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Nepal's coronavirus tally crosses 70,000-mark with 1,207 new cases

The Kathmandu Valley has recorded the highest number of cases with 724 new infections in the past 24 hours

Nepal urges Saarc to convene 19th summit soon; to fight Covid-19 together

Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali has urged the SAARC member nations to explore all the viable options to convene the 19th summit of the eight-member regional body at an early date

Key trading route between Nepal, China reopens after eight months

The Rasuwagadhi-Kerung transit point was opened on Wednesday after the Chinese authorities agreed to conditionally reopen the border point for movement of goods

Activists stage protests against China's land encroachment in Nepal: Report

Beijing has maintained that the constructions were carried out on the Chinese side of the border.

Nepal halts distribution of text book with revised map of Indian areas

"The Department of Survey, which is the official agency that declares the total area of the country, however, hasn't made any decision on the area," Joshi said

Nepal's coroanvirus cases top 61,000 with record high daily spike

The overall Covid-19 cases in Nepal has increased to 61,653 after the Himalayan country reported a record high spike in the number of single-day infections

Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported

The epicentre of the tremor has been recorded at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district which has already been ravaged by flood and landslide and earthquake of 2015

India gifts Remdesivir medicine to Nepal to treat Covid-19 patients

The medicines are a part of the Indian government's ongoing assistance to Nepal in meeting the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Fighting Covid: Nepal to resume domestic flight operations from Sept 21

Nepal will be resuming both domestic flights and inter-district vehicular movement from September 21, said Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

UN agencies, member states hail India's commitment in UN partnership fund

India's Permanent Mission to the UN commemorated the 3rd anniversary of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund Monday

At least 11 people killed as torrential rains trigger landslide in Nepal

The landslide swept away some 15 houses in Bhirkharka area of Barhabise Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk district

India sends relief material to Nepal for flood, landslide-affected families

India on Sunday handed over a consignment of disaster relief material to Nepal for flood- and landslide-affected families, officials said. On behalf of the Government of India, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian Embassy here Namgya C Khampa handed over the material to Chanda Chaudhary, president of the Nepal-India Women Friendship Society. The relief material includes tents and plastic sheets for distribution to flood- and landslide-affected families in the country's five districts, the Indian mission said in a statement. In view of the recent destruction and loss of life caused by floods and landslides, the entire consignment will be distributed through the society in coordination with the local governments in the affected districts of Sindhupalchok, Kailali, Mahottari, Nawalparasi and Sarlahi in Province 2, Bagmati Province, Province 5 and Sudur Paschim Province. This was part of the Government of India's regular humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support to Nepal.

Covid-19: Nepal resumes visa services for foreign nationals after a month

The department has urged all the service seekers to contact it within 15 days after the resumption of services for the exemption of late fee and penalty

Heavy rain triggers massive landslide in central Nepal; 9 dead, 22 missing

Seven bodies were retrieved from the incident site and two more bodies were recovered from Bhotekoshi and Sunkoshi rivers, said Rajan Adhikari, chief of the District Police Office, Sindhupalchowk

Nepal: At least three dead, over two dozen people missing in landslide

A team of Nepal Army personnel have reached the site for the search and rescue operation

Nepal coronavirus update: Record high single-day Covid-19 cases reported

With 1,454 new cases, Nepal witnessed a record high single-day spike in the number of infections recorded in the last 24 hours

Nepal's ruling Communist Party resolves differences between Oli, Prachanda

Nepal's ruling Communist Party on Friday resolved the protracted differences between Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his opponent Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" by agreeing to a power-sharing deal

Nepal reports 1,454 Covid-19 new cases, its highest single-day spike yet

Nepal on Friday reported the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases with 1,454 new infections, taking the country's total count to 51,919

Nepal reports 979 new coronavirus cases, total caseload soars to 47,236

Nepal reported 979 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 47,236, according to official data

Migrant workers from Nepal start returning to India as economy reopens

More than a thousand workers from Nepal have been crossing the Customs at Kailali District of Southern Plain of Nepal to rejoin their jobs in India