Covid-19 cases are on the rise in other provinces and trucks, including people, are coming in. So there’s still a possibility of an outbreak, says the Provincial Health Office.

Pokhara Industrial Estate, which was shuttered after the lockdown was announced, threw open its gates on Monday.

The directive comes three days after the Supreme Court ordered the centre to make arrangements to treat Covid-19 patients.

People in various districts of the province are defying the lockdown using proxy measures.

Even though local units across the districts have set up quarantine facilities of various capacities, officials say the number of returnees who report to the local units is still very low.

They had returned to Nepal carrying the Chinese authorities’ certificates that they were free from Covid-19.

The law says senior citizens, the poor and disabled, can hire court-sponsored lawyers for free, but they often hire attorneys they cannot afford.

Gurung was arrested after a complaint of fraud and banking offences was registered against him on Thursday, police said.

Around 100 stranded tourists with their guides and porters have been rescued using helicopters.

Magar was admitted to Manipal Teaching hospital in Pokhara on Thursday.

Archale, the birthplace of Kavishiromani Lekhnath Poudyal, expects to attract literature lovers, writers and students—and tourists seeking to spend some time in the calm of nature.

Locals are setting up traps, hiring trappers, blasting music, and even domesticating monkeys to prevent them from running amok.

All five workers were from the same village in Salyan.

The incident took place while NCP Kaski-2 candidate Bidhya Bhattarai was filing her nomination for by-elections.

A meeting chaired by the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on September 18 permitted to grant 17 seats for the academy.