Rain with thunder, lightning forecast

Published On: September 15, 2021 01:26 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The weather will remain generally cloudy throughout the country with light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning in most parts today.

Scrub typhus cases increasing in Baitadi

Published On: September 15, 2021 11:49 AM NPT By: RSS

BAITADI, Sept 15: The risk of scrub typhus has increased in recent days in the district. The risk of the disease has increased after scrub typhus infection was found in people coming to the hospital and health facilities seeking treatment.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: The annual examinations of Grade XII are being conducted in the physical presence of students across the country from today.

Of 14,443 tests conducted on Tuesday, 1,562 turn out to be positive

Published On: September 14, 2021 05:27 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: Of the 14,443 COVID-19 tests conducted on Tuesday, 1,562 tests turned out to be positive, according to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP). Also, 19 people succumbed to COVID-19 on the same day.

Bats that spread Nipah virus are found in abundance in Nepal

Published On: September 14, 2021 05:15 PM NPT By: Pabitra Sunar

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: Experts have warned that Nepal is also at a high risk of the Nipah virus infection. According to Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, coordinator of Shukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital’s Research Branch, a species of the bat that spreads the Nipah virus is found in Nepal.

SURKHET, Sept 14: A girl who was sold by one of her relatives to a brothel in India seven years ago has returned home. She was 13 years old, studying in grade seven when her aunt sold her to an Indian brothel, promising her a job at a paper factory.

Cycling from Shree Antu to Rara to boost tourism

Published On: September 14, 2021 02:53 PM NPT By: Rohit Rai

DHARAN, Sept 14: Nepal's cyclists have come together to bring back life to revive the tourism industry, one of the hardest hit sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 killed, 24 injured in bus-truck collision

Published On: September 14, 2021 12:06 PM NPT By: RSS

KAWASOTI, Sept 14: Three persons were killed and 24 injured in a bus-truck collision at Nawalpur along the East-West Highway this morning. A bus (SuPra 2-001) en route to Mahendranagar from Kakadbhitta collided with a truck (Na6Kha 7126) at Gaidakot-10 of Nawalpur.

Bar-Bench coordination committee meeting held

Published On: September 14, 2021 09:11 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The Bar-Bench coordination committee held a meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana and discussed various contemporary issues on Monday.

34 percent illiterate in Karnali Province

Published On: September 14, 2021 09:07 AM NPT By: Republica

KARNALI, Sept 14: The Ministry of Social Development in Karnali Province has shared statistics that the province has a 34 percent illiteracy rate. This means that 34 percent of people do not have the ability to read and write.