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Speaker Sapkota urges people to limit festival among family members

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 |

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has appealed to one and all to observe the festivals limiting them among the family members alone this time due to the adverse situation tossed up by the coronavirus pandemic. In a message of best wishes given today on the occasion of the Dashain, Tihar, Nepal Sambat and Chhath festivals, Speaker Sapkota has urged people to celebrate the festivals staying at the place they are at present as far as possible. Stating that unlike in the past there was no situation for family reunions and socialising during the festivals this time around, he expressed the belief that the festivals in this year would be utilized as an opportunity for mutual discussions so as to resolve to defeat the COVID-19. The Speaker has paid tribute to those who lost their lives to natural disasters and coronavirus infection and extended condolences to the family members. Noting the festivals that come round the year as the unique features of the Nepali culture, he said the festivals observed in a multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic, multi-religious and multi-cultural country worked as maintaining unity in diversity, social goodwill and bringing individuals, families and the society...

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Vice President urges all to observe festivals with precaution

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 |

Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has appealed to all to pay maximum attention to the health safety so as to prevent the festivals from becoming the means of spreading the coronavirus infection. The Vice President said this in his message of best wishes given on the occasion of the Bijaya Dashami festival today. He stated that unlike the previous years the situation this year was that the Dashain festival cannot be celebrated with gaiety and fervour, expressing the belief that all will observe the festival indoors and at the place they are at present. Stating that he was very concerned with the continuing surge in coronavirus infection and the death rate due to this and the possibility of its further increasing in the coming days, Vice President Pun has made special urge to all Nepali sisters and brothers to strictly follow the health safety guidelines during the festivals as well as at other times. He has expressed his respects to the health workers, the security personnel and all those who have been working at the frontline for the prevention and control of coronavirus infection and treatment of the infected ones even during the time of the festival. The Vice President has wished for the speedy recovery of the infected people being treated in hospital beds and in isolation. Noting it was regrettable that news of several of the infected...

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Celebrate Dashain from where you are: PM Oli

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 | ,

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has extended best wishes to all the Nepali brothers and sisters at home and abroad on the occasion of Bada Dashain festival. Stating that festivals are also the basis of social arrangement, he has pointed out the need to move ahead by internalizing it. The Prime Minister has also appealed to all to observe the festival in a cost-effective and appropriate manner while also doing away with the negative activities carried out in the name of festival. “This Dashain lets celebrate it from the location where we are at the moment, considering the high risk of infection on senior citizens, children and people with underlying health condition,” the PM has said in the message. He has also shared that the ‘public tika programme’ held every year at the Prime Minister’s residence will not be held considering the risk of...

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President’s call to celebrate Dashain following social distancing

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 | ,

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has urged all to observe the festivals by observing social distancing considering the risk of COVID-19. In a message today on the occasion of Bada Dashain festival, 2077, President Bhandari has wished all the Nepalis at home and abroad happiness, peace, prosperity, long life and continued progress, while urging all to follow the health protocol to save oneself and others from the deadly virus. The President has also expressed the confidence that the festival would help promote social unity, mutual good will and...

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Health Minister urges everyone to celebrate Dasahin maintaining safety

Posted by | Oct 26, 2020 | ,

Minister for Health and Population Bhanubhakta Dhakal has appealed to all Nepalis celebrating Dashain festival to maintain safety to remain safe from coronavirus. Giving a message of best wishes on the occasion of the Bada Dashain today, Minister Dhakal reminded the adverse situation created by the COVID-19. “The pandemic has limited us to observe Dashain staying indoors,” he said, requesting everyone to use mask, maintain physical distance and wash hands with soap from time to time or use sanitizer. He also said Dashain is the festival the Nepalis have been celebrating for long with unity and reunion and exchanges of greetings. “We need to pay attention to our health, friendship and social amity,” Minister Dhakal stressed. The Minister also shared the information that government had launched efforts to ensure healthy citizen for the realization of ‘prosperous Nepal: happy Nepali’. He also thanked all who maintained health standard set by the government. The Health Ministry, he said, is always committed to protecting the lives of citizens. “The Ministry is aware that right to health is mentioned as citizen’s fundamental rights in the constitution, which the government fully adheres to,” he reiterated, adding that the Ministry had made every arrangement as of test for coronavirus, treatment, medication and availability of medical resources including doctors and...

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