Govt encouraging industrialists: Home Minister Khand

Published On: March 6, 2022 09:54 AM NPT By: Republica

SIDDHARTHANAGAR, March 6: Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has said the government is encouraging industrialists. “Private sectors’ trust in the state will be kept intact. Private sectors have a tremendous role in state functioning,” he said.

KATHMANDU, March 5: Nepal recorded 91 new cases of COVID-19 along with 362 recoveries and zero fatalities from the deadly virus on Saturday, according to the latest information released by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, March 5: The embassies of Nepal in Germany and Russia are making collective efforts with the help of Non-Resident Nepali Association and the Nepali community to rescue Nepali nationals displaced from the war-hit Ukraine.

PANCHTHAR, March 5: The construction of infrastructures for Nishan Kalikadham and Yankbarak Pokhari (pond) at Yankbarak Rural Municipality-4 in Taplejung district has begun.

JALESHWOR, Marsh 5: Five shops at a bazaar at Matihani Municipaity-8 have been burnt down in a fire today morning, destroying property worth approximately Rs 15 million, said the police. However, no human casualties are reported in the blaze.

Increasing cases of Kala-Azar reported in Kalikot

Published On: March 5, 2022 09:50 AM NPT By: Republica

KALIKOT, March 5: The disease, seen mostly at Terai region of Nepal, Visceral Leishmaniasis, also commonly known as Kala-Azar, has also started appearing in hilly districts of the country in recent years as transportation from Terai began to come to the hilly regions.

Reconstruction of house of Asanbhalu Ajima begins

Published On: March 5, 2022 07:55 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 5: The reconstruction of the house of Asanbhalu Ajima (Goddess Annapurna) at Bhotahiti in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-27 has begun. The Metropolis Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction work amid a function here on Friday.

KATHMANDU, March 4: Nepal recorded 126 new cases of COVID-19 along with 385 recoveries and one death from the deadly virus on Friday, according to the information provided by the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP).

KATHMANDU, March 4: Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Bidya Sundar Shakya has complained that the federal government is not interested in the protection and conservation of the historical and archeological heritage of Kathmandu. Mayor Shakya said that although the federal government has the responsibility to protect the heritage, it has not acted accordingly.

KATHMANDU, March 4: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the people not to make statements taking sides in the Paul Shah case.