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Kathmandu: The fifth phase of repatriation flights to rescue stranded Nepali from abroad is to resume from Tuesday. Earlier, the rescue flight were postponed citing reasons that the hotel facilities were not ready for quarantine though the flights were scheduled to resume from September 1. Covid-19 Crisis Management Committee was…

Jamunabarsha Sharma Metropolis mayor Man Bahadur GC shared that those infected ones without showing symptoms and not in a condition to get admitted to the hospital could opt to stay in such pay-isolation. The local authority was holding talks with the concerned hoteliers for the same, informed mayor GC. Currently,…

Kathmandu: Uncertainty lurks around resumption of domestic flights due to increasing risk of the Covid-19, although the government earlier had taken a stand to resume all kinds of flights from September 1. The government officials said discussions are on with domestic airlines operators about flight resumption plans, yet uncertainty prevails.…

Kathmandu: As many as 262 Nepalis stranded in Dubai have returned home via chartered flight of Nepal Airlines. Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) officials said the wide body aircraft A-330 evacuated 262 Nepalis and two children from Dubai and reached Kathmandu airport in the evening Sunday. Wide body aircraft A-330 of Nepal…

Kathmandu: The Nepalis left stranded in Dubai airport after a chartered flight was cancelled will be brought home today. A wide body aircraft A-330 of Nepal Airlines left for Dubai this morning and is scheduled to return with the passengers at 4:15 in the afternoon. The NAC aircraft with more…

Kathmandu: Regular international flights are to resume with effect from September 1 to bring back stranded Nepalis from various foreign countries as per the government decision. A cabinet meeting of the government held last Thursday decided to resume the regular international flights to those countries where PCR Test facility is…

Ashok Ghimire Kathmandu: The government has made public the list of hotels and the price in order to quarantine people returning from abroad through chartered flights. The District Administration Office, Kathmandu, released the list and charge of hotels provided by the Department of Tourism. The hotels have the capacity to…

Kathmandu: An agreement between Nepal and Israel has been signed for visa waiver for people holding diplomatic passports. Nepal’s envoy to Israel Anjan Shakya and Israeli counterpart and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi signed the agreement during a special function held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel in Jerusalem.…

According to Indrajatra organizing committee, Kathmandu branch chief Hari Prasad Subedi, since lock down was imposed in Kathmandu valley from Wednesday night due to increasing risk of Coronavirus the logs of wood needed for Indrajatra were not fetched. The specific time allocated to cut down the woods for Indrajatra was…

Today is August 21 and the Nepali month of Bhadra. This day in Nepal is being celebrated as Haritalika Teej or Women’s festival, specially among the Hindu women today. The Teej is celebrated for three consecutive days. The women decorate and beautify themselves in red saris, red tika and green,…