Pokhara Metropolis suspends regular services from today

Published On: January 27, 2022 12:20 PM NPT By: Republica

GANDAKI, Jan 27: Pokhara Metropolitan City office has shut its regular services except the most essential ones from today in view of the heightened risk of the coronavirus.

Eight injured in bus accident in Baitadi

Published On: January 27, 2022 10:20 AM NPT By: Republica

BAITADI, Jan 27: A bus (Na 7 Kha 2570) carrying 32 passengers along the Patan-Pancheshwar road section met with an accident at Melalui Municipality-2 Rautgaun, at around 6 AM on Thursday.

Police seize illegally-imported goods worth Rs 16.3 million

Published On: January 27, 2022 10:00 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRGUNJ, Jan 27: A police squad from Parsa impounded a truck laden with illegally-imported goods worth amounting to Rs 16.3 million from Birgunj Metropolis-8. The police had taken control of the truck (Na 4 Kha 8334) en route to Butwal from Birgunj with the goods imported from India evading revenue.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: Nepal remains in the front among the South Asian countries in terms of vaccination against COVID-19. The government, which has aimed at vaccinating all citizens above 18 years by mid-April, has so far administered the first dose of vaccines to 71 percent of the population.

Weather expected to improve gradually from Friday

Published On: January 27, 2022 09:29 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The weather affected by the impact of a westerly low pressure system for the past few days is likely to improve gradually from Friday.

COVID-19 infection rate stands at 41.5 percent

Published On: January 27, 2022 09:25 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: In the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 infection rate in Nepal stood at 41.5 percent. The infection rate is 5 percentage points lower than the previous day. Of the total 20,359 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 8,454 were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: A total of 75 projects being constructed in Nepal with Indian assistance will be inaugurated this year.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The female population is seen further increasing in this national census as compared to the previous census. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), a body under the National Planning Commission, released the preliminary results of the National Population Census 2021 on Wednesday.

Makwanpur police fine those not wearing a mask at public places

Published On: January 26, 2022 03:50 PM NPT By: Republica

MAKWANPUR, Jan 26: People who don’t wear face masks at public places have been fined in Makwanpur district. A team deployed by the District Police Office has fined 60 people from different places for not wearing a mask at the rate of Rs 100 per person.

Seven-story modern library to be built in Jamal

Published On: January 26, 2022 03:20 PM NPT By: Rubi Rauniyar

KATHMANDU, Jan 26:  Nepal National Library is set to be constructed at Jamal under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The library opened a tender for the construction of the library building on Monday.