Tag: Health

Short movies praising Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba are circulating on social media in Nepal. They have also become the target of ridicule and criticism directed at PM Deuba. The ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided additional lifesaving supplies to Nepal's COVID-19 pandemic response. Dr Hashina Begum, UNFPA Deputy Representative, today handed over oxygen cylinders worth Rs 11.9 ...

Umesh Shrestha, Minister of State for Health and Population, announced that 20 million vaccination shots will arrive in the country by mid-October, with 9.7 million already delivered. 1.6 million doses ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided additional lifesaving supplies to Nepal's Covid-19 pandemic response. On Monday, UNFPA Deputy Representative Dr Hashina Begum presented Dr. Bhim Singh Tinkari, Director ...

Umesh Shrestha, Minister of State for Health, has released a 23-point action plan concentrating on pandemic preparedness and vaccination. According to Minister of State Shrestha's "Policy Commitment and Action Plan ...

The Nepal Red Cross has encouraged partners and the world community to take action to ensure that enough Covid-19 is available to protect Nepalis. Approximately 1.4 million vulnerable people in ...

The coronavirus pandemic has become a huge public health issue around the world. Globally, around 190 million people have been infected. Furthermore, the recent discovery of additional variations, as well ...

The pandemic has virtually brought the Nepali film industry to a halt. For the past year and a half, movie theatres have been shuttered, and Nepali films have yet to ...

  Over 200 private sector industrialists and business leaders joined the CPN-UML on March 19, 2021, arguably the first time in Nepal that private sector business leaders joined a political ...

By mid-October, the government expects to have 18.3 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on hand. Dr Krishna Prasad Poudel, the Ministry of Health and Science's Spokesperson, said in a ...