Twelve Indian nationals, who participated in the Tabligi Jamaat congregation in Delhi last month, were tested for coronavirus in Nepal on Wednesday after they were found taking shelter in a mosque, according to a media report.

12 Indians tested for coronavirus in Nepal

Nepal purchased coronavirus testing kits worth millions of Nepalese rupees from China but soon the advisor to Nepal said that many countries using the same kits are showing unreliable and controversial results.

Government of Nepal rejects China's COVID-19 testing kits

Hundreds of trekkers are stranded on high-altitude trekking trails across Nepal due to a nationwide lockdown designed to contain the coronavirus spread. There are about 500 foreign trekkers on at least four trekking routes unable to return due to the lockdown, which started Tuesday and will last for a week.

Nepal: Hundreds of trekkers stranded on mountain trails after coronavirus lockdown

Nepal on Wednesday confirmed the third positive case of the novel coronavirus in less than a week after the second case was reported. The National Public Health Library of Nepal updated the new number of cases on its website in the Himalayan nation to three from the previously reported tally as on Monday.

Nepal confirms third COVID-19 case in less than a week

An Indian national was among five persons arrested here on Tuesday for stockpiling over one million masks to sell them in the black market, police said. The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a frenzied buying of masks and hand sanitizers.

Indian national among 5 arrested in Nepal for selling masks in black market

Nepal has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led initiative of calling a SAARC conference on dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, and has termed it "timely". He said it shows the grouping is not "dead" and at the time of need can "come together... irrespective of any differences".

Nepal envoy praises PM Modi's initiative over coronavirus crisis

The Nepal government on Friday announced the suspension of its visa-on-arrival services till April 30 as part of the measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Nepal suspends visa on arrival services, amid coronavirus outbrek

Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, a government minister said on Friday.

Nepal closes Mount Everest for climbers because of coronavirus fears

A total of 71 Chinese workers engaged at a construction site in Nepal have been placed under quarantine after their return to the Himalayan nation from China, an official said on Wednesday.

Chinese workers quarantined at construction site in Nepal

Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday issued a travel advisory to its citizens as well as tourists as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

Nepal issues travel advisory amid coronavirus outbreak

Red pandas are not a single species but rather two distinct ones, according to the most comprehensive genetic study to date on these endangered mammals. Scientists said on Wednesday they found substantial divergences between the two species of the red pandas, namely, the Chinese red pandas and the Himalayan red pandas after the genetic analysis of the DNA from 65 of the animals.

Genetic study reveals red pandas to be actually two separate species

The coronavirus outbreak has given birth to a new era. Now China has launched a worldwide offensive against any negative coverage of the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus Outbreak: China's war on foreign media

A Nepalese newspaper on Thursday slammed Beijing for trying to muzzle free speech after it was accused of "deliberate" and "malicious" smearing by the Chinese embassy in the Himalayan nation.

Nepal paper defiant after China slams virus criticism

The Union health ministry has constituted central teams of experts for the examination of villages bordering Nepal for novel coronavirus infection. Villages bordering Nepal in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal will be inspected by central teams for community-level Information Education Communication (IEC) activities for Coronavirus in regard to the novel coronavirus, an order by the health ministry dated February 15 said.

Government sets up teams to inspect villages bordering Nepal for COVID-19

Not just US, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka have crashed to historic low in ODIs

In a letter to the central government, Nepal on Wednesday asked for help from India after over 100 people were affected by the flu-like condition. Authorities suspect it could be coronavirus as it has similar symptoms.

Nepal seeks Indian government's help after 100 people suffer from coronavirus like flu

India on Wednesday exempted Nepal from refined palm and palm olein restrictions, news agency Reuters reported citing government officials. According to the report, the government has started issuing a license to import some refined palm olein from the Himalayan nation.

India allows some refined palm olein imports from Nepal amid restrictions: Report

Nepal is preparing to bring back its 180 nationals struck in China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people, officials said here.

Nepal prepares to evacuate its citizens from virus-hit Wuhan city in China

Nepal's National Human Rights Commission has directed the government to immediately evacuate Nepali citizens from the Hubei province of China, the epicentre of coronavirus outbreak.

Nepal right commission directs govt to evacuate Nepalis from Hubei province amid coronavirus outbreak

Nepal's Federal Socialist Party MP Pradeep Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the central government over its failure to finalise the location to set up quarantine facilities and sarcastically proposed that those to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city in China should be sheltered in the Parliament.

Let's vacate Parliament to shelter evacuees: Nepali lawmaker jabs government over failure to set up quarantine facilities

As many as 46 lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party have registered a motion in Parliament urging the government to legalise the cultivation of marijuana and ban the import of alcohol.

Legal marijuana in Nepal? 46 MPs put forward the demand to government

The health ministry of Sri Lanka confirmed the first case of coronavirus in Sri Lanka. According to a report, the patient is a 43-year-old Chinese woman who has been hospitalised.

After Nepal, Sri Lanka confirms first case of coronavirus

The coronavirus is a large family of viruses that causes illnesses ranging from the common cold to acute respiratory syndromes, but the virus that has killed people in China is a novel strain and not seen before.

Coronavirus Do's and Dont's: Get Informed

Nepal is all set to host a major summit Sagarmatha Sambad. What is interesting is that Kathmandu has invited all SAARC leaders including PM Modi for the event. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal in Kathmandu, Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said that the SAARC grouping can't be replaced by BIMSTEC and that both are complementary to each other.

At Nepal's global summit, an invite for all SAARC nations; Nepal FM says SAARC is complimentary to BIMSTEC

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