Author: Himalaya Post

Prohibitory orders have been enforced in all three districts of the Kathmandu Valley from today in order to contain the spread of coronavirus. According to the decision of the meeting of Chief District Officers and district-based security chiefs of three districts on Tuesday, the orders have come into enforcement from 12.00 last night to impose a ban on the activities excluding those related to the most essentials. The orders have already come to force as per the decision according to the Police Headquarters.   The enforcement would prevail up to 12.00 pm on 26 August. Even the people’s mobility has been restricted for general purposes apart from the most essentials. Kathmandu CDO Janak Raj Dahal shared that the orders have been enforced with the spike in the coronavirus cases and its subsequent threats to public health. The orders have been enforced as per the Infectious Disease Act-2020 BS Clause 2 and the Local Administration Act-2028 Clause 6(3). No one is allowed to go out of the home for the activities except for the purchase of medicines and other most essential consumptive goods and services, the Kathmandu district administration office said. The operation of all types of trades and businesses apart from those related to the most essential services and goods have also been restricted. All vehicles excluding those used for transportation of most essential goods and those used by...

Three additional dead bodies were recovered from the debris of the landslide occurred in Jugal rural municipality-2, Lidi on Friday morning. Earlier, 25 dead bodies have been already recovered while 11 are still at large in the massive landslide. As many as 39 people went missing in the disaster.   Police Inspector of the Area Police Office Jalbire Hari Bhattarai shared that dead body of a child and two women were recovered this morning. They were identified as five-year-old Sanukanchha Dong and Jibirani Dong, 42, and Lalita Dong, 18. With this, the death toll from the disaster has reached 28. Among the dead bodies identified so far, 15 are male and 13 are female. Fourteen among the identified are children.   Nepal Army, Nepal Police and locals have intensified the search for the missing, Chief District Officer Umesh Kumar Dhakal said....