A 17-year-old girl, Amrita Kumari Sah, was shot dead at her home in Madhavnarayan-7, Rautahat on Wednesday night. The deceased was shot on her right temple at 11:30 pm while she was sleeping at her parents’ home. The mother of the deceased, Sita Devi Sah, had reportedly left the house to answer nature’s call when […]
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The Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police on Thursday arrested a 20-year-old boy for his involvement in virtual sexual harassment. Akhil Nepali has been charged with creating a fake Facebook ID and sending sexually explicit and obscene messages as well as pictures to two 13-year-old girls and posting child pornography. After monitoring the activities of Akhil’s
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The construction of a helipad been constructed on the premises of the Prime Minister’s Official Residence in Baluwatar, Kathmandu was completed. The newly-built helipad officially came into operation after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli flew to Sankhuwasabha on a Nepal Army helicopter using the same helipad on Wednesday, according to Prime Minister’s Press Advisor Surya
As many as seven doctors stationed at the COVID-19 Special Hospital in Butwal Yarn Factory resigned from their posts on Wednesday saying they had not received their risk allowances. After the en masse resignation by medical officers recruited especially to treat COVID patients, the Hospital is now dependent on consultants and nursing staff. According to
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Millions of men, women and children in war-torn Yemen are facing famine – again, top United Nations officials warned on Wednesday as they appealed for more money to prevent it – again. “We are on a countdown right now to a catastrophe,” U.N. food chief David Beasley told the U.N. Security Council. “We have been
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Dr. Jageshwor Gautam, Speaker for the Ministry of Health and Population appeared on Facebook Live for the day’s media briefing. Here are a few updates: Total no. of PCR tests done in Nepal: 1,574,295 No. of PCR tests in last 24 hours: 10,022 Tests outside Kathmandu: Dharan, Pokhara, Hetauda, Janakpur, Surkhet, Dhangadi, Dhulikhel, Bharatpur, Nepalgunj,
COVID-19: MoHP daily updates; Total cases: 204,242 Recovery: 164,592 Death: 1,189 Read Post »
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) yesterday handed over IT equipment to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) while it is preparing for the 12th National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) scheduled to take place in June, 2021 – the first census to be conducted under the new Constitution and federal structure. The IT equipment, worth
HONG KONG, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of moderate pro-democracy voices in the Chinese-ruled finance hub, are expected to formally tender their resignation on Thursday in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues. Their dramatic departure will remove a key avenue for dissent in Hong Kong, where
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Total coronavirus infections in Nepal crossed 200,000 on Wednesday, as health workers say the Himalayan nation was facing a “catastrophic” situation. In the last 24 hours there were 2,569 new cases and 26 deaths, according to government data released on Wednesday. That takes the Himalayan nation to a total of 202,329 cases and 1,174 deaths
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The Kathmandu Valley Mayors’ Forum has urged the COVID-19 Crisis Management Center (CCMC) to issue a stringent restrictions on human movement after the upcoming Tihar and Chhath festivals are over. The meeting held between officials of the Mayor’s Forum and officials of CCMC on Wednesday discussed that a strict prohibitory order was necessary to control
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