March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers.…
March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers.…
March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the…
March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential…
March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters…
March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two…
March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since…
March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective…
March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal.…
March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes.…
March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24).…
March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19.…
March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government.…
March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters…
March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday.…
March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity.…
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers. According to the WHO, the footballers have been calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The “Pass the message to kick out coronavirus” campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We need teamwork to combat the coronavirus,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “FIFA has teamed up with WHO because health comes first. I call upon the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass the message even further. Some of the greatest players to have played the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Twenty-eight players are involved in the video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance,” WHO wrote on its website urging the people to keep the local health authorities informed about the latest situation in the locality. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Please follow their specific instructions, and call in advance to allow them to direct you to the appropriate local health facility. This serves to protect you and to help prevent the spread of virus and other infections.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">FIFA has also pledged $10 million to support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11584', 'image' => '20200327121509_NPE81269.JPG', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:08:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11835', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Report Black Marketing at Toll-Free Number 1149 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market. The government aims to ensure smooth supply of essentials in view of the lockdown imposed since March 24 over coronavirus crisis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"People are requested to immediately report about black marketing and artificial shortage of essentials," read a statement issued by the Home Ministry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A meeting held on Thursday under the chairpersonship of Home Secretary Maheshwor Neupane issued a six-point decision asking the government for all sellers within the Kathmandu Valley to ensure supply of daily essentials. In this regard, the respective district administrations will provide vehicle pass. The police will manage security to operate shops, take demand and distribute essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All sellers have been asked to provide their contact in this regard. Kathmandu Metropolitan City and respective sub metropolitan cities and municipalities will make arrangements for respective wards to facilitate the smooth supply of essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In case of outside the Kathmandu Valley, respective district administrations and local levels will assist sellers out of the Valley to ensure regular supply of essentials. - RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11583', 'image' => '20200327122456_11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:24:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11832', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NHRC Demands Smooth Supply of Daily Essentials during Lockdown', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC said in a statement that it highly appreciates the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, which has also been detected in Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The statement issued by NHRC Secretary Bed Bhattarai reminded the government that health issue is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and urged the government to fulfill its duty to ensure proper health of its citizens.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC also urged the general public to fully abide by the government directive to stay indoors during lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the deadly infection. It also warned that anyone violating the government order during such crisis can be subject to punishment in accordance to the prevalent laws.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC has also urged the government to give special attention to provide daily essentials to people from the backward communities as well as those who are disabled. Women, children and elderly also require special attention during the testing times, NHRC said drawing the attention of the government. Likewise, health workers and their families also need special support, according to the NHRC.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11582', 'image' => '20200326040338_1585215688.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 16:01:21', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11831', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'When will Virus-hit Markets Heal? ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the news agency, such steps would limit the duration of the deep freeze and hasten any rebound.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">Since the virus exploded beyond China in early March - triggering shutdowns of the biggest economies in the world - financial markets have gone into tailspin. Stock markets lost almost a third of value, volatility spiked, credit stress soared and a dash for dollar cash worldwide amplified the anxiety, according to a news report published by Reuters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">“That shock has been met with a rapid and unprecedented pushback from economic policymakers, pledging trillions of dollars to ensure containment efforts do not lead to permanent fracture of both the economy and markets that keep it moving,” the report further said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">The news report says investors now need to assess whether, like China, draconian lockdowns work in stopping the virus and so limiting the length of the deliberate sudden stop in activity to the second quarter. And, in the meantime, whether gigantic government rescue programmes can prevent markets crystallizing crises of their own by choking funding, forcing bankruptcies and mass unemployment. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11581', 'image' => '20200326105933_stock0nw0.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 10:58:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11827', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Resume Trade with China ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the customs points in the northern frontier to facilitate import and export of goods. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The border with China has remained closed since the last two months. The main customs points between Nepal and China had been closed after China reported increase in cases of coronavirus in late January. Nepal-bound goods had remained stuck across the border due to the closure.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the latest decision to open the border points, the customs offices of Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani will now resume trade between the two countries. However, the authorities concerned have been strictly ordered to follow the health protocol.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The council of ministers had decided on Monday to close the international borders of Nepal but the decision was aimed at curbing the movement of people. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11579', 'image' => '20200326080031_1585146590.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 07:59:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11830', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing to Reopen Banks ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the banking sector as it falls under the essential services.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel, the banking service will be resumed in coordination between the Home Ministry and the Finance Ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Cambria">Some banks have been providing limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country ever since the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Meanwhile, the banks are preparing to start cashless transaction through electronic means in an effort to stop the possible spread of coronavirus from paper money. This move would also significantly reduce the number of customers in BFIs as well as the threat posed by the deadly virus, that has caused havoc across the globe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11578', 'image' => '20200326082540_20200320011057_aaadghjhj.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:24:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11828', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Decides to Airlift Stranded Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to airlift the foreigners stranded in different parts of the country and bring them to the capital first. The rescued foreigners will then be sent back to their respective countries right from the airport. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision, the foreigners will be kept in quarantine at hotels near the airport until their flight gets fixed. The tourists will have to bear their own expenses while staying in the hotels.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">Around 300 tourists are reportedly stranded in Lukla while many others are scattered in different parts of the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to media reports, foreign missions in Nepal have started showing concerns to trace their citizens stranded in the country. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Department of Immigration has informed that around 10,000 tourists who had arrived in Nepal in March are yet to return back to their countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11577', 'image' => '20200326081135_20181214121817_poon.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:10:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11825', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. According to the state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Information Officer at the Ministry of Health and Population, Ganesh Shreevastav, confirmed the case on Wednesday (March 25).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Shreevastav further said that the person who tested positive on Wednesday has been receiving treatment at an isolation ward of Shukraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital, Teku. Firther details about the person is currently not available. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">This is the third confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19 in Nepal. Recently, a 19-year-old Nepali student who had returned home from France last week had tested positive for the virus on Sunday. There were concerns that other persons who returned in the same flight to Nepal along with the infected person via Qatar might also have contracted the disease.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Government authorities have said they are trying to trace all the persons on board the plane and test them for coronavirus, which has created widespread havoc across the world.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The first case of coronavirus in Nepal was recorded in January when a Nepali student returning from Wuhan of China, where the virus is believed to have originated, tested positive. He has already recovered and returned home, according to government officials.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, a total of 687 persons have been tested for COVID-19, out of which only three were positive. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11576', 'image' => '20200325050548_12722_111.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:04:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Petroleum Dealers to Give Fuel only for Essential Services ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The association's president Lilendra Prasad Pradhan said that fuel stations have been urged to supply petroleum products only for very essential purposes as per the government's request. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to him, the proprietors of fuel stations within Kathmandu Valley have also been asked to put up notice with this message outside their petrol stations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"We have issued instructions to the petrol pumps to put up notice outside the gasoline stations and provide fuel only to the vehicles carrying essentials, the ambulances and the vehicles issued permits by the government," Pradhan said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">He said the vehicles used for very essential services can fill up at any petrol station in the Kathmandu Valley and the petrol pumps have sufficient amount of petrol in stock. -RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11575', 'image' => '20200325052050_petrol-2-1539134824.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:20:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Allows its Citizens Stranded Across the Border to Enter Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). They were stranded after the government sealed the international borders earlier this week to check the spread of the deadly Covid-19 which has already killed more than 18,000 people across the world, according to the latest update.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">However, those coming to Nepal from across the border were allowed entry on condition that they stay in quarantine for two weeks. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to government spokesperson Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the quarantine arrangement would be managed in coordination with the local administration and provincial governments.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Khatiwada, who heads the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said that the one-off decision was taken to allow the stranded Nepalis into the country considering that those people were not well informed about the border closure and lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Emerging after a meeting of the high-level committee to prevent the spread of coronavirus, </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada said that the government has decided to urge the private sectors to bring in medical equipment in view of the short supply in the domestic market. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the minister, efforts would be made to bring the medical kits from China and India in collaboration with the private sector as the government’s process would take a long time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada added that the meeting also decided to regulate the supply chain. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The meeting also concluded that there was no need to clamp curfew at the moment as most of the people have abided by the government directive to stay home. Khatiwda further said that the government might reconsider its decision if the people do not follow the orders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Anyone disobeying the order would be prosecuted in accordance to the Infectious Disease Act, 2020. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The government has urged the people not to leave home except for urgent situation like treatment and to procure essential food items. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11574', 'image' => '20200325115102_ND-ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:49:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '68 persons, 1,000 Vehicles Taken Under Control for Defying Lockdown Order ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Police Headquarters shared that they were held from various parts of the country as they did not follow the police suggestion relating to prevention of coronavirus in view of the stay-home order. Kailali police arrested 31 while Kapilvastu 14, Rupandehi seven, Sunsari four, Parsa three, Siraha and Kanchanpur two each and Dhanusha one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, a total of 1,571 vehicles were impounded from different places for defying the lockdown order. The police have been making further enquiry with those defying the order. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11573', 'image' => '20200325113022_RoS_Ktm20200324_MG_70782954e.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:29:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'BFIs Providing Service Through Limited Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to the BFI operators, some banks provided limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each. Therefore, each of the banks and financial institutions opened only one branch each.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Development Banks also opened only limited branches as per the government instruction, informed Govinda Prasad Dhakal, chairman of Nepal Development Bankers’ Association.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11572', 'image' => '20200325111240_oney-debt-money-770x433.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:10:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'WHO Warns of 'Accelerating' Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the news agency, more than 300,000 cases have now been recorded and infections reported from nearly every country. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, Reuters quoted WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We’re not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic,” Tedros told an online briefing for more than 300 journalists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, he called for global political commitment to change the trajectory of the pandemic, urging countries to take both defensive and attacking measures. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Asking people to stay at home and other social distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time, but they are defensive measures,” Reuters quoted him as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“To win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every suspect case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Tedros, citing “alarming reports” of large numbers of infections among health workers around the world, said he would urge leaders of the Group of 20 countries this week to boost production of protective gear and avoid export bans. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The Group of 20, is a forum for the world’s 19 largest advanced and emerging economies, including the European Union, which Tedros said accounted for more than 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). It is presided over by Saudi Arabia this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"> Meanwhile, India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, India has reported 471 cases but health experts have warned a big jump could be imminent, which would overwhelm the underfunded and crumbling public health infrastructure. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“The future of this pandemic to a greater extent will be determined by what happens with very large, densely populated countries,” said Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“So it’s really, really important that India continues to take aggressive action at the public health level and at the level of society to contain, control and suppress this disease and to save lives.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11571', 'image' => '20200324054335_logo-who.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:42:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Virus-hit Wuhan to Lift Outbound Travel Restrictions on April 8 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei Province if they hold a green health code, meaning no contact with any infected or suspected COVID-19 cases, according to a circular issued by the provincial COVID-19 control headquarters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The circular states that Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote the resumption of business operations based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, according to Xinhua.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">“Other areas in Hubei will lift outbound transportation restrictions from Wednesday. Migrant workers who hold green codes and negative nucleic acid testing results will be sent out of the province to their workplace directly.” </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to Xinhua, Hubei will continue to postpone the opening of schools until further notice.</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On January 23, Wuhan had declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city's public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to contain the epidemic within its territory. Similar restrictions were soon introduced in other areas in Hubei. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported Monday in Wuhan after the city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days. The case was the sole new confirmed case reported in Hubei Province on Monday. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11570', 'image' => '20200324052600_wuhancity_1280p.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:24:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government urges Industries Producing Essential goods to Operate in Full Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday (March 24), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies urged the industries producing medicines, health equipment, daily essentials, drinking water, milk and petroleum products to run in the full swing though the government has announced a lockdown across the nation. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Spokesperson at the ministry Prakash Dahal said that such industries are requested to make arrangements of supplies from industries to the markets in a regular manner and to stock raw materials required. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, the ministry urged the government and private industries to give leave to employees and staff except for employees and staff working at industries producing medicines, health equipment, drinking water, milk, and petroleum products. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The ministry said that the umbrella organization of the private sector has been requested to produce their production in full capacity regularly. The government has also asked such industries to inform the ministry if any hindrances surface in course of running the industries. — RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11569', 'image' => '20200324051305_vloYjpEXHYYGw1TsmTCg.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:12:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers. According to the WHO, the footballers have been calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The “Pass the message to kick out coronavirus” campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We need teamwork to combat the coronavirus,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “FIFA has teamed up with WHO because health comes first. I call upon the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass the message even further. Some of the greatest players to have played the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Twenty-eight players are involved in the video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance,” WHO wrote on its website urging the people to keep the local health authorities informed about the latest situation in the locality. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Please follow their specific instructions, and call in advance to allow them to direct you to the appropriate local health facility. This serves to protect you and to help prevent the spread of virus and other infections.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">FIFA has also pledged $10 million to support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11584', 'image' => '20200327121509_NPE81269.JPG', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:08:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11835', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Report Black Marketing at Toll-Free Number 1149 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market. The government aims to ensure smooth supply of essentials in view of the lockdown imposed since March 24 over coronavirus crisis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"People are requested to immediately report about black marketing and artificial shortage of essentials," read a statement issued by the Home Ministry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A meeting held on Thursday under the chairpersonship of Home Secretary Maheshwor Neupane issued a six-point decision asking the government for all sellers within the Kathmandu Valley to ensure supply of daily essentials. In this regard, the respective district administrations will provide vehicle pass. The police will manage security to operate shops, take demand and distribute essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All sellers have been asked to provide their contact in this regard. Kathmandu Metropolitan City and respective sub metropolitan cities and municipalities will make arrangements for respective wards to facilitate the smooth supply of essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In case of outside the Kathmandu Valley, respective district administrations and local levels will assist sellers out of the Valley to ensure regular supply of essentials. - RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11583', 'image' => '20200327122456_11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:24:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11832', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NHRC Demands Smooth Supply of Daily Essentials during Lockdown', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC said in a statement that it highly appreciates the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, which has also been detected in Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The statement issued by NHRC Secretary Bed Bhattarai reminded the government that health issue is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and urged the government to fulfill its duty to ensure proper health of its citizens.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC also urged the general public to fully abide by the government directive to stay indoors during lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the deadly infection. It also warned that anyone violating the government order during such crisis can be subject to punishment in accordance to the prevalent laws.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC has also urged the government to give special attention to provide daily essentials to people from the backward communities as well as those who are disabled. Women, children and elderly also require special attention during the testing times, NHRC said drawing the attention of the government. Likewise, health workers and their families also need special support, according to the NHRC.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11582', 'image' => '20200326040338_1585215688.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 16:01:21', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11831', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'When will Virus-hit Markets Heal? ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the news agency, such steps would limit the duration of the deep freeze and hasten any rebound.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">Since the virus exploded beyond China in early March - triggering shutdowns of the biggest economies in the world - financial markets have gone into tailspin. Stock markets lost almost a third of value, volatility spiked, credit stress soared and a dash for dollar cash worldwide amplified the anxiety, according to a news report published by Reuters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">“That shock has been met with a rapid and unprecedented pushback from economic policymakers, pledging trillions of dollars to ensure containment efforts do not lead to permanent fracture of both the economy and markets that keep it moving,” the report further said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">The news report says investors now need to assess whether, like China, draconian lockdowns work in stopping the virus and so limiting the length of the deliberate sudden stop in activity to the second quarter. And, in the meantime, whether gigantic government rescue programmes can prevent markets crystallizing crises of their own by choking funding, forcing bankruptcies and mass unemployment. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11581', 'image' => '20200326105933_stock0nw0.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 10:58:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11827', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Resume Trade with China ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the customs points in the northern frontier to facilitate import and export of goods. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The border with China has remained closed since the last two months. The main customs points between Nepal and China had been closed after China reported increase in cases of coronavirus in late January. Nepal-bound goods had remained stuck across the border due to the closure.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the latest decision to open the border points, the customs offices of Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani will now resume trade between the two countries. However, the authorities concerned have been strictly ordered to follow the health protocol.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The council of ministers had decided on Monday to close the international borders of Nepal but the decision was aimed at curbing the movement of people. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11579', 'image' => '20200326080031_1585146590.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 07:59:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11830', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing to Reopen Banks ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the banking sector as it falls under the essential services.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel, the banking service will be resumed in coordination between the Home Ministry and the Finance Ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Cambria">Some banks have been providing limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country ever since the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Meanwhile, the banks are preparing to start cashless transaction through electronic means in an effort to stop the possible spread of coronavirus from paper money. This move would also significantly reduce the number of customers in BFIs as well as the threat posed by the deadly virus, that has caused havoc across the globe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11578', 'image' => '20200326082540_20200320011057_aaadghjhj.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:24:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11828', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Decides to Airlift Stranded Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to airlift the foreigners stranded in different parts of the country and bring them to the capital first. The rescued foreigners will then be sent back to their respective countries right from the airport. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision, the foreigners will be kept in quarantine at hotels near the airport until their flight gets fixed. The tourists will have to bear their own expenses while staying in the hotels.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">Around 300 tourists are reportedly stranded in Lukla while many others are scattered in different parts of the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to media reports, foreign missions in Nepal have started showing concerns to trace their citizens stranded in the country. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Department of Immigration has informed that around 10,000 tourists who had arrived in Nepal in March are yet to return back to their countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11577', 'image' => '20200326081135_20181214121817_poon.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:10:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11825', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. According to the state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Information Officer at the Ministry of Health and Population, Ganesh Shreevastav, confirmed the case on Wednesday (March 25).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Shreevastav further said that the person who tested positive on Wednesday has been receiving treatment at an isolation ward of Shukraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital, Teku. Firther details about the person is currently not available. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">This is the third confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19 in Nepal. Recently, a 19-year-old Nepali student who had returned home from France last week had tested positive for the virus on Sunday. There were concerns that other persons who returned in the same flight to Nepal along with the infected person via Qatar might also have contracted the disease.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Government authorities have said they are trying to trace all the persons on board the plane and test them for coronavirus, which has created widespread havoc across the world.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The first case of coronavirus in Nepal was recorded in January when a Nepali student returning from Wuhan of China, where the virus is believed to have originated, tested positive. He has already recovered and returned home, according to government officials.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, a total of 687 persons have been tested for COVID-19, out of which only three were positive. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11576', 'image' => '20200325050548_12722_111.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:04:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Petroleum Dealers to Give Fuel only for Essential Services ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The association's president Lilendra Prasad Pradhan said that fuel stations have been urged to supply petroleum products only for very essential purposes as per the government's request. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to him, the proprietors of fuel stations within Kathmandu Valley have also been asked to put up notice with this message outside their petrol stations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"We have issued instructions to the petrol pumps to put up notice outside the gasoline stations and provide fuel only to the vehicles carrying essentials, the ambulances and the vehicles issued permits by the government," Pradhan said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">He said the vehicles used for very essential services can fill up at any petrol station in the Kathmandu Valley and the petrol pumps have sufficient amount of petrol in stock. -RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11575', 'image' => '20200325052050_petrol-2-1539134824.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:20:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Allows its Citizens Stranded Across the Border to Enter Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). They were stranded after the government sealed the international borders earlier this week to check the spread of the deadly Covid-19 which has already killed more than 18,000 people across the world, according to the latest update.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">However, those coming to Nepal from across the border were allowed entry on condition that they stay in quarantine for two weeks. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to government spokesperson Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the quarantine arrangement would be managed in coordination with the local administration and provincial governments.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Khatiwada, who heads the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said that the one-off decision was taken to allow the stranded Nepalis into the country considering that those people were not well informed about the border closure and lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Emerging after a meeting of the high-level committee to prevent the spread of coronavirus, </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada said that the government has decided to urge the private sectors to bring in medical equipment in view of the short supply in the domestic market. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the minister, efforts would be made to bring the medical kits from China and India in collaboration with the private sector as the government’s process would take a long time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada added that the meeting also decided to regulate the supply chain. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The meeting also concluded that there was no need to clamp curfew at the moment as most of the people have abided by the government directive to stay home. Khatiwda further said that the government might reconsider its decision if the people do not follow the orders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Anyone disobeying the order would be prosecuted in accordance to the Infectious Disease Act, 2020. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The government has urged the people not to leave home except for urgent situation like treatment and to procure essential food items. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11574', 'image' => '20200325115102_ND-ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:49:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '68 persons, 1,000 Vehicles Taken Under Control for Defying Lockdown Order ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Police Headquarters shared that they were held from various parts of the country as they did not follow the police suggestion relating to prevention of coronavirus in view of the stay-home order. Kailali police arrested 31 while Kapilvastu 14, Rupandehi seven, Sunsari four, Parsa three, Siraha and Kanchanpur two each and Dhanusha one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, a total of 1,571 vehicles were impounded from different places for defying the lockdown order. The police have been making further enquiry with those defying the order. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11573', 'image' => '20200325113022_RoS_Ktm20200324_MG_70782954e.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:29:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'BFIs Providing Service Through Limited Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to the BFI operators, some banks provided limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each. Therefore, each of the banks and financial institutions opened only one branch each.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Development Banks also opened only limited branches as per the government instruction, informed Govinda Prasad Dhakal, chairman of Nepal Development Bankers’ Association.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11572', 'image' => '20200325111240_oney-debt-money-770x433.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:10:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'WHO Warns of 'Accelerating' Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the news agency, more than 300,000 cases have now been recorded and infections reported from nearly every country. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, Reuters quoted WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We’re not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic,” Tedros told an online briefing for more than 300 journalists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, he called for global political commitment to change the trajectory of the pandemic, urging countries to take both defensive and attacking measures. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Asking people to stay at home and other social distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time, but they are defensive measures,” Reuters quoted him as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“To win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every suspect case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Tedros, citing “alarming reports” of large numbers of infections among health workers around the world, said he would urge leaders of the Group of 20 countries this week to boost production of protective gear and avoid export bans. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The Group of 20, is a forum for the world’s 19 largest advanced and emerging economies, including the European Union, which Tedros said accounted for more than 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). It is presided over by Saudi Arabia this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"> Meanwhile, India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, India has reported 471 cases but health experts have warned a big jump could be imminent, which would overwhelm the underfunded and crumbling public health infrastructure. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“The future of this pandemic to a greater extent will be determined by what happens with very large, densely populated countries,” said Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“So it’s really, really important that India continues to take aggressive action at the public health level and at the level of society to contain, control and suppress this disease and to save lives.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11571', 'image' => '20200324054335_logo-who.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:42:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Virus-hit Wuhan to Lift Outbound Travel Restrictions on April 8 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei Province if they hold a green health code, meaning no contact with any infected or suspected COVID-19 cases, according to a circular issued by the provincial COVID-19 control headquarters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The circular states that Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote the resumption of business operations based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, according to Xinhua.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">“Other areas in Hubei will lift outbound transportation restrictions from Wednesday. Migrant workers who hold green codes and negative nucleic acid testing results will be sent out of the province to their workplace directly.” </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to Xinhua, Hubei will continue to postpone the opening of schools until further notice.</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On January 23, Wuhan had declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city's public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to contain the epidemic within its territory. Similar restrictions were soon introduced in other areas in Hubei. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported Monday in Wuhan after the city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days. The case was the sole new confirmed case reported in Hubei Province on Monday. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11570', 'image' => '20200324052600_wuhancity_1280p.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:24:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government urges Industries Producing Essential goods to Operate in Full Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday (March 24), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies urged the industries producing medicines, health equipment, daily essentials, drinking water, milk and petroleum products to run in the full swing though the government has announced a lockdown across the nation. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Spokesperson at the ministry Prakash Dahal said that such industries are requested to make arrangements of supplies from industries to the markets in a regular manner and to stock raw materials required. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, the ministry urged the government and private industries to give leave to employees and staff except for employees and staff working at industries producing medicines, health equipment, drinking water, milk, and petroleum products. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The ministry said that the umbrella organization of the private sector has been requested to produce their production in full capacity regularly. 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers. According to the WHO, the footballers have been calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The “Pass the message to kick out coronavirus” campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We need teamwork to combat the coronavirus,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “FIFA has teamed up with WHO because health comes first. I call upon the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass the message even further. Some of the greatest players to have played the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Twenty-eight players are involved in the video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance,” WHO wrote on its website urging the people to keep the local health authorities informed about the latest situation in the locality. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Please follow their specific instructions, and call in advance to allow them to direct you to the appropriate local health facility. This serves to protect you and to help prevent the spread of virus and other infections.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">FIFA has also pledged $10 million to support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11584', 'image' => '20200327121509_NPE81269.JPG', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:08:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11835', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Report Black Marketing at Toll-Free Number 1149 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market. The government aims to ensure smooth supply of essentials in view of the lockdown imposed since March 24 over coronavirus crisis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"People are requested to immediately report about black marketing and artificial shortage of essentials," read a statement issued by the Home Ministry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A meeting held on Thursday under the chairpersonship of Home Secretary Maheshwor Neupane issued a six-point decision asking the government for all sellers within the Kathmandu Valley to ensure supply of daily essentials. In this regard, the respective district administrations will provide vehicle pass. The police will manage security to operate shops, take demand and distribute essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All sellers have been asked to provide their contact in this regard. Kathmandu Metropolitan City and respective sub metropolitan cities and municipalities will make arrangements for respective wards to facilitate the smooth supply of essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In case of outside the Kathmandu Valley, respective district administrations and local levels will assist sellers out of the Valley to ensure regular supply of essentials. - RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11583', 'image' => '20200327122456_11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:24:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11832', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NHRC Demands Smooth Supply of Daily Essentials during Lockdown', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC said in a statement that it highly appreciates the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, which has also been detected in Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The statement issued by NHRC Secretary Bed Bhattarai reminded the government that health issue is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and urged the government to fulfill its duty to ensure proper health of its citizens.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC also urged the general public to fully abide by the government directive to stay indoors during lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the deadly infection. It also warned that anyone violating the government order during such crisis can be subject to punishment in accordance to the prevalent laws.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC has also urged the government to give special attention to provide daily essentials to people from the backward communities as well as those who are disabled. Women, children and elderly also require special attention during the testing times, NHRC said drawing the attention of the government. Likewise, health workers and their families also need special support, according to the NHRC.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11582', 'image' => '20200326040338_1585215688.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 16:01:21', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11831', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'When will Virus-hit Markets Heal? ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the news agency, such steps would limit the duration of the deep freeze and hasten any rebound.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">Since the virus exploded beyond China in early March - triggering shutdowns of the biggest economies in the world - financial markets have gone into tailspin. Stock markets lost almost a third of value, volatility spiked, credit stress soared and a dash for dollar cash worldwide amplified the anxiety, according to a news report published by Reuters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">“That shock has been met with a rapid and unprecedented pushback from economic policymakers, pledging trillions of dollars to ensure containment efforts do not lead to permanent fracture of both the economy and markets that keep it moving,” the report further said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">The news report says investors now need to assess whether, like China, draconian lockdowns work in stopping the virus and so limiting the length of the deliberate sudden stop in activity to the second quarter. And, in the meantime, whether gigantic government rescue programmes can prevent markets crystallizing crises of their own by choking funding, forcing bankruptcies and mass unemployment. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11581', 'image' => '20200326105933_stock0nw0.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 10:58:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11827', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Resume Trade with China ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the customs points in the northern frontier to facilitate import and export of goods. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The border with China has remained closed since the last two months. The main customs points between Nepal and China had been closed after China reported increase in cases of coronavirus in late January. Nepal-bound goods had remained stuck across the border due to the closure.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the latest decision to open the border points, the customs offices of Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani will now resume trade between the two countries. However, the authorities concerned have been strictly ordered to follow the health protocol.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The council of ministers had decided on Monday to close the international borders of Nepal but the decision was aimed at curbing the movement of people. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11579', 'image' => '20200326080031_1585146590.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 07:59:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11830', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing to Reopen Banks ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the banking sector as it falls under the essential services.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel, the banking service will be resumed in coordination between the Home Ministry and the Finance Ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Cambria">Some banks have been providing limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country ever since the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Meanwhile, the banks are preparing to start cashless transaction through electronic means in an effort to stop the possible spread of coronavirus from paper money. This move would also significantly reduce the number of customers in BFIs as well as the threat posed by the deadly virus, that has caused havoc across the globe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11578', 'image' => '20200326082540_20200320011057_aaadghjhj.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:24:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11828', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Decides to Airlift Stranded Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to airlift the foreigners stranded in different parts of the country and bring them to the capital first. The rescued foreigners will then be sent back to their respective countries right from the airport. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision, the foreigners will be kept in quarantine at hotels near the airport until their flight gets fixed. The tourists will have to bear their own expenses while staying in the hotels.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">Around 300 tourists are reportedly stranded in Lukla while many others are scattered in different parts of the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to media reports, foreign missions in Nepal have started showing concerns to trace their citizens stranded in the country. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Department of Immigration has informed that around 10,000 tourists who had arrived in Nepal in March are yet to return back to their countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11577', 'image' => '20200326081135_20181214121817_poon.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:10:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11825', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. According to the state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Information Officer at the Ministry of Health and Population, Ganesh Shreevastav, confirmed the case on Wednesday (March 25).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Shreevastav further said that the person who tested positive on Wednesday has been receiving treatment at an isolation ward of Shukraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital, Teku. Firther details about the person is currently not available. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">This is the third confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19 in Nepal. Recently, a 19-year-old Nepali student who had returned home from France last week had tested positive for the virus on Sunday. There were concerns that other persons who returned in the same flight to Nepal along with the infected person via Qatar might also have contracted the disease.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Government authorities have said they are trying to trace all the persons on board the plane and test them for coronavirus, which has created widespread havoc across the world.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The first case of coronavirus in Nepal was recorded in January when a Nepali student returning from Wuhan of China, where the virus is believed to have originated, tested positive. He has already recovered and returned home, according to government officials.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, a total of 687 persons have been tested for COVID-19, out of which only three were positive. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11576', 'image' => '20200325050548_12722_111.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:04:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Petroleum Dealers to Give Fuel only for Essential Services ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The association's president Lilendra Prasad Pradhan said that fuel stations have been urged to supply petroleum products only for very essential purposes as per the government's request. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to him, the proprietors of fuel stations within Kathmandu Valley have also been asked to put up notice with this message outside their petrol stations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"We have issued instructions to the petrol pumps to put up notice outside the gasoline stations and provide fuel only to the vehicles carrying essentials, the ambulances and the vehicles issued permits by the government," Pradhan said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">He said the vehicles used for very essential services can fill up at any petrol station in the Kathmandu Valley and the petrol pumps have sufficient amount of petrol in stock. -RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11575', 'image' => '20200325052050_petrol-2-1539134824.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:20:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Allows its Citizens Stranded Across the Border to Enter Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). They were stranded after the government sealed the international borders earlier this week to check the spread of the deadly Covid-19 which has already killed more than 18,000 people across the world, according to the latest update.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">However, those coming to Nepal from across the border were allowed entry on condition that they stay in quarantine for two weeks. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to government spokesperson Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the quarantine arrangement would be managed in coordination with the local administration and provincial governments.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Khatiwada, who heads the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said that the one-off decision was taken to allow the stranded Nepalis into the country considering that those people were not well informed about the border closure and lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Emerging after a meeting of the high-level committee to prevent the spread of coronavirus, </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada said that the government has decided to urge the private sectors to bring in medical equipment in view of the short supply in the domestic market. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the minister, efforts would be made to bring the medical kits from China and India in collaboration with the private sector as the government’s process would take a long time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada added that the meeting also decided to regulate the supply chain. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The meeting also concluded that there was no need to clamp curfew at the moment as most of the people have abided by the government directive to stay home. Khatiwda further said that the government might reconsider its decision if the people do not follow the orders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Anyone disobeying the order would be prosecuted in accordance to the Infectious Disease Act, 2020. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The government has urged the people not to leave home except for urgent situation like treatment and to procure essential food items. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11574', 'image' => '20200325115102_ND-ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:49:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '68 persons, 1,000 Vehicles Taken Under Control for Defying Lockdown Order ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Police Headquarters shared that they were held from various parts of the country as they did not follow the police suggestion relating to prevention of coronavirus in view of the stay-home order. Kailali police arrested 31 while Kapilvastu 14, Rupandehi seven, Sunsari four, Parsa three, Siraha and Kanchanpur two each and Dhanusha one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, a total of 1,571 vehicles were impounded from different places for defying the lockdown order. The police have been making further enquiry with those defying the order. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11573', 'image' => '20200325113022_RoS_Ktm20200324_MG_70782954e.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:29:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'BFIs Providing Service Through Limited Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to the BFI operators, some banks provided limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each. Therefore, each of the banks and financial institutions opened only one branch each.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Development Banks also opened only limited branches as per the government instruction, informed Govinda Prasad Dhakal, chairman of Nepal Development Bankers’ Association.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11572', 'image' => '20200325111240_oney-debt-money-770x433.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:10:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'WHO Warns of 'Accelerating' Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the news agency, more than 300,000 cases have now been recorded and infections reported from nearly every country. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, Reuters quoted WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We’re not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic,” Tedros told an online briefing for more than 300 journalists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, he called for global political commitment to change the trajectory of the pandemic, urging countries to take both defensive and attacking measures. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Asking people to stay at home and other social distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time, but they are defensive measures,” Reuters quoted him as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“To win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every suspect case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Tedros, citing “alarming reports” of large numbers of infections among health workers around the world, said he would urge leaders of the Group of 20 countries this week to boost production of protective gear and avoid export bans. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The Group of 20, is a forum for the world’s 19 largest advanced and emerging economies, including the European Union, which Tedros said accounted for more than 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). It is presided over by Saudi Arabia this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"> Meanwhile, India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, India has reported 471 cases but health experts have warned a big jump could be imminent, which would overwhelm the underfunded and crumbling public health infrastructure. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“The future of this pandemic to a greater extent will be determined by what happens with very large, densely populated countries,” said Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“So it’s really, really important that India continues to take aggressive action at the public health level and at the level of society to contain, control and suppress this disease and to save lives.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11571', 'image' => '20200324054335_logo-who.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:42:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Virus-hit Wuhan to Lift Outbound Travel Restrictions on April 8 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei Province if they hold a green health code, meaning no contact with any infected or suspected COVID-19 cases, according to a circular issued by the provincial COVID-19 control headquarters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The circular states that Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote the resumption of business operations based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, according to Xinhua.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">“Other areas in Hubei will lift outbound transportation restrictions from Wednesday. Migrant workers who hold green codes and negative nucleic acid testing results will be sent out of the province to their workplace directly.” </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to Xinhua, Hubei will continue to postpone the opening of schools until further notice.</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On January 23, Wuhan had declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city's public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to contain the epidemic within its territory. Similar restrictions were soon introduced in other areas in Hubei. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported Monday in Wuhan after the city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days. The case was the sole new confirmed case reported in Hubei Province on Monday. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11570', 'image' => '20200324052600_wuhancity_1280p.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:24:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government urges Industries Producing Essential goods to Operate in Full Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday (March 24), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies urged the industries producing medicines, health equipment, daily essentials, drinking water, milk and petroleum products to run in the full swing though the government has announced a lockdown across the nation. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Spokesperson at the ministry Prakash Dahal said that such industries are requested to make arrangements of supplies from industries to the markets in a regular manner and to stock raw materials required. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, the ministry urged the government and private industries to give leave to employees and staff except for employees and staff working at industries producing medicines, health equipment, drinking water, milk, and petroleum products. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The ministry said that the umbrella organization of the private sector has been requested to produce their production in full capacity regularly. 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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 27: The World Health Organisation has teamed up with FIFA, the international governing body of football, to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers. According to the WHO, the footballers have been calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The “Pass the message to kick out coronavirus” campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been actively involved in passing the message against this pandemic since the very beginning,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the virtual launch of the campaign at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Be it through campaigns or funding, FIFA has stood up to the coronavirus, and I am delighted that world football is supporting WHO to kick out the coronavirus. I have no doubt with this type of support that together we will win.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We need teamwork to combat the coronavirus,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “FIFA has teamed up with WHO because health comes first. I call upon the football community worldwide to join us in supporting this campaign to pass the message even further. Some of the greatest players to have played the beautiful game have put their names to the campaign and are united in their desire to pass the message to kick out COVID-19.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Twenty-eight players are involved in the video campaign, which is being published in 13 languages. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance,” WHO wrote on its website urging the people to keep the local health authorities informed about the latest situation in the locality. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Please follow their specific instructions, and call in advance to allow them to direct you to the appropriate local health facility. This serves to protect you and to help prevent the spread of virus and other infections.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">FIFA has also pledged $10 million to support the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11584', 'image' => '20200327121509_NPE81269.JPG', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:08:54', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11835', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Report Black Marketing at Toll-Free Number 1149 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 27: The government has asked the people to call its toll-free number 1149 to report about black marketing and artificial shortage of daily essentials in the market. The government aims to ensure smooth supply of essentials in view of the lockdown imposed since March 24 over coronavirus crisis. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"People are requested to immediately report about black marketing and artificial shortage of essentials," read a statement issued by the Home Ministry. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">A meeting held on Thursday under the chairpersonship of Home Secretary Maheshwor Neupane issued a six-point decision asking the government for all sellers within the Kathmandu Valley to ensure supply of daily essentials. In this regard, the respective district administrations will provide vehicle pass. The police will manage security to operate shops, take demand and distribute essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">All sellers have been asked to provide their contact in this regard. Kathmandu Metropolitan City and respective sub metropolitan cities and municipalities will make arrangements for respective wards to facilitate the smooth supply of essentials. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">In case of outside the Kathmandu Valley, respective district administrations and local levels will assist sellers out of the Valley to ensure regular supply of essentials. - RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-27', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11583', 'image' => '20200327122456_11.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-27 12:24:02', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11832', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'NHRC Demands Smooth Supply of Daily Essentials during Lockdown', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 26: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the government to be sensitive towards public health and to ensure smooth supply of daily essential items.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC said in a statement that it highly appreciates the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19, which has also been detected in Nepal.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The statement issued by NHRC Secretary Bed Bhattarai reminded the government that health issue is one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution and urged the government to fulfill its duty to ensure proper health of its citizens.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC also urged the general public to fully abide by the government directive to stay indoors during lockdown in order to prevent the spread of the deadly infection. It also warned that anyone violating the government order during such crisis can be subject to punishment in accordance to the prevalent laws.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The NHRC has also urged the government to give special attention to provide daily essentials to people from the backward communities as well as those who are disabled. Women, children and elderly also require special attention during the testing times, NHRC said drawing the attention of the government. Likewise, health workers and their families also need special support, according to the NHRC.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-27', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11582', 'image' => '20200326040338_1585215688.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 16:01:21', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11831', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'When will Virus-hit Markets Heal? ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, Reuters reported.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the news agency, such steps would limit the duration of the deep freeze and hasten any rebound.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">Since the virus exploded beyond China in early March - triggering shutdowns of the biggest economies in the world - financial markets have gone into tailspin. Stock markets lost almost a third of value, volatility spiked, credit stress soared and a dash for dollar cash worldwide amplified the anxiety, according to a news report published by Reuters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">“That shock has been met with a rapid and unprecedented pushback from economic policymakers, pledging trillions of dollars to ensure containment efforts do not lead to permanent fracture of both the economy and markets that keep it moving,” the report further said. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"><span style="font-family:Arial">The news report says investors now need to assess whether, like China, draconian lockdowns work in stopping the virus and so limiting the length of the deliberate sudden stop in activity to the second quarter. And, in the meantime, whether gigantic government rescue programmes can prevent markets crystallizing crises of their own by choking funding, forcing bankruptcies and mass unemployment. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11581', 'image' => '20200326105933_stock0nw0.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 10:58:40', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11827', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government to Resume Trade with China ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the border points with China to ease the flow of goods between the two countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the customs points in the northern frontier to facilitate import and export of goods. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The border with China has remained closed since the last two months. The main customs points between Nepal and China had been closed after China reported increase in cases of coronavirus in late January. Nepal-bound goods had remained stuck across the border due to the closure.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">With the latest decision to open the border points, the customs offices of Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani will now resume trade between the two countries. However, the authorities concerned have been strictly ordered to follow the health protocol.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The council of ministers had decided on Monday to close the international borders of Nepal but the decision was aimed at curbing the movement of people. </span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11579', 'image' => '20200326080031_1585146590.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 07:59:24', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11830', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Preparing to Reopen Banks ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to open the banking sector which remains paralyzed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed since Tuesday.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to open the banking sector as it falls under the essential services.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision taken by the committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel, the banking service will be resumed in coordination between the Home Ministry and the Finance Ministry.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-family:Cambria">Some banks have been providing limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country ever since the lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Meanwhile, the banks are preparing to start cashless transaction through electronic means in an effort to stop the possible spread of coronavirus from paper money. This move would also significantly reduce the number of customers in BFIs as well as the threat posed by the deadly virus, that has caused havoc across the globe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11578', 'image' => '20200326082540_20200320011057_aaadghjhj.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:24:38', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11828', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Decides to Airlift Stranded Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 26: The government has decided to return foreigners facing the brunt of lockdown in Nepal back to their respective countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">A meeting of the high-level committee to prevent coronavirus on Wednesday (March 25) decided to airlift the foreigners stranded in different parts of the country and bring them to the capital first. The rescued foreigners will then be sent back to their respective countries right from the airport. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">As per the decision, the foreigners will be kept in quarantine at hotels near the airport until their flight gets fixed. The tourists will have to bear their own expenses while staying in the hotels.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">Around 300 tourists are reportedly stranded in Lukla while many others are scattered in different parts of the country.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to media reports, foreign missions in Nepal have started showing concerns to trace their citizens stranded in the country. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-family:Arial">The Department of Immigration has informed that around 10,000 tourists who had arrived in Nepal in March are yet to return back to their countries.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> </span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-26', 'modified' => '2020-03-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11577', 'image' => '20200326081135_20181214121817_poon.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-26 08:10:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11825', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Third Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">March 25 : A third person was tested positive for COVID-19 in Nepal. According to the state-run Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Information Officer at the Ministry of Health and Population, Ganesh Shreevastav, confirmed the case on Wednesday (March 25).</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Shreevastav further said that the person who tested positive on Wednesday has been receiving treatment at an isolation ward of Shukraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Control Hospital, Teku. Firther details about the person is currently not available. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">This is the third confirmed case of the deadly COVID-19 in Nepal. Recently, a 19-year-old Nepali student who had returned home from France last week had tested positive for the virus on Sunday. There were concerns that other persons who returned in the same flight to Nepal along with the infected person via Qatar might also have contracted the disease.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">Government authorities have said they are trying to trace all the persons on board the plane and test them for coronavirus, which has created widespread havoc across the world.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">The first case of coronavirus in Nepal was recorded in January when a Nepali student returning from Wuhan of China, where the virus is believed to have originated, tested positive. He has already recovered and returned home, according to government officials.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial">According to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, a total of 687 persons have been tested for COVID-19, out of which only three were positive. </span></span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11576', 'image' => '20200325050548_12722_111.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:04:49', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11826', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Petroleum Dealers to Give Fuel only for Essential Services ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Petroleum Dealers' National Association of Nepal has called for providing petroleum products only for very essential purposes. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The association's president Lilendra Prasad Pradhan said that fuel stations have been urged to supply petroleum products only for very essential purposes as per the government's request. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to him, the proprietors of fuel stations within Kathmandu Valley have also been asked to put up notice with this message outside their petrol stations. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">"We have issued instructions to the petrol pumps to put up notice outside the gasoline stations and provide fuel only to the vehicles carrying essentials, the ambulances and the vehicles issued permits by the government," Pradhan said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">He said the vehicles used for very essential services can fill up at any petrol station in the Kathmandu Valley and the petrol pumps have sufficient amount of petrol in stock. -RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11575', 'image' => '20200325052050_petrol-2-1539134824.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 17:20:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11824', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government Allows its Citizens Stranded Across the Border to Enter Nepal', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has allowed Nepali nationals stranded across the Nepal- India border to enter the country on Tuesday (March 24). They were stranded after the government sealed the international borders earlier this week to check the spread of the deadly Covid-19 which has already killed more than 18,000 people across the world, according to the latest update.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">However, those coming to Nepal from across the border were allowed entry on condition that they stay in quarantine for two weeks. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to government spokesperson Yuba Raj Khatiwada, the quarantine arrangement would be managed in coordination with the local administration and provincial governments.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Khatiwada, who heads the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, said that the one-off decision was taken to allow the stranded Nepalis into the country considering that those people were not well informed about the border closure and lockdown.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Emerging after a meeting of the high-level committee to prevent the spread of coronavirus, </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada said that the government has decided to urge the private sectors to bring in medical equipment in view of the short supply in the domestic market. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to the minister, efforts would be made to bring the medical kits from China and India in collaboration with the private sector as the government’s process would take a long time.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Minister Khatiwada added that the meeting also decided to regulate the supply chain. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The meeting also concluded that there was no need to clamp curfew at the moment as most of the people have abided by the government directive to stay home. Khatiwda further said that the government might reconsider its decision if the people do not follow the orders.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Anyone disobeying the order would be prosecuted in accordance to the Infectious Disease Act, 2020. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The government has urged the people not to leave home except for urgent situation like treatment and to procure essential food items. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11574', 'image' => '20200325115102_ND-ktm.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:49:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11823', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => '68 persons, 1,000 Vehicles Taken Under Control for Defying Lockdown Order ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 25: Police on Tuesday took under control 68 persons for defying lockdown ordered by the government for preventing the spread of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The Nepal Police Headquarters shared that they were held from various parts of the country as they did not follow the police suggestion relating to prevention of coronavirus in view of the stay-home order. Kailali police arrested 31 while Kapilvastu 14, Rupandehi seven, Sunsari four, Parsa three, Siraha and Kanchanpur two each and Dhanusha one. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, a total of 1,571 vehicles were impounded from different places for defying the lockdown order. The police have been making further enquiry with those defying the order. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11573', 'image' => '20200325113022_RoS_Ktm20200324_MG_70782954e.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:29:18', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11822', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'BFIs Providing Service Through Limited Branches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">March 25: The regular operation of banks and financial institutions was affected on Tuesday due to the lockdown announced by the government. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to the BFI operators, some banks provided limited services through selected branches while most of the branches remained shut across the country.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Outside the Kathmandu valley, the district administration offices allowed BFIs to operate only one branch each. Therefore, each of the banks and financial institutions opened only one branch each.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">President of Nepal Bankers’ Association Bhuvan Dahal said that the provincial governments did not allow them to operate in full strength outside the capital city. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">According to Dahal, commercial banks couldn’t provide any service in cities like Nepalgunj, Bhairahawa, Janakpur due to the lockdown.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">However, Dahal said that the banks have ensured that the ATMs do not run out of cash.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Development Banks also opened only limited branches as per the government instruction, informed Govinda Prasad Dhakal, chairman of Nepal Development Bankers’ Association.</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-25', 'modified' => '2020-03-25', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11572', 'image' => '20200325111240_oney-debt-money-770x433.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-25 11:10:19', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11821', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'WHO Warns of 'Accelerating' Pandemic', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">March 24: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, Reuters reported.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to the news agency, more than 300,000 cases have now been recorded and infections reported from nearly every country. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">While it took 67 days from the first reported case to reach the first 100,000 cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus, it took only 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases, Reuters quoted WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“We’re not helpless bystanders. We can change the trajectory of this pandemic,” Tedros told an online briefing for more than 300 journalists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, he called for global political commitment to change the trajectory of the pandemic, urging countries to take both defensive and attacking measures. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“Asking people to stay at home and other social distancing measures are an important way of slowing down the spread of the virus and buying time, but they are defensive measures,” Reuters quoted him as saying. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“To win we need to attack the virus with aggressive and targeted tactics: testing every suspect case, isolating and caring for every confirmed case and tracing and quarantining every close contact.” </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">Tedros, citing “alarming reports” of large numbers of infections among health workers around the world, said he would urge leaders of the Group of 20 countries this week to boost production of protective gear and avoid export bans. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">The Group of 20, is a forum for the world’s 19 largest advanced and emerging economies, including the European Union, which Tedros said accounted for more than 80 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP). It is presided over by Saudi Arabia this year. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times"> Meanwhile, India on Monday announced a halt to domestic flights and said the majority of the country was under complete lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">According to Reuters, India has reported 471 cases but health experts have warned a big jump could be imminent, which would overwhelm the underfunded and crumbling public health infrastructure. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“The future of this pandemic to a greater extent will be determined by what happens with very large, densely populated countries,” said Dr Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Times">“So it’s really, really important that India continues to take aggressive action at the public health level and at the level of society to contain, control and suppress this disease and to save lives.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11571', 'image' => '20200324054335_logo-who.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:42:45', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11820', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => ' Virus-hit Wuhan to Lift Outbound Travel Restrictions on April 8 ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24 : Wuhan, the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus is believed to have originated, will lift outbound travel restrictions from April 8 after over two months of lockdown, Xinhua reported citing the local authorities on Tuesday. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">People in Wuhan will be allowed to leave the city and Hubei Province if they hold a green health code, meaning no contact with any infected or suspected COVID-19 cases, according to a circular issued by the provincial COVID-19 control headquarters. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The circular states that Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote the resumption of business operations based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, according to Xinhua.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">“Other areas in Hubei will lift outbound transportation restrictions from Wednesday. Migrant workers who hold green codes and negative nucleic acid testing results will be sent out of the province to their workplace directly.” </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">According to Xinhua, Hubei will continue to postpone the opening of schools until further notice.</span> <br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">On January 23, Wuhan had declared unprecedented traffic restrictions, including suspending the city's public transport and all outbound flights and trains, in an attempt to contain the epidemic within its territory. Similar restrictions were soon introduced in other areas in Hubei. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">One new confirmed COVID-19 case was reported Monday in Wuhan after the city had seen zero new reports for five consecutive days. The case was the sole new confirmed case reported in Hubei Province on Monday. -- Xinhua/RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11570', 'image' => '20200324052600_wuhancity_1280p.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:24:41', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '11819', 'article_category_id' => '1', 'title' => 'Government urges Industries Producing Essential goods to Operate in Full Capacity ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">March 24: The government has called upon the industries producing daily essentials to run in full capacity. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Issuing a press statement on Tuesday (March 24), the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies urged the industries producing medicines, health equipment, daily essentials, drinking water, milk and petroleum products to run in the full swing though the government has announced a lockdown across the nation. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Spokesperson at the ministry Prakash Dahal said that such industries are requested to make arrangements of supplies from industries to the markets in a regular manner and to stock raw materials required. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Similarly, the ministry urged the government and private industries to give leave to employees and staff except for employees and staff working at industries producing medicines, health equipment, drinking water, milk, and petroleum products. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">The ministry said that the umbrella organization of the private sector has been requested to produce their production in full capacity regularly. The government has also asked such industries to inform the ministry if any hindrances surface in course of running the industries. — RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2020-03-24', 'modified' => '2020-03-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '11569', 'image' => '20200324051305_vloYjpEXHYYGw1TsmTCg.jpg', 'article_date' => '2020-03-24 17:12:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => null, 'user_id' => '20' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
