KP Oli warns against delay in civic polls CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli issued a press release warning the government against delaying local polls. Recently, the five-party ruling alliance leaders had said they had decided to hold three-tier polls — parliamentary, provincial, and local — simultaneously between mid-November and mid-March 2023. Nepal 24 Jan, 2022
Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots. COVID-19 22 Jan, 2022
Upper Dolpa denizens deprived of COVID vaccine People in three rural municipalities of upper Dolpa have been deprived of COVID-19 vaccine though the District Health Service Office has been running a vaccination drive in the lower belts of the district targeting children between 12 and 17 years of age. Nepal 22 Jan, 2022
'All three elections within a year' Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today said that the government was committed to strengthening lower tiers of the government and holding parliamentary, provincial, and local elections within a year. Nepal 22 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Shocking revelation It is shocking to learn that between 1.5 million and 2.4 million anti-COVID-19 doses of vaccines procured by the government itself, donated by friendly countries or received from the UNCOVAX programme have been unaccounted for. Opinion 20 Jan, 2022
EDITORIAL - Worrying scenario The sharp rise in the number of active COVID cases in the country in recent days is evidence that the measures taken by the government to control the spread of the virus have not been effective. The number of active cases in the country on Monday stood at 30,877, which shows a yawning gap between new additions and recovery among patients. This figure is six times the number of active cases recorded at the start of the new year 2022, when there were 4,900 cases. Opinion 19 Jan, 2022
Stumbling vaccination programme needs fixing Nepal is yet to demonstrate this, as is evident from the lazy, opaque, and visionless vaccination programme Nepal 19 Jan, 2022
Nepal says COVID-19 cases may double as daily infections hit record level "Actual numbers could be higher or lower than the likely 20,000 daily cases before they begin to fall." Nepal 18 Jan, 2022
India's Gennova developing Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer Inc said last week a redesigned COVID-19 vaccine that specifically targets the Omicron coronavirus variant could be ready to launch by March. World 17 Jan, 2022
Nepal starts giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots Nepal, a natural buffer between China and India, has double-vaccinated 39.9% of its 30 million people in a campaign that began early last year. Kathmandu 17 Jan, 2022
Covid-19 booster campaign unrolls in Kathmandu valley a day later than scheduled, 'logistical-confusion' affects jab-drive in Nepal Covid-19 booster campaign unrolls in Kathmandu valley a day later than scheduled, 'logistical-confusion' affects jab-drive in Nepal Nepal 17 Jan, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination campaign going ahead with priority: Health Minister Minister for health and Population Birodh Khatiwada has said the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 is going ahead with high priority. Nepal 17 Jan, 2022
