHMANDU, May 15: Bijay Kumar Jalan, director of WorldLink Communications Pvt Ltd (WCPL), one of the pioneer organizations to offer internet service in the country, succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday.
May 15, 2021
ECONOMY, SOCIETY
WHO expresses serious concern over fast-spreading pandemic in Nepal, calls for emergency a...
WHO expresses serious concern over fast-spreading pandemic i...
KATHMANDU, May 15: Showing concern over the fast spreading COVID-19 in Nepal, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the country is in need of emergency aid, at a time when the government has failed to take prompt and effective action to address the crisis.
May 15, 2021
POLITICS, AUDIO/VIDEO, Latest Updates
‘Mr Prime Minister, accept reality, stop talking and focus on fight against pandemic’ (w...
‘Mr Prime Minister, accept reality, stop talking and focus o...
KATHMANDU, May 15: A key leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), Gagan Thap has urged Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to concentrate all his efforts on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
May 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Many COVID-19 patients died due to lack of proper treatment
Many COVID-19 patients died due to lack of proper treatment
KATHMANDU, May 15: As many as 1,676 people have succumbed to the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak since the start of April. This number has increased over three times than last year. Experts have concluded that the lack of proper treatment in Nepal has been a major reason for the numerous dea...
May 15, 2021
SOCIETY, Coronavirus
Oxygen shortage stalls use of Bir Hospital's new building
Oxygen shortage stalls use of Bir Hospital's new building
KATHMANDU, May 15: The Bir Hospital is unable to use its new hospital block due to the shortage of medical oxygen.
May 15, 2021