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New Nepal budget highlights Covid control, economic recovery IANS 1 hour ago © IANS New Nepal budget highlights Covid control, economic recovery Kathmandu, May 30 (IANS) Nepal Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has presented a budget of 1.64 trillion NPR ($14 billion) for the 2021-22 fiscal year that starts in mid-July, with focus on controlling the Covid-19 pandemic and recovering the economy. It is the second year in a row that the health sector has got special focus in the budget for...

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari granted amnesty to 430 convicts on the occasion of Republic Day.

As the country grapples with an acute shortage of anti-COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment, following a sudden surge in the coronavirus since February, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari took the initiative to hold telephonic conversation with her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Wednesday and requested him to provide the much-needed vaccines

English Situation Report on Nepal about Health and Epidemic; published on 28 May 2021 by WHO

Nepali Congress President and former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday said that President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had put democracy at stake.

President Xi has underlined the importance of adhering to the general direction of relations between China and EU from a strategic perspective and appropriately managing their differences.

Source： 2021-05-27 17:24 BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping has been calling for strengthened cooperation in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as concerted efforts to build a global community of health for all. The following are some highlights of his recent remarks in this regard. May 26, 2021 During a phone conversation with Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, Xi said that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the two countries have been supp...

The way the political parties knock at the door of the Supreme Court to settle every political score of theirs, it shows they lack confidence in the sovereign people, who elect them to power through periodic elections.

Buddha Jayanti, the day of the birth of Lord Buddha, is being observed across the country, albeit with toned-down celebrations owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the 2565th Buddha Jayanti.

Earlier, one million doses of Covishield were gifted by India, while Nepal purchased another two million doses at discounted rates.