Those who are fully vaccinated are found to have developed 90 percent antibodies against COVID-19 while this was 80 percent among those receiving their first dose only.

KATHMANDU, August 29: Of 10,297 tests for COVID-19 were conducted on Sunday 1,388 tests turned out to be positive, according to the latest information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

Landslide destroys houses in Butwal

Published On: August 29, 2021 04:29 PM NPT By: Rekha Bhusal

BUTWAL, August 29: Eleven houses have been damaged as a landslide hit a settlement in Ghecha of Chure at around 6AM today.

Saptakoshi River records highest water-level of this year

Published On: August 29, 2021 03:04 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 29: The Saptakoshi River has recorded the highest water-level of this year.

Plans for ‘Prosperous Touristic Pokhara’ unveiled

Published On: August 29, 2021 03:00 PM NPT By: Republica

POKHARA, August 29: The Pokhara Metropolitan City has accorded priority to the promotion of local tourism in the changing context in the three-year periodic plan of the city.

Three arrested with tiger hides, bones

Published On: August 29, 2021 01:40 PM NPT By: Binod Dhungana

TANAHUN, August 29: A team of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police and District Police Office, Tanahu, has arrested three people with tiger hides and bones from Pateni in Vyas Municipality-5 on Saturday evening.

Flood, landslides obstruct Helambu Highway

Published On: August 29, 2021 12:40 PM NPT By: Republica

SINDHUPALCHOWK, August 29: The Helambu Highway has been obstructed again due to continuous rainfall and landslides. Police informed Republica that the road has been blocked by a landslide which occurred at Fatakshila Ratopaharo of Melamchi-Zero Kilo, Melamchi Municipality-13.

KATHMANDU, August 29: A total of 3,180 houses have been inundated due to floods during the current monsoon season.

Three people missing in landslide found dead

Published On: August 29, 2021 11:04 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 28: The bodies of three people who have been missing since Thursday night have been retrieved from the landslide debris in Hupsekot Rural Municipality-4 of Nawalpur on Saturday.

27 died of COVID-19 on Saturday

Published On: August 28, 2021 04:51 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, August 28: The Kathmandu Valley recorded 549 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. Of them, 370 were detected in Kathmandu, 67 in Bhaktapur and 112 in Lalitpur. There are currently 9,278 active cases of COVID-19 in the Valley alone.