SURKHET, September 4: Alleged rapist Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Karnali Province, Kumar Raj Shahi has accused the female victim of publicizing a two-year-old video after he failed to pay the demanded sum of Rs 50 million.

Census of Dolphins underway in Kailali

Published On: September 4, 2021 07:44 AM NPT By: RSS

BHAJANI (KAILALI), SEPTEMBER 4: A census of Dolphins has started from Friday in the Dolphin conservation area of Tikapur Municipality and Bhajani Municipality in the southeastern part of Kailali district.

KATHMANDU, September 3: The Ministry of Health and Population is to start clinical trial of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 and cholera. Nepal Health Research Council is set to initiate the clinical trial of mRNA and cholera vaccines against the two diseases.

23 die of COVID-19 on Friday

Published On: September 3, 2021 04:48 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, September: The Kathmandu Valley recorded 667 cases of COVID-19 on the same day. Of them 467 were recorded in Kathmandu, 71 in Bhaktapur and 129 in Lalitpur districts.

KATHMANDU, September 2: The Embassy of India in Nepal and Central Level Project Implementation Unit (Building) of National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) signed MoUs for the reconstruction of 14 cultural heritages and 103 health sector projects spread across various districts in Nepal. The MoUs were signed by both sides in the presence of First Secretary (Development Partnership & Reconstruction) Shri Karun Bansal and Project Director, CLPIU (Building) Shyam Kishore Singh.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Free masks have been distributed to 6,686 people under the campaign ‘Where is your mask?’ run by Nepal Police for the prevention and control of the COVID-19 infection on Thursday. Under this campaign, since April 20, a total of 1,078,309 people have been given free masks.

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Problems have been seen in the mobile numbers distributed by Nepal Telecom. For the past few days, there have been problems such as missed calls coming from abroad and when calling back the number, no one speaks and later money is deducted.

Nepal Army soldier sentenced to life for killing fellow soldier

Published On: September 3, 2021 01:24 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, September 3: A military court has sentenced Nepal Army soldier Gangadhar Dhakal to life in prison for the murder of a fellow soldier Bharat Gurung in Simal Hill of Sardanagar in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-17 on July 22.

NEW YORK, Sept 3: 40 people including a Nepali origin family have died due to flood in New York City (NYC). NYC has faced a historic weather event on Wednesday with record-breaking heavy rain across the city. The city had a brutal flooding and dangerous conditions in the Subway, roads and on the ground floor of many houses.

KMC Ward Chairperson Shrestha passes away

Published On: September 3, 2021 11:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Chairperson of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Ward Number 19, Shashi Lal Shrestha passed away due to a stroke at Norvic International Hospital in the capital on Thursday. He was 65.