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The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks.He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction" over the virus.A pandemic is a disease that is…

Considering the aggressive spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the globe, the government has postponed the promotional campaign of Visit Nepal 2020.Speaking at a programme held here today, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai informed that the government was focused on promoting domestic tourism by…

The Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited (KUKL) has launched a mobile application with the objective of accessing information regarding the water volume and ease distribution.The application has been launched from Maharajgunj branch of the organisation.According to the KUKL Executive Director, Milan Shakya, one can get information on…

With the aim to minimise the risk of electric shocks, beautify the city and automate power distribution in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has started to execute the work of laying the electricity cables underground.Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the work of laying the electricity cables underground amidst…

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced the electricity leakage by 9.75% in the first six months of the current fiscal year, down from 11.28% that persisted in the last fiscal year. The NEA set a target to reduce electricity leakage to 8.5% in this fiscal year.According to Kulman Ghising, managing director of NEA, said that the…

The Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS) has claimed that the much-awaited Melamchi Water Supply Project will be completed by mid-July.Issuing a white paper on Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) with an aim to clarify the status of the national pride project, Minister for Water Supply Bina Magar informed that the project has achieved 95.12 per…

ChildSafeNet, together with partner organizers, organized a cyber safety awareness event to mark the Safer Internet Day 2020 on 11 February 2020 at Patan durbar square area, with the slogan, "Together for a Better Internet". ChildSafeNet, a specialized organization working to protect children and young people online is the coordinator and…

Despite being the first month of the Visit Nepal (VN) 2020 campaign, the number of tourist arrivals in the country declined by 33 per cent in January.According to the Department of Immigration (DoI), a total of 67,020 tourists from different countries visited Nepal in January. However, during the same period last year a total of 91,793…

In a bid to ramp up electricity consumption, Nepal Electricity Authority has prepared a draft ‘consumer tariff rate’ reducing power tariff levied on households.This is the first time that the power utility has proposed a tariff rate aimed at encouraging household consumption in contrast to its earlier policy targeting minimum use of…

The number of fourth generation (4G) mobile network subscribers of Nepal Telecom (NT) has reached 4.1 million after its service expansion.In just four months, the number of users availing NT’s 4G service has increased by 3.3 million. As the state owned telecommunication firm expanded its service areas, the number of users has increased…