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A family wearing face masks is pictured inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday; nationwide tally hits 274,294

Nepal on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,294.

The Government of Nepal has formed a team to hold talks with outlawed Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal.

Govt forms talk-team to hold talks with Biplav-led party

The Government of Nepal has formed a team to hold talks with outlawed Netra Bikram Chand 'Biplav'-led Communist Party of Nepal.

File Photo - Emergency maternity service comes into operation in Kolti Primary Health Centre of Bajura, on Friday, February 19, 2021. Delivery through C-section was carried out on Nirmala Chadara, 29, successfully. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Emergency maternity service at Bajura's Primary Health Centre comes to a halt

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kolti of Bajura district that had started providing emergency maternity services closed operations a little over a week.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the eastern districts of Jhapa and Morang today for a couple of inauguration ceremonies.File Photo

Prime Minister off to Jhapa, Morang for multiple inaugurations on Tuesday

Prime Minister off to Jhapa, Morang for multiple inaugurations on Tuesday

A person works on the statue of the Buddha inside an under construction monastery, the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal, on Monday, March 1, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

In Pictures: Daily Life in Lumbini

Workers build the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal.

Taplejung's Dobhan Bazaar in flames

Supreme Court lenient on pressing contempt charge against journalists

WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

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EDITORIAL: Way to digital Nepal

The government’s decision to slash internet charges in the country is not only welcome but long overdue. Only an inexpensive internet service will help the country go digital and promote e-commerce.

People look out from their homes while the body of a 65-year-old man is taken on an ambulance towards the cremation site, succumbed to COVID-19 disease, while undergoing home isolation treatment since the past three-days during a government imposed lockdown amid concerns over the rising spread of coronavirus contagion in Bhaktapur, Nepal on Sunday, August 30, 2020.

Recovery efforts

The economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound detrimental effect for most people around the world.

A person works on the statue of the Buddha inside an under construction monastery, the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal, on Monday, March 1, 2021. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

In Pictures: Daily Life in Lumbini

Workers build the Thousand Buddha Temple (Pal Thubten Shedrub Ling Monastery) in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in Nepal.

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File Photo - President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Shital Niwas, in Kathmandu. Photo: RSS

Reinstated HoR to meet on March 7

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has summoned the first meeting of the House of Representatives, acting on the February 24 directive of the Supreme Court, for March 7.

Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Photo: Sandeep Sen/ THT

KMC plan to use concrete at Kamal Pokhari infuriates activists, locals

Scores of rights activists and locals staged a symbolic protest in front of Kathmandu Metropolitan City office against the authority’s plan to use concrete structures in the historic Kamal Pokhari in the heart of the capital.

FILE - Officials of different constitutional bodies, appointed by the government, take the oath of office and secrecy, at Shital Niwas, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Photo: Rajan Kafle/PM's Secretariat

NBA opposes recent appointments in constitutional bodies

Nepal Bar Association has issued a declaration at its 47th Executive Committee meeting opposing the appointments recently made in 11 constitutional bodies bypassing parliamentary hearings.

Pilots grounded for not reporting aircraft malfunction

The Nepal Airlines Corporation has banned two of its pilots from flying any aircraft as they did not report a technical problem they encountered earlier.

Dr Shankar Upreti speaking at the launch of his memoir "Jiwan Ek Sapana" in Kathmandu. Photo Courtsey: Sanjeev Uprety

Former NC lawmaker Dr Shankar Prasad Uprety no more

Former Nepali Congress lawmaker and healthcare professional Dr Shakar Prasad Upreti has passed away. He was 88.

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File Photo - Emergency maternity service comes into operation in Kolti Primary Health Centre of Bajura, on Friday, February 19, 2021. Delivery through C-section was carried out on Nirmala Chadara, 29, successfully. Photo: Prakash Singh/THT

Emergency maternity service at Bajura's Primary Health Centre comes to a halt

The Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kolti of Bajura district that had started providing emergency maternity services closed operations a little over a week.

A family wearing face masks is pictured inside the premises of Bouddhanath Stupa, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT/File

78 new Covid-19 cases registered on Tuesday; nationwide tally hits 274,294

Nepal on Tuesday reported 78 new cases of coronavirus infection from across the country. With this, the nationwide infection count has advanced to 274,294.

Armed Police Force personnel patrolling the border area to control cross-border smuggling, in Kailali, on Monday. Photo: THT

Smuggling continues unabated despite tight security

Although the authorities have beefed up security along the border, it has had little impact on controlling the ongoing smuggling of goods from India.

Rautahat district

Students padlock school in Gaur

Students of Juddha Secondary School in Gaur have padlocked the school for allegedly abusing students over a dispute over fees.

File Photo - Officials of different constitutional bodies, appointed by the government, take the oath of office and secrecy, at Shital Niwas, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Photo Courtesy: Rajan Kafle/PM's Secretariat

Global bodies decry lack of transparency in appointments to constitutional bodies

At least three international bodies have sought immediate withdrawal of an ordinance, saying it undermines the independence of constitutional bodies.

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